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They say that goodness in life belongs to those who believe: |
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So, I believe. Yes |
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I start to think and then I sink |
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Into the paper, like I was ink |
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When I'm writing, I'm trapped in between the lines |
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I escape, when I finish the rhyme |
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I start to think and then I sink |
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Into the paper, like I was ink |
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When I'm writing, I'm trapped in between the lines |
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I escape, when I finish |
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My pop said he was in love when he made me |
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Thought about it for a second wasn't hard to see |
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I could hear he was sincere, wasn't game or promotion |
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The entire affair's probably charged with emotion |
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When love call your heart I guess you got to pursue |
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12-11-73, my life is testament |
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Praise the beneficent, element that breath |
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Devoid in the form that make love manifest |
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I spent my early years in Roosevelt Projects |
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It was a bright valley with some dark prospects |
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In '83, Vendy C was the host with the most |
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I listened to the Rap Attack and held the radio close |
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I listened to the Rap Attack and held the radio close |
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This is far before the days of high glamour and pose |
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Aiyo, power from the streetlight made the place dark |
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I know a few understand what I'm talking about |
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It was love for the thing that made me wanna stay out |
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It was love for the thing that made me stay in the house |
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Spending time, writing rhymes |
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Trying to find words that describe the vibe |
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That's inside the space |
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When you close your eyes and screw your face |
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Is this the pain of too much tenderness? |
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To make me nod my head in reverence? |
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Should I visit this place in remembrance? |
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Or build landmarks here as evidence? |
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Nighttime, spirit shook my temperament |
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To write rhymes that portray this sentiment |
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We live the now for the promise of the infinite |
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We live the now for the promise of the infinite |
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And we believe in the promise |
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(Love, love, love, love, love |
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Love, love, love, love, love) |
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Yes, yes, y'all, and we don't stop because |
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I start to think, and then I sink |
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Into the paper, like I was ink |
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When I'm writing, I'm trapped in between the lines |
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I escape, when I finish the rhyme |
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I got love, l-o-v-e and I be |
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Love, l-o-v-e to emcee |
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Get love, l-o-v-e and I be |
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Love, l-o-v-e, I emcee |
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Get love, l-o-v-e and I be |
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Love, l-o-v-e to emcee |
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Get love, l-o-v-e and I be |
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(Love, Love) The M-O-S D-E-Finitely |
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Check it out, y'all (Uh), feel me out, y'all (Say what) |
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Feel me out, y'all (yeah), hear me out, y'all (Get down) |
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Check me, out, y'all (Uh, get down, get down) |
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Feel me out, y'all (Down, down), check it out, y'all |
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Now hear out (Bounce), y'all |
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Check me out, y'all (Uh), feel me out, y'all (All around the world) |
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Check me out, y'all, feel me out, y'all |
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Feel me out, y'all (Hear me bounce, y'all, get down) |
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Check me out, y'all, check it out, y'all |
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My folks said they was in love when they made me |
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I take the love they made me with to make rhymes and beats |
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(Can you feel?) The raw deal is all-wheel driven (right) |
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Contemplate the essence of beats, rhymes and livin' |
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Speech align with the rhythm (right), designed with the rhythm |
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Ears and eyes keep in good time with the rhythm |
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I shine with the rhythm, the Black Star Galactica |
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You're big number fatin', we ancient like the abacus |
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After us, I see most proceed to be trees |
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Sprouting leaves, givin' breeze to the we who believe |
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I M.C., which means I Must Cultivate the Earth |
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Straight back, straight facts, heartbeats and hard work |
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I be the "Funky Drummer" to soften the hard Earth |
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(Amin) Pray Allah keep my soul and heart clean |
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(Amin) Pray the same thing again for all my team |
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From Restoration to Fort Greene, and on out to Queens |
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Uptown To Boogie-down, yo, just look around |
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Shook up the world like Ali in 6-3 (right) |
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I'm reaching a height that you said cannot be |
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I'm bringing a light which you said we can't see |
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Saw the new day comin', it look just like me |
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Sun bursts through the clouds, my photo ID |
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I bring light to your day and raise your degree |
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The universal magnetic, you must respect it |
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From end to beginning; bright, true and living |
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Ever-changing but sustaining magnificent |
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Building the now for the promise of the infinite |
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Building the now for the promise of the infinite |
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Because... |
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I start to think, and then I sink |
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Into the paper, like I was ink |
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When I'm writing, I'm trapped in between the lines |
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I escape, when I finish the rhyme |
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I got love, l-o-v-e and I be |
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Love, l-o-v-e to emcee |
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Get love, l-o-v-e and I be |
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Love, l-o-v-e, to emcee |
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Get love, l-o-v-e and I be |
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Love, l-o-v-e to emcee |
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Get love, l-o-v-e and I be |
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(Love, Love) The M-O-S D-E-Finitely |
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Check it out, y'all |
