Will do a breakdown of this at some point, very dope song. Big up Emp, huge talent.
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Heaven - Last Emperor Appreciation
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Will do a breakdown of this at some point, very dope song. Big up Emp, huge talent.
IPunchFaces
Pro
This is such a great fukking song 
This video cuts it off very very very short though...but that 2nd verse
if this shyt came out around now or a bigger rapper made a song like this oh dear, I don't fukking know, but this is and will always be my shyt.
Once again it's the Last Emperor
These lyrics won't leave you gassed
In heaven I encounter famous spirits from the past
I crack jokes with black folks
Like Robin Harris and Red Fox
Loungin' with Bob Marley, giving me tips on my dreadlocks
To put it loosely, an angel will introduce me
To all these famous people I'll learn kung fu from Bruce Lee
The best rhymes on the best labels
Doin shows with Scott LeRock and Prince Messiah on the tables
Discussing politics with Mao Tse Dong and Malcolm
By chance Queen Latifah's brother Lance will do production on my album
Heavenly tracks with heavenly rhyming
Jimmi Hendrix on guitar vocals by Phillis Hymen
Yes in heaven my album will be a smash
Generating cash, serving rappers like Arthur Ashe
Flippin' uncensored free voice, I can rejoice
Look over there its Heavy D's boy, Trouble T Roy!!
He's kickin' dance steps with Sammy Davis Junior
If I known heaven was gonna be like this I'da been here sooner
Where heavenly emcees can be
No robbery, no thievery...
No police brutality for Eazy E
And all our loved ones that passed away
Take it from me, some day we can all be free like Donnie Hathaway
I make the world feel my presence
Until I'm called back to the essence
When I get to heaven....
That fukking verse man
Just fukking beautiful
This video cuts it off very very very short though...but that 2nd verse
if this shyt came out around now or a bigger rapper made a song like this oh dear, I don't fukking know, but this is and will always be my shyt.Once again it's the Last Emperor
These lyrics won't leave you gassed
In heaven I encounter famous spirits from the past
I crack jokes with black folks
Like Robin Harris and Red Fox
Loungin' with Bob Marley, giving me tips on my dreadlocks
To put it loosely, an angel will introduce me
To all these famous people I'll learn kung fu from Bruce Lee
The best rhymes on the best labels
Doin shows with Scott LeRock and Prince Messiah on the tables
Discussing politics with Mao Tse Dong and Malcolm
By chance Queen Latifah's brother Lance will do production on my album
Heavenly tracks with heavenly rhyming
Jimmi Hendrix on guitar vocals by Phillis Hymen
Yes in heaven my album will be a smash
Generating cash, serving rappers like Arthur Ashe
Flippin' uncensored free voice, I can rejoice
Look over there its Heavy D's boy, Trouble T Roy!!
He's kickin' dance steps with Sammy Davis Junior
If I known heaven was gonna be like this I'da been here sooner
Where heavenly emcees can be
No robbery, no thievery...
No police brutality for Eazy E
And all our loved ones that passed away
Take it from me, some day we can all be free like Donnie Hathaway
I make the world feel my presence
Until I'm called back to the essence
When I get to heaven....
That fukking verse man
Just fukking beautiful This is such a great fukking song
This video cuts it off very very very short though...but that 2nd verse
Once again it's the Last Emperor
These lyrics won't leave you gassed
In heaven I encounter famous spirits from the past
I crack jokes with black folks
Like Robin Harris and Red Fox
Loungin' with Bob Marley, giving me tips on my dreadlocks
To put it loosely, an angel will introduce me
To all these famous people I'll learn kung fu from Bruce Lee
The best rhymes on the best labels
Doin shows with Scott LeRock and Prince Messiah on the tables
Discussing politics with Mao Tse Dong and Malcolm
By chance Queen Latifah's brother Lance will do production on my album
Heavenly tracks with heavenly rhyming
Jimmi Hendrix on guitar vocals by Phillis Hymen
Yes in heaven my album will be a smash
Generating cash, serving rappers like Arthur Ashe
Flippin' uncensored free voice, I can rejoice
Look over there its Heavy D's boy, Trouble T Roy!!
He's kickin' dance steps with Sammy Davis Junior
If I known heaven was gonna be like this I'da been here sooner
Where heavenly emcees can be
No robbery, no thievery...
No police brutality for Eazy E
And all our loved ones that passed away
Take it from me, some day we can all be free like Donnie Hathaway
I make the world feel my presence
Until I'm called back to the essence
When I get to heaven....
