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You are now witnessing the demise of the music business |
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I say demise of the music business cause people always gonna need music in they life |
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You know what |
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I'm saying |
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I can't do music with people |
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I'm uncomfortable with |
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You know what |
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I'm saying |
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I can't be on stage with you pouring out my soul if |
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I don't like you |
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So with said shout out to |
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Strong Arm |
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SteadyShout out to |
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Jean GraeThat's my |
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Blacksmith family you dig |
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I just heard a song that reminded me of times when you were finding me |
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Rhyming in |
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Greenwich |
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Village circa 1993 |
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Yeah those were the salad days my careers appetizing |
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The main course a casserole a jambalaya |
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Different influences that led me where the music is |
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A student is only as good as his teachers tutelage |
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Paying for college and not learning was straight foolishness |
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So I stopped going to school but this |
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Hard to tell my parents how to now try to get through to them |
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Thought of no one daily and traveled to different places |
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Freestyled with |
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Clef and Forte in the |
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Booga Basement |
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With Rubiks and |
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JuJu on Flatbush my hood amazing |
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Platinum Island recording with |
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Duro and Just |
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BlazeAnd that was right next door to |
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Rawkus what's up |
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Jarret and |
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Brian relax y'all |
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I'm mad [?] |
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Kendra Ross you got the soul of a |
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Stax singer |
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I love how you always bring it back sister |
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You and Reesy making every record |
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I got classics with |
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Hi-Tek and |
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Mos Def that are so respected |
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Shout out to |
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Corey Smith shout out to |
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Dave Chapelle |
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I went on tour with |
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The Roots they played so well |
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Writing rhymes with |
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Mike and Nine me and |
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Pharoahe Monch were |
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Soundbombing |
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Me and Lonnie |
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Lynn got a lot in |
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CommonMystic |
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Journyman introduced me to |
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Top RamenOn the bus |
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Kanye West would never stop rhyming |
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Ain't no mountain high enough for him he never stopped climbing |
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That's why when the homies win |
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I never stop smiling |
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See I'm smiling right now |
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Nothing else matters more than friends and family |
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No doubt that's how it's gotta be |
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This is my odyssey it's just the god in me |
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Yup they all a part of me |
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Cause I would die for them and they would die for me |
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That's right and plus |
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I love my fans |
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Love when you throw your hands up it's like you all my fam |
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Like you considered kin |
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Got me through thick and thin thank you for listening |
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Nothing else matters more than friends and family |
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It started with a blast now |
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I'm a iconoclast |
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Promise to be honest in my craft and make the promise last |
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I do this for myself but the song for you |
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Once I put it out for sale then it belong to you |
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This for Amani |
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Fela plus |
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Diani Eshe |
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Your daddy love his girl your mother never far away |
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This is for |
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Eque this for |
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Kierra Paul |
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We wanna ride like |
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Ciara and we will never fall |
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Headquarters and |
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Guru is love forever ya'll |
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Make it plain cause it's too strong for a metaphor |
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Simile your legacy will always be remembered for forever or |
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Til the end of time whichever come first |
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Big love to my mom and dad you could have done worst |
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Jamal and |
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I the way we are cause you put your sons first |
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Many black parents lose they son to the gun burst |
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Mommas drowning in they own tears til they lungs burst |
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Voice cracking like |
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Michael Stipe cause everyone hurts |
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Nothing else matters more than friends and family |
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No doubt that's how it's gotta be |
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This is my odyssey it's just the god in me |
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Yup they all a part of me |
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Cause I would die for them and they would die for me |
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That's right and plus |
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I love my fans |
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Love when you throw your hands up it's like you all my fam |
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Like you considered kin |
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Got me through thick and thin thank you for listening |
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Nothing else matters more than friends and family |
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My first record was with |
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Mood back in '96 |
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In fact it was pretty fresh |
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Google that find that shit |
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It sound good |
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I was showing you what timeless is |
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You couldn't catch what |
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I was saying without rewinding it |
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Believe me every fan is special |
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You hear me now but |
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I got fans from |
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Lyricist Lounge and "Manifesto" |
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So much wack rap |
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I know it's hard to tell |
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The difference but when |
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I heat it up |
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I make the garbage smell |
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I'm resurrected but |
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I'm no savior |
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I know the game |
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I can ball a little bit |
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I'm an OK |
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PlayerDouble meaning cause the flow is layered |
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We love to say it but it's easier than it sound to ignore the haters |
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To snap back like the jaws of gators[Fades out] |
