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[Intro - Mr. Lif and live crowd] |
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When I say "Akro", y'all say "batik" |
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"Akro!" "batik!" "Akro" "batik!" |
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When I say "Akro", y'all say "batik" |
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"Akro!" "batik!" "Akro" "batik!" |
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[Verse 1] |
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Yo check this |
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These rappers come and they go |
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But I've been here the whole time letting mother******s know |
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This is longevity vs. brevity |
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You'll never be ready to meddle with my pedigree |
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I'm not impressed by Mr. Fresh Guy |
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Who's hot now - next year, working at Best Buy |
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This is Akrobatik, brother, why would you test I? |
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You leave with your chest fried - even the best tried |
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And lest I forget, pop rap is no threat |
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I'm a vet from the era of the purple cassette |
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And yo, no, I don't drive no fancy car |
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But where I've been, so, your whip will never get you that far |
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I'm known as an underground international star |
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You're the answer to a trivia question at the bar |
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You won't be around next year |
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But guarantee another Akrobatik gem will reappear |
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Because (I-I) |
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[Hook] |
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I'm built To last |
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I'm here to stay |
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I hold it down |
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Get out my ******* way |
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I'm built to last |
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Yeah, you're here today |
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But you're gone tomorrow |
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Get out my ******* way |
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[Scratchwork - DJ Reel Drama] |
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Cause I'm the type of ************* that's built to last |
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Built To Last |
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Cause Im the type of ************* that's |
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Built To Last |
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[Verse 2] |
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Little dudes handing their careers over like they lost bets |
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Ain't willing to put in the years to be a boss vet |
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Immovable object, Rock of Gibraltar |
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There's greatness running by you like you're blocking for Walter |
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Old Faithful, verbal shots bust your whole grapefruit |
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If Ak smells hate, troop? Then Black Hell Breaks Loose |
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Here's something new to peep and blast, *************s |
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For my 2092 jeep ass *************s |
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What you hear leaves the careers of mad toys dead |
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We ain't going nowhere, like Bad Boy said |
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Fresh since the 80s, in the 90s I was ****** |
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Since 2000, I've been one of the most dependable to quote |
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Whether you know it or not, I've been blowing up spots, collecting victories |
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Rocked with y'all New York City to Italy |
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I strangle the track, and make the song squirm |
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Standing strong, firm - Built To Last for the long term, saying |
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[Hook] |
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[Scratchwork] |
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[Verse 3] |
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Ayo |
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I've returned from aortic dissection |
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To move hip-hop into a forward direction |
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So you can clear the orbit of this morbid perception |
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That hip-hop could forfeit border protection |
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Y'all forced it with this corporate affection |
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That's leaving fans absorbing nothing more than your sexin' and flexin' |
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If you ain't the authentic, then order my next *************t |
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Sit down with it, learn a thing or two about the hectic eclectic |
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Electricity when I flex my ethnicity |
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It's no mystery when I bless the set vividly |
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That history is being made |
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In every Ak verse you hear, sincere homage to pioneers is being paid |
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I make the jams that the fans want to rush for |
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Akrobatik is the one-man Mt. Rushmore |
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Reason laid the ****** drum track for me |
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To proceed with rap's greatest comeback story |
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Because I am |
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[Hook] |
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[Scratchwork] |
