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featuring Raphael Saadiq
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Chorus: (Saadiq)
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Never do....what they do, what they do, what they do...
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Never do....what they do, what they do, what they do...
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Verse One:
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Yo, lost generation, fast pace nation
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World population confront their frustration
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The principles of true hip-hop have been forsaken
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It's all contractual, and about money making
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Pretend-to-be cats don't seem to know their limitations
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Exact replication and false representation
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You wanna be a man, then stand your own
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To MC requires skills, I demand some shown
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I let the frauds keep frontin
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And roam like a celluar phone far from home
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Giving crowds what they wanted
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Offical hip-hop consumption, the 5th dumpin
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Keepin ya party jumpin wit an original somethin
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Yo, I dedicate this to the one dimension-al
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No imagination, excuse for perpetration
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My man came over and said
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"Yo we thought we heard you"
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Joke's for you
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We heard your bitin ass crew but uh
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Chorus: Raphael Saadiq
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Never do, what they do when they do what they do
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(repeat 2X)
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Verse Two: Black Thought
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Thin is the line of between love and hatred
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The game is ill-natured, it's nothing sacred
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Hey yo, it's funny when i see some rap niggaz do the making
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Of you would blow up or go as far as they can take it
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My nine to five is just to hit ya get the party live
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I'm Black Thought, used to rap for sport
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Now the rhymes need life support
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I take it very seriously within this industry
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It's various crews that try to touch me
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But I come wit the beautiful thing
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And I bless the track plushly
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Around the world the crowds love me from doing tours
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Recepient of applause from you and yours
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Creator of original sounds to send to stores you take home
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To absorb and sweat it out your pores
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Now who can stop the music runnin through these veins
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Infinitely go against the grain
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That's why my motto's to
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Chorus
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Verse Three:
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Livin the life of limos and lights
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Airplanes and trains
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Short days and long nights
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Keyboards and mics
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Bass chords and drum kicks
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And my mental thick to hit my head like brick
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As I embark on a mission welcoming to the dark
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When I first spark the arts, when's the listening start
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Open your head wide and let the thought inside
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My style fortified by all of philladel-phy
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I've dealt more stealth than all the wicked weal-thy
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Mentality undetectable by the naked eye
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Then I get paid when the record is played
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To put it short I want it Made like Ed, nuff said
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Then after that, I'm puttin on the ___
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Let the ladies blend with the darkskin devil bred and discover
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My level is that of no other
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And Roots crew bring offical and true
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While I'm continuin to...
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Chorus: repeat 4X
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