Canibus - Channel Zero (Original)

A classic video that had to be posted on KZbin. Lyrics are included in every video I post.
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'Channel Zero' Lyrics
[Canibus]
The location is planet Earth //
The time and date is nineteen, ninety-nine, December thirty-first //
Eleven fifty-nine, P.M. //
The anticipation of what I think's about to happen got my heart beating //
We got less than a minute left, before, the planet Jupiter //
is united into a star //
I know it sounds bizarre, but it's mathematics //
A specific sign for some of the planet's inhabitants //
Those who understand, know what I'm saying is accurate //
Our country is corrupt, from the president to the cabinet //
In the year two, followed by three o's //
The space probe Galileo //
Will welcome us all to channel zero //
[Canibus]
The secret of the ages, I illuminate with logic //
What I speak is more than just deep; it's bottomless //
With common sense, I'm organized like crime and mafias //
Plus the way I rhyme is prime, like Optimus //
A rapologist, you could sit and do the knowledge with //
From G.E.D.'s, to degrees, from Ivy League colleges //
I politic with any magazine columnist //
About topics other emcee's won't even bother with //
Rock solid shit like stones and monuments //
It's obvious the third eye of the obelisk is watching us //
[Closely,] through a microscope and a pair of binoculars //
Ghetto scholars like me, who study street calculus //
I utilize every letter of the Arabic alphabet //
To touch a part of your body that makes you feel erogenous //
The key to knowledge, is guarded by angel locksmiths //
Who travel across the Universe, in flying objects //
Secrets deadly to man, is dioxin //
We sparring with God, our arms are too short to box with //
Four thousand years before Christ, in the times of Pharaoh //
Welcome to Channel Zero //
[Canibus]
Yo //
Dangerous minds, manufacture dangerous rhymes //
Signs from revelations predict, perilous times //
In the year two-thousand, the planets will be in alignment //
Only the wisest, will survive it //
The Earth will experience, a sudden change in climate //
Killing many organisms in our environment //
The earthquakes destined to happen in California //
Will trigger the Brevard Fault in Atlanta, Georgia //
The collapse of roads, bridges, and buildings //
The death, of millions of innocent civilians //
The Freemasons will control the nation //
But you don't hear me though, [it's the information] //

[@olgierdolo5510]

The man is and will always be a genius. I don't care about any of this naive, pointless criticism and the industry's blackballing, not at all. Can-I-Bus is the epitome of real Hip Hop!

[@TheCodedtestament]

Channel Zero is a big track. Its the best example of how 'sci-fi intelligent rap' can work.

[@scipoematic9154]

RAQUAAHWA TheCodedtestament Yes. Do you know any other good example exept Deltron and Mr. Octagon?:)

[@brolicbro771]

Killah Priest - Heavy Mental, K-Rinos whole catalog

[@Nomad31l]

SCI POEMATIC Just everything K-Rino haha. That man defines that genre. Listen to the sorcerer saga. A collection of songs about a Wizard. They're amazing

[@stickystoof]

K-rino became number one on my list when I first listened to this song I found, his song The one - K-rino. I lived in texas 5 years never heard of him.... move to canada and find him 2 years after

[@Nomad31l]

Hugo Lefrancois That's crazy. That's why I always give everyone a chance, you never know when you'll find another K.

[@FinessedAnalyzer]

This sort of lyricism is incredible.

[@davidaranda6396]

Finessed Analyzer because it's surreal

[@ejc6394]

The2nd verse is incredible

[@totalrecall1358]

Werd👽🛸💫

[@olgierdolo5510]

@@totalrecall1358 Weird? Not at all, just super-substantive and lyrical, my man 😉

[@totalrecall1358]

@@olgierdolo5510 Read , my friend ! I said 'Werd' , as in 'Word' ..... It's like an agreement .

[@legacyns1]

The secret of the ages I illuminate with logic what I speak, is more than just deep, it's bottomless.. brah... Canibus is brilliant..

