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They say the goodness in life
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Belongs to those who believe
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So, I believe, yes
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I start to think, and then I sink
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Into the paper, like I was ink
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When I'm writing I'm trapped in between the line
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I escape when I finish the rhyme
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(Aiyyo)
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I start to think, and then I sink
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Into the paper, like I was ink
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When I'm writing I'm trapped in between the line
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I escape when I finish the rhyme
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(Aiyyo)
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My pops said he was in love when he made me
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Thought about it for a second, wasn't hard to see
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I could hear he was sincere, was a game of promotion
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The entire affair's probably charged wit emotion
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But love call your heart, I guess you got to pursue
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12-11-73 my life is testament
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Praise the beneficent, element that rest
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Devoid in the form that make love manifest
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I spent my early years in Roosevelt Project
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It was a bright valley wit some dark prospects
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In '83, Venny C was the host wit the most
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I listened to the Rap Attack and held the radio close
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I listened to the Rap Attack and held the radio close
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This is far before the days of high glamor and pose
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Aiyyo power from the street light made the place dark
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I know a few understand what I'm talkin' about
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It was love for the thing that made me wanna stay out
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It was love for the thing that made me stay in the house
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Spendin' time, writin' rhymes
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Tryin' to find words that describe the vibe, that's inside the space
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When you close yo' eyes and screw yo' face
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Is this the pain of too much tenderness
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To make me nod my head in reverence
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Should I visit this place and remember it?
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To build landmarks here as evidence
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Night time, spirit shook my temperament
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To write rhymes that portray this sentiment
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We live the now for the promise of the infinite
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We live the now for the promise of the infinite
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And we believe in the promise
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(Love, love, love)
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Yes yes, y'all and we don't stop because
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I start to think, and then I sink
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Into the paper, like I was ink
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When I'm writing I'm trapped in between the line
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I escape when I finish the rhyme
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(Aiyyo)
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I got love, L O V E and I be
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Love, L O V E to MC
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Get love, L O V E and I be
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Love, L O V E I MC
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Get love, L O V E and I be
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Love, L O V E to MC
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Get love, L O V E and I be
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The M O S D E F initely
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Check it out y'all, feel me out y'all
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Feel me out y'all, hear my out y'all
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Check me, out y'all
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Feel me out y'all, check it out y'all
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Now hear out y'all
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(Bounce)
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Check me out y'all, feel me out y'all
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Check me out y'all, feel me out y'all
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Feel me out y'all
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(Hear me bounce y'all)
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Check me out y'all, check it out y'all
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My folks said they was in love when they had me
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I take they love they made me wit to make rhymes and beats
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(Can you feel?)
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The raw deal, it's all wheel-driven
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Contemplate the essence of beats, rhymes and living
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Speech in line wit the rhythm, designed wit the rhythm
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Ears and eyes keepin' good time wit the rhythm
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I shine wit the rhythm, the Black Star Gallactica
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Big number fleetin', we ancient like the Abbacca's
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After us, I see most proceed to be trees
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Sproutin' leaves, given breeze to the we who believe
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I MC, which means I must cultivate the earth
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Back straight backs, hard beats and hard work
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I be the funky drummer to soften the hard earth
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(Amen)
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Pray Allah keep my soul and heart clean
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(Amen)
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Pray the same thing again for all my team
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This go out to Fort Greene and on out to Queens
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Uptown to Boogie Down, yo just look around
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And shook up the world, like Ali in 6-3
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(Right)
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I'm reachin' the height that you said cannot be
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I'm bringin' the light but you said we can't see
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Saw the new day commin', and it look just like me
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Some burst through the clouds, my photo ID
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I bring light to your day and raise yo' degree
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The Universal Magnetic, you must respect it
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From end to beginning, [unverified] true and livin'
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Every changing, it was a state of magnificent
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Building it now for the promise of the infinite
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Building it now for the promise of the infinite because
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I start to think, and then I sink
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Into the paper, like I was ink
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When I'm writing I'm trapped in between the line
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I escape when I finish the rhyme
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(Aiyyo)
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I got love, L O V E and I be
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Love, L O V E to MC
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Get love, L O V E and I be
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Love, L O V E to MC
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Get love, L O V E and I be
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Love, L O V E to MC
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Get love, L O V E and I be
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The M O S D E F initely
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