[00:03.54]This feels good right here.
[00:07.71]Just happy to be here. i mean,
[00:12.63]I gota take a moment to thank those that made a difference,
[00:15.71]Whether small or big. damn, where should i start though?
[00:20.89]First and foremost i gota give praise
[00:24.90]To the lord above and his almighty ways
[00:28.10]Blessin me with the gift to lift spirits
[00:30.15]And evoke emotions thru these words everytime you hear it
[00:32.72]I got the lyrics and flow, im capable so
[00:35.18]When i blow, just know this ones for april and joe
[00:38.74]Me and my little sister, we grateful you know
[00:41.10]Wish i could see you more avah at the rate that you grow
[00:44.31]My favorite uncle franky for opening ya door
[00:46.74]When i aint have a place to stay, i crashed on your floor
[00:49.54]Taught me the basic survival tools
[00:51.25]Auntie cathy, every summer kept me in vacation bible school
[00:54.16]Mr diskin for more than passin grades
[00:57.48]And my fourth grade teacher mr. scott who passed away
[01:00.04]Peep how i met kamel, corner on the street
[01:03.40]We goin to the top ,lets do it for shawna and jaleek
[01:06.06]In the beginnin, no one was on jins side folks
[01:08.87]Bar and amory, whoa bundy thats a inside joke
[01:11.33]Before bullshit friendships, synthetic for cream
[01:13.39]Chilled with my wall click, bryan, cedric, and jean
[01:16.35]So when i moved to ny chose to invest in a few
[01:19.81]One love to patricia ben and the rest of the crew
[01:22.26]To be loved is a privilige, thats what i was told
[01:25.06]A gem from my man ls more precious than gold
[01:27.93]Infamous joe lacin my tatt so sick
[01:30.08]Fong, yungmac, and ken down at ho yips
[01:33.69]To dee waah chivon and the rest of the deans
[01:36.40]For believing in a young man obsessed with a dream
[01:38.90]Allowin me to write history create my own chapter
[01:41.51]All original ryders and the generation after
[01:44.67]The double r staff my thanks worth a million
[01:48.18]And the whole 30th floor at the universal buildin
[01:51.20]You could never walk in my shoes or stand in my boots
[01:53.61]Know how i came up, i'll never abandon my roots
[01:56.41]Yeah, c rayz, poison pen for sharing the stage
[01:58.41]Shouts to stronghold, tone, and the rest of the plague
[02:01.04]Ask big zoo, we ten steps ahead of ya
[02:03.85]Vice versus, eye to eye, e-o dub regulars
[02:06.05]My man j pure for bringin the heat right
[02:09.20]And the rest of the poets, chillin under streetlights
[02:11.42]Just keep the beats tight, shouts to the record spinners
[02:14.08]Enuff, felli fell and all the heavy hitters
[02:16.74]Kubichi k sly hold me down in la
[02:18.82]Might catch me flickin it up with von in the bay
[02:21.57]Then its off to the wake up show with tech and sway
[02:24.21]Or big nat and foot out in va
[02:27.77]Its damn near tradition to kick a freestyle
[02:31.60]Anytime im with eddie francis out in seatown
[02:34.41]Cant forget hometeam as high as i be
[02:36.67]Supa cindy, big lip and dj irie
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[02:40.08]The club and mixtape djs that break records
[02:42.44]Cause thanks to them we've heard some great records
[02:45.52]Shouts out to the technitions they get props
[02:47.40]Feel free to holla, anytime you need drops
[02:50.55]Bob collina, the only one to call
[02:53.85]Anytime ya boy jin gota run in with the law
[02:56.74]Bert padell aka big babe ruth
[02:58.69]Got the brinks truck outside, lets get paid loot
[03:01.55]6-4-6-6, the trips back and forth
[03:04.97]From the studio to the crib, im never slackin off
[03:07.89]How bout will, spivey and of course killa kai
[03:10.50]Boondo, randy, feron just a few of my
[03:12.86]Close associates that i love to see
[03:15.43]School me to the game like joe box and brother e
[03:18.49]Razor and mario for all them times we rocked shows
[03:20.94]To the rest of 176, tato
[03:23.76]Peter jun, rock, lisa, landy and j
[03:26.22]Keepin me fresh ellis at the barbershop
[03:28.92]Coast to coast, lifestyles reppin the r alot
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[03:35.79]My man cartoon bringin the fresh sound
[03:38.11]Cookie and mag ogs holdin the west down
[03:40.73]And of course swizz blocks, carl, climax
[03:43.31]Far east movement, they got what ya minds lack
[03:46.02]T dot, montreal where i keep mass appeal
[03:48.42]Romero, baby yu, rg and neil
[03:51.89]It pays to keep it real even more to be sincere
[03:54.80]Thanks to bet for jump startin my career
[03:57.06]As for 106 who they askin about
[03:59.92]Free and aj cant wait to see yall back on the couch
[04:03.03]And mtv for givin advance warnings
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[04:06.00]John singleton plus the chance at performin
[04:08.40]The source double xl rolling stone vibe
[04:11.01]The truth, the lies, the layout in rides
[04:13.82]For every write up forever in context
[04:16.28]King magazine elle girl and complex
[04:19.03]To all the producers for providin the beats
[04:21.79]Shouts to neo, tunehedz, divine and elite
[04:24.45]Jr, wyclef, kanye, can i rep
[04:27.35]This is real hiphop be damned if i let
[04:29.91]Yall tell me otherwise cause we so live
[04:33.52]This ones for 954 and 305
[04:35.62]All the way to 718 and 212
[04:38.32]And if you ever showed love this ones for you
[04:41.09]But i gota say thanks even those that hated
[04:43.90]Cause, cause yall kept me motivated
[04:46.15]I gota thank god i wanna thank yall
[05:13.02]I gota thank god i wanna thank yall
[05:15.11]I gota thank god i wanna thank yall  i gota thank god i wanna thank yall
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