[Eric B]: Yo Rakim, what's up?
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[Rakim]: Yo, I'm doing the knowledge, E., I'm trying to get paid in full
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[E]: Well, check this out, since Nobry Walters is our agency, right?
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[R]: True
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[E]: Kara Lewis is our agent
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[R]: Word up
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[E]: Zakia/4th & Broadway is our record company
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[R]: Indeed
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[E]: Okay, so who we rollin with?
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[R]: We rollin with Rush
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[E]: Of Rushtown Management. Check this out, since we talking over
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this def beat that I put together, I wanna hear some of them
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def rhymes, know what I'm sayin? And together, we can get
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paid in full...
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[Rakim]
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Thinkin of a master plan
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Cuz ain't nuthin but sweat inside my hand
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So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent
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So I dig deeper but still comin up with lint
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So I start my mission- leave my residence
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Thinkin how could I get some dead presidents
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I need money, I used to be a stick-up kid
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So I think of all the devious things I did
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I used to roll up, this is a hold up, ain't nuthin funny
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Stop smiling, be still, don't nuthin move but the money
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But now I learned to earn cos I'm righteous
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I feel great! so maybe I might just
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Search for a 9 to 5, if I strive
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Then maybe I'll stay alive
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So I walk up the street whistlin this
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Feelin out of place cos, man, do I miss
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A pen and a paper, a stereo, a tape of
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Me and Eric B, and a nice big plate of
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Fish, which is my favorite dish
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But without no money it's still a wish
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Cos I don't like to dream about gettin paid
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So I dig into the books of the rhymes that I made
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To now test to see if I got pull
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Hit the studio, cos I'm paid in full
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Paid in Full
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| Rakim |
