Oh yeah
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The flow here is so rare
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Won¡¯t hear me so bare and focused nowhere
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No hood or burrow post golden years
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My most sincere quotes -- I unload ¡®em here
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Your local hero don¡¯t compare
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An¡¯ oh yeah don¡¯t you dare hold a mirror to me that¡¯s no fair
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You ain¡¯t gotta do your poker stare over here
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Honestly don¡¯t care what cards you holdin¡¯, dear
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Most my heroes don¡¯t even compete with me
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I¡¯m on my own kinda sucker- free frequency
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I got a IQ I refuse to speak beneath
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And to lie to you would only cheapen me
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Seem to me most these dudes are carpoolin¡¯
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One a y¡¯all do something new and then y¡¯all do it
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Havin¡¯ deja vu --
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They enjoy something jay-z do
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And then need a sample that ll say it too
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I guess we wasn¡¯t tauight the same rules
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I was brought up ¡°bitin¡¯ is a sin, you gotta pay your dues¡±
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That¡¯s for underground and mainstream too
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The blame¡¯s on you bitches, shame on you¡¦
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Streams roll into the ocean
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Rivers roll into the sea
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If I can¡¯t sing my life
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One of y¡¯all might gotta come and bury me
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I should only have to tell y¡¯all once
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When we come back just to prove it to ya
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Never had to do much (and) it¡¯s confused
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On my particular brand the truth is undisputed
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It¡¯s a fact?stupid people dig stupid-ass music
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And that label shoots seven out of ten humans
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I¡¯m cast in ¡°underground movement¡±
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I do exactly what I wanna do
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And I¡¯m building one room at a time, damn the blueprint
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And I¡¯m doin¡¯ just fine in my own mind
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Trynna be one of the greatest of all time
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If you ain¡¯t doin¡¯ that then you¡¯re wasting your time
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I shake the floorboards to the foundation wide
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You know nothing about what it takes to shine
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Do an about-face and and holler out ¡°Peace, goodbye¡¦¡±
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I¡¯m a star in the evening sky
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Got the sun in my hand and the fire in my eyes (oh, lawd)
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Streams roll into the ocean
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Rivers roll into the sea
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If I cant sing my life
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One of y¡¯all might gotta come and bury me
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Life Sentence
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| Brother Ali |