[@crash10125]

Listen to more of his songs

[@joshuawarren8340]

Great intelligence

[@FYourOpinions]

And.........this is why he was blackballed. He was too real for the radio and still is. G.O.A.T.

[@jerryrigger8061]

nothing that he said would happen happened doe. "oh no we must blackball this artist who has no clue what he is talking about"

[@cj0986]

Yeah, riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight

[@kamaainasignsgraphicsartde709]

Everything he said happens all the time.."never happens doe" is my new favorite phrase so thanks for that.. can someone tell me what happened during the battle with Eminem; it's funny that Eminem got "discovered" by Dr.Dre and the whole world now knows "my name is" instead of asking questions about humanities enslavement.. I agree, this guy would have been a threat if he had a platform larger than when slim anus got.

[@mainesource0077]

Thank you he was and still ahead of his time

[@mainesource0077]

Classic 🔥 🔥

[@smoothcriminal28]

The secret of the ages I illuminate with logic. What i say is more than just deep, its bottomless. Fuck.. thats talent.

[@joshuawarren8340]

Lyrical high scientist

[@hebrew26commandmentspower55]

He could have saved mainstream rap if only the ignorant masses would give him a chance .....SMH ...GOAT Canibus

[@miked2075]

I agree 100%. When this album came out I thought it was miles ahead.

[@khadijahkirkland575]

He was silenced… Then a smear campaign to discredit him was launched so that no one would listen to him.

[@Bucky0012]

Mainstream listeners can't understand this type of rap. They sheep soni doubt it

[@masterprophet8378]

They hate to read! They're allergic to high concepts and lofty vocabulary.

[@Qpoe44]

Black Eminem

[@BAMA-MAN256]

That second verse is one of the best hip hop verses of all time

[@BAMA-MAN256]

Every bar was sharp asf

[@TheRealestIdealist]

✊🏾🧠You LITERALLY have to be a genius to write something like this and have it make absolute sense! Then he goes on to write a new version of the song with different verses with EVEN MORE DEEP INFO being exposed!!!! RESPECT...

[@KingsmanFilms]

Canibus and gza would make a dope duo

[@viceversastyle4239]

Idc what anyone says this song is chill as hell

[@j.lethal5174]

Vice VersaStyle East Coast Bass, and West Coast beat...damn

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

He was and still is genius.

[@julianlange8132]

hes working on a collab album btw

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

Julian Lange Oh that's wassup. I want a fait accompli 2. That album for me is the best album.

[@julianlange8132]

i liked his verses on that album, i wasnt a big fan of the beats but i like it, i have no idea what album is my favorite, all of his shit fire

[@officiallexmontero]

3rd verse is Prophecy

[@SOUTH13SAC916]

Official Lex Montero during these times, the third verse just makes me say wow... canibus was enlightened back in 97-98

[@jay-rock6627]

A great MC in my eyes 💯

[@Mussman24]

Canibus, my all time no. 1 favorite rapper. He saved rap. He earned every MC's respect out there. That is determination!

[@jaysekhon8014]

2:41 "will trigger the Brevard fault in Atlanta Georgia" Geology 101 finally coming to some use lol

[@Doug_Sweeney_]

the second verse changed my life.

[@AGENTARMES]

This is the best song ever rapped about aliens. Incredible lyrics. criminally underrated.

[@tuworlds]

over 10 years ago canibus did this and still in 2018 the contents of what he said way way way back then is still highly relatable TODAY. Let that sink in Canibus was fully awake back then..... I love this guy

[@deathrager2404]

thats why the media wouldnt have him. too woke and people would be fully knowledgeable.

[@satishrobertson8771]

He did this song in 98, over 22 years ago as of this post

[@deathrager2404]

and this is exactly why canibus never made it on mainstreamlevel. too much knowledge, truth bombs and woke shit. nobody will ever be readyfor canibus. dude was parsecs ahead of his time

[@pastordisastor]

"What i speak is more than just deep, it's bottomless" One of my favorite canibus' lines.

