Key: C minor
Intro 1
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Flash of light, the flash of life
Verse 1
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All by myself, walking around
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It's been too long since
I've seen anybody
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what's going on right then a
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come with me
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she said the council's ready to see you
i complied as if i didn't
have a choice
i couldn't even say nothing
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she led the way and we started walking
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that kind of sparkled silence
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it was n't before a minute
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she said the first thing you need
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to realize if you are dead
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this is the first I froze up,
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lost Pascal's wager
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after greatness, she said
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When y 'all die where I pass your lives,
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for any other afterlife
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You are a rapper, a backpacker, an MC,
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by other MCs
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Be sides the shock of being dead,
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this gave me mixed feelings
What about injustice,
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The whole thing was off the Richter,
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and how many were on it?
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Amina led me to a big set of double doors
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Was I in trouble or would it be alright?
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Would I get a pass
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Then would I get it bad with
one switch motion?
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She pushes the double doors open
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I realized that she wasn't joking
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It was a smorgasbord,
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a buffet of MCs
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A courtyard full, some friends,
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some of them were tired
A lot of cats were whack
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while some of them spit fire
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We kept on walking till we ran
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amina said this is how we kill
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time waiting for judgment
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we be still kicking rhyme
but this kid's a biter
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i've even heard him spit
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somebody else's lyrics
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we started walking this time
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towards the building but not before
i heard a bunch of oohs
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i guess that kid got the biz
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with the quickness
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we all love spitting
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of what looked like a courthouse
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amina now when we get
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an d if they ever ask you to spit
you better be open to.
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I swallowed hard, I wasn't prepared,
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I still didn't know what was going on
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or who would be there.
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started straightening my gear,
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and whispered in my ear.
It's gonna be okay,
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you're gonna do just fine,
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I got your back baby boy
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I realize that I've heard this before,
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this was Candace,
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my girlfriend who died when the Compton effect hit the planet.
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Do I tell her I know who she is
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Almost 20 minutes till
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the bailiff came and got me
The judge seat and the arrangements
was laid out in a 6x4 panel
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That's 24 seats for 24 heirs,
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24 hip -hop gods, oh sit there
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All rise, we all rose,
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the judges trickled in in all black long robes
And call in question if I served
hip -hop honorably
your honors, by your leave
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I request that my client be judged a dope
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he started slowly shaking his head
as he read my jacket
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KRS brought his face in a light,
he asked Ms. Kaplan,
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am I reading this right?
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This is the institution hip -hop
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hasn't written enough bars
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I can see the other judges unconvinced
But I sat there quietly
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while Amina made my defense
Your honors, with all due respect,
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What about his depth
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Took a couple of tokes
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So I decided to stand up
and speak for myself
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Your honors, I can see
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If I may offer a solution, send me back
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One judge said we'll take a short recess
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I'm ready, here we go,
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With 24 hip -hop legends
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about to decide my afterlife
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Mr. Square, after careful review
But we have no record
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we're sending you back
Give you a chance
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And we'll hold you accountable
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We'll see you when we see you waiting
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This court is adjourned
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