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[Hook]
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Rewind that one time please (x2)
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[Verse 1]
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Should it be, can it be simple
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Life is like the tempo of a No I instrumental
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Things that we been through define who we are now
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Since "Can I Borrow a Dollar?" Ooh I'm a star now
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I'm coming from Chi-town, we was the first to do it
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Me, No I.D., Twilite Tone on the music
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The city on our back, we was the opening act
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Throw our tapes in the crowd, they throw 'em right back
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But we stayed on track, they stayed on the tracks
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I stayed on the raps 'til we made it on the map
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By then, No I was my main guy
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He and I was like Chi-town's Gang Starr
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We had came far together, with a long way to go
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Seeing a bigger picture, but now from different angles
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Tangle of the hustling, survival in the game
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Felt I had to leave home to be a household name
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Show money low, needin' to stack fast
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City did have my back, now it's a backlash
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Was I a slave to the cash and wanting it so bad?
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I just became a dad, rap was all I had
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So I moved to New York, to make it pop
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Did "Like Water for Choc", that album changed a lot
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But my man who I started with, wasn't a part of it
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And his presence I didn't even acknowledge it
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Knew I was wrong, he shoulda at least had a song
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It wouldn't be me without No I.D., and Twilite Tone
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Wishin' I could get that time back
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Oh I care, yo man, rewind that
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Me and Dion back in the zone, I'm doing shows with Tone
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For the future of the Chi we gon' bring it back home
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Rewind that and we could do it again
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No I.D., Twilite Tone, where the story begin
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[Hook]
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[Verse 2]
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This one's for my man J Dilla
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As I say these words, my eyes fill up
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Cuz wasn't non' realer than James Dewitt Yancey
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So I'mma dedicate this to Dilla and his family
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In Q-Tip's basement, I first met JD
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I still remember the first beat he played me
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He came to the Chi late three that was crazy
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Didn't even know me and gave 'em to me for free
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I got the the D, "peace yo, big love"
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Cook up some hit shit, then go to the strip club
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Then we made "The Light" and times got brighter
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I said "turn it up" J'll take it higher
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One day, I noticed he was tired quick
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That's when I found out, JD was real sick
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Things got worse before they got better
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I said, "come to L.A for peace and good weather"
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We got an apartment just so we could spark it
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[?] in the front room, records in the closet
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The beats got iller, but the sickness was still there
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I'm wishin', I could wheel him out of his wheelchair
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It was hard for me to come home every day
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And see my homie J's life fade away
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I stayed away some times, in other words I ran
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Til one day J brought me this TV stand
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It was a gift so I couldn't refuse it
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It came from his heart, I regret I didn't use it
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The lupus got worse and, for what it's worth
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I wanted him to have a grammy before he left this earth
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Wishin' we could have that time back
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Oh we can, yo man, rewind that
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[Hook]
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[Verse 3]
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You never gone, you live forever through song
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I feel it when I seem 'em with them Dilla shirts on
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I know you're still shining, from heaven you watch me
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Watch me put this grammy on the stand you got me
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[Outro]
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