| Yo its been a blessing to be deemed a living legend
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| And when they started snitchin I only gave them confessions
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| I ain’t stressin shit thats outta my control
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| I done went platinum & I done went gold
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| I done made beats for dudes who hit below the belt
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| I guess it’s about time I made a beat for myself
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| Be positive or negative, still bitin my rhetoric
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| And got a fanbase from Japan to Connecticut
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| Got that medicine for everybodys sick
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| And I rep New York like I play for the Nicks
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| And yall could credit my kicks & pay for ya dimes
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| Bein a rapper is not an alternative to crime
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| I done supplied it year after year
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| Beats that made babies beats that made your career
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| So be clear my nigga when you step in the booth
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| And be clear if your tellin the truth
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| Niggas will pop you, sayin the gospel
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| From a rap song they heard with the hip hop apostle
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| Became chaotic & filled with mayhem
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| At the end of the day I’ll always be a made man
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| And play the same hand that I was dealt
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| You ain’t never walked in my shoes or feel what I felt
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| So I had to share it, it was on my brain fam
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| Pete Rock the Soul Brother still a made man
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| And tell them young boys burnin' spliffs in here
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| I done been in this game for like 15 years
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| This trick I’m pullin all the stops
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| Since when makin music needed the cops?
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| A little before but now DJ’s gettin' popped
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| Rest in peace to JMJ, Justo & Carl Blaze
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| But what I’ve learned I ain’t learned in no classes
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| But it’s always been my pleasure to touch the masses
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| You bought a computer & now you connected
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| You burning CD’s but you ain’t buy my records
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| I respect it but it’s gotta be respected just the same
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| Pete Rock the first in the hip hop hall of fame
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| With all the names you know plastered on the wall
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| Famous for they words not a basket or a ball
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| You can have a casting call & get nothing but actors
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| You can have a talent search & get nothin' but rappers
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| You can dance like Diddy, or get swollen like 50
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| Or be like every other rapper get busted with a gliccky
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| The game real sticky & brothers get stuck
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| But cats should know when not to push they luck
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| Beggin' for a buck just to get on the train
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| I got a lot of bars that’s stuck on my brain
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| I dont spit it in vein I do it for the public
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| Pete Rock did it for y’all I hope y’all love it |