(This is a recording) (Life)
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POS: Living in everyday is something,
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Something everyday like this is our livin'
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DOVE: Giving something sheer for the crowd is our major,
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Major to the crowd is to hear what we're givin'
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POS: No time to rest, we got work in the studio
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Studio suppliers rest at no time
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DOVE: Showtime is enough when the Soul is performing,
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Performing is the Soul y'all, and it's showtime
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POS: Coping with dates in clubs, can't even lounge,
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Lounge with the homeboys how we are copin'
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DOVE: Scoping new material for Paul to plug high-pitched,
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High-pitched what Paul plugs in and still scopin'
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POS: Bearer of peaceful views to express peace,
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Peaceful expressions why we are bearers
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DOVE: What the Soul tries to project is when existing in rap,
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You're living in a fulltime era
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(This is a recording!)
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(This is a recording) (Life)
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POS:
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Puttin' in spin the rhyme, rappers fear so
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Fear so much of what Pos is puttin'
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Couldn't do better, the punks they don't try hard
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Try hard enough, they don't, so they couldn't
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No joke to what I do inside this field,
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This field to me is filed, there's no joke
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So soak up the fact there's no part-time,
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Part-time rappers at, so soak
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Taking in new ideals leads to new groups,
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New groups to better the Soul, I'm takin'
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Wakin' from days and nights to do my best
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DOVE: Your best gets us paid
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POS: So I'll keep on wakin'
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Wearer of a Plug logo to the dying,
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Dying are rappers who think I'm no wearer
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What I'm trying to say is when dealing in rap,
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You're living in a fulltime era
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(This is a recording!)
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(This is a recording) (Life)
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DOVE:
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Love is to all, to all goes my love
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Dove comes to peace like stand comes to sit
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Stand for the court, 'cause standing is healthy
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Healthy in sense is mentally fit
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Pause for the poets of a new style of speak
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Just here to do the same with no trick
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Grab the Plug Two's live wire, my brother
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And find that you've grabbed my pet boa constrict
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Ring goes the garbage I'm hearing
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Seek for the truth, my brother is tearing
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No time to back-step, 'cause if you back-step
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Look what you stepped in, you stepped in mess
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So look what's around you
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Don't worry for the Soul will find the truth
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About three years from now, you know why?
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'Cause we're living in a fulltime era
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(This is a recording!)
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(This is a recording) (Life)
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This Is A Recording For Living In A Fulltime Era (L.I.F.E.)
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De La Soul |