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Ay-yo, peace god, Shaquan Allah!
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Yo peace, this J-Quest the Boogie Man
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Yo, peace, god, D-Black
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Peace to the gods! Tony D. from the Now Rule mob
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Ay-yo, ain't them the gods K.M.D. in matter of fact?
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Yeah, K.M.D. - yo, ain't them the brothers Brand Nubians?
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Yo, I heard they go by the name of the God Squad, what's up with that?
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The Five Percent and the Ansaar together?
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That is something totally new indeed, god, true indeed god
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[Zev Love X]
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Check it out!
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Born again, my soul then, blends
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K.M.D. and Brand Nubian, friends
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X tends to grip palm in cousin calm
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In this knowledge of self, so commence to bombin'
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As alarmin' as a beep from your beeper
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What you needed was a wake-up call to the Sun, you sleeper
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You don't wanna get wolfed by the wolf, does ya? [Naaah]
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Good guessin' - switch the pitch up
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Another session from the infamous God Squad
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See, we's all peas in the same pod, god
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On and upright, getting downright knit
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With rod held up tight, 'cause I'm sick wit'
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Nitwit Witnesses knockin' at my door
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Preaching the Lord to change your life around
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I figure I just saw Jamar the other day uptown
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Give him a pound, it's no puzzle, relax
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The nit-wits guzzle 85 proof that's Max!
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[Grand Puba Maxwell]
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God Cipher Divine, as I build on an incline
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Quick to help another, 'cause I know I'ma get mine
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Build-Powers think they hard, but they killin' they own kind
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Emphatically no, divine evil got him in his mind
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Now you caught a case you're in the mountains, you're a lifer
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With no skins from your girl, that's a He-Cipher-Monkey-Cipher
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Or you can use the next plan
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Vaseline, a magazine or your lovin' hand
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I know you know who got you livin' like this, Black man
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So honey, honey, honey, with the real big titties...
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"Let's get right down to the real nitty gritty now!"
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Put some clothes on that behind
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And maybe brothers wouldn't think skins all the time
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You wanna look lustful, but don't want them to lust
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Which is crazier than a bag of dust
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So weavy weavy weavy is quick to deceive me
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So I had to tell Weavy weavy, leave me
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[Onyx the Birthstone Kid]
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Yeah, I hear you Haji, but yo, I got something for those that are
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frontin' out there, god
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Now ain't that the pits - another brother's blown to bits
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But when the news hits, everybody catch fits
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He gets mad, but still at home we sits
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Piggin' out on the big pig, spoon to the grits
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Talkin' 85 jive, brothers they wanna get live
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But some funk while I strive
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See I strive, I gotta keep gods steppin' in harmony
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The devils try bombin' me, the devils try Tommin' me up
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But Now Cipher Way, I gots knowledge of self
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I been had it, but it's a bad habit to health
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See I build with the Nubians I chill with
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I fill with - my Zig-Zag-Zig
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I never lived big, I never lived large, I never lived fat
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The devil man in this land, he won't allow that
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So brother man, I don't wanna bust you
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But if you don't know the devil, then how can I trust you?
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Know'm sayin'?
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[Lord Jamar]
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Ay-yo, true indeed Onyx, they don't know the time on the dial
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It's like this...
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Life's hardships
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Stones are placed and one must face trips
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Falls and spills and kills and cause mishaps
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These are some of his traps
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But I got a jewel which needs no gift wrap
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So just receive, believe when shown the light
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The devil gets left, the Gods gotta get right
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To the source of our loss, stop wearing the cross
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Do for self, kill that "Yes, sir, boss!" and
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When you do, from the other you won't beg
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Can't you see my brother, yo, the Arma-Legga-Leg
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Arm supreme Head
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And instead
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Of relyin', why don't you start tryin'?
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You say try is to fail, I say try is an attempt
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'Cause when you stop tryin' that
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Makes victory exempt from your cipher
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The life you lead is not hype
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The Black man was not born to be a gutter snipe
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Or an alley cat - you should be steppin' to the rally fat
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Not just with dough, but with the knowledge you know
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So, get up and go
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Get yourself a book of life instead of living life like a hooker!
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Know'm sayin, that's the knowledge of self
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And do for self!
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Black man gotta move on...
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[Subroc]
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I see some so dense
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Man, from head to toe they're full of lead
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I flipped a brick, nah, I build a fort instead
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So I talked, chilled, before I flipped!
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'Cause in actuality my man's mentality was stripped
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Back to the roots I am, that I am a king
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Cream in the coffee? No thanks, plaything
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You simple teenage, you thought you got the knack to be Black
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State of mind ain't like mine
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I got soul that you lack
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Each one teach in every town, we like that
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The God Squad is like Homey the Clown, we don't play that
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Coon, jigaboo, Uncle Toms in the mix
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Get a clue, or get the Book of Psalms, 82 and 6
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"All gods, and children of the Most High"
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Cave-guys still fry in the Sun, and don't deny
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I got a third eyesight vibe that don't lie
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I AM that I AM good night, divine evil's the bullseye
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Bam! Right between the eyes! So y'all know who's the target right?
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[Sadat X]
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Yeah, I hear ya Subroc, and I see it like this:
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It's a modern type of style, look at what I did
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A devil still can't build a pyramid
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I dug a - tunnel to Asia
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Wrote a speech with a laser
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Rush your brain with a [???] strain
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A god in god's clothing, and the devil's loathing
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Got enemies, but I really don't give a damn
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Smacked a man 'cause he tried to serve a plate of ham
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Disguised in a patty, my uncle Trevor's knotty dread
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[? He got a dude that's Fred, used to be a foot Fed
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The city {???] suspension?], and I forgot to mention
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That I'm the word buff, yes, enough is enough
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Zig-zag-zig, watch the Black man get big and burst
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The Black man is first
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I drive a black hearse and I bury all the devils
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With K.M.D. I can raise up my levels
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Bust it!
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[everyone]
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Yeah! You know what I'm sayin'?
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It's time to build, it's time to build...
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We gotta raise up the dead...
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Word is bond, we gotta reach them - let 'em see the light
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You know what I'm saying? True indeed...
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'Cause each one must teach one, that's how we reach one
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God Squad - getting down to the Nitty Gritty...
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Nitty Gritty
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| K.M.D. |
