[00:03.40]Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today
[00:07.02]For this somber occasion
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[00:09.52]Please join us in the mourning of this u-47
[00:12.95]It was a great microphone in its day
[00:15.20]Until it met its fate
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[00:17.88]One evening while it was in the studio
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[00:23.87]So ashes to ashes, and dust to dust
[00:27.80]May this microphone, rest, in peace..
[00:31.25]
[00:57.16]Knock knock, guess who? yes, ooh
[00:59.04]The bigger the b, the iggah the i
[01:00.67]The jigga the g is comin through
[01:02.11]Yes Im the one with clout, theyre all talkin bout
[01:04.68]To be frank, I have the flavor like sauerkraut
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[01:07.42]The microphone assassinator and furthermore
[01:09.54]I murdered plenty rappers and believe that Ill murder more
[01:12.54]So if you ask to give the kane a go
[01:14.99]You better treat me like drugs, and just say no
[01:18.55]Because I utilize my skills to brutilize
[01:20.73]And in a battle, man you should see what I do to guys
[01:23.91]Whenever the mics mine, Ill rock a hype rhyme
[01:26.41]And come off, like dirty panties at nighttime
[01:29.09]Cause any mic that I caress, I finesse
[01:31.34]With zest, and just bless, best yet to progress
[01:34.58]King asiatic, no other rapper stands this
[01:36.58]You couldnt be a king if you played hockey in los angeles
[01:40.05]I gets pi-daid, top gri-dade, gotta admit ey
[01:43.44]Point blank, the kids stri-daight
[01:45.06]Cause when it comes to r-a-p-p-i-n, huh
[01:48.18]I got it locked up like a bullpen
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[01:51.74]May you rest in peace 3x
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[01:59.09]If this meaning doesnt manifest, put it to rest! krs-one
[02:01.23]Rappers I get em and hit em and slit em and split em and rid em
[02:04.23]Acquit em, when I get wit em, you can tell that I did em
[02:06.72]I take em and shake em and bake em and ache em and break em
[02:09.41]And rake em, you cant awake em from the comatose way I make em
[02:11.96]Cause when youre messin with me -- you know what?
[02:14.58]You can swallow a live grenade and you still wont blow up!
[02:18.20]Pickin up the microphone you shouldnt dare
[02:20.01]Its like bein on a stairmaster, climbin and goin nowhere
[02:23.45]Youre perpetratin like youre ready and able
[02:25.07]But couldnt rock a show, if the stage was a cradle
[02:28.31]Your rhymes are old as an artifact, and you dont want no part of that
[02:32.71]So dont even start it black
[02:34.23]Anyone riffin I show them how Im livin
[02:36.53]And give them some of that treatment like my man michael bivins
[02:39.03]I smack em up, flip em and then shove em down
[02:41.84]Huh, oh i-ah-ah-i-ah-i-ah-i dont be ****in around
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[02:45.16]To rip this microphone like this today
[02:46.47]Since eighty-seven I came a long, long way
[02:50.34]To headlinin, all the way from supportin..
[02:53.27].. and I know youve been watchin me norton!
[02:55.27]
[02:56.02]Through my whole rap career, a lot of young, huh,
[02:58.64]Rappers sat there, and listened, a lot of young, huh,
[03:01.38]Rappers sat there, and wishin.. but..
[03:04.07]You couldnt see the kane with x-ray vision
[03:06.44]And just because you didnt see my crew for a few
[03:09.37]A lot of people thought the wolfpack was through
[03:11.68]But if you think the kane and scoob and scrapll breakup
[03:14.68]I tell you like marvin gaye, wake up.. wake up.. wake up..
[03:17.81]Put it to rest, its best to fess
[03:19.57]Because the kane is breakin rappers like the irs
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[03:23.10]And consider this microphone the deceased
[03:25.84]Now may it rest in peace
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[03:29.22]May you rest in peace 7x
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[03:47.27]If this meaning doesnt manifest, put it to rest! krs-one