| Uh, uh, uh, 1−2, 1−2
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| Uh, uh, 1−2, 1−2, uh, uh All my dogs…
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| It’s bigger than.hip.hop.hip.hop.hip.hop.hip.
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| It’s bigger than.hip.hop.hip.hop.hip.hop.hip-hop
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| Uh, one thing 'bout music when it hit you feel no pain
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| White folks say it controls yo’brain
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| I know better than that, that’s game
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| And we ready for that — two soldiers head of the pack
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| Matter of fact, who got the gat?
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| And where my army at? |
| Rather attack and not react
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| Back to beats, it don’t reflect on how many records get sold
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| On sex, drugs and rock 'n'roll
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| Whether your project’s put on hold
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| In the real world; |
| these just people with ideas
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| They just like me and you when the smoke and camera disappear
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| Against the real world *echos*
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| It’s bigger than all these fake-ass records
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| When po’folks got the millions and my woman’s disrespected
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| If you check 1−2, my word of advice to you is just relax
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| Just do what you got to do; |
| if that don’t work, then kick the facts
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| If you a fighter, rider, biter, flame-ignitor, crowd-exciter
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| Or you wanna jus’get high, then just say it But then if you a liar-liar, pants on fire, wolf-crier, agent wit’a wire
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| I’m gon’know it when I play it Uh, who shot Biggie Smalls?
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| If we don’t get them, they gon’get us all
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| I’m down for runnin’up on them crackers in they city hall
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| We ride for y’all — all my dogs stay real
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| Nigga, don’t think these record deals gon’feed your seeds
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| And pay your bills, because they not
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| MCs get a little bit of love and think they hot
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| Talkin''bout how much money they got; |
| all y’all records sound the same
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| I’m sick of that fake thug, R&B-rap scenario, all day on the radio
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| Same scenes in the video, monotonous material
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| Y’all don’t here me though
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| These record labels slang our tapes like dope
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| You can be next in line and signed; |
| and still be writing rhymes and broke
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| You would rather have a Lexus? |
| or justice? |
| a dream? |
| or some substance?
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| A Beamer? |
| a necklace? |
| or freedom?
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| Still a nigga like me don’t playa-hate, I just stay awake
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| This real hip-hop; |
| and it don’t stop 'til we get the po-po off the block
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| They call it…
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| D.P.'s got that crazy shit
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| We keep it crunked-up, John Blazed and shit
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| (*They call it, call it, call it →stic.man*)
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| (*Fake, fake, fake records →M1*) |