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Dan Johns
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"What's your name?"*
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[Scratch Chorus:]
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Dan Johns
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"One of a kind" - Jay-Z
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"Poet on the M.I.C." - KRS-One
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"No doubt"
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"Show me respect" - Guru
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"Live and direct son" - Edo G.
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"You know me"
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[Verse 1:]
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I push black market rhymes in a white collar world
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For the opportunity to make a mighty dollar bill
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Gotta deal with the real
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Reality is a snake that'll strike if you let it sit and rattle in your face
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And it's poison
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Wake up every night hearin' noises
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When the wind blows man I swear I hear voices
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Choices, decisions, boys go to prison
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Girls havin' babies, people dyin' and we miss 'em
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The system, a cycle
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The rich get richer
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On every corner there's a spot for us to buy liquor
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And every mornin' we know we got to make a livin'
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So every mornin' we go to work to go get it
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The stereotypes you put me in, I don't fit it
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Lyrics, dig deeper when you hear them translated
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There's more to MCin' than bein' a fan favorite
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There's more to MCin' than bein' a fan favorite
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[Scratch Chorus:]
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Dan Johns
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"One of a kind" - Jay-Z
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"Poet on
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the M.I.C." - KRS-One
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"No doubt"
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"Show me respect" - Guru
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"Live
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and direct son" - Edo G.
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"You know me"
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[Verse 2:]
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You sure you wanna be the rap games greatest rapper?
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They murder them
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And then you never see the killer captured
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My theory on that is, we're too influential
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Politicians don't reach 'em like we do on instrumentals
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Imagine if Pac could've endorsed Barrack
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Then the lines at polls would have wrapped around the block
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If Biggie would have went on tour for Al Gore
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Then possibly, there wouldn't be a second Gulf War
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So logically
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I speak what I feel in my heart
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Cause there's a lot of rap fans that are still in the dark
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About the ways of the world, the games bein' played
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The money we're throwin' away, that ain't bein' saved
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I can't be afraid to touch on the hot topics
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To win you gotta gamble like playin' the stock market
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So when you see me scramblin' like there's no tomorrow
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I'm doin' it for my family
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Hustlin' for my honor
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[Scratch Chorus:]
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Dan Johns
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"One of a kind" - Jay-Z
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"Poet on
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the M.I.C." - KRS-One
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"No doubt"
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"Show me respect" - Guru
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"Live
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and direct son" - Edo G.
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"You know me"
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[Verse 3:]
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This is problematic poetry
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A symphony of struggle
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A masterpiece of melancholy misery and trouble
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So open your eyes because the enemies among us
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Givin' us record deals like the industry can run us
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It's funny
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Real MC's police themselves
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The same way a street dude will release those shells
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From the clip of his whip and if he's threatin' a corner
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I apologize Morehouse I left without warning
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The same way my mother left Morris
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Which is further proof we live in the shadow of those before us
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The burden of the past is enormous
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Imagine my plight tryin' to write with the legends in the chorus
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It's morbid
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Watchin' men throw they lives away
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Chasin' fortune and fame knowin' their souls can't afford it
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Reward it
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Not with the glamor and salt
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But with relentless criticism till you're just an afterthought
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