NINETEEN EIGHTY-FIVE
I ARRIVED
THIRTY-THREE YEARS
DAMN I'M GRATEFUL
I SURVIVED
WE WASN'T S'POSED
TO GET PAST
TWENTY-FIVE
JOKES ON YOU
************ WE ALIVE
ALL THESE ******
POPPING NOW IS YOUNG
EVERYBODY SAY
THE MUSIC THAT THEY
MAKE IS DUMB
I REMEMBER
I WAS EIGHTEEN
MONEY ***** PARTIES
I WAS ON THE SAME THING
YOU GOTTA GIVE A BOY
A CHANCE TO GROW SOME
EVERYBODY TALKIN'
LIKE THEY KNOW
SOMETHIN' THESE DAYS
****** ACTIN' WOKE
BUT THEY BROKE UMM
I RESPECT THE STRUGGLE
BUT YOU ALL FRONTIN'
THESE DAYS
MAN THEY BARELY
OLD ENOUGH TO DRIVE
TO TELL THEM WHAT
THEY SHOULD DO
WHO THE **** AM I
I HEARD ONE OF
EM' DISSED ME
I'M SUPRISED
I AIN'T TRIPPIN'
LISTEN GOOD
TO MY REPLY
COME HERE LIL' MAN
LET ME TALK WITH YA'
SEE IF I CAN PAINT
FOR YOU THE
LARGER PICTURE
CONGRATS 'CAUSE
YOU MADE IT OUT
YOUR MAMA'S HOUSE
I HOPE YOU MAKE ENOUGH
TO BUY YOUR MOM
A HOUSE
I SEE YOUR WATCH
ICY AND YOUR
WHIP FOREIGN
I GOT SOME GOOD ADVICE
NEVER QUIT TOURIN'
'CAUSE THAT'S THE
WAY WE EAT HERE
IN THIS RAP GAME
I'M ****** WITH
YOUR FUNKY LIL'
RAP NAME
I HEAR YOUR MUSIC
AND I KNOW
THAT RAP'S CHANGED
A BUNCH OF FOLKS
WOULD SAY THAT
THAT'S A BAD THING
'CAUSE EVERYTHING'S
COMMERCIAL AND
IT'S POP NOW
TRAP DRUMS IS THE
**** THAT'S HOT NOW
SEE I'VE BEEN
ON A QUEST FOR
THE NEXT WAVE
BUT NEVER MIND
THAT WAS JUST A SEGUE
I MUST SAY
BY YOUR SONGS
I'M UNIMPRESSED HEY
BUT I LOVE TO SEE
A BLACK MAN GET PAID
AND PLUS
YOU HAVIN' FUN
AND I RESPECT THAT
BUT HAVE YOU
EVER THOUGHT ABOUT
YOUR IMPACT
THESE WHITE KIDS
LOVE THAT YOU
DON'T GIVE A ****
'CAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT'S EXPECTED
WHEN YOUR
SKIN'S BLACK
THEY WANNA
SEE YOU DAB
THEY WANNA
SEE YOU POP A PILL
THEY WANNA
SEE YOU TATTED
FROM YOUR FACE
TO YOUR HEELS
AND SOMEWHERE
DEEP DOWN **** IT
I GOTTA KEEP
IT REAL
THEY WANNA BE BLACK
AND THINK YOUR
SONG IS HOW IT FEELS
SO WHEN YOU TURN UP
YOU SEE THEM
TURNIN' UP TOO
YOU HIT THE NEXT CITY
COLLECT YOUR MONEY
WHEN IT'S DUE
YOU GETTIN' THAT PAPER
SWIMMIN' IN *******
I DON'T BLAME YOU
YOU AIN'T THINKIN'
'BOUT THE PEOPLE
THAT'S LOOKIN'
LIKE ME AND YOU
TRUE
YOU
GOT BETTER **** TO DO
YOU COULDA BOUGHT
A CRIB WITH
ALL THAT BREAD
YOU DONE BLEW
I KNOW YOU THINK
THIS TYPE OF REVENUE
IS NEVER ENDIN'
BUT I WANNA TAKE
A MINUTE JUST TO
TELL YOU THAT
AIN'T TRUE
ONE DAY THEM
KIDS THAT'S LISTENING
GON' GROW UP
AND GET TOO OLD
FOR THAT ****
THAT MADE YOU BLOW UP
NOW YOUR SHOWS
LOOKIN' LIGHT 'CAUSE
THEY DON'T SHOW UP
WHICH UNFORTUNATELY
MEANS THE MONEY
SLOW UP
NOW YOU SCRAMBLIN'
AND HOPIN'
TO GET HOT AGAIN
BUT YOU FORGOT
YOU ONLY POPPED
'CAUSE YOU
WAS RIDIN' TRENDS
NOW YOU OLD NEWS
AND YOU GOIN'
THROUGH REGRETS
'CAUSE YOU NEVER
BOUGHT THAT HOUSE
BUT YOU GOT A BENZ
AND A BUNCH OF JEWELS
AND A BUNCH OF SHOES
AND A BUNCH
OF FAKE FRIENDS
I AIN'T JUDGIN' YOU
I'M JUST TELLIN' YOU
WHAT'S PROBABLY
GON' HAPPEN
WHEN YOU RAPPIN'
'BOUT THE TYPE
OF **** YOU
RAPPIN' 'BOUT
IT'S A FASTER ROUTE
TO THE BOTTOM
I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK
I'M HOPING FOR
YOUR SAKE
THAT YOU AIN'T
DUMB AS YOU LOOK
BUT IF IT'S
REALLY TRUE
WHAT PEOPLE SAYIN'
AND YOU CALL YOURSELF
PLAYIN' WITH MY NAME
THEN I REALLY KNOW
YOU ****** TRUST
I'LL BE AROUND FOREVER
'CAUSE MY SKILLS
IS TIP-TOP
TO ANY AMATEUR ******
THAT WANNA GET ROCKED
JUST REMEMBER
WHAT I TOLD YOU
WHEN YOUR **** FLOP
IN FIVE YEARS
YOU GON' BE ON
LOVE AND HIP-HOP
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