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Punch (TDE)
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(Intro)
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The riots in Los Angeles have written a sorrowful page in American history
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(Verse)
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This ain't hip hop, this apocalypse, velvet glove ova the iron fist
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Pull a surprise, come closer, accomplished ghetto novelist
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Risk taker, gay shrug, no consequence!
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This ain't no consciousness, leave niggas unconscious quick
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Non-responsive
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Common sense say that the corners is bent
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Stay cautious, a whip for five percent tint
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On the other side of that window, in addition to extended clips
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Plenty endo' dip, 'nough to make a nigga flip (word)
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G rise, with teenagers high inside with no license to drive
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Coincide with gentle times
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Modern day Babylon, the great Harley
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Fornicated with the nations and gave birth to the garden
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Circa 1956, they finished the bricks
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2 year prior my grandmamma left Mississip'
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Cuz they was hangin' niggas, burnin' niggas quicks
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Jim Crowe's laws got too thick, she called it quits
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(Interlude)
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What a transition from Jim Crowe, South
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To projects, niggas in gardens
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(Verse 2)
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Compton imperial housing development
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Seemed like a great place for her to settle in
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So she did and her kids had kids
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Fifteen years later her grandson helped start the Crips
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That was Michaels conception, yeah my interconnections
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Stuff of legends, street nigga heaven
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We in the late 60', early 70'
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Eventually J. Edgar tried to ruin the black legacy
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Infiltrated the Panthers, pomped drugs in our vicinity
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We got high, and lost all sensibility
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Ronald Reagan was Cali's governor then
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Ten years before Oliver North, I ran contraband
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Scam, thats when the world first heard of Ross
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Freeway Ricky got rid of weight quickly
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Rewind back in the projects, niggas got busy
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Seven niggas changed the course of niggas in history (damn)
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A shotgun and Molotov, whole block was engulfed
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Theres certain things I had to leave off
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Bounty hunter Watts, firmly established
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Harassing Y-stats and festivals
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A sea of red rags, they would clash with reputable crip fashions
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In each direction had 'em surrounded
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Concrete assassins, the bucket of blood, no leader among thugs
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Bottom feeders and scrubs, it's all but one slug away
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From being enlisted in the Pontianak street grace
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Then the 80' came and introduced crack, cocaine
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To the vein, the south central poked pain
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In the air, the atmosphere exploded
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Like nuclear radiation, every hood corroded
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From variations of rock, and early rap exposed it
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You get the message! (yes)
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Thats a triple ? wrapped
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In a metaphor for the labor pains felt by my mama
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(Outro)
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So its like, your familys history
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And the streets... birthed you
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They birthed who you are!
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Projects, crack 80', streets, the hustlers
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Its all in your blood, ma
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Wheres the story?
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This is your view from the project window
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T.E.- "Punch" feat. @DelowMDC (Official ...
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