To be truthful, being that the game has changed so much, you come hoping for the best and expecting the worst. To my surprise, there's a lot of love out here for me.

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Letting off ammunition in every direction, Allah is my only protection. But wait a minute,...

Letting off ammunition in every direction, Allah is my only protection. But wait a minute,...

I'll take seven emcees, put 'em in a line. Add seven more brothers who think...

I'll take seven emcees, put 'em in a line. Add seven more brothers who think...

Make sure the force is right, I floss all night. Get off the mic it'll...

Make sure the force is right, I floss all night. Get off the mic it'll...

You could try coping, I seen enough shit to leave your frame of mind broken....

You could try coping, I seen enough shit to leave your frame of mind broken....

I take 7 MC's, put em in a line and add 7 more brothas who...

I take 7 MC's, put em in a line and add 7 more brothas who...

We make cash on the street called Straight Path.

We make cash on the street called Straight Path.

Elements burst, gave birth the the verse, get the pen from the nurse, but hook...

Elements burst, gave birth the the verse, get the pen from the nurse, but hook...

It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you, without a strong rhyme to...

It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you, without a strong rhyme to...

Since fat crayons, I write and display chaos. My plan is damage.

Since fat crayons, I write and display chaos. My plan is damage.

Presentation is a big thing now. They want to see you come out big. They...

Presentation is a big thing now. They want to see you come out big. They...

What was once easy became confused and hard, which brings us back to the mystic...

What was once easy became confused and hard, which brings us back to the mystic...

You know that we are lost when babies are addicted to drugs when they are...

You know that we are lost when babies are addicted to drugs when they are...

I came in the door, I said it before. I never let the mic magnetize...

I came in the door, I said it before. I never let the mic magnetize...

Timeless, so age don't count in the booth, when your flow stay submerged in the...

Timeless, so age don't count in the booth, when your flow stay submerged in the...

Mic is volcanic, rhymes spread across the planet, I send out the scribe, now the...

Mic is volcanic, rhymes spread across the planet, I send out the scribe, now the...

It's obvious why the copiers, they copy this, soon as my data processes Y2K they...

It's obvious why the copiers, they copy this, soon as my data processes Y2K they...

Then I explain verses, that remain on the surface. At times it get deep, but...

Then I explain verses, that remain on the surface. At times it get deep, but...

I'm rated R, my brain contains graphic things, its turns traumatic teens into addicts and...

I'm rated R, my brain contains graphic things, its turns traumatic teens into addicts and...

I ain't no joke, I use to let the mic smoke. Now I slam it...

I ain't no joke, I use to let the mic smoke. Now I slam it...

Stay wise and the mind is untouchable.

Stay wise and the mind is untouchable.