[@AceXun13]

One of his best songs ever!!!

[@laron9817]

It's 2020. I can't believe I never heard this🔥🔥🔥

[@buckeyefan4321]

The most underrated lyrical rapper ever! He never made it big cuz dumb asses don't understand him. Lyrically I think he is one of the best

[@ThumbsUpMike]

That's not why he didn't blow up He just played the game wrong and made all the wrong moves in the industry and ended up getting himself blackballed. He's still one of the best lyricists but Canibus kind've fucked himself over, and continues to do that after his battle with Dizaster.

[@UncleJay27]

jared cusma powers that be don't like lyricists on this level of depth or intelligence. That's all I'm gonna say. Peace.

[@jonjonbest3795]

@@ThumbsUpMike fuck the industry, we don't care about money or fame, we care about lyrics, he better then jay z who's a billionaire

[@Coolness18304]

the part about Atlanta Georgia: "The Brevard Fault" Zone is a 700-km long and several km-wide thrust fault that extends from the North Carolina-Virginia border, runs through the north metro Atlanta area, and ends near Montgomery, Alabama. It is an important Paleozoic era feature in the uplift of the Appalachian Mountains.

[@thelegendaryguy_medusa916]

what are you saying

[@Micscience]

Man he was nasty. I don't know why people said his album wasn't that great and that Wyclef messed it up because I think it was awesome.

[@Frank_The_Painter]

i agree with you i thought the album was hot....

[@FreeAgent797]

Franklyn Scarlett The reason why alot of people don't vibe with canibus is because he speaks over their heads. You have to be kinda smart to listen to him. He's very underrated.

[@beearwalken]

Arguably his best album IMO... It's between Canibus and 2000 BC... 100 Bars was mean!

[@craigbeade8654]

Todd Smith definitely RTJ>2000 BC>CanIBus. in my books of his top 3 albums all extremely close essentially a 3 way tie.

[@ensainwiggamofo]

wyclef fucked up the promotion and some of the beats IMO. but i think the beats were still better than so much other garbage

[@ZVUKOVABARIERA]

classic song, still blazin it 2023!

[@MrElchav]

9 years later I'm still listening to this....

[@MisterUrbanWorld]

9 years later People using PPP Loans for the Paper Meanwhile, i'm eating fruit & veggies to become a Gladiator I'm still writing about an Hour Later Shout out to Flav, cause I got the Flavor I didn't even mean to hit Reply Next time you see me i'll be levitating in the Sky

[@LonerBecause]

A classic give this man his roses while he's here

[@IAEMThatIAEM]

that second verse OMFG

[@drayzin_thadamant2084]

Why do I feel like this song evolves in time Like each year the lyrics become more relevant or somethin. Smh this man canibus is bugged 😨

[@j.lethal5174]

drayzin_thaDaMAnT true lyricism , gawd

[@zodiactrigga948]

💯!!!

[@18tbeout]

i love seeing knowledge incorporated into real hiphop. not the modern programming propaganda thats manufactured these days. krs, nas, az, pac, canibus, immortal, wu-tang, we need more like that to wake up the people!! by the way, the lyric you missed is " trigger the brevard fault "

[@FYourOpinions]

@Ninja Squirrel word! K-Rino is my guy! Him and Bis are the G.O.A.T.

[@kylezohan]

This is a REAL MC

[@sabeto5527]

Bro, we need THIS Canibus back

[@tiniwilliams3696]

One of the greatest MCS of all time nobody can spit like that in these days at all

[@francialella9471]

THIS SONG is simply outstanding

[@francialella9471]

The best lyricist. And the most intelligent rap song. Silly one can't undersatnd this. Bitam ane states.

[@hebrew26commandmentspower55]

2:41 he says " Brevard Vault " ....

[@Piecesrestonthabed]

this is the first track i heard him spit. this track grabbed me from that mainstream shit and took me to the underground...canibus is sick...

