[Intro:]
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Come on! Aha, yeah!
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Why do you wanna know the story?
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How I ended up in rap purgatory
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Come on!
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I'll let ya niggas know!
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Everybody wanna know what it is
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You know it's true!
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Hold on!
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It's the real right here!
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Eyes low, dreaming red eye, LA flights
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Couple stacks, .. tables, Vegas nights
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Clive cut the check, though we made it right
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Spend in advance, money reckless, like we're famous right?
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Real checked, I gotta do it big
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By the time I come home, won't know what rap is!
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J records dropped the group, can't regroup
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No album submitted, fuck them and shoot!
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I'm in 'em prison cell thinking I'mma come home
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More types of fur coats, rubies and stones
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Drew my... to a yacht, groupies and more
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Ain't happened like that, truthfully told.
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I'm back on the block like Rocky's fifth episode
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Hit the streets with nothing to show
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Like behind the music, VH1
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Hold up, wait a minute, homie, I ain't done!
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New handle, gotta build my buzz up
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So I gotta hit the track, gotta keep these funs up
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Mix tapes, Messiah show love, ... got me wait up online ringing off
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Nipsey fuck with me, shout out to the cause
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The thing is as far as I run
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I put the street life behind me, and stay catching up
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Such a bad combination, the ... is what she want!
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Real rap made a promise, my nigga
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To lace my... up, go harder, my nigga!
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Kicking the door beats, knocking, my nigga
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All my Brooklyn bullshit, big popper, my nigga!
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Go and make them respect them, I promise, my nigga
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Though it was over when 50 started listening
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OG video, the whole hood whispering
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Had all these lame master rap niggas shivering.
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Every move make precise concrete
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Type of nigga to keep the devil on his feet
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Move the masses like a Farrakhan speech
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Keep pushing as we proceed
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To put it down for the NYC
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You know money, politics and grease
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Spit repertory illness, make you half wanna breathe.
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I don't get it, man!
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I've been doing this since day one, man
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Internship at records records, most...
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Fell into the streets, got all my bullshit
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.. graduating to the state penitentiary
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Fucked up my whole G record situation
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Cause I had it! One of the first in the hood to have it
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Come home, whole game different, industry different,
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Mp3s and you know, gotta learn to adapt!
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First mix-tape, second mix-tape, DJ Messiah, DJ Who Kid
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You know, I've been around!
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Nipsey .. one of the first niggas to show me love when I came home
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Real rap nigga
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You know, real nigga that do rap!
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You understand what I'm saying!
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Finally, we kept grinding and kept grinding
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G, we connect!
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Met 50, another real nigga
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And you know, everybody is waiting on my next move
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But you just gonna have to stay tuned
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I can't give it all to you, right?
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The Promise
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| Archie Bang |
