I respect his skills when he flows, but his lyrics are only slightly better than those of commercial artists (Jay-Z, Ja Rule, bla bla bla). honestly, if you can, download a few songs by Atmosphere or Sage Francis and listen to those lyrics.
Canibus is a decent rapper at best. He is not as "nice" as people would like to believe. Lets see, he went to battle with LL cool J and LL destroyed him. ever since then he fell off the planet. For someone claiming to grow up in the NY and NJ area isnt canibus from canada?