What They Do

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[00:45.26] Yo, yo
[00:46.69] Lost generation, fast-paced nation
[00:49.07] World population confront they frustration
[00:51.47] The principles of true hip-hop have been forsaken
[00:53.77] It's all contractual, and about money makin'
[00:56.47] Pretend-to-be cats don't seem to know they limitation
[00:59.62] Exact replication and false representation
[01:02.02] You wanna be a man? Then stand your own
[01:04.26] To MC require skills, I demand some shown
[01:06.84] I let the frauds keep frontin'
[01:08.18] And roam like a cellular phone
[01:10.06] Far from home, givin' crowds what they wantin'
[01:12.20] Official hip-hop consumption, the Fifth thumpin'
[01:14.72] Keepin' ya party jumpin' with an original somethin'
[01:17.48] Yo, I dedicate this to the one-dimensional
[01:20.04] No imagination, excuse for perpetration
[01:22.89] My man came over and said, "Yo, we thought we heard you"
[01:25.45] Joke's on you, you heard a bitin' ass crew but, um
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[01:48.97] Thin is the line that run between love and hatred
[01:51.27] The game is ill-natured, it's nothin' sacred
[01:53.25] Aiyo, it's funny what I see some rap niggas do to make it
[01:56.27] A few'll blow up, or go as far as they can take it
[01:58.62] My nine-to-five is just to hit ya, get the party live
[02:01.69] I'm Black Thought, used to rap for sport
[02:03.64] Now the rhyme-sayin', rent payin' life support
[02:06.45] I take it very seriously within this industry
[02:09.35] It's various crews that try to touch me
[02:11.48] But I come with the beautiful thing
[02:12.63] And I bless the track plushly
[02:14.42] Around the world, crowds love me from doin' tours
[02:16.75] Recipient of applause from all of you and yours
[02:19.71] Creator of original sounds that's in the stores
[02:22.08] You take home to absorb and sweat it out your pores
[02:24.67] Now who can stop the music runnin' through these veins
[02:26.92] Infinitely go against the grain
[02:29.14] That's why my motto's to
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[02:50.43] Livin' the life of limos and lights
[02:53.18] Airplanes and trains, short days and long nights
[02:55.85] Keyboards and mics, bass chords and drum kicks
[02:58.12] And my mental thick, they hit my head like brick
[03:00.62] As I embark on a mission, welcomin' to the dark
[03:03.39] When I first spark the arts, when the listenin' start
[03:05.10] Open your head wide, and let the Thought inside
[03:08.60] My style fortified by all of Philadelph-i
[03:11.23] My delph more stealth than all the wicked wealth-i
[03:14.26] Mentality undetectable by the naked eye
[03:16.56] Then I get paid when the record is played
[03:18.99] To put it short, "I want it made" like Ed, 'nuff said
[03:21.62] Then after that, I'm puttin' on my cousin Hamed
[03:24.08] We let the ladies blend with the dark-skinned thoroughbred
[03:26.69] And discover
[03:27.47] My level is that of no other
[03:29.03] And Roots crew reign official and true, while I'm continuin' to
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