[Verse: Missy]
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Check it
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See I dont wanna say that this is the end
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Ill end by saying this is where well begin
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Hip-hop is a freedom of expression
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Not a freedom of depression
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Can I make my one suggestion
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Look at how were labelled gangster rappers
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Is that their only impression, wake up
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Rap is a craft, art and a rap of sport
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Something like a game of basketball cant be taught
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But yet we accept the name thug, like thats fly
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See how they covered our eyes
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Give us names to separate us
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Sit back and watch us beef and make us hate us
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Say what, Im done talking
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Mary J. Blige, let em know this is not a test
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I hear you calling
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[Hook: Mary]
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What you hear is not a test
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Im rocking to the beat (Im rocking to the beat)
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See me and my crew and my friends
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Were gonna try to move your feet (move around, move around)
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See I am Mary Blige (yes I am)
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And Id like to say hello (thank you for inviting me)
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To the black, to the white, the red and the brown
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The purple and yellow (everybody)
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But first you gotta, oh, but first you gotta
