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Shad
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My first name came from a slave in Babylon
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Back in the day "“ rat in a cage
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Raised in chains he trained like Rocky
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But I mean his brain, not boxing
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So he got sly like Stallone, got game like 50 Cent posse
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Up first to work "“ on his coffee grind
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In no time promoted to the king's right hand
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But no hype man "“ had to take the right stand
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When the king made a statue of gold
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And told the whole nation that they had to bow down to it
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That or get tossed in a furnace
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Shad and his boys said, "˜Boss, you can burn us
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We can't serve this statue "“ it's worthless'
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The king was mad but Shadrach wasn't nervous
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It must've been some strange phenomenon
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They walked straight through the fire: Chaka Khan
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Saved by a faith stronger than flames
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If I'm half as brave then I'll honour my name
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I got a good name
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I got a good name/ I represent more than my rep/ I'm sayin', I got a good name (x2)
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My last name's come down some generations
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Came down from an elevation high in the hills of a great nation
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With a bright future
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And a dark past
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That won't overshadow the hope 'cause the night's passed -
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Down from my grandfather
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Who held down a village
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Feel it when I touch down there
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And now spillin' in the same vein
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As a good dad with a good name
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You see, Shad's pop always played bad cop
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He had no badge though, we didn't give him mad props
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But now I respect it
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I guess it's perspective
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In hindsight seeing it's corrective
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So when I get kids, if they get arrested
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They gon' get licks like breath mints "“ check it
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He held a tough job down, held my mother's hand
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Handed down proud roots from my motherland
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To my hometown
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People say my name sound dope "“ no doubt
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But that's not why I'm most proud
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I got a good name
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S-H, S-H-A-D/ (Where I'm from)/ That explains me
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