[00:05.00]Oh lay it down
[00:06.53]Lay it down
[00:08.90]Lay it down again
[00:11.58]Men can live as brothers
[00:15.78]Candles in the rain..
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[00:29.16]From the independent hip hop scene
[00:30.83]Now they talkin' like
[00:31.86]How I'm not a hip hop fiend
[00:33.42]Needle in my arm, can't they see I'm O.D.'in
[00:36.05]You'll never take the strife from this triple O.G. in
[00:38.74]I blaze trails
[00:40.09]Created festivals
[00:41.41]Lost fifty G's on Paid Dues, is that acceptable
[00:44.24]What? I'm not down for the cause
[00:47.13](Hold on, Mike) I'm a need a few bars
[00:49.35]I could've done the Nas and scream, "Hip Hop Is Dead"
[00:51.73]I got up off my ass and I did somethin' instead
[00:54.21]Signed with the devil, brought the scene up a level
[00:56.64]Killed the beast from within, I'm a born again rebel
[00:59.38]Tryin' to save the youth
[01:00.75]From the way of the gun
[01:01.77]And if I only save one, then my job is done
[01:04.30]So you can say what you will, but you should judge me none
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[01:09.81]From my God, from my faith, as I move place to place
[01:12.21]Times I thought, "If I could just die, it'd be great"
[01:14.90]Drop on the spot, man, I didn't even care
[01:17.28]I stopped talkin' to you, I stopped sayin' prayers
[01:20.02]Numb from the liquor and the anti-depressants
[01:22.54]Pressure from the label, studio stressin'
[01:25.28]Almost lost my passion to persue this profession
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[01:30.34]From myself, from my soul, when I'm out on the road
[01:32.86]I give so much shout to these kids, I don't know
[01:35.39]I thought I lost you, with no one to talk to
[01:38.07]But you're the one that open up these doors that I walk through
[01:41.01]I can't fault you, only forgive you
[01:43.23]I'm the only one that seen the pain that you been through
[01:45.91]The drama, the struggle that built all your issues
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[01:51.22]The drama, the struggle, that built all these issues
[01:53.69]Is all just to make sure they never forget you