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Yeah, I to not write diss tracks from the vision, reversing syntax Win that, found a battling in Keytown He a war don't make a king It's what you do with the The ground at the feet of the humble But if you dope, you dope, just the pride way low That's the I fell in love with the hip-hop I throw my dubs with Round a mic stomping Six east of Compton not to be the old dude always screaming old-school Hating on the new dudes, knowing I school fools Instead of leveraging status for they betterment Ligaments been like them kids coming to get me When you finally reach pinnacle, it's hard to not be But down, enjoy the view are called, chosen few That's the hip hop I fell in love
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On boom-bap dad back when my neighbor's dad Ran his through they living room And they set the crib on fire like "if I can't you, no one can" Tainted love, mixed messages, and blesses Like patience is a virtue, but I ain't afraid to you Like crack smoke is silly, but crack is kingly And the man is god but if you try to touch the squad *pow* My Charles got smoked by a bloke reppin' Ghostown And I wish I coulda him My granny he cold on that saxophone And he's why I love It's how a man you never met can influence you Like the music for which you listen shape how you raise your children Like men with dope pens inspired how I make my living affiliation, how it fascinated a nation but That's the hip hop I fell in with
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Yeah, b-boy, p-noid, me and qya Roll into your show aché ate Destroy, deploy, fresh low Sho' showed up like "don't play, José" Take notes of this hydrant of wokeness I inspire the dopest to stay bold, kid Heavy-handed pen stroke, dope since Reaganomics Trickle down and ruined my hometown if I'm Me - just a city boy, me no pity, boy Stand up, man up, the rules of the committee On some climbing over to edge of the LA River And scribble the syllables the city thought were But we was all we had though, next door to the Florence 13 and dieciocho This is how we 'em, hybrid hip-hop and hoodlum True school 'em cause the one you enrolled in is ya Backpack of rhyme books, no hooks, for radio My favorite emcees don't no stadiums Outside the Palladium, battling the Only audible audience stood in awe and Obvious we were too young but rap than guns kickflips, I don't hold semi-automatic clips They haggling for me to get a blue rag my pocket, tangling with the wrong crowd Stop it but that's the hip-hop I fell in love the hip-hop I threw my dubs with