??? women will holla Broke niggaz want me to lend them a dollar I tell them, "Thanks, but no thanks" ('Cause he's a gentleman and a scholar) [Verse
We live our lives one contradiction at a time: "Dying is glorious" or "Slavery is freedom." Don't stop trying, fight it out, push it out. We live
, guitars and river swings Got the good life down and if you hang around We can get a little dust on that car 'Cause I'm a genuine, certified dirt road scholar
rap scholar here to make a dollar (Check it out) Try an' follow guaranteed to make ya holler Check it out, everybody, everybody Yeah, yeah It's the rap scholar
Yo, you ever go outside at night, look up into the sky, into the big, immense sky?and think to yourself that?s a big sky! Like an inkwell? In a city that
I reach beneath the skin of the street with each step Walkin' closer to my final destination of death When I'm layin' to rest, I'm only savin' my breath
With war rising over the horizon It?s hard to start writing Been fightin in the belly of the titan, my tourniquets tighten around the livin? but dyin?
Those who front and don?t really want trouble, step to the side like a S1W, the NW north of NWA?s place of origin, originators of the first general strike
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Now, it's the opening salvo Where poet's scope the people like Mohammad and Malvo A sample of the battle we wagered against an animal Made to snuff us
[Sampled Recording:] Is it love, that I feel? What I'm feeling inside [Intro: Geologic] Uh, Yea It's a love song, for everybody Everybody man, everybody
[Intro:] I'm just an ordinary guy, extraordinary time spent Ordering my life working over-time nights Holdin wires and mics under these lights, but besides
Patience, understanding, loyalty, loyalty Bayani, loyalty (got to have) It's more than just a hobby or pastime 'Cause 24/7 I'm representin' the Massline
November 30th, 1999 No sunshine The body rock stopped, probably got caught by the cops Nearby, somebody got shot But parties don't stop and the parties