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The hip-hop sound went through stages |
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Embark on a trip as I flip through pages |
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This particular part 'bout a bridge on the Hudson |
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I first got hand by the rhymes and the cuts and |
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If I'm not mistaken makin two records mix |
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And certain deejays had a few dope tricks |
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If you asked to be on you would be their guest, y'all |
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Say a few 'ho's and a 'yes yes y'all' |
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They had battles of the neighborhood jocks |
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And I used to take the jam right straight to the box |
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Every now and then you'd hear gunshots ring |
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Just duck, what the fuck, yo, it ain't no thing |
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What I thought was shots was just a few pranksters |
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Were pow-pow-pow men juicin the gangsters |
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Hip-hop - was set out in the dark |
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Hip-hop - was set out in the dark |
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They used to do it out in the park |
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They used to do it out in the park |
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Hip-hop - was set out in the dark |
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Hip-hop - was set out in the dark |
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This was a time MC's used to bug out |
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Yo, what happened? (Yo, somebody pulled the plug out) |
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Just about the time when you jumped for joy |
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(Yo, you take my stage, I'ma kill you, boy) |
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Answer back and gettin smacked and your friends made jokes |
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(Hey, pack it up and get out of the park, folks) |
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But only to the cops we made some committment |
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I was shocked when the stick-up kids took the equipment |
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Say - what - is the message? |
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(Love is the message) |
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Say - what - is the message? |
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(Love is the message) |
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Hip-hop - was set out in the dark |
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They used to do it out in the park |
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In the winter time they moved the jams to the ???? |
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Do you think that the cold made the whole thing cease? |
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I recall sein Flash one time - no, two |
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Can't forget about the Queensbridge Crew |
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For this is the place which I made my mark |
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And those who resist or try to dis get sparked |
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In the park after dark things really got cookin |
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I seen the titles of idols and many chains get tooken |
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I seen the scatter of pack, letter for letter |
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If you wasn't from the town they'd beat you down |
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But these are just pieces of the ancient ways |
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But the rule still applies to the rhymes nowadays |
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Just wave your hands in the air |
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And wave em like you just don't care |
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If you used to do it out in the park |
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Let me hear you say 'oh yeah!' (oh yeah!) |
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Oh yeah! (oh yeah!) |
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A time when.. |
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Hip-hop - was set out in the dark |
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Hip-hop - was set out in the dark |
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They used to do it out in the park |
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They used to do it out in the park |
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Hip-hop - was set out in the dark |
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Hip-hop - was set out in the dark |
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They used to do it out in the park |
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They used to do it out in the park |
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Dead dreams - still bought and sold |
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I strive and I strive to receive my goal |
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I'm still not happy up until this day |
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But I'm chill and I don't care what nobody say |
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Livin and learnin about the straight up deal |
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And got by cause I went by just what I feel |
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Cause I refuse to be mislead |
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By puttin pipes to my lips and smoke in my head |
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Think about it, much, much later |
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Go to school and expand because knowledge is greater |
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But she chose to lead that fate |
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Eye to eye with a dick on a $5 date |
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The whole purpose of the story I told |
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Was mainly to inspire you to reach your goal |
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Stop walkin through life as if you were blind |
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You should reach for your goal cause I'm reachin for mine |
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They used to d-do it out in the park |
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D-do it out in the park |
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Hip-hop - was set out in the dark |
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Hip-hop - was set out in the dark |
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They used to do it out in the park |
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They used to do it out in the park |
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Hip-hop - was set out in the dark |
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Hip-hop - was set out in the dark |
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They used to do it out in the park |
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They used to do it out in the park |
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Hip-hop - was set out in the dark |
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They used to do it out in the park |
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Hip-hop - was set out in the dark |
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They used to do it out in the park |