[@ismailtroxler1]

The last of the real hip-hoppers, in 2020 playin' this loudly.... ⬇

[@flowlikeaether]

this song is genius! canibus is the best

[@Mize2dx]

They Blackballed Canibus and dumbed down the Culture in 1999-2000....R.i.p Hip-Hop

[@brentwright2312]

Only knew the album version. Talk about full circle from my adolescent years!

[@chidede]

I 'm glad you reacted to the same line that I was just about to comment on. The only thing is that he says ancient locksmiths. Which is correct but he had a vague idea of what what the future holds for us. Peace and love.

[@darksharxz]

We're in 2020 Channel Zero.

[@treissete]

Thanks for the great video and lyrics. I hadn't seen this.

[@SickaydaMars]

2012 channel 0, time as we know it will be altered forever! great song it makes since! Peace my friend!

[@itegocaster1405]

this song is among the greatest songs in rap ever y? the information presented in the lyrics made you think man it liberated your mind,canibus big up str8 you need fi make more links in jamaica caz you have sum die hearted fans here, respect

[@julianlange8132]

agree

[@focusacceleration9503]

Truth!!!

[@AcousticMusicPage]

YO!.. thanks for giving me that link bro.. i listened to part one.. there is so much info and knowledge in one braodcast its unbelievable!!!.. i thank you... and also about Mj-12.. lots of info.. thanks again

[@Oivat]

A master piece, Canibus wasn’t only ahead of his time, he got blackmail from hip hop for this track..he will be recognize as the Realest One day in hip hop

[@jjdabaddes]

Songs like this show you how good Canibus really is, half of the words in his lyrics dont really rhyme when you look at them, but he was able to make them rhyme through flow, truly superb

[@kagomabuse3660]

2020's soundtrack!

[@lenoxz69]

Haha! this man Canibus is the predictor man he's just simply dope! 3rd Verse my favo.

[@shimmyya11]

Mad how life is, when this album dropped I was 19 yrs old and totally on the gangsta rap and playa bullshit and I heard this album, liked it, but didn’t fuck with it as it deserved…2023 I’m playing the album from start to finish….no skipping, just the gift of the gab!!! Canibus, legend.

[@insidekyle]

love this song thanks for posting

[@poetryselite]

Canibus is a lyrical, poetical wordsmith whose wisdom is bottomless... he reminds me so much of the likes of Nas, Killah Priest, Black Dove, Cormega, AZ, Talib Kweli, Immortal Technique, Tupac, Common, K-Rino, Mos Def, Lauryn Hill, Vinnie Paz, Big Pun, Rakim, and the list goes on with infinite poets who refuse to confine themselves to the senseless, commercial topics of money, cars, clothes, the exploitation of women, how many tools they blast, etc. Much respect to Canibus and all the elite MCs.

[@strikingitrich7630]

Nice

[@shadowbender]

Its called "Project Lucifer" and its on July 7 2008. Saturn is the planet they want to ignite. but there was an attempt on Jupiter, but it failed. -FM

[@MrTantamount]

time period, Eminem heard all the great 90's Bis cyphers and guest appearances and radio freestyles and he phoned LL (who already had beef with Bis) and got their friends like Dre,Jay Z,Jermaine Dupruis,Russell Simmons,Busta Rhymes,Jay Z, Wyclef Jean and Interscope,atlantic,A&M,Capitol and Universal execs to blackball him

[@rankingtrevor]

Eminem is trash imo. Overhyped by casual hip hop listeners

[@FYourOpinions]

Gems! They had to move Bis out the way to make Em take over the mainstream. It's a shame because I'm a fan of both.

[@deathrager2404]

@@FYourOpinions eminem and 50 cent are fake ass bitch ass snitches. they snitched to the feds on murda inc and thats why ja went to jail. knowing this how can u still support fake fuckers like this? move away from anything coming from dre, em or 50.

