Tonalidad: Bb major•
Intro 1
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Gm
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Verse 1
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we want in this life
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Is peace, prosperity and a little paper
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Objects, they seem seem greater
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But I'm sure we'll overcome
when we illin' on the drum
Gm
All we want in this life
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E
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Is peace, prosperity and a little paper
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Objects, they seem seem greater
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But I'm sure we'll overcome
when we illin' on the drum
Verse 2
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We in a world that places heavy
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emphasis on money synthesis
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Y'all can be my witnesses
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That a fella fascination
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with money has grown
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To the point that he will shit on his own
Gm
We got to have it, y'all,
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its not a Spike Lee cinematic
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A piece of paper making
niggas get dramatic
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But the money doesn't
come automatic
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Gotta motivate ourselves to go
and grab it (then go get it)
Gm
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We got to get it, y'all,
in an orderly fashion (uh, say word)
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Some cats go about it with too
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much passion (uh)
We got to mediate our greedy
levels (or what?)
'Cause the lust of currency can have
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us sleeping with the devil (true)
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Gotta recognize it, realize the power
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That this little motherf- ing piece
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of paper will devour (come on)
Man can be greater than
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the thing he creates
See, I'ma do my thing and see
how much I can scrape
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Gm
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Yo, I'd rather have re spect than money,
no doubt
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But listen to me, y'all,
I want the mass amount
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That the Sesame Street
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Dracula can't count
So that I can give my people when
that thing surmounts
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To higher levels of being,
so when I'm MC- ing (what?)
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I hope to see you there steady
G- ing (say word)
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But the only way we can truly reach that goal
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Is finding true inner peace
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and prospering souls
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It's like that (uh)
Verse 3
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All we want in this life Is
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peace, prosperity and a little
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paper (yeah, yeah)
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Objects, they seem seem greater
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But I'm sure we'll overcome when
we illin' on the drum (Big Mu in the house)
Gm
All we want in this life (turn the party
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out)
Is peace, prosperity and a little
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paper (yeah, yeah)
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Objects, they seem seem greater
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But I'm sure we'll overcome
when we illin' on the drum
Verse 4
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Here comes your royal highness,
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one of Queens' finest
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Believe me, honest,
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you know you can't stop it
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Come on, son,
never leave your mic 'round me
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True MC, for real, ask my man,
Strictly focused on what
I'm in this rap game for
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Not for fame and screwing
every whore after whore
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With all that AIDS stuff going 'round,
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tell me how that sound
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Rather hit the studio and hear some
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beats that pound
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Now, don't get me wrong,
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I love honeys galore
But see hip- hop's my bread and butter,
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'cause that's what I get paid for
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See this is what I wanted,
Allah helped me to get it
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And if the beat is wicked,
you know Malik will rip it
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From the bottom of my heart,
that's where the love starts
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The love for break dancing,
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my love for the art
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And with this love,
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I do hip- hop from the soul
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A real MC, who never sweats
how many copies are sold
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Yeah, I want to go gold,
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platinum, uh- huh, etcetera
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But why put out some wackness when no
one will respect ya
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I'm staying true 'nough respect
to those that paved the way
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From Bambaata down to Shah,
that be my DJ
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Gm
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Without my peeps I don't know how
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the hell I'd make it work
Sometimes I feel that my ca
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reer is headed for the curb
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One love for lending hand
and giving all your help
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Believing in me when I didn't
believe in my own self
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The Abstract with who I'm always
making rugged tunes
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Kid Hood resting in heaven,
I hope to see you soon
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I keep things hot and this year
they're even hotter
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Big Mu and Shah, one day,
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I'll take my shahada
Outro 1
Out
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