| Now you could have my attention but I’m still at ease
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| A-Alikes, B-Boys, CBs, DJs, Ladies
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| Promoters, emcees
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| Producers, labels, fans, families
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| Friends, frenemies and not so friendlies. |
| (And not so friendlies)
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| I show love to all cause that’s all I be
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| But please don’t get it twisted
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| Cause I’ma be me. |
| (Cause I’ma be me.)
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| From knowledge to born Allah to zig zag zee. |
| «Realizing the realism in life in
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| actuality»? |
| (Actuality)
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| Don’t give a fuck about your status or your salary. |
| (Salary)
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| If you’re not self aware that’s a tragedy. |
| (Tragedy)
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| Knowledge of self is not an act or a strategy. |
| (Strategy)
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| The essence of existence is essentially existential
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| A pleasant way on an instrumental
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| To tell you that it is what it is. |
| (What it is)
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| Open to more tiers just by handling biz
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| Imma water these flowers. |
| (Water these flowers)
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| Combine this flour with water. |
| (Flour with water)
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| Kneed that dough? |
| Bake that bread. |
| (Bake that bread)
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| You wanna get money from me
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| Or make money with me?
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| Come and work next to me
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| Get some sweat equity. |
| (Sweat equity)
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| For those that would rather compete
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| As if their cipher’s already complete?
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| I ain’t agin ya I’m for ya. |
| (I'm for ya)
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| For those that wanna wait and see
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| To hop on when it’s a fait accompli?
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| It’s ain’t that I abhor ya, but I gotta ignore ya
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| That’s why I’m staying inside
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| «Wash my wears in Tide
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| 'cause it’s too damn cold out, Tide.»
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| That’s why I’m staying inside
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| «Wash my wears in Tide
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| 'cause it’s too damn cold out, Tide.»
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| That’s why I’m staying inside
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| «Wash my wears in Tide
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| 'cause it’s too damn cold out, Tide.»
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| That’s why I’m staying inside
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| «Wash my wears in Tide
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| 'cause it’s too damn cold out, Tide.»
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| I heard the best revenge is living well. |
| (Living well)
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| In that case I hope you get your big payback. |
| (Big payback)
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| The honest truth is that i only want the best for you. |
| (Best for you)
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| Ironically I made myself a hot mess for you. |
| (Mess for you)
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| And let you go because my best laid plans were foiled
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| Bent twig crooked tree now the fruit’s spoiled. |
| (Fruit's spoiled)
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| I pulled the trigger got to hold down the recoil. |
| (Recoil)
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| And bite the bullet cause there’s no way to put it back
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| That’s why I never talk gunplay or flash iron
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| My Nana said don’t even show it till you’re bout to use it
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| I know better than to use it unless I have to. |
| (Have to)
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| It must a been life or death for me to blast you. |
| (Blast you)
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| You wanted till death waiting for me to ask you. |
| (Ask you)
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| I could be down for that
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| But not because I have to. |
| (Have to)
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| See I would never jump the gun and half ass you. |
| (Ass you)
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| And not before I have a chance to do the math to, (Math to)
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| See how things add up for it to last through, (Last through)
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| The hard times when the wagons get circled
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| So tight that nothing outside can penetrate. |
| (Penetrate)
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| Can we keep each other hot enough to circulate? |
| (Circulate)
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| And stay cool enough to let each other ventilate? |
| (Ventilate)
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| (Circulate. Ventilate)
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| (Circulate. Ventilate)
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| (Circulate. Ventilate)
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| (Circulate. Ventilate)
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| (Circulate. Ventilate)
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| Meant when I said I never wanted you to be (Be)
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| Anything other than who you truly are. |
| (Truly are)
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| The fine print is that it doesn’t guarantee you’re what I need
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| Close but no cigar
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| I’ll guess I’ll simply love you from afar. |
| (From afar)
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| That’s why I’m staying inside
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| «Wash my wears in Tide 'cause it’s too damn cold out, Tide.»
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| That’s why I’m staying inside
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| «Wash my wears in Tide 'cause it’s too damn cold out, Tide.»
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| That’s why I’m staying inside
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| «Wash my wears in Tide 'cause it’s too damn cold out, Tide.»
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| That’s why I’m staying inside
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| «Wash my wears in Tide 'cause it’s too damn cold out, Tide.»
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| That’s why I’m staying inside
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| «Wash my wears in Tide 'cause it’s too damn cold out, Tide.»
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| That’s why I’m staying inside
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| «Wash my wears in Tide 'cause it’s too damn cold out, Tide.»
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| That’s why I’m staying inside
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| «Wash my wears in Tide 'cause it’s too damn cold out, Tide.»
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| That’s why I’m staying inside
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| «Wash my wears in Tide 'cause it’s too damn cold out, Tide.»
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| That’s why I’m staying inside
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| «Wash my wears in Tide 'cause it’s too damn cold out, Tide.»
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| That’s why I’m staying inside
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| «Wash my wears in Tide 'cause it’s too damn cold out, Tide.» |