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(Cause it's better to have money and not to need it |
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Than to need it and not to have it |
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And there's a good place in this world for money, yes sirie |
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And I know where it is, it's right here in my pocket |
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- Hey, gimme some |
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- You're talkin' just like a pimp |
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... |
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- Answer him, answer him |
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- I don't get mad at people like that |
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You know why? Cause he's a revolutionary) |
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[VERSE 1: Key-Kool (patterned after Ice Cube's "Gangsta Gangsta" verse)] |
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Here's a little somethin' 'bout a MC like me |
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Dropped "Kosmonauts" and "Galleries" independently |
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Key-Kool, I likes to say |
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That I'm a fresh lyricist from around the way |
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Since I was a youth, a straight b-boy |
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Now I'm takin' out all the sucker decoys |
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Flippin' a rhyme or two, that's what the hell I do |
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You don't like how I'm livin', well ( *scratch* ) you |
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This is hip-hop and I'm in it |
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My man Rhett will cut you up in a minute |
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With a cut, stab [?] so (funky) |
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And then he blames his crew the Beat Junkies |
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Everywhere we go they say (damn) |
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Visionaries is [scratch] up the program |
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And then you realize that we all care |
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For those who just don't know we're throwin' V's in the air |
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And keep makin' straight up (sh...) |
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Does it look like I have to make a hit? |
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To a major label that wanna sign me |
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Rap ain't nothin' but a way to make money |
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But I'm the type of MC that's built to last |
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If you wanna pimp me I put my foot in your ass |
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See, I don't give a [scratch] how many records you're sellin' |
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Yo, what the [scratch] are they yellin? |
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Make money money, make money money money |
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Make money money, make money money money |
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[Rhettmatic cuts up] |
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[D-Nice] (Self sufficient, independent) |
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[KRS-One] (It's not about) (reality) |
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(It's all about) (a salary) |
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(Self sufficient, independent) |
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[Erick Sermon] (I just get down and I go for mine) |
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(Self sufficient, independent) |
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[Rakim] (But now I learn to earn cause I'm righteous) |
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(Self sufficient, independent) |
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[VERSE 2: Key-Kool] |
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Just like King Midas, as I was told |
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In this rappin' Olympics fools are rushin' for gold |
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With or without cold, better change your mold |
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Tryin' to be down with dough on the yellow brick road |
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Wizard of Oz complex is goin' for the riches |
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No heart, no brain, cowardly loss to the bitches |
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Too weak to lead, so they're followin' |
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Week-kneed MC's now only suck to swallowin' |
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Fallin' in the trap of big money crap |
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The only real big baller who started rappin' is Shaq |
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They act large but it's evident |
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You only make minimum percent unless you're the president |
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I'm on self-empowerment, so others'll pay me rent |
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And I can control my artistic intentions |
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Make investments, count all my blessings |
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See the Age of Aquarius, a fifth dimension |
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Comprehension like Babu |
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Dynamic like the Duo, it's the two you know |
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Key-Kool and Rhettmatic always come well equipped |
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And like a club in Manila we'll make your whole party flip |
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[Rhettmatic cuts up] |
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[D-Nice] (Self sufficient, independent) |
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[KRS-One] (It's not about) (reality) |
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(It's all about) (a salary) |
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(Self sufficient, independent) |
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[Erick Sermon] (I just get down and I go for mine) |
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(Self sufficient, independent) |
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[Rakim] (But now I learn to earn cause I'm righteous) |
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(Self sufficient, independent) |
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[D-Nice] (The rap race will be lost without a trace) |
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(Self sufficient, independent) |
