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I came in the door, I said it...

I came in the door, I said it before
I never let the mic magnetize me no more.
But it's biting me, fighting me, inviting me to rhyme,
I can't hold it back...I'm looking for the line.
Taking off my coat, clearing my throat,
My rhyme will be kicking until I hit my last note.

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The older I get the wiser and...

The older I get the wiser and more skillful I get.

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A lot of times when people li...

A lot of times when people listen to music it's because they feel down, and that's when serious hip-hop comes into play. When times is hard, people can hear a rapper that inspires them to do what they [are] supposed to do.

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What's powerful about the min...

What's powerful about the mind, the mind comes through every physical and when the physical goes the mind still exists.

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There's so many different way...

There's so many different ways to write a rhyme its stupid man. I don't understand why the majority of the rap game sounds the same.

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I'm very smart with my paper!...

I'm very smart with my paper! I stopped buying things for myself a long time ago - now I just buy things for my kids or my wife.

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When I started rhyming, my fa...

When I started rhyming, my favorite rhythms were from John Coltrane and some of the things he did on sax. And certain rhythms that I hear on drums, I try to emulate with my words, dropping on the same patterns that them beats or them notes would hit.

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Everything derives from the m...

Everything derives from the mind. From sex to the way you want people to perceive you to anything in life, it all derives from the mind. If people start realizing this and get deeper into themselves they'll realize there's nothing that they can't do.

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Sometimes I can't believe hal...

Sometimes I can't believe half of the love that I get.

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Stay wise and the mind is unt...

Stay wise and the mind is untouchable.

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Once you start making money y...

Once you start making money you have to put things into perspective.

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Timeless, so age don't count ...

Timeless, so age don't count in the booth When your flow stay submerged in the fountain of youth

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I wake you up and as I stare ...

I wake you up and as I stare in your face, you seem stunned.
Remember me? The one you got your idea from?

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Self-esteem makes me super, s...

Self-esteem makes me super, superb and supreme

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I seen her in the subway, on ...

I seen her in the subway, on my way to Brooklyn.
"Hello, good lookin, is this seat tooken?"

On the A Train, pickin at her brain,
I couldn't get her number, I couldn't get her name.

I said, "I still like your style and fashion,
But I hate your hot sadiddy attitude wit a passion.
Is it because brothers like to hawk a lot?
Is it because your sign don't talk a lot?"

She turned away, no play, I said, "OK,
You don't really look good, I hope you have a bad day."

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I used to roll up: this is a ...

I used to roll up: this is a hold up, ain't nuthin funny.
Stop smiling, be still, don't nuthin move but the money.

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Back in the day, music imitat...

Back in the day, music imitated life. Now it's the opposite way around: life is imitating music. It's like whatever the rappers say, people think that that's how we're supposed to be; but back then, we kind of looked at the streets, and we made music for that.

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I'm just an addict, addicted ...

I'm just an addict, addicted to music
Maybe it's a habit...I gotta use it.

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I start to think, and then I ...

I start to think, and then I sink
Into the paper like I was ink
When I'm writing, I'm trapped in between the lines
I escape when I finish the rhyme.

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You can look in a book of wro...

You can look in a book of wrong and learn more right. If you're reading a book that has all wrong in it , you're learning what not to do.

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