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" Straight from Crooklyn, better known as Brooklyn" cǎi yàng zì zǔ hé Black Moon de Who Got da Props? Buckshot gē cí |
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" Never taking shorts ' cause Brooklyn' s the borough" cǎi yàng zì Gang Starr The Place Where We Dwell |
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" Straight from Crooklyn, better known as Brooklyn" |
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" Never taking shorts ' cause Brooklyn' s the borough" |
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" We did it like that and now we do it like this" |
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" We did it like that and now we do it like this" cǎi yàng zì Crooklyn Dodgers1994 nián de gē qǔ Crooklyn, nà shí rén yuán yǒu bù tóng |
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Now clock kids, who got the cocaine? |
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Don' t tell me it' s the little kids on Soul Train |
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The metaphor sent from my brain to my jaw |
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It comes from other places, not the tinted faces |
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Journalistic values are yellow and then, of course, falters |
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You' ll watch Channel Zero with that Barbara Walters |
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She' ll have you believe black invented crack |
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When President Lyndon had the formula way back |
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In ' 63 with Kennedy, yes, the double cross |
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Remember that' s when they blow his ing head off |
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Vietnam vets come back looking like onearmed pets |
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Nixon bounced pure checks |
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No picket fence, no job, no 8cylinder car |
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Blue collar turns to bourgeois |
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Depressed in your chest |
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Demerol for sess, no dough, crack in vials much less |
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Whitey can sell on the corners of Bushwick |
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Whitey can sell on the corners of Flatbush |
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Whiteys can sell on the corners of BedStuy |
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Pass the torch to that nigga guy |
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So just die, nigga, die, nigga |
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You' re too black, you can' t handle, you' re too strong |
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Get high, fly, clock. Next, boost your steel |
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In ' 95, we take back Ebbets Field |
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" Now let' s take a sec to think back" réng cǎi yàng zì Crooklyn |
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Brooklyn: Traveling distance to party |
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Brooklyn: absent at functions? Not hardly |
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Brooklyn: the name alone holds Godly |
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You don' t know? You better ask somebody |
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Crack filled streets since ' 85. |
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The Beast getting paid to not bust |
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Hookers' drawers got crust |
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Claps clapping regular |
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Hardcore niggas with Fat gold chains on the corner maintaining |
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Gold teeth flashing, stickup kids playing in front of |
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Latin Quarters keep home your daughters |
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' Cause if bullets fly, watch the flaming |
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Ignorant Ducks are shooting, wiling |
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They' re not aiming |
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One Easter now, to think about it, what a pity |
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Five people died in front of Skate City |
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Senseless, Back then you was ill if you had a gun |
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People gash you and flash you, damn, no fun |
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Albee Square, you couldn' t shop too much ' cause |
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Fort Greene would hem you, wreck the on up. |
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You had Do or Die, East New York, mad Hell |
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Fellas cutting school, trooping to all go Maxwell |
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So many memories I can' t manifest |
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Yo, ' Ru, start where I finish and, to Brooklyn, God bless |
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Hook réng cǎi yàng zì Crooklyn" Crazy ass Crooklyn kids" |
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" Represent the Brooklyn allnighter" |
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" Crazy ass Crooklyn kids" |
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" Because it is, survival of the fittest" |
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" Crazy ass Crooklyn kids" |
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" Represent the Brooklyn allnighter" |
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" Crazy ass Crooklyn kids" |
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" Because it is, survival of the fittest" |
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Listen ' cause, for your mind, I got the right nutrition. |
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We keep shit hard like fat asses and cases of Heineken |
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Here in Brooklyn, home of the warrior and villain |
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Trife type chicks, " Top Billin'" s the anthem |
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Rastas smoke marijuana, enterprising businessmen shoot dice on the corner |
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Excuse me while I light my spliff but some choose to sip |
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So bullets hit brains when bottles hit lips |
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Clips, whatever happened to . 38 Special? |
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Now it' s Desert Eagles, government issue |
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Probably the same one that killed Noriega. |
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Chips that power nuclear bombs power my Sega |
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Subliminal hypnotism and colonialism |
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Leave most niggas dead or in prison |
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In Crookland, right hand cuts off the left hand |
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To spite the hand. Jealous of the next man |
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So violent crimes blackonblack, plus mad crack to boot |
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Everybody can' t rap, so most hustle and shoot |
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" Make money money, get money, take money." |
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I can' t understand that concept ' cause Jah rules everything around me |
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Fire burns the unjust like arson, larceny |
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Melt emcees with mental telepathy |
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With precision, we' re slicing and dicing. |
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Peace to the East New York, Perverted Monks, and Mike Tyson |
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" Crazy ass Crooklyn kids" |
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" Represent the Brooklyn allnighter" |
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" Crazy ass Crooklyn kids" |
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" Because it is, survival of the fittest" |
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" Crazy ass Crooklyn kids" |
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" Represent the Brooklyn allnighter" |
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" Crazy ass Crooklyn kids" |
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" Because it is, survival of the fittest" |