That fukking verse man
That's a good point, I wonder why it did that, I'll try post the proper version. I was just listening to this from the album and thought what a great song. And yes this verse was really excellent. Respect.
Quality isn't amazing, but at least it's full. There's an OG version too which is a different vocal, with some small differences.
Tried to update the OP now, hopefully that version is cool?
Mike Otherz
All Star
great song.
i love this as well
i love this as well
Yeah no doubt, had great poetic quality, excellent lyricism, high level references, a truly great artist, very conceptual too which I respect in an artist, need a lot more conceptuality, effective concepts anyway.
One Life is an all time classic, just as a song, but when you consider the story about Poetic his verse becomes even more powerful and haunting, can tell it's heartfelt and real shyt. R.I.P Poetic.
In these last days of time
As the earth spins faster
I often fantasize about life in the hereafter
Paradise, the afterlife, land of the pleasant
I dream of how my life will be when I get to heaven
I don't embrace the taste of death But I don't fear it... Visions of heaven draw me near it Everlasting life in the spirit
I obey the commandments, Universal laws
I prophesized about heaven
This is what I saw...
I was placed in the land of milk and honey, fascination
I was given powers beyond the average imagination
But peep this, what I saw next left me speechless
In heaven, everyone has the same level of uniqueness
In heaven, there's no greed, no need for worldly things No diamond-studded rings, peasants become kings
I don't know about you all
But this is were I've got to live
Where men and women don't have to be so provocative
And live as true kings
See it in the way we do things
Intoxicate your minds without that gin and juice that Snoop brings
By far in heaven the world is ours No more drugs, money and cars Just suns moons and stars
Reunited in the universal family
The man in me can't wait for heaven to fulfill my wildest fantasies
As I search for better days and praise the number seven When I get to heaven...
So fresh, (so fresh)
So fly (so fly)
I ride in paradise
So fresh, (so fresh)
So fly (so fly)
I ride in paradise
Once again it's the Last Emperor
These lyrics won't leave you gassed
In heaven I encounter famous spirits from the past
I crack jokes with black folks Like Robin Harris and Red Fox Loungin' with Bob Marley, giving me tips on my dreadlocks
To put it loosely, an angel will introduce me To all these famous people I'll learn kung fu from Bruce Lee
The best rhymes on the best labels
Doin shows with Scott LeRock and Prince Messiah on the tables
Discussing politics with Mao Tse Dong and Malcolm
By chance Queen Latifah's brother Lance will do production on my album
Heavenly tracks with heavenly rhyming
Jimmi Hendrix on guitar vocals by Phillis Hymen
Yes in heaven my album will be a smash
Generating cash, serving rappers like Arthur Ashe
Flippin' uncensored free voice, I can rejoice
Look over there its Heavy D's boy, Trouble T Roy!!
He's kickin' dance steps with Sammy Davis Junior
If I known heaven was gonna be like this I'da been here sooner
Where heavenly emcees can be
No robbery, no thievery...
No police brutality for Eazy E
And all our loved ones that passed away
Take it from me, some day we can all be free like Donnie Hathaway
I make the world feel my presence
Until I'm called back to the essence
When I get to heaven....
Chorus
It's one for the physical
It's two for the spirit
Three for hip hop
That makes ya heads bob when you hear it
My mind's in heaven and I'm lovin' it
No politicians, no government No democrats, no republicans
And in the other men might create a civilization Where hip hop rules The Emp the Raw rocks the nation There's no stress in heaven we all relax
And real lyricists sign record contracts Not these gun toting, blunt smoking Cross over acts, lying on wax Claiming they drop facts
Imagine possibly no animosity
Or malice, where your home is a palace
Sippin' wine from a golden chalice
Just loungin' and living lovely
No one above me, the very thought of it drugs me Just like this track does me
In heaven people live their lives how they happen to live 'em
No longer trapped in a prison
None of this capitalism, no need to boast squad
Even try to pose high, just give thanks and praise to the most high
And maybe we can all make it
And take it right back to the essence
When I get to heaven...
As the earth spins faster
I often fantasize about life in the hereafter
Paradise, the afterlife, land of the pleasant
I dream of how my life will be when I get to heaven
I don't embrace the taste of death But I don't fear it... Visions of heaven draw me near it Everlasting life in the spirit
I obey the commandments, Universal laws
I prophesized about heaven
This is what I saw...
