Moment Of Truth chords by Gang Starr
Verse 1
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No matter what we face
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We must face the moment of truth,
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baby
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Verse 2
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They say it's lonely at the top,
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in whatever you do
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You always gotta watch mother
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fuckers around you
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Nobody's invincible, no plan is foolproof
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We all must meet our moment of truth
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The same
Verse 3
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sheisty cats that you hang with,
and do your thang with
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Could set you up and wet you up, nigga,
peep the language
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It's universal,
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you play with fire it may hurt you
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Or burn you, lessons are blessings
you should learn through
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Let's face facts,
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although MC's lace tracks
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It doesn't mean behind the scenes
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there ain't no dirt to trace back
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That goes for all of us,
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there ain't nobody to trust
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It's like sabotage,
it's got me ready to bust
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But I can't jeopardize,
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what I have done up to this point
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So I'ma get more guys,
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to help me run the whole joint
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Cultivate, multiply, motivate,
or else we'll die
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You know I be the master of the who,
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what, where and why
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See when you're shining,
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some chumps'll wanna dull ya
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Always selfish, jealous punks,
will wanna pull ya
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Down, just like some shellfish
in a bucket
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'Cause they love it, to see
your ass squirm like a worm
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But just as you'll receive
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what is coming to you
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Everybody else is gonna
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get theirs too
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I ain't no saint,
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therefore I cannot dispute
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That everyone must meet
their moment of truth
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Ac
Verse 4
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tions have reactions,
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don't be quick to judge
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You may not know the hardships
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people don't speak of
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It's best to step back,
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and observe with couth
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For we all must meet
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our moment of truth
Verse 5
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Sometimes you gotta dig deep,
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when problems come near
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Don't fear, things get severe
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for everybody everywhere
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Why do bad things happen
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to good people?
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Seems that life is just a constant war
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between good and evil
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The situation that I'm facin'
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is mad amazin'
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To think such problems can arise
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from minor confrontations
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Now I'm contemplatin',
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in my bedroom pacin'
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Dark clouds over my head,
my heart's racin'
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Suicide? Nah,
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I'm not a foolish guy
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Don't even feel like drinking,
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or even gettin' high
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'Cause all that's gonna
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do really is accelerate
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The anxieties that I wish I could alleviate
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But wait, I've been through
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a whole lot of other shit before
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So I oughta be able to with
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stand some more
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But I'm sweatin' though,
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my eyes are turnin' red, and yo
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I'm ready to lose my mind,
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but instead I use my mind
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I put down the knife,
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and take the bullets out my nine
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My only crime,
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was that I'm too dam n kind
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And now some scandalous motherfuckers
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wanna take what's mine
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But they can't take the respect that
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I've earned in my lifetime
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And you know they'll never stop
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the furious force of my rhymes
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So like they say, every dog has its day
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And like they say,
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God works in a mysterious way
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So I pray, rememberin'
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the days of my youth
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As I pre pare to meet
my moment of truth
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"You
Verse 6
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shall know the truth and
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Em
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the truth shall set you free"
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Yo, I got
Verse 7
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one lyric pointed
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at your head for start
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An other one,
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is pointed at your weak-ass heart
heart
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Now if I pull the trigger,
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on these fully loaded lines
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You're gonna wish I woulda pulled a black nine,
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I mack dimes
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Crack the spines of the fake gangsters
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Yeah, the bitin'-triflin' niggas, niggas,
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and the studio pranksters
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Yo, lookin' at the situation plainly,
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will you re main G?
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Or will you be looked upon strangely?
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I reign as the articulator, with
the greater data
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Re volvin' on the TASCAM much
doper than my last jam
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While others struggle to juggle
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tricky metaphors
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I explore more, to expose the core
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A lot of emcees act stupid to me
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And we have yet to see if they can
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match our longevity
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But anyway, it's just another day
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Another fake jack I slay with my
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spectac' rap dis play
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Styles, smooth but rugged,
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you can't push or shove it
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You dig it and you dug it 'cause
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like money you love it
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The king of monotone,
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with my own throne
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Righteously violent prone,
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my words bring winds like cyclones
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Stormin' your hideout,
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blockin' out your sunlight
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Your image and your business
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were truly not done right
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Throw up your He Allah Now
Divine Saviors
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You got no hand skills,
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there's no security to save ya
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No pager, no celly, no drop-top Benzy
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I came to bring your phony
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hip-hop to to an ending
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My art of war will leave you
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sore from the abuse
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'Cause you must meet
your moment of truth
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They say
Verse 8
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it's lonely at the top
Em
in whatever you do
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You always gotta watch
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motherfuckers around you
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No one is untouchable,
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no man is bulletproof
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We all must meet our moment
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Dm
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of truth
Moment Of Truth
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