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(Killah Priest) |
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I split atoms, crack codes, took rap to a plateau |
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Did everything with words but never got the plaque yo |
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Big Pun won best "Rap of the Year" |
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I gave 'em dap, we both cheered |
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Said I shoulda got the "Rap of the Atmosphere" |
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Pun showed me love, both of our missiles were scuds |
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By the time Nas talked that pistol and glove |
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By the time Pac was official the Thug |
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He showed me love, he told me his favorite was... |
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Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth (B.I.B.L.E.) |
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He told me he loved GZA's verse |
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I just took it and smirked |
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RZA was convinced I had something powerful |
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Rhymes full of rocket fuel, put me on the Gravediggaz |
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Got mad when I ain't spazz on the lyrics |
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Fuck it, give that one to Bazz |
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I never had feelings |
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Knowing what I could do with the #2 pencil |
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Knew I was invincible, I pretend to play cool |
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Told Ra I didn't really want it |
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I was cool just being a fan; "Liquid Swords" was coming |
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Judge wisely, Basic Instruction, my introduction, it's on |
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(Killah Priest) |
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I signed to Geffen, my girl got pregnant |
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My mind's the weapon, designed as a message |
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Implemented my life lessons |
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What sparked "Heavy Mental" was very simple |
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Its what I been thru, nothin' to pretend to |
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When GZA snatched me, I was lookin' like one of the Isley's |
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Staff beside me, braids, never grew a beard, lookin' weird |
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But when I write Brooklyn disappeared |
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I sought thru seven stratospheres |
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God idea's ____ rhymes, the last thru millennium years |
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Him and RZA claimed me up, Tray gave me my first cut |
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I use to kill rappers used to lay in the cut |
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I traded the bucks from breaking them up |
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Gave me Mathematics on top of Israelite books |
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When I rap the underground shook |
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Met a foe, Canibus, now I can admit |
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That when we battled we was throwin' planets |
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I was shocked for no man could withstand a gigantic gift |
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We met later as Horsemen, we begin to talkin' |
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Bring Ras Kass from a whole another orbit |
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Kurupt, beat them beats up, now the Sunz of Man |
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(Killah Priest) |
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Like all great crews, the things we gon' go thru |
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Just a part of the music biz, we all paid dues |
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Problems with egos and listen to too many people |
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Yesterday that's your man, tomorrow it's legal |
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The thing that bugged me up we was just gettin' started |
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Barely finished the project |
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To be honest I didn't appreciate y'all pickin' Priest to be the target |
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Everything said in darkness came out of the closet |
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Though I never shouted out a comet cuz I'm out in the cosmic |
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So in my house there's conflict |
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I got the brothers their first deal |
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Cat Jones was the backbone of just keepin' it real |
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Shabazz left, P and Razah was cool |
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Me and 60 was old school |
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Marvin Gaye tapes, Stevie Wonder greats |
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Al Green the moments, Earth, Wind & Fire remakes |
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But than when shit didn't work out |
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Brothers blamed the Clan |
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Man, we had to stand up and be our own man |
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It wasn't the Clan fault that we was at a halt |
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It's because brother didn't wanna revolt |
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I wanna chill, make more music |
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But then here we got with this deja vu shit, plain stupid |
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But we still all brothers, it's all love, I have no doubts |
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Cuz every other day the sun might come out |