Hey brother, can you Paradigm? ...and that's the shifting of the tectonic plate, that causes the earth to quake When you're standing in the epicentre Let the shaking begin/The shaking starts here Hey brother, can you Paradigm? And like the shifting of the combined weight of the massive ark lours Of the head fake, that fake the numbers off of one's chest Brother can you paradigm? Pump pump fake feint fade forward jump slam dunk...in your face The tip-off, the tappin, rushin' jumping backboard crushing dunking...in your face Brother can you paradigm? Shape-shifting/Shifting the shapes of things to come Plays and instant replays are plays to come Came and went, time well spent/Brother can you Paradigm? The tip-off, the tappin, rushin jumping backboard crushing dunking...in your face Pump pump fake feint fade forward jump slam dunk...in your face Like the 'o' in a tectonic plate/The shift that caused the earth to quake You're standing in the epicentre/Let the shaking begin The shaking starts here Let the shake shake shaking begin, shaking begin,shaking begin And brother can you paradigm? Shake shake shaking begin, shaking begin, shakingbegin You caught me shape-shifting Shake shake shaking begin, shaking begin, shaking begin The shapes of things that come Instant replays are plays to come, came/went-time well spent Brother can you paradigm? She wears pretty like the word cute was tattooed on her smile She's cute!/She wears gorgeous like she had it tailor-made Fine like it's going out of style/She be sportin' the hell out of beautiful And can you paradigm?/The shape of things that come /Ooh She wears naked like she, (wait, wait, wait a minute) She wears naked like she, (hang on) She wears naked like the word "free" was inscribed on her mind She's free!/She's fully dressed when she's sportin' in the raw/So free! Oh, innocent as she sports her birthday suit She be sportin' the hell out of nudity/Ooh? And she's a fashion statement if I ever seen one Par-par-paradigm/Yeah Par-par-paradigm/Par-par-paradigm I take the square root and I get boxed in every time Brother can you paradigm? Par-par-paradigm/Par-par-paradigm Pump pump fake feint fade forward jump slam dunk You ain't runnin' shit around here Ooh ooh oooh ooh (runnin no things round here - runnin no things round here) No pump pump fake feint fade forward jump - no you ain't runnin' shit around here No tip-off, the tappin, rushing jumping backboard crushing - naw, you ain't running shit round here Runnin no things round here - running no things round here You ain't runnin' shit round here In your face/Brother can you paradigm? She wears pretty like the word cute was tattooed on her smile She's cute!/She wears gorgeous like she had it tailor made Fine like she's going out of style She been sportin' the hell out of nudity She's cuuuuute!/Brother can you paradigm?/Shake! Shape shifting, shifting like the tectonic plates that cause the earth to quake You're standing in the epicentre Let the shaking begin, shaking begin, shaking begin (the shaking starts here) shaking begin Let the shaking begin, shaking begin, shaking begin shaking begin The shape of things to come came/went - time well spent So brother can you paradigm? Shake/Shake Oh baby/Any spare change? Shake/Shake Can you paradigm?/Oh Lord She wears naked like the word free was inscribed on her mind Shake/Shake/Shes free! She's fully dressed in her birthday suit Innocent sportin' in the raw/Shake shake She be wearing the hell out of nudity And she's a fashion statement if I ever seen one Always on time/Brother can you paradigm? Ooh ooh She makes me pop my finger on time She makes me pop my finger on time (on time) The sign of things that come 2 my mind It rarely crossed my mind look both ways before you cross my mind Brother can you spare a dime? (paradigm) Brother can you paradigm? The shape of things that come came Two young whores in muck rows there/Ahead in time The soul-searching beam of a strobe As I rise, the cries of kings great Made way there near here now gone far And still we rise, I feel my wrists No light refilled to ????? me She sees him and she starts to run away I scream silent comforts that are not heard She's still pining for him - I've not said a word For what?/For fear for truth? Is truth delight?/Is truth delight? Is truth delight?/Brother can you paradigm? Time and darkness and space do not exist .... alike ... and critics - I doubt them At least ad lib/Can you paradigm?/And virtual IS real...