[@ajhaas1233]

One of the songs one of these versions of this song was banned by the government in 1997 or 1998 over this information I believe it's this version the one that talks about trying to unite Jupiter Jupiter into a star which they actually tried to do with the Galileo probe and they didn't let everybody know that there was nuclear misiles on it they just said they crashed it into the atmosphere to get atmospheric pressure readings but you'll notice underneath Jupiter is tetrahedron or a hexagon I believe it's called you know a pentagon I'm sorry a pentagon on the bottom of Jupiter and you got the squirreling the ever-present swirling I of the hurricane in Jupiter

[@hebrew26commandmentspower55]

Aj Haas he knew too much.... He scared the government

[@OuroborosPrinciple]

The author, Arthur C. Clarke, father of our geostationary telecommunications system, and famous writer (inspired Kubrick's 2001 SO) talked about igniting Jupiter. This information isn't necessarily classified, but it is conceptual. Perhaps that bit was the least concerning for the powers that be.

[@ryanbrooks5899]

This is the banned version. The other one is on his album can-i-bus

[@terrance75]

Wow

[@mustaphamurtala3940]

Hey, that's deep...

[@Ryan4twenty]

Canibus is unreal. Awesome topics he covers Information- the more is know the better you can become!

[@UncleJay27]

Whoever is saying that this isn't the original version probably thinks that all album versions of every Hip-Hop track are the originals, which is NOT true. There are originals of certain tracks before the album version is completed or even thought of sometimes. Some of you are worse than those who think that the year of an artist's first album is the year they started. 😂

[@deathrager2404]

remember when they used to release singles that had multiple versions with multiple beats and different lyrics? good times. creative times.

[@FYourOpinions]

@@deathrager2404 I do. There would be a street version, remix, radio version, etc. Those were the good ol days.

[@deathrager2404]

@@FYourOpinions yea and an a capella and an instrumental. sure it would cost like 10-15 bucks but it was fuckin worth it.

[@chrissmith8216]

Wasnt this the second version? I could of sworn it was. Its like three versions of this song.

[@KvngLxo]

@@chrissmith8216 This, the album version n the grand deception

[@Jfrias21]

I feel like the government is going to come after me now with all this information I just acquired 😧

[@crash10125]

They already did the moment you started an internet account. Stay woke, they have better things to do than to get you, but you aren't invisible. Google incognito says your history can still be recovered by other third parties.

[@xScratchAx]

deadly lyrical skillz make me want to have a long journey listening to this for all the time

[@flippermc8678]

Love this song

[@EricSchwin22]

Canibus is one educated dude and this song is very creative. Some of his rap songs are 10 minutes long...something that not a lot of rappers can do. Canibus is just a genius!

[@RedMartyr]

Never heard this version before thanks for the post

[@7T7Soulz]

tuning in

[@Leefire]

Ain't nobody doing better than Canibus. He drops knowledge like no other mc. Top 5 without doubt.

[@bigu236]

this is a beautiful song...master flow and rhymes, content untouchable, message is the truth

[@UncleJay27]

Full Spectrum Dominance is gonna be a masterpiece!

[@oskaveli662]

Channel Zero and Inspectah Deck- B.I.B.L.E. are extremely underrated and are two of the greatest rap songs ever.

[@SetInTheWestDoc]

B.I.B.L.E. was Killah Priest

[@Babyfacedblackjesus]

this is the song i listen to after i learn stuff and feel special and smart

[@Undergroundhh]

In everyones books bro, other wise they're representing the fake mainstream side of hiphop. Canibus... GOAT.

[@ricochetrabbit86]

Yeah, Eminem did love Canibus. Rip The Jacker wasn't Canibus' only hot album, he had 2000 B.C. and Mic Club: The Curriculum; even though many people hated CAN-I-BUS, I consider it a classic album to listen.

[@ryanbrooks5899]

I think can-i-bus is his best album.

[@SDSOverfiend]

Mic Club should've been his second album. On the low Hip Hop 4 Sale is dope af

[@manofknowledge101]

trooperjoe, I'm glad I saw your comments because I agree with you. sometimes I have to shut down conversations with people that follow the bandwagon of mainstream music because they think i'm hating. LL got roasted for real. Canibus always comes hard, its his producers who have messed things up for him.

