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This feels good right here. |
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Just happy to be here. i mean, |
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I gota take a moment to thank those that made a difference, |
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Whether small or big. damn, where should i start though? |
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First and foremost i gota give praise |
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To the lord above and his almighty ways |
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Blessin me with the gift to lift spirits |
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And evoke emotions thru these words everytime you hear it |
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I got the lyrics and flow, im capable so |
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When i blow, just know this ones for april and joe |
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Me and my little sister, we grateful you know |
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Wish i could see you more avah at the rate that you grow |
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My favorite uncle franky for opening ya door |
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When i aint have a place to stay, i crashed on your floor |
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Taught me the basic survival tools |
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Auntie cathy, every summer kept me in vacation bible school |
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Mr diskin for more than passin grades |
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And my fourth grade teacher mr. scott who passed away |
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Peep how i met kamel, corner on the street |
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We goin to the top ,lets do it for shawna and jaleek |
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In the beginnin, no one was on jins side folks |
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Bar and amory, whoa bundy thats a inside joke |
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Before bullshit friendships, synthetic for cream |
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Chilled with my wall click, bryan, cedric, and jean |
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So when i moved to ny chose to invest in a few |
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One love to patricia ben and the rest of the crew |
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To be loved is a privilige, thats what i was told |
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A gem from my man ls more precious than gold |
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Infamous joe lacin my tatt so sick |
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Fong, yungmac, and ken down at ho yips |
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To dee waah chivon and the rest of the deans |
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For believing in a young man obsessed with a dream |
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Allowin me to write history create my own chapter |
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All original ryders and the generation after |
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The double r staff my thanks worth a million |
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And the whole 30th floor at the universal buildin |
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You could never walk in my shoes or stand in my boots |
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Know how i came up, i'll never abandon my roots |
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Yeah, c rayz, poison pen for sharing the stage |
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Shouts to stronghold, tone, and the rest of the plague |
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Ask big zoo, we ten steps ahead of ya |
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Vice versus, eye to eye, e-o dub regulars |
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My man j pure for bringin the heat right |
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And the rest of the poets, chillin under streetlights |
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Just keep the beats tight, shouts to the record spinners |
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Enuff, felli fell and all the heavy hitters |
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Kubichi k sly hold me down in la |
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Might catch me flickin it up with von in the bay |
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Then its off to the wake up show with tech and sway |
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Or big nat and foot out in va |
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Its damn near tradition to kick a freestyle |
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Anytime im with eddie francis out in seatown |
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Cant forget hometeam as high as i be |
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Supa cindy, big lip and dj irie |
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The club and mixtape djs that break records |
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Cause thanks to them we've heard some great records |
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Shouts out to the technitions they get props |
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Feel free to holla, anytime you need drops |
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Bob collina, the only one to call |
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Anytime ya boy jin gota run in with the law |
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Bert padell aka big babe ruth |
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Got the brinks truck outside, lets get paid loot |
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6-4-6-6, the trips back and forth |
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From the studio to the crib, im never slackin off |
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How bout will, spivey and of course killa kai |
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Boondo, randy, feron just a few of my |
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Close associates that i love to see |
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School me to the game like joe box and brother e |
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Razor and mario for all them times we rocked shows |
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To the rest of 176, tato |
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Peter jun, rock, lisa, landy and j |
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Keepin me fresh ellis at the barbershop |
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Coast to coast, lifestyles reppin the r alot |
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My man cartoon bringin the fresh sound |
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Cookie and mag ogs holdin the west down |
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And of course swizz blocks, carl, climax |
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Far east movement, they got what ya minds lack |
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T dot, montreal where i keep mass appeal |
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Romero, baby yu, rg and neil |
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It pays to keep it real even more to be sincere |
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Thanks to bet for jump startin my career |
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As for 106 who they askin about |
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Free and aj cant wait to see yall back on the couch |
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And mtv for givin advance warnings |
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John singleton plus the chance at performin |
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The source double xl rolling stone vibe |
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The truth, the lies, the layout in rides |
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For every write up forever in context |
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King magazine elle girl and complex |
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To all the producers for providin the beats |
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Shouts to neo, tunehedz, divine and elite |
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Jr, wyclef, kanye, can i rep |
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This is real hiphop be damned if i let |
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Yall tell me otherwise cause we so live |
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This ones for 954 and 305 |
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All the way to 718 and 212 |
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And if you ever showed love this ones for you |
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But i gota say thanks even those that hated |
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Cause, cause yall kept me motivated |
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I gota thank god i wanna thank yall |
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I gota thank god i wanna thank yall |
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I gota thank god i wanna thank yall i gota thank god i wanna thank yall |
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