I was placed in the land of milk and honey, fascination
I was given powers beyond the average imagination
But peep this, what I saw next left me speechless
In heaven, everyone has the same level of uniqueness
In heaven, there's no greed, no need for worldly things No diamond-studded rings, peasants become kings
I don't know about you all
But this is were I've got to live
Where men and women don't have to be so provocative
And live as true kings
See it in the way we do things
Intoxicate your minds without that gin and juice that Snoop brings
By far in heaven the world is ours No more drugs, money and cars Just suns moons and stars
Reunited in the universal family
The man in me can't wait for heaven to fulfill my wildest fantasies
As I search for better days and praise the number seven When I get to heaven...
So fresh, (so fresh)
So fly (so fly)
I ride in paradise
So fresh, (so fresh)
So fly (so fly)
I ride in paradise
Once again it's the Last Emperor
These lyrics won't leave you gassed
In heaven I encounter famous spirits from the past
I crack jokes with black folks Like Robin Harris and Red Fox Loungin' with Bob Marley, giving me tips on my dreadlocks
To put it loosely, an angel will introduce me To all these famous people I'll learn kung fu from Bruce Lee
The best rhymes on the best labels
Doin shows with Scott LeRock and Prince Messiah on the tables
Discussing politics with Mao Tse Dong and Malcolm
By chance Queen Latifah's brother Lance will do production on my album
Heavenly tracks with heavenly rhyming
Jimmi Hendrix on guitar vocals by Phillis Hymen
Yes in heaven my album will be a smash
Generating cash, serving rappers like Arthur Ashe
Flippin' uncensored free voice, I can rejoice
Look over there its Heavy D's boy, Trouble T Roy!!
He's kickin' dance steps with Sammy Davis Junior
If I known heaven was gonna be like this I'da been here sooner
Where heavenly emcees can be
No robbery, no thievery...
No police brutality for Eazy E
And all our loved ones that passed away
Take it from me, some day we can all be free like Donnie Hathaway
I make the world feel my presence
Until I'm called back to the essence
When I get to heaven....
Chorus
It's one for the physical
It's two for the spirit
Three for hip hop
That makes ya heads bob when you hear it
My mind's in heaven and I'm lovin' it
No politicians, no government No democrats, no republicans
And in the other men might create a civilization Where hip hop rules The Emp the Raw rocks the nation There's no stress in heaven we all relax
And real lyricists sign record contracts Not these gun toting, blunt smoking Cross over acts, lying on wax Claiming they drop facts
Imagine possibly no animosity
Or malice, where your home is a palace
Sippin' wine from a golden chalice
Just loungin' and living lovely
No one above me, the very thought of it drugs me Just like this track does me
In heaven people live their lives how they happen to live 'em
No longer trapped in a prison
None of this capitalism, no need to boast squad
Even try to pose high, just give thanks and praise to the most high
And maybe we can all make it
And take it right back to the essence
When I get to heaven...
Some things I'd like to say about the song, specifically lyrically...
The introduction is an effective set up for the song cause it explains the concept. It's coherent and is a good base for the song, anybody could hear this and could understand what the song concept is about. It's a good way to set it off.
The rhymes are also superb, technically but also when you talk about depth/potency. He is coming from a righteous perspective with morality. It's a very well written song for anybody here that's a lyricist or just interested in that shyt. True say the hook is simple, but it's a laid back chilled out introspective contemplative song so it fits and makes sense.
As the other brother said, the 2nd verse is profound too, he didn't just name a bunch of random people, he said specific things they are known for related to them which makes it doper. It's the same thing he did with Secret Wars, he didn't pick random match ups but ones that made sense logically. You can tell he works on his craft, I have a lot of respect and admiration for that and for Emp in general.
Just a few quick thoughts, a lot could say, but I love artistic creative conceptual dope Hip Hop like this. Emp is one of my favourite artists and I wish he had more material, because he's a great artist and a great talent.
The introduction is an effective set up for the song cause it explains the concept. It's coherent and is a good base for the song, anybody could hear this and could understand what the song concept is about. It's a good way to set it off.
The rhymes are also superb, technically but also when you talk about depth/potency. He is coming from a righteous perspective with morality. It's a very well written song for anybody here that's a lyricist or just interested in that shyt. True say the hook is simple, but it's a laid back chilled out introspective contemplative song so it fits and makes sense.
As the other brother said, the 2nd verse is profound too, he didn't just name a bunch of random people, he said specific things they are known for related to them which makes it doper. It's the same thing he did with Secret Wars, he didn't pick random match ups but ones that made sense logically. You can tell he works on his craft, I have a lot of respect and admiration for that and for Emp in general.
Just a few quick thoughts, a lot could say, but I love artistic creative conceptual dope Hip Hop like this. Emp is one of my favourite artists and I wish he had more material, because he's a great artist and a great talent.