[00:02.11]Let me flaunt the style, I think that the time's near
[00:05.14]That we drop Scuds, there won't be no duds here
[00:07.57]Rappers play the dumb, kinda on the space tip
[00:10.10]But when they hear the jams, they be on the dilsnick
[00:12.61]Now I'm not for the rock, I know the territory
[00:15.17]Go ahead and try, that's a different story
[00:17.78]Similar to Grimm, I could tell a better one
[00:20.34]All about a kid, who couldn't rap and didn't run
[00:23.11]Stands on the side when the mic is getting dumb
[00:25.65]Resorts to bagging Billy, asking could he have some
[00:28.34]No never ever, go back and try again man
[00:30.77]If you come back, I'll be the first to shake your hand
[00:33.48]Competition's good, it brings out the vital parts
[00:36.23]The Abstract Poetic, majors in recital arts
[00:38.66]Do it for the kids, the elders and the rap peers
[00:41.19]We know the job is done when we hear a lot of cheers
[00:43.83]Gotta feel the vibes, real from my creation
[00:46.52]If the hands clap I'm filled with elation
[00:49.03]Here I am ghetto, full with a lot of steam
[00:51.69]Think I gotta, I think I gotta, I think I gotta scream
[00:55.24]Cause that's how good it feels child
[00:57.28]Let your hair down, so we can get buckwild
[00:59.48]Do your ill dance, don't think about the next man
[01:02.09]We must have unity and think of the bigger plan
[01:04.67]Division we will fall, we must stick together, see
[01:07.23]I'd like to take this time to say what's up to Kool G
[01:09.92]The name is Q-Tip, the Midnight Marauder
[01:12.43]Giving nuff respects to Afrika Bambaataa
[01:15.10]As a man in the world, I must do my job
[01:17.42]Take care of Mama Duke, I won't resort to rob
[01:20.24]Bob you'll get your dough, Mase is my witness
[01:22.75]Obsessed with the rap, for it's the mental fitness
[01:25.39]Like shooting Cee-lo, and always hitting head cracks
[01:28.11]The industry is luck, winning with the fake raps
[01:30.69]Peace to the crews who pump the real hip hop
[01:33.54]Not selling out, from hardrock to disc jock
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[01:36.28]I don't know what to say, but here I go freak it
[01:38.55]If the papes come, then you know I'll seek it
[01:40.93]I'm just a short brother, dark skin face
[01:43.62]Weigh a buck-fifty, 36 waist
[01:46.13]Hair is crazy curly, flip like Mr. Furley
[01:48.72]To this day I still believe that no MC can serve me
[01:51.41]Brothers try to front, but everybody know
[01:53.97]I get more props than the Arsenio Hall Show
[01:56.50]Party animal I was, but now I chill at home
[01:59.22]All I do is write rhymes, eat, drink, shit and bone
[02:01.67]Found my thrill in Amityville, I'm always in the Island
[02:04.23]Fudge and Lucky know the time, they know who keeps 'em smiling
[02:07.05]Go out on my own, something that I gotta do
[02:09.46]Do what the hell I want and have no one to listen to
[02:11.94]I'm prompt with my business and I do things on the double
[02:14.73]Yo, I'm out like Buster Douglas, I say peace to MC Trouble
[02:17.48]Rest in peace
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[02:19.38]Word Up, rest in Peace, and you know what else?
[02:21.32]We got, we got, we got the vibes
[02:23.07]All the people in Long Island, we got the vibes
[02:25.94]Brooklyn and Queens, we got the vibes
[02:28.63]Uptown and Now Rule, we got the vibes
[02:31.27]People Upstate, we got the vibes
[02:33.86]If you're in DC, you got the vibes
[02:36.26]Maryland, Virginia, Carolina vibes
[02:38.85]Out West, we got the vibes
[02:41.64]In the Bahamas, we got the vibes
[02:44.33]Over in Europe, you know what, we got the vibes
[02:46.84]And we gotta keep it alive, it goes um...
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[02:48.82]Of rap I'm a fan, I've seen a whole lot of slums
[02:51.46]Good with the girls, I get a whole lot of 'em
[02:53.76]From fat to skinny, Freda to Winnie
[02:56.37]Emma to Cindy, Constance to Wendy
[02:59.06]Cause I be real friendly, never on the snotty side
[03:01.62]I don't brag to brothers about the little papes I got
[03:04.26]My vocal styles can vary, the sight is never scary
[03:06.93]It's only legendary, my father well prepared me
[03:09.33]My job ain't temporary, I'm here for the long shot
[03:11.94]Better yet the long term, I don't have a perm
[03:14.63]In a way I do, call 'em the perma-naps
[03:17.32]I'm crazy slap-happy and I'm scrappy and I'm nappy
[03:19.81]When I get the mic in my hand with the crowd in the stands
[03:22.89]It's as good as grand like that
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[03:26.31]Yo, I wanna say peace and dedicate this joint to MC Trouble
[03:29.55]And to uh... Trouble T Roy
[03:31.48]And to um... Scott La Rock
[03:33.49]And to um... Cowboy, you know what I'm sayin?
[03:36.32]This is for the slain rappers and the fallen rappers, you know what I'm saying?
[03:39.76]This is a special, special, special, special, special dedication
[03:42.82]And also to my Pops and also to Vinia's Moms, you know what I'm saying?
[03:47.29]You just gotta keep it happy and keep the vibes going
[03:49.77]Cause this is vibes and stuff, and we out...