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| [00:11.930] | They say we N -- I - Double G -- E -- R We - are - much more, |
| [00:17.030] | Still we choose to ignore, The obvious. |
| [00:19.580] | Man this history don't acknowledge us, |
| [00:22.180] | We was scholars long before colleges. |
| [00:24.670] | They say we N -- I - Double G -- E -- R We - are - much more, |
| [00:29.400] | But still we choose to ignore, The obvious. |
| [00:31.810] | We are the slave and the master, |
| [00:34.150] | What you looking for? |
| [00:35.580] | You the question and the answer. |
| [00:36.980] | We trust no black leaders, Use the stove to heat us, |
| [00:40.430] | Powder eggs and government cheeses, The calendar was Martin, |
| [00:45.230] | JFK, & Jesus, Gotta be fresh Go to school with fly sneakers. |
| [00:49.590] | Schools with outdated books, We are the forgotten, |
| [00:52.990] | Summers coolin' off by the fire hydrant. |
| [00:56.030] | Yeah I'm from the ghetto, |
| [00:57.810] | Where old black women talk about they sugar level, |
| [01:00.840] | It's not unusual, To see photos of dead homies' funerals, |
| [01:05.000] | Aluminum foil on t.v. antennas |
| [01:08.380] | Little TV sit on top the big TV eatin TV dinners, |
| [01:12.150] | Girls die they hair with kool-aid, |
| [01:15.380] | They gave us lemons we made lemonade, |
| [01:18.110] | But this nigga's paid, Ancestry of slaves, |
| [01:20.430] | Descendant of Kings It's necessary I, |
| [01:23.590] | Bling, Puts rings on every thing |
| [01:26.130] | Where timbs on every scene. |
| [01:27.640] | They say we N -- I - Double G -- E -- R We - are - much more, |
| [01:32.750] | Still we choose to ignore, The obvious. |
| [01:35.410] | Man this history don't acknowledge us, |
| [01:37.320] | We was scholars long before colleges. |
| [01:39.960] | They say we N -- I - Double G -- E -- R We - are - much more, |
| [01:45.000] | But still we choose to ignore, The obvious. |
| [01:47.360] | We are the slave and the master, |
| [01:49.840] | What you looking for? |
| [01:51.490] | You the question and the answer. |
| [01:53.000] | Do I mean it like a slave master? NIGGER! No! |
| [01:57.120] | I'm gangsta Gotta eat rappers! |
| [01:58.990] | My abbreviation was young when I caught the cases, |
| [02:02.450] | That should mean the court could see my changes |
| [02:05.070] | Take off the bracelets, |
| [02:06.230] | Savage when broke, Smoke sour diesel Need no Bo-flex |
| [02:08.550] | My chest still cut-up like a bag of dope, |
| [02:11.900] | Thought patterns consist of boss matters, |
| [02:14.530] | Spit Moses' "Lost Commandments" Like a gross sandwich out my mouth. |
| [02:18.120] | Toast to government cameras |
| [02:20.140] | Peepin us every week I must have my cars homes & phones Squeaked for bugs, |
| [02:24.600] | But this is what I was dreamin of, |
| [02:26.760] | Between cutting hard coke with new razors Slicing my fingers up, |
| [02:30.300] | They use to string us up, We wanted everything, |
| [02:33.640] | But the one bringing us cake be the snakes Like the... |
| [02:37.180] | Like the New Jack City wedding scene |
| [02:39.940] | No time for mistakes trying to get it like |
| [02:42.850] | They say we N -- I - Double G -- E -- R We - are - much more, |
| [02:46.910] | Still we choose to ignore, The obvious. |
| [02:50.340] | Man this history don't acknowledge us, |
| [02:52.690] | We was scholars long before colleges. |
| [02:54.870] | They say we N -- I - Double G -- E -- R We - are - much more, |
| [02:58.850] | But still we choose to ignore, The obvious. |
| [03:02.160] | We are the slave and the master, |
| [03:04.690] | What you looking for? |
| [03:06.260] | You the question and the answer. |
| [03:08.170] | People afraid of criticism |
| [03:11.100] | But I always put myself in a sacrificial position! |
| [03:13.710] | They been know I ain't just rappin for fame, |
| [03:16.940] | I got my old homie the father asking for change! |
| [03:20.040] | Yep! I'd give this cash up This paper don't matter |
| [03:23.190] | They seen me from skinny to fatter When I rap about war, |
| [03:26.290] | They got the tendency to scatter, |
| [03:28.010] | They ain't my backup no more, |
| [03:30.050] | So now my enemies are at my front door, |
| [03:32.400] | Cause any time we mention Our condition, |
| [03:34.190] | our history or existence, |
| [03:36.020] | They calling it reverse racism, |
| [03:38.310] | Still till today the street's torn, |
| [03:40.590] | My brother Jungle always have a seat for 'em Not behind me - beside me |
| [03:45.400] | You'll always know where to find me, |
| [03:47.280] | They say the close ones will hurt you, |
| [03:49.460] | So let's keep a small circle, |
| [03:51.380] | On the road to riches, |
| [03:53.280] | and diamond rings In the land of the blind |
| [03:55.430] | The man with one eye is the king. |
| [03:57.640] | They say we N -- I - Double G -- E -- R We - are - much more, |
| [04:02.070] | Still we choose to ignore, The obvious. |
| [04:05.410] | Man this history don't acknowledge us, |
| [04:07.260] | We was scholars long before colleges. |
| [04:09.440] | They say we N -- I - Double G -- E -- R We - are - much more, |
| [04:14.190] | But still we choose to ignore, The obvious. |
| [04:17.110] | We are the slave and the master, |
| [04:19.740] | What you looking for? |
| [04:21.100] | You the question and the answer. |
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