| R-A what’s the lesson for today Rugged Man — Sadat X I am the legendary. |
| R-A — Sadat X Yo aiiyo people wonderin’where the fuck I been
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| At the VIP section they ain’t lettin’me in They say; |
| maybe if you had Dr. Dre or Timbaland
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| They say; |
| a white boy need a black boy to win
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| Uhh Bubba Sparxx did it and so did Slim
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| Just Blaze is hot now why don’t you get with him
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| I watch mad rappers bite my shit and blow up And make millions of what I created, that’s tough luck
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| I first started gettin’coverage around the same time
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| Steve Stout used to carry kid and placed luggage
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| I seen rappers turned from sex symbols in hard throbs
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| To bein forgotten now they out lookin’for jobs
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| I seen EPMD break up I seen my little brother Max fall asleep and he ain’t never wake up So when I rhyme listen, seriously
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| When I spit I’m givin’you the truth clearly who I really be It’s an audio version of reality TV
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| I had deals from Russell Simmonds to Master P Even five year old white girls be rappin’today
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| On the playground like 'go shorty it’s ya birthday'(Go, go, go.)
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| Here’s a little story I got ta tell
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| I am the legendary
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| R-A Rugged Man
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| Yo yo yo I seen good days sun rays church sundays
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| Made love made war been rich been poor
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| Lost friends lost hoods lost my dough
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| Seen beef between Bad Boy and Death Row
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| I seen deceased take the life for my sisters kid
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| Six months on the earth is what he had to live
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| I seen Biggie Big L Big Pun pass away
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| Buffy from the Fat Boys, Jam Master Jay
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| I mumple 'fore they blew up with Mystikal and Jay-Z
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| The Neptunes came to see me at D &D
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| I knew this chick named Norah a lounge singer
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| A year later she a six Grammy award winner
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| I seen flatliners I seen cannabisses
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| I seen Lil Zane see I seen mad misses
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| You ran through that ten percent disses
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| I seen A &R's get fired for takin’pisses
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| Stop whinin’the fuck nobody listens
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| Who else riskin’they career they stick to be indifferent
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| Switchin’the tradition stickin’to this shit they really livin'
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| I don’t care what’s hittin
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| Listen this is my fuckin’life that I’m spittin
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| Here’s a little story I got ta tell
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| I am the legendary
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| R-A Rugged Man
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| I made peace with myself now how bout that
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| I hated life I wanted to die a few years back
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| I was mentally ill it’s hard to come back from that
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| But I got through it now I got my sanity back
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| Y’all are like H-B-O fighters get the money and fame
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| Get beat up like Klitschko and Sugar Shane
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| Or get beat like Vernon Forrest or Prince Naseem
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| And you all turn pussy when you get that green
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| I got love for Havoc from Mobb Deep
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| When I was broke sleepin’in the street
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| He hooked me up with a free beat
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| Alchemist you still my little buddy
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| Althought you stole that Royce the 59 +The King+ beat from me I ain’t down to sign autographs and shake ya hands
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| I don’t want trendy ass followers as fans
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| I don’t wanna sell records, I don’t wanna be big
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| I don’t want MTV runnin’up in my crib
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| I don’t wanna be light in the music biz
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| I don’t want fans that don’t know who G Rap is Here’s a little story I got ta tell
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| I am the legendary
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| R-A Rugged Man
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| Here’s a little story I got ta tell
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| I am the legendary
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| R-A Rugged Man
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| what’s the lesson for today Rugged Man |