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Nothing To Lose (EP)
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K'Naan
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uh, someone called the cops on him
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someone told his pops on him
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he was talking crooked and he had some rocks on him
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tucked, tucked in his socks' corner
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chucks, chucks and the charlotte hornet
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cap, when he flowed then they all surprised on him
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yes, he's a fugee but he go all nas on "˜em
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well, can't go pras on "˜em
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and he got that crossover
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but he from the streets you don't cross over
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hut, hut to the block soldiers
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buck, buck to the cop vultures
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nope, no i don't know pilots
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nigga i know pirates
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violence the islands
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shout out to my idrens
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put your hands up like it's a mother fuckin' siren
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well, i paid all my dues
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yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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shone a million [shoes](undefined)
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yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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"˜cause when you got nothing left
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yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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you got nothing to lose
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yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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i used to stand on vernon and 10
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burnin' a spliff burner on hip
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wishing to flip a bird, yac burning my chest
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black certainly i'm dressed
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strictly that army shit
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finish my shift
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pack gone before the dawn hit
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anything i could earn on the strip
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turn it and flip
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watching my back
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cooking the pot
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making it stretch
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discussing with' my clique
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should we duct tape the connect
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it's rough and k'naan knows
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he had the same woes
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i'm voicing my opinions
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i forgot y'all was there
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i ain't know y'all was still listenin'
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be honest i ain't care
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y'all don't get my innuendos my interests
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y'all on some simple shit
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thinking i'm preachy
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yeah my church is the world
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christians sip a cup of this holy water
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stuck at this phony border
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it's custom to enter the main stream
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you must front and record
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a poorer oratory
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your life story corny
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yo, my somali niggas know what war be
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we fam'
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well, i paid all my dues
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yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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shone a million [shoes](undefined)
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yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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"˜cause when you got nothing left
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yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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you got nothing to lose
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yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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remember when niggas said nas was somalian
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baseball caps had the tags, like a yardie and
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it was written just came out, i was gnarly then
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niggas dreaded seein' me like a rastafarian
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we didn't know the dress code though we was bargainers
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the knock off filas, with the pumps and cheap cardigans
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niggas looked corny i admit, we was foreigners
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but this corny kid, quick to send you to the coroners
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y'all know my war story, i won't repeat it
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it's just injury, my victory's undefeated
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thought you knew me well, go back and delete it
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i'm in every joint this year, orthopedic
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and yes the ak's are instruments we do drum "˜em
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i'm somewhere between killa and king solomon
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and the shades take half the face we over stun "˜em
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and treat obstacles like ass we overcome "˜em
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man, they really made me do this
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i was peaceful like a buddhist
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but then niggas came and screwed it up like judas
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now i'm suited up with lugers
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rugers suddenly intruders
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turn around like hoola hoopers
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fucking losers
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well, i paid all my dues
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yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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shone a million [shoes](undefined)
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yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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"˜cause when you got nothing left
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yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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you got nothing to lose
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yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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this one's for the world
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this one's for your girl
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this one's for your mama
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this one's for your nana
K'NAAN - Nothing To Lose ft. Nas
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