Key: A major•
Verse 1
Hip- hop ya don't stop
One o' clock, two o' clock, three o' clock,
Interlude 1
rock
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Verse 2
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I was born into religion
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Was just what baptist meant!
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His only begotten son who gave his life
To make sure that I would have one
my mother and father would be Taboo
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But as I grew, I met a Jew, a Catholic
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And a Protestant just couldn't
figure out where Baptist fit
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Hastily I pray thee that ya make me see
Why thou has confronted
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me with such ambiguity
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Or shall I call ya Allah?
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All due respect, Heavenly Father
I just like to be a scholar on
ya still call me nigga
And off to store a black hole leaves
Go high when the physical takes control
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No communications with the inner self
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Now to explain they had the
problems visions of
gettin' along with herself
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(Ah, yo sister can Prazwell and Wyclef get some,
check it out)
Verse 3
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Delivered straight
Verse 4
from the (temple), I
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had no time to (sample)
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My cousin's name was (Samuel), I
wasn't allowed to use the turntables
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And if it wasn't sayin',
"Thank You Lord!", I couldn't listen
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So I used to sneak to listen to DJ Red Alert
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To check the competition,
'Cause as a young lad,
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'Cause he who wanted to practice
would someday be the greatest guy
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So I checked them as they flip
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pin' sometimes
They're not flippin',
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they think they rippin'- rappin'
The only rappin' they doin' is
Verse 5
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You gained the world sucker,
Verse 6
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So some get blunted but you're back
all on this when it's all over
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Mama said a blunt was a stunt to the brain
on the sneak- tip he sniff coke!
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While the bum he picked a hole to
sleep he wanted a deep throat
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So ask yourself the question:
Who's really maxin'?
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out and either Hell or Heaven high
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But to some Earth is Hell
and Heaven's death
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kill till there's nothin' left, hah
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But I'mma hit'em with a gun,
Verse 7
the temple,
Get wreck (check the
wreck), can I get a witness?
Verse 8
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Well I arrive let me tell you what
I see in my third eye
they got crucified
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While the, younger the better but the,
older the wiser
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Mama used to read in deep
from the book of Proverbs
have ya heard?
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Knowledge, I come to teach while
I increase ya decrease
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Some say peace,
Verse 9
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Hallelujah, hallelujah, praise be to thee
Jah Almighty, come
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On the nineteenth of October I remember
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Startin' my life as a natural leaver
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church on a solid rock, hit me
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So feel the spirit comin' from the
(Ay, Pras, how could you be a hood
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in full of so much love?)
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Hip- hop where it starts, I tried to master the art,
Outro 1
come on!
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