when Busta claims the remaining time is dwindling

I's be "fair to middlin'" for a piddlin' or

pitiful rookerful to quote Dim and his domineering friend

who betrayed Alex - but that's the tricks ahead

so instead I's be well fed and well read

those led by brotha's from Bed-Stuy seem mildly

amusing as they amass skills for the morass

or should I say slime pit - either work hard, or you

might as well quit