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If you know me you know I |
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Love my family love my God |
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Before I knew either I loved my art |
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So I'm married to the pen till death do us part |
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Rock hard with all my heart |
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College broads call me avant garde |
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Probably 'cause I'm all off the chart |
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Only thing poppy about me |
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Is what my Puerto Rican mami call me when she on me |
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And the raw me is all I let y'all see |
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I believe I rock it properly |
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Obviously a lot of y'all agree |
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Remind me what the f**k can stop Ali |
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Only me as far as I can see |
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Line 3 of "My Philosophy" |
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By BDP it apply to me |
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I'm just the guy to lead a crew |
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That means the true people who believe in you |
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And hold you down and do what they need to do |
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Street Preacher |
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Say you don't believe what these people teach |
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Well me neither |
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He who follows his dream is deemed leader |
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The freedom fighter meets the peace keeper |
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See me creeping up in the pulpit |
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With a full clip fit to speak to the people |
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May I suggest you just believe dude |
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Everything he speak on really true |
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He's proved he would never mislead you |
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Or treat you as nothing less than equal |
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That's why they call me Brother Ali too |
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The feeling always seems to bleed through |
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No quitting I kill it until the beats through |
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No kidding I'm real in everything we do |
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Rap beef bullshit so see through |
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They don't like the hoops they got to leap through |
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So they turn on each other like the weak do |
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Your little teeth chew meat fool me too |
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I came here to turn the party out |
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Y'all know just what I'm all about |
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My crew throw down without a doubt |
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We here let me hear you holler out |
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I came here to turn the party out |
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Y'all know just what I'm all about |
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My crew throw down without a doubt |
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We here let me hear you holler out |
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Rest assured I'm the best to do it in my neck of the woods |
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Hell yes I'm good |
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You can give me any test and I'll prove it no question |
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Let this be a lesson to you |
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When a superior send a message through the air waves |
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Your way fool just accept it |
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And consider it a blessing |
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I won't rest till the moment they press play |
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This jam come down and cave your chest in |
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There's a couple more things y'all have to know |
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Y'all been violating the rapper code |
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Can't just walk around here acting bold |
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Got to earn respect to brag and boast |
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Skills get you that not swag and clothes |
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Chin might get tapped I crack your nose |
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Fall back before y'all collapse |
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Me I'm an artist all a y'all are acts |
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That's why my heart bleed all on the track |
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Tell me what the f**k's wrong with that |
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Y'all foreplaying I'm raw dogging that |
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I lead the way 'cause y'all lost the path |
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This dialogue is all about the facts |
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That's why my stories are hard to match |
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Never been afraid at all follow that |
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I came here to turn the party out |
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Y'all know just what I'm all about |
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My crew throw down without a doubt |
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We here let me hear you holler out |
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I came here to turn the party out |
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Y'all know just what I'm all about |
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My crew throw down without a doubt |
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We here let me hear you holler out |
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Preacher in here this evening |
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Let me see your hands if you believe him |
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I don't know but I got this feeling |
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These people need some healing |
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And there just so few real ones |
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I got just what you're seeking |
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That giant can't keep sleeping |
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Wake up and touch that freedom |