[Interlude: Bumpy Knuckles talking]
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Always paid attention to how many cats I rocked with and who I worked with on projects and everything
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Because, you know, whats important is to stay focused on the growth of your brand
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You know, every MC is a brand, you know, whether they want to admit it or not
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You know, at lot of cats running around here screaming how they just love hip-hop so much and they rock for the love and all that
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Wish I could walk into Best Buy and say, “yo, Ive been buying from yall for mad years, yo, and it would be my honor if yall let me rock one of them flat screens right there.”
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Word
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[Intro]
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Premo
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Yeah
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Bumpy Knuckles
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DJ Premier
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Lets rock
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[Verse]
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There used to be money in the hood then crabs started having baby crabs
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And all of them niggas wanted to be Scarface
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While I stayed on my Oliver Stone and wrote images
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Bodying top MCs, you lost scrimmages
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Mic on amp it, the warrior holler is how I stamp it
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Stash spots popped open
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Were at war with the people, loyalty is a deal maker
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Still royaltys a deal breaker
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Mic check one two is what I do
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Before I spit that real nigga shit at you
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I spit that MC tsunami that will have you niggas crying to your mommy
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Punk try me
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Cmon
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[Hook “w/ Scratches by DJ Premier”]
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“Focused man”
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I never put my focus away
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Underground, boom-bap, Bumps dropping
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“Focused man”
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I mix it with the vocals I lay
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OGs show the streets really was popping
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[Verse 2]
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Peep niggas verses, subliminal bitch shit
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I bitchslap rappers who bitch quick
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Eyes swole, bitch quick, hit you with the biscuit
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And grab the mic and butter the room like a biscuit
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Soaked into the mind of rhymes will make you feel like you can do it
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Like the Nike sign, fuck what you wear
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Can you write these rhymes that dont conform?
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Can you spit it over and over in classic form?
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Yo, streets playing dirty
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A hot 16 will get you 30 years when keeping it real goes wrong
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Black man, I put the pen in composition
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Destroy competition, our soldiers in position
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Im loyal to my pen, youre loyal to your chain
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That you bought with your little advance and not cocaine
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Real niggas got their hammers out, my niggas wilding out
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I think you need to leave the violence out
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[Hook]
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[Verse 3]
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I was born a follower who learned to lead
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Amongst low-life shitbags who burned in greed
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Criticize me when you reach my level
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Until then, just admire my style of fire, its fire
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I built on mistakes and learned from them
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Studied from my enemies and learned from them and never turned from them
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The higher you fly, the smaller youll appear to the eye
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To those hate-weighted niggas on ground level
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Devils
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[Hook]
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[Outro]
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Salute to the game
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Dont ever put your focus away
