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LL Cool J
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"You better stop foolin if you want to get along with me"
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True
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"We grew up on the block, and we know about poverty"
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Do you?
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Dear hip-hop, I apologize for how you've been treated
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I should've fought for my culture, instead I retreated
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The game is wounded, I stood and watched while they beat it
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My culture starved, I refused to feed it
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They sold you for a dollar like slaves in iron collars
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A*R's chase you with bloodhounds and rottweilers
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You went to the highest bidder, you was pissed on like kitty litter
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But far from a quitter, but there's somethin to consider
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Nah, after much deliberation
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I decided I'm the hottest cat to ever receive rotation
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I'm the foundation, one of the chief architects
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of this dream we're all chasin, I had to speak up
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Too much time was wastin WHOA! So here we go
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I'm tired of the money talk and the, bitches and hoes
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Everybody's always, soundin the same
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I have to walk on water I can't, drown in the game
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[Chorus 2X: scratched samples]
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"Hip-Hop, was set out in the dark" [3X]
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"They used to do it out in the park"
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I remember your bar mitzvah, that burgundy label
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Me and Jam Master had the battle of the big cables
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Before the Serratos, real vinyls, real tables
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Skills was the motto, no hype, no fables
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You seemed so happy, you loved me so much
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You popped off and went platinum, at my slightest touch
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Oversized hoodies, Yukon trucks
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20 years later, it's like lightning struck
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They're worshipin the money, they're prayin to the bank
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They danced on slaveship, slept as it sank
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The devil made 'em do it, but only God do I thank
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Because we aren't done yet, there's still gas in the tank
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You look in a man's eyes, that's how you really tell his rank
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Not the size of his account, check him, he might bounce
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It's all on the line, this time it really counts
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I'll bleed for this one, on down to the last ounce
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[Chorus]
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They rent a crib they're frontin, they rent a car they're stuntin
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They rent a chain they're bluffin, that's why the culture's sufferin
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And even if you're a millionaire that don't mean nothin
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unless you build your community and encourage some unity
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Too much ego... too much posin
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If he's so hot then, why's the culture frozen?
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It's time for a change, the order needs to be rearranged
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And this song was pre-ordained
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After 2 long decades, LL still remains
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And you can blame it on my spirit, not on my brains
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Time to put on my armor, go to war for the game
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Cause it's on its last leg, and that's more than a shame
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This is a lifestyle homey, it's more than champagne
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But I will make a toast to Flash reachin the Hall of Fame
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I end it with a line, from the book of King James
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Let there be light when I write graffiti on the train
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[Chorus]
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[repeat 2X]
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Let us proclaim the mystery and fame
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I pray the Lord my culture be saved
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If hip-hop dies before I awake
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May Jam Master Jay cut a LL break
LL COOL J - I Need Love
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