| Yo, raise the level, bass bottom to treble
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| Forever keep it ghetto
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| Funk and heavy metal
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| Fuck the devil
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| Unify the rebel
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| Whistle like a kettle
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| With a fly acapello
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| Smooth and mellow
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| Locked load and settle
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| Shine through times with rhymes bright like yellow
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| Taste and swallow, lead and never follow
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| Break it like a bottle
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| Inspire like a role model
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| Say, «I am» (I am) «Somebody» (Somebody)
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| Yo, my soul, bounce rock and roll
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| Tumble with the rhythm
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| Heat the mic when it’s cold
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| I was told «Be Bold»
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| Whether platinum or gold
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| Keep it solid
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| Do the knowledge
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| Til' I reach my goal
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| My hunger-pain thunder
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| Lumberjack the fifth wonder
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| I never slumber cuz I keep it on the under
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| My post beat for people in the street
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| Ghetto M-U-S-I-C (We bring the heat)
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| That African soul
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| Clap black power impact
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| Who said ghetto rap was all about a dope sack?
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| A pimp slap or a big black gatt
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| Fuck around and get jacked
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| For your rhymes where I live at
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| Uh, I’m not a gangsta but I boogie wit beats
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| No gang affiliation in my lyrics or speech
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| But still I keep it straight hood-hop techniques
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| South Central Fundamentals J5 emcees
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| And it’s on!
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| Who’s to say if I choose to make moves today
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| Whether I win or lose or I end up on the news today
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| Amuse but never confuse
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| Still got dues to pay
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| You abuse elegant rules when you use clichés
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| They got you sittin' on the edge of your seat
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| Creatin' beef
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| Mark of the beast
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| Code on the street
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| Cease and decease
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| Never the least
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| Let me repeat
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| The situation gets sticky like the badge on police
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| We individually driven in the beginnin'
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| We winnin'
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| Six men and a venomous independent decision and clear vision
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| Pretendin' was never a possibility
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| I got to kill it
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| Because I want to be it
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| The poet to win a Pulitzer Prize
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| Who wouldn’t survive?
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| The fullest of vibes
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| Deliberate surprise
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| When bullets the size
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| Of quarters arrive
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| And slaughter your lives
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| We trying to counteract that
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| Unifying these ballers and backpacks
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| With Knowledge-&-Fact-Tracks
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| Yo, my soul, infiltrate birth control
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| And control guns Huey P used to hold
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| I breathe life and through the 60's
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| Voted most likely to get busy
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| Inner city flash jiggy burn
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| Phillies and things
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| And we boogie to the bang
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| Sunshine and rain
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| Why you cats be talkin' that pimp crap in jail
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| I corresponded with a nigga who can barely spell
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| I know the situation oh so well (so well)
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| I done seen it in 3D
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| It ain’t hard to tell
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| Why you bang for your turf chain girl or your man
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| I be banging for Islam in a spot in Sudan
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| Cuz I can’t solve or stop or put foot to this
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| The hottest brother on the block couldn’t cook to this
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| J5 drop the verse beat hook to this
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| And if you want a fly jam you should look to this
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| So…
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| Raise the level, bass bottom to treble
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| Forever keep it ghetto
|
| Funk and heavy metal
|
| Fuck the devil
|
| Unify the rebel
|
| Whistle like a kettle
|
| With a fly acapello
|
| Smooth and mellow
|
| Locked load and settle
|
| Shine through times with rhymes bright like yellow
|
| Taste and swallow, lead and never follow
|
| Break it like a bottle
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| Inspire like a role model |