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Gang Starr
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"Now what you hear is not a test" --> Sugarhill Gang
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(cut up 4X by DJ Premier)
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[Guru]
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Well goodness gracious, let me just take this
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time out to pull a rhyme out, and update this
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For you and yours, simply because
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Some MC's have luck but suck
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So I pluck em like feathers on the back of a chicken
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Cause I'm mad like a pit when my man says, "sick 'em"
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Positive is the mindstate, but it could still mean that
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I will kick a ill, malicious like mean rap
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Suckers they forced me, to knock em all out and
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They think they know things, like what I'm about and
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They try to analyze criticize scandalize
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The outcome is death, don't ask me to sympathize
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Realize, that I'm not to be played with
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I'll flip so fast, you won't know I'm the same kid
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I'm tired and fed, with all the weak stuff said
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All the phony-baloney, that went out like Pro-Keds
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You've got no leads, so you shoot blanks
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It's me the crowd thanks as I step to the top ranks
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Bankin my money, and investin it wisely
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Snatchin up chumps when they try to sneak by me
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I'm the dominant one, call me the prominant one
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And as I'm speakin I'll be bombin the dumb
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deaf and blind cause I was born with a sharp mind
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Eatin MC's with ease like it's lunchtime
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or crunchtime, when they get done without warning
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I'll bust that butt from nighttime til morning
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Your song's boring, and so I'm scoring
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much points cause when it's time to throw joints
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I cause havoc, the mic I grab is like savage
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I invade the stage, and make you get off
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The force is like a three-eight, blowin your head off
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And that's just in case you might be wearin a vest
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Cause you're simply a pest in this mess I suggest you
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"Take a rest"
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"If this meaning doesn't manifest, put it to rest" --> KRS-One
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(DJ Premier cuts 2X)
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[Guru]
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Don't ever sleep son, peep one or two of these lines here
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Arranged by a great brain, delivering rhymes clear
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and concise with a nice dope voice and
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killin the fakes like a taste of some poison
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Punks are thinkin they're alla that, their voices are all flat
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They're findin their names, in a Wack Rapper's Almanac
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Me follow that hollow crap, no way Jose
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I'll seek out a better sound, to somethin Premier plays
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Days will go by, and soon you'll know why
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MC's like me will rise like the Enterprise
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Starship, headin straight for the target
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Destination, a place where no perpetration
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is permitted, the Guru is with it to explain
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How some MC's are scared to ride on a Four train
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Or any other train in the city, for that matter
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Playin a role that they stole like a batter
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But I know they ain't so I'll paint the real picture
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My vocals go solo and like a bolo I'll hitcha
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square in your face I'll crack your ribs and your chest
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Cause you thought your off-brand jam was the best
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You fessed cause you guessed people would be impressed
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I'm gonna bust that bubble on the double "take a rest"
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(DJ Premier cuts "take a rest" for the chorus)
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[Guru]
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Sit back and reflect, ponder and chill out
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Rhymes like daggers make blood spill out
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But you can't blame me, for bringin disaster
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With all these ducks, claimin that they're the masters
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Only thing they mastered, is how to get wacker
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As I roll uphill, they roll downhill faster
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Now they're wondering how they lost their touch
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Wanna buy my rhymes but mine cost too much
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I'm the innovative one, call me the creative one
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and I won't stop til the job is done
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All the slobs just run when I come to get some
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Cause they know better, than to challenge this go-getter
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They get bust you can trust cause I won't let a
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booty-ass rapper get wins against me?
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I guarantee that I won't act friendly
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Cause crabs have a nerve and deserve to get whipped on
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Their girls get kissed on, while they get flipped on
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I slaughter and slay, or slap em up quick
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Cause the lyrics they kick make me seriously sick
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No substance, no value, but nevertheless
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They're gettin daytime play but I still say they should "take a rest"
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(DJ Premier cuts "take a rest" for four bars, then song fades)
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