| This is how to be an emcee, please take notes
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| Tryna keep you from mistakes new cats make most
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| Whatever coast, continent, country, city or town
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| If you ain’t true to it, homie, put your pen back down
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| This is how to be an emcee, please take notes
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| Tryna keep you from mistakes new cats make most
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| Whatever coast, continent, country, city or town
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| If you ain’t true to it, homie, put your pen back down
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| Aye, first off, let me say before we even start
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| Ya gotta have love for this art-form in your heart
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| The money part can’t be most important to y’all
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| You would still do it if it was no paper involved
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| It’s a hard hustle, don’t get in it if you’re not a soldier
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| You have to go and study the history of the culture
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| Every emcee dead or alive who ever wrecked it
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| If you don’t know how the game began, how can you respect it?
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| Learn how the styles evolved throughout time
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| The simple and the complex ways people would rhyme
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| Different flow patterns, learning where certain words belong
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| But more importantly the content of each song
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| Expand your mind if you wanna be around for years
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| ‘cause rappers with short knowledge tend to have short careers
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| And when a thought appears, cultivate it to the max
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| Stay motivated, too many artists faded and relaxed
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| This is how to be an emcee, please take notes
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| Tryna keep you from mistakes new cats make most
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| Whatever coast, continent, country, city or town
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| If you ain’t true to it, homie, put your pen back down
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| This is how to be an emcee, please take notes
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| Tryna keep you from mistakes new cats make most
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| Whatever coast, continent, country, city or town
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| If you ain’t true to it, homie, put your pen back down
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| Gotta find your identity, second order of biz
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| Can’t be yourself until you find out who yourself is
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| Formulate your own ideas, develop and write ‘em
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| You can listen to other rappers but don’t try to sound like ‘em
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| The goal is not to imitate what clowns might do
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| Create your own style, make them wanna sound like you
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| And even if the artist got skill that’s different and wild
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| You can learn from that talent without stealing their style
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| You copying hot rappers in the game, that sucks
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| What if they style plays out, you gotta change back up
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| That’s the reason why most careers burn out faster
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| Originality’s what you should be tryin' to master
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| Can’t slack, gotta stay up and grind through the night
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| Redoing a line time after time 'til it’s right
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| Never run from the critics ‘cause the great ones don’t
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| And not being scared to say things that most cats won’t
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| This is how to be an emcee, please take notes
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| Tryna keep you from mistakes new cats make most
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| Whatever coast, continent, country, city or town
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| If you ain’t true to it, homie, put your pen back down
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| This is how to be an emcee, please take notes
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| Tryna keep you from mistakes new cats make most
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| Whatever coast, continent, country, city or town
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| If you ain’t true to it, homie, put your pen back down
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| There’s a lot of elements that make your rhyming elite
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| Delivery, voice projection, plus riding the beat
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| Everybody likes dope tracks but don’t confuse it
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| A real rapper can wreck a mic without no music
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| No gimmicks or marketing, it ain’t about no hype
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| Hell, a real rapper can get down without no mic
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| Your words are more important than the image and partying
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| Having a stage presence and controlling the audience
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| If you don’t wanna practice, better summon the urge
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| Try to speak clear as possible, don’t jumble your words
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| Test your skills anywhere that you can get the display
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| If you think that everybody gon' love you, quit today
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| Never start beef, that’s the way your enemies grow
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| Speak on real life and learn how the industry goes
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| I can teach you all of this and yet you still might flop
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| ‘cause truth is this is a gift, you either got it or not
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| This is how to be an emcee, please take notes
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| Tryna keep you from mistakes new cats make most
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| Whatever coast, continent, country, city or town
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| If you ain’t true to it, homie, put your pen back down
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| This is how to be an emcee, please take notes
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| Tryna keep you from mistakes new cats make most
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| Whatever coast, continent, country, city or town
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| If you ain’t true to it, homie, put your pen back down |
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song How to Be an M.C. , by - K Rino. Song from the album Three Weeks Later (The 4-Piece #3), in the genre Иностранный рэп и хип-хоп