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Lord if they only knew them nights it took |
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Burnt candles by the dozen to ignite the soul fire |
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Sheer energy to release to melt the heart |
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Mind starved voice craved onto wax (and still get taxed) |
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Relax, unrest unless undressed to the core |
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Ever so slowly, wash away old skin like springs of sulfur |
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So far, so good what's life got to offer? |
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Youth stare curiously analyze the facts |
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Who's there to encourage give a pat on their back |
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How come society wanna grow and ignore |
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Small dreams, big team now every work is a chore |
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I adore each step, hop skip a cadence |
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Travel distant in the age of decadence |
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Do this in reverence to the older veterans |
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Stripes on their chest plus a chip on their shoulder |
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Street soldiers cut without severance, |
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But keep hustling anyways for the L or the F of it |
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Effervescent light guide the way, |
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Fear no evil, once lost now found |
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Like the last man down in the towering inferno of Babylon |
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First In Last Out |
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Thirstin' first drop just wet my appetite |
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But couldn't satisfy my craving for beats |
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Wrapped tight like a Christmas gift |
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'Tis night is an eve for a generation to uplift |
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Live life like a testimony |
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Simple rhymes in difficult times help a friend |
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Through a lonely tunnel at the end, Every maze is a funnel into a wine bottle |
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And corked inside a message so mind boggling, a puzzle |
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Amazed at the grace having reached a goal |
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Knock twice on the gate heaven preach a soul |
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True knowledge of self shine brighter than all |
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For one part getting polished you better the whole |
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The sum of the characters carry over your role |
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24-karat gold, each day is a jewel |
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Case closed when the end credits roll |
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Self-representative and elected, yes I |
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Give and get give back to the constituents |
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Sit you in a chair and break down the affairs |
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There's nuthin fashionable |
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About arriving late in the game and acting OG |
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Cuz you can't pay dues with credit or cash |
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Quicktime soft players streaming all the Flash |
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So I'm sticking copper pins into media outlets |
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Then I hop up in the black van and then I'm out |
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Let's get wit the program, drop the Dow Jonesing down |
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We keep underground dowsing |
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Microphones iron casting, everlasting sound |
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Blasting, no doubt first in last out |
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F.I.L.O, I'd rather do nuthin else |
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If I follow my heart to the last pulse |
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Like the last man down in the towering inferno of Babylon |
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First In Last Out |