| Hit me hard now
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| Ladies and gentlemen
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| You made the right choice this evenin'
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| If you know me, you know I love my family, love my God
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| Before I knew either I loved my art
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| So I’m married to the pen till death do us part
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| Rock hard with all my heart
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| College broads call me avant garde
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| Probably 'cause I’m all off the chart
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| Only thing poppy about me is what
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| My Puerto Rican mami call me when she on me
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| And the raw me is all I let y’all see
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| I believe I rock it properly, obviously a lot of y’all agree
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| Remind me, what the fuck can stop Ali?
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| Only me as far as I can see
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| Line three of 'My Philosophy' by BDP it apply to me
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| I’m just the guy to lead a crew
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| That means the true people who believe in you
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| And hold you down and do what they need to do
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| Street preacher
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| Say you don’t believe what these people teach
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| Well, me neither
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| He who follows his dream is deemed leader
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| Freedom fighter meets the peace keeper
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| See me creepin' up in the pulpit
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| With a full clip fit to speak to the people
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| May I suggest you just believe dude?
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| Everythin' he speak on, really true
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| He’s proved he would never mislead you
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| Or treat you as nothin' less than equal
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| That’s why they call me Brother Ali, too
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| The feelin' always seems to bleed through
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| No quittin', I kill it until the beats through
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| No kiddin', I’m real in everythin' we do
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| Rap beef bullshit so see through
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| They don’t like the hoops they gotta leap through
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| So they turn on each other like the weak do
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| Your little teeth chew meat, fool me too
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| I came here to turn the party out
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| Y’all know just what I’m all about
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| My crew throw down without a doubt
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| We here, let me hear you holler out
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| I came here to turn the party out
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| Y’all know just what I’m all about
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| My crew throw down without a doubt
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| We here, let me hear you holler out
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| Rest assured I’m the best to do it in my neck of the woods
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| Hell yes, I’m good
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| You can give me any test and I’ll prove it, no question
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| Let this be a lesson to you
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| When a superior send a message through the air waves
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| Your way, fool, just accept it, and consider it a blessin'
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| I won’t rest till the moment they press play
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| This jam come down and cave your chest in
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| There’s a couple more things y’all have to know
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| Y’all been violatin' the rapper code
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| Can’t just walk around here actin' bold
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| Gotta earn respect to brag and boast
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| Skills get you that not swag and clothes
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| Chin might get tapped, I crack your nose
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| Fall back before y’all collapse
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| Me, I’m an artist, all y’all are acts
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| That’s why my heart bleed all on the track
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| Tell me what the fuck’s wrong with that
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| Y’all fore playin', I’m raw doggin' that
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| I lead the way 'cause y’all lost the path
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| This dialog is all about the facts
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| That’s why my stories are hard to match
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| Never been afraid at all, follow that
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| I came here to turn the party out
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| Y’all know just what I’m all about
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| My crew throw down without a doubt
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| We here, let me hear you holler out
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| I came here to turn the party out
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| Y’all know just what I’m all about
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| My crew throw down without a doubt
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| We here, let me hear you holler out
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| Preacher in here this evenin'
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| Let me see your hands if you believe him
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| I don’t know but I got this feelin'
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| These people need some healin'
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| And there just so few real ones
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| I got just what you’re seekin'
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| That giant can’t keep sleepin'
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| Wake up and touch that freedom |