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[00:05.52]Featuring Sadat X &Talib Kweli
[00:07.32]Still gettin mine in the ONE NINE NINE NINE
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[00:10.86]Yo just relax take it easy slow down
[00:12.21]I had this I had this friend of mine
[00:15.45]Who just you know he was movin too fast yaknawimsayin
[00:20.04]I told him to slow down he said the sun don't chill
[00:22.89]I said I said still I said still you gotta
[00:27.30]Just appreciate life sit back don't let it fly right past you
[00:32.43]No matter what go on I'm still gettin mine
[00:36.06]No matter the year no matter the place no matter the time
[00:38.94]Check it it's like I'm fightin for freedom writin for freedom
[00:43.44]These record company n***as I don't like when I see em
[00:45.84]My ancestors when I'm writin I see em and talk wit em
[00:49.23]Hopin in the promise land I can walk wit em
[00:51.60]S**tted on so many rappers it's like I'm in the stall wit em
[00:54.33]Molest concepts start rhythm paid dues bought wisdom
[00:57.72]As legends fall my godmother answer heaven's call
[01:00.75]Preachers' daughters get f**ked in the reverand's hall
[01:03.60]MC's reckless I ball why y'all wanna go and do that
[01:06.51]Must've thought I was solo the name just ain't the you Ac
[01:09.33]No mo' still together
[01:11.28]Like in the ghetto photo wit one n***a in the chair
[01:14.10]Holdin liquor in despair gang signs in the air
[01:17.22]I shine in spaces where time is just a glare
[01:19.56]Hold the mic like a memory
[01:21.60]N***as say I'm nice wit metaphors but these are similes
[01:24.39]Street ministry my poetry's a penitentiary track is visitation
[01:28.20]Sentences is life I'm like chief up in this demonstration
[01:32.07]Still
[01:34.98]Still gettin mine in the ONE NINE NINE NINE
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[01:40.92]Check it out everyday ha yeah
[01:41.64]This how we gon' do it for y'all
[01:42.45]Common Sense Sadat X puttin something in your ear
[01:45.90]Something for you to grab
[01:47.73]For the whole world yaknowimsayin but it ain't free
[01:52.26]It's a fee check it out
[01:55.86]You squirm wit this coughin whippin cough
[01:58.62]Six days of madness and you might throw me off
[02:01.44]On this great ball of stress that they call the earth
[02:04.23]I'ma show y'all in rhyme just how much s**t I been through
[02:07.14]And all the place I went to always played the low
[02:09.60]It's like a competition this mission here I'm tellin you
[02:13.02]Slip up and rhyme a*s n***as here is fellin you
[02:15.27]Crash courses slow down you can't learn that quick
[02:18.12]'Cause I'm the dead eye wit the red eye from Chi to L I
[02:20.76]I thought y'all knew every year I grew I'm still growin
[02:23.91]And in a year or two I hope my girl'll be showin
[02:26.61]A male seed praise God I name him Moses
[02:28.86]I lead people I want him to that's why I chose this
[02:32.01]Now is the glass half full or half empty
[02:34.50]Common why they tempt me
[02:35.73]The king of the simply bore in mic
[02:37.77]I always stay on top 'cause I give n***as what they like
[02:40.56]I know y'all hate that why I feel I owe y'all everyday
[02:43.41]If y'all hear it a thousand times it's gon' be the same way
[02:46.14]The 'Dat Father go farther why bother
[02:49.02]Now I'm a peaceful man I don't want no stress
[02:51.45]You know I'm still
[02:53.31]Still gettin mine in the ONE NINE NINE NINE
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[03:09.12]Yo yo some get Range Rovers some religion change over
[03:13.50]Angel on my main shoulder tellin me remain sober
[03:16.86]Token n***a game's over ain't no payola in freestyle
[03:20.46]In battles I'm warringWarren like a G Child
[03:22.83]Searchin for the child in me this style in me
[03:25.26]This release is like the piece that's now in me
[03:27.60]They tried to 'sassinate me god like Martin on the bal cony
[03:31.05]Lyrically I put a hit on em 'cause I'm the style Nitty
[03:33.66]Catch a flick at the Liquid Kitty
[03:35.37]Tryin to get a chick to kick it wit me till the tilt
[03:37.80]Told her my Chamber's like Wilt
[03:39.57]Built wit her for a sec let her know I had respect
[03:42.48]Less than a hour she was givin me neck yo I'm still gettin mine
[03:49.20]Still gettin mine in the ONE NINE NINE NINE
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