[00:02.50]Rock
[00:03.52]Ge-ge-get down, yeah
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[00:10.32]Please listen to this
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[00:13.44]Listen to the
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[00:19.88]Monkey, see monkey do, follow this when I cue you
[00:22.57]The mic is my wine it helps me cast my voodoo spell
[00:25.31]Hell 'cos I'm F U N K Y
[00:27.50]Suckers try to flex I say, Why, oh why?
[00:29.81]Cos I don't bother nobody, I chill and hardly party
[00:32.36]Now and then I might go out, puff a blunt and sip Bacardi
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[00:35.20]But if not I'm in my room pumpin' tunes
[00:37.57]Waitin' for the payday, it's coming soon
[00:39.87]Brooklyn is my home, better yet my war zone
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[00:42.31]Why did I say that? Cos it's a mutherfuckin' fact
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[00:44.68]Kids around the way know what's up, they can't front
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[00:47.43]Kids are getting' smoked up like blunts
[00:49.55]All over nonsense, brothers die constant
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[00:51.92]I'm looking for an answer, I can't find it
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[00:54.67]I think we need a little help, word
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[00:57.22]Brothers gotta find knowledge of self
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[00:59.97]I got mad knowledge of self
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[01:02.21]You gotta get with knowledge of self
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[01:04.78]I got mad knowledge of self
[01:06.14]
[01:07.02]You gotta get with knowledge of self
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[01:09.64]I got mad knowledge of self
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[01:11.89]You gotta get with knowledge of self
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[01:14.51]I got mad knowledge of self
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[01:16.70]You gotta get it, you gotta get it
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[01:19.00]Righteous I live, give props to my mom
[01:21.05]Pops raised me like a winner never settled for smaller
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[01:24.00]I am a prince in this land, not 'cos I have a grand
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[01:27.19]Got knowledge in my dome
[01:28.49]In command of my life, never ever live trife
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[01:31.11]Thanks to my man fifty grand money Spike
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[01:33.55]Now I'm on my road to riches and bitches
[01:35.92]The world of fake hugs and fake ass kisses
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[01:38.55]Girlies wanna get with me, is it for me or because I MC?
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[01:43.35]I don't give a damn anyway
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[01:45.29]Hey, skins are skins I stick 'em any day
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[01:48.48]But anyway enough about that
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[01:50.53]I think it's about time for drip to rip the rap
[01:53.21]Let me pause for the cause 'cos the comes first
[01:55.40]And with the quickness the will disperse, like that
[01:58.52]I got mad knowledge of self
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[02:00.82]You gotta get with knowledge of self
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[02:03.32]I got mad knowledge of self
[02:04.63]
[02:05.63]You gotta get with knowledge of self
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[02:08.25]I got mad knowledge of self
[02:09.62]
[02:10.50]You gotta get with knowledge of self
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[02:13.13]I got mad knowledge of self
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[02:15.37]You gotta get it, you gotta get it
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[02:17.55]Some brothers think they're it when they really ain't shit
[02:20.29]Talkin' 'bout their new car and that their pockets are thick
[02:22.73]But c'mon, you don't have a job, I know you're frontin' hard
[02:25.23]Borrowed the ride from mom
[02:27.04]What's the reason for the teasin', who the hell ya think ya pleasin'?
[02:29.78]You lack self-esteem so you try to front and cream
[02:31.96]But that ain't workin' 'cos I'm smirkin' thinkin' how you're such a fool
[02:34.77]I keep a stern face as you're fakin' moves
[02:37.03]I'm this, I'm that, I'm hip, I'm phat
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[02:39.53]Know what you are? Wick wick wack!
[02:41.59]A brother with no colour 'cos all I see is gray
[02:44.40]If you knew who you were this road you would not play
[02:47.14]Around the way I must stay with my people
[02:49.26]Chill at some clubs, though that was lethal
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[02:52.01]Now I got my mental health, word
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[02:54.13]I got mad knowledge of self
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[02:57.13]I got mad knowledge of self
[02:58.43]
[02:59.25]You gotta get with knowledge of self
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[03:01.80]I got mad knowledge of self
[03:03.24]
[03:04.24]You gotta get with knowledge of self
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[03:06.86]I got mad knowledge of self
[03:08.17]
[03:09.11]You gotta get with knowledge of self
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[03:11.73]I got mad knowledge of self
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[03:13.97]You gotta get it, yo, you gotta, gotta get it
[03:16.22]Yo, you gotta, gotta get it, yeah
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[03:19.78]You don't stop
[03:20.90]You don't quit
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[03:22.02]You don't quit
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[03:23.21]Word up, yeah