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Who is it? |
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There comes a time |
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Last of the red hot, lovin' emcees |
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Who came up poor, grits and government cheese |
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The only thing |
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I ever really loved in my life, was a mic |
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Some of my niggaz fell in love with |
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MP's, come on |
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Work the bass, nigga, juggle them keys |
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I'm tryin'a get a piece of this government green |
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And smack 'em in the melon with another |
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LPCome on, help a couple people in the struggle get free |
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We from the block, where people stay prepared to rock |
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And it's hard 'cause opportunity be scared to knock |
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And mo' people in the 'hood found dead from cops |
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Than guns that drop, that sprayed off random shots |
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But whatcha know good, people say they in the hood fo' good |
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You ain't a prisoner, the world got mo' to it |
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Sky's the limit, it don't take but a minute |
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Don't fear for your people, nigga, my 'hood's yo' 'hood |
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Yeah, we did it |
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I know in these tryin' times it feels confusin' |
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That's why |
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I came to y'all to dance to the music |
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Unless, we face it first and try not to lose it |
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Even if it gets worse, they can't stop this |
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Can't stop this, |
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I want my peoples to rock this |
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Bang this music in your speakers and boxes |
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Legs and users, 'bout as a deep as my thoughts is |
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Sit back and |
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I'mma paint you a portrait |
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This stuff can make you think you are lost |
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This shit can have you exhausted |
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Just picture the planet and imagine it's yours, kid |
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Don't ever let nobody knock you outta your orbit |
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I never seen a bridge we couldn't shuffle across it |
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We got a lotta people livin' a life, that's pure trivia |
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Real hip hop, |
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I ain't tryin'a get rid of ya |
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Can't have that, because here come, the city of |
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PhillyPut an end to all the trivia, really |
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Where I'm walkin' er'ybody ain't pretty or friendly |
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It's work, my whole life they ain't give me a penny |
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Comin' up between a rock and a hard, watchin' for |
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GodPeople, hip hop and with no option at all |
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Yo, it's how it's goin' down |
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I know in these tryin' times it feels confusin' |
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That's why |
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I came to y'all to dance to the music |
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Unless, we face it first and try not to lose it |
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Even if it gets worse, they can't stop this |
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We bring the part of raps, the special sounds |
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The robe's long enough to be considered a gown |
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Thought's pen is sharp enough to be considered a crown |
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When the plate come, take some, pass it around |
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It's the last of the hip hop lovin' emcees |
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In front of an audience that never been pleased |
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I'm comin' from all the streets that never been cleaned |
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And speakin' for any faith that never been seen |
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This debeneir style of my words is high-caliber |
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Speakin' my mind for every day that's on the calendar' |
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Cause I'll'a been quiet, about as long as |
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I can handle it |
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Walked a mile in these boots that |
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I'm standin' in |
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Mellow soul brother with his lyrical dean on |
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The stages |
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I'm seen on, mic |
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I fiend on |
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When it's all full of soul that's when it means more |
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I never hesitate to give a shoulder to lean on, yo |
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Check it out, man |
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I know in these tryin' times it feels confusin' |
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That's why |
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I came to y'all to dance to the music |
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Unless, we face it first and try not to lose it |
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Even if it gets worse, they can't stop this |