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Yeah, I fight to not write tracks Distracts the vision, reversing syntax Win that, a brother battling in Keytown He said a war don't a king It's what you do with the The ground crumbles at the of the humble But if you dope, you dope, just the pride way low the hip-hop I fell in love with That's the hip-hop I my dubs with Round a mic stomping Six exit east of Trying not to be the old always screaming old-school Hating on the new dudes, I could school fools Instead of leveraging veteran for they betterment Ligaments been itching like them kids to get me When you finally reach pinnacle, it's to not be cynical But slow down, enjoy the are called, chosen few That's the hip hop I fell in with
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On that dad back when my neighbor's dad Ran his through they living room And set the crib on fire like "if I can't have you, no one can" Tainted love, messages, curses and blesses Like patience is a virtue, but I afraid to hurt you Like smoke is silly, but crack sales is kingly And the man is god but if you try to touch the squad *pow* My uncle Charles got smoked by a bloke reppin' And I I coulda known him My granny said he on that saxophone And why I love music It's crazy how a man you never met can you Like the music for which you listen could shape how you raise your Like crooked men with dope pens how I make my living Gang affiliation, how it a nation but the hip hop I fell in love with
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Yeah, b-boy, p-noid, me and qya Roll into your show aché ate Destroy, deploy, fresh low nuff showed up like "don't play, José" Take of this fire hydrant of wokeness I inspire the dopest to stay bold, kid pen stroke, been dope since Reaganomics Trickle down and ruined my if I'm honest Me - just a city boy, me no pity, boy Stand up, man up, the only of the committee On climbing over fences to edge of the LA River And scribble the syllables the city were silly But we was all we had though, next door to the Between Florence 13 and This is how we 'em, hybrid hip-hop and hoodlum True school 'em cause the one you enrolled in is ya Backpack of books, no hooks, that's for radio My favorite emcees play no stadiums the Palladium, battling the openers Only audience stood in awe and awkwardness Obvious we were too young but better rap guns Master kickflips, I don't semi-automatic clips haggling for me to get a blue rag dangling From my pocket, tangling with the wrong Stop it but that's the hip-hop I in love with That's the hip-hop I threw my with