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Lessons (Explicit) - R.A. the Rugged Man |
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R-A what's the lesson for today Rugged Man |
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I am the legendary..R-A |
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Yo aiiyo people wonderin' where the f**k I been |
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At the VIP section they ain't lettin' me in |
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They say; maybe if you had Dr. Dre or Timbaland |
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They say; a white boy need a black boy to win |
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Uhh Bubba Sparxx did it and so did Slim |
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Just Blaze is hot now why don't you get with him |
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I watch mad rappers bite my sh*t and blow up |
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And make millions of what I created that's tough luck |
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I first started gettin' coverage around the same time |
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Steve Stout used to carry kid and placed luggage |
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I seen rappers turned from sex symbols in hard throbs |
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To bein forgotten now they out lookin' for jobs |
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I seen EPMD break up |
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I seen my little brother Max fall asleep and he ain't never wake up |
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So when I rhyme listen seriously |
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When I spit I'm givin' you the truth clearly who I really be |
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It's an audio version of reality TV |
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I had deals from Russell Simmonds to Master P |
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Even five year old white girls be rappin' today |
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On the playground like 'go shorty it's ya birthday' (Go go go..) |
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Here's a little story I got ta tell |
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I am the legendary |
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R-A Rugged Man |
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(Verse 2) |
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Yo yo I seen good days sun rays church sundays |
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Made love made war been rich been poor |
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Lost friends lost lawsuits lost my dough |
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Seen beef between Bad Boy and Death Row |
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I seen decease take the life for my sisters kid |
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Six months on the earth that's what he had to live |
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I seen Biggie Big L Big Pun pass away |
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Buffy from the Fat Boys Jam Master Jay |
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A month before they blew up with Mystikal and Jay-Z |
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The Neptunes came to see me at D D |
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I knew this chick named Norah a lounge singer |
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A year later she a six Grammy award winner |
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I've seen Flatliners I've seen Cannabisses |
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I've seen Lil Zanes yeah I've seen mad misses |
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You and tune that a** b**ches get ten percent disses |
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I seen A R's get fired for takin' pisses |
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Stop whinin' and *****in' nobody listens |
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Who else riskin' they career to stick to being different |
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Switchin' the tradition stickin' to this sh*t they really livin' |
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I don't care what's hittin |
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Listen this my f**kin' life that I'm spittin' |
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Here's a little story I got ta tell |
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I am the legendary |
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R-A Rugged Man |
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(Verse 3) |
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I'm at peace with myself now how bout that |
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I hated life I wanted to die a few years back |
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I was mentally ill it's hard to come back from that |
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But I got through it now I got my sanity back |
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Y'all are like H-B-O fighters get the money and fame |
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And you get beat up like Klitschko and Sugar Shane |
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Or get beat like Vernon Forrest or Prince Naseem |
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Yeah you all turn p**sy once you get that green |
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I got love for Havoc from Mobb Deep |
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When I was broke sleepin' in the street |
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He hooked me up with a free beat |
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Alchemist you still my little buddy |
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Even though you stole that Royce the 59 The King beat from me |
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I ain't down to sign autographs and shake ya hands |
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I don't want trendy a** followers as fans |
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I don't wanna sell records I don't wanna be big |
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I don't want MTV runnin' up in my crib |
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I don't wanna be liked in the music biz |
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I don't want fans that don't know who G Rap is |
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Here's a little story I got ta tell |
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I am the legendary |
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R-A Rugged Man |
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Here's a little story I got ta tell |
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I am the legendary |
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R-A Rugged Man |
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What's the lesson for today Rugged Man |