[@TheForeignNationalBornNatural]

Yoooo I'm here just before 2020 and for some reason I've never understood what he was saying as clearly as I do now

[@drudawg911]

im tuned in

[@soulspektrum]

Best lyrical truthvever produced hands down!

[@LiteSkin87]

Yea, he is really touching down with this shit. I want to see some more of what he has, I love to hear rappers who had some mainstream attention talk about this shit. I wish they could make their way back mainstream, to get it out!

[@bignosecris]

one of the GOATS

[@og2700]

Canibus knew so much

[@mickeyjuiceoz3385]

Since the 90s no one has spit 100 bars ,then 1000 bars, next level lirasist 😮

[@drudawg911]

DOWNLOADED!

[@samiullah0001]

Speechless...

[@pastordisastor]

Such lyrical power. Best lyracist ever.

[@Thetrinamicdou]

dude he is a deep thinker, and writes his own lyrics.

[@fukyotattoos]

THIS NIGGA WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME I HEARD BOTH VERSIONS OF THIS SONG THE OTHER VERSION HAS HELLA INFORMATION I BELIEVE HE TOLD TOO MUCH THATS WHY HOS CAREER DISNT REACH THE PEAK IT SHOULDVE SO THEY BLACK BALLED HIM

[@timfranklin5988]

I think a lot of people just find his voice annoying after a while honestly..

[@IamIronPoettheronin]

+Tim Franklin shut the fuck up...

[@ecxstatic8155]

real shit. also power corrupts.

[@ITLRoc]

There were a lot of well-read/educated 90's mcs putting intellect and knowledge into the music; which is why it became a threat and had to be corporatized and controlled in order to control the content-and its influence upon youth; hence the garbage you see today and the millenial hip-hop culture of 4 letter mumble trash

[@iceagod]

Anyone who does research with true skepticism (that includes an open mind) will find out that its already been exposed by trustworthy credible sources that we do in fact have secret space programs with advanced technology and colonies on other planets. There are also visitors from other civilizations on other planets that we as a planet with people from shadow governments (secret compartmentalized parts of governments, military and the intelligence community, NASA and even private companies such as defense contractors) are in contact with. They (those that are in the innermost circles) have kept the truth from the general population but have now lost control of the information about all their secrets. All thanks to the new 'Gutenberg Press' invention - The Internet !

[@RealismOfLife]

dragonstarr3690 i see you watchin fam :) real hiphop heads love the message

[@CanibusDaGoat]

Love this version, better than the Album version!..

[@etecelmaxx3505]

dope for the brains

[@BlackBoxThirst333]

One of the illest emcees alive. This song is probably what blackballed his mainstream career.

[@Canyadigget]

damn rabbit! u got mad love on this one! lol

[@JRY17]

@JRY17 In Sagan's case, the Drake equation was a strong motivating factor for his interest in environmental issues and his efforts to warn against the dangers of nuclear warfare. Yes he used the Drake equation, but he technically used his own variant of it which would imply that he did not believe(agree with) the original Drake equation circa his original claim 1966.

[@AnObsoleteMan]

one of the sickest lyricists ever

[@striker1224]

"We sparring with God our arms are too short to box with". Nice. Love this version.

[@Joesire]

"yo dangerous minds manufacture dangerous rhymes. Signs from revelation predict perilous times"

[@Jahan917]

"The key to knowledge is guarded by ancient locksmiths who travel across the Universe in flying objects ..." "Signs from Revelations Predict Perilous times ...."

[@way2high2behere]

About 6 or 7 years ago, I was asked if I had 1favorite song. That's been one of the hardest questions to answer for me considering.... But I beleave this song really is my favorite song. The fact that it is the number 1 most played on my 10,000+ Itunes library kinda helped my decision...lol

[@G0FlyAKite1]

Dope!!

[@Mussman24]

I don't know if you noticed it but the first two sentences you wrote turned out to be a hot rhyme!lol!