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lyrics

verse 1
without expressed written or verbal consent
an innocent lamb projected into a murderous den
on two twenty-one seventy-nine, a needle
you don’t readily find in haystack enemy mines
where hearts be, hard as cheese government distributed
suffering conditions stays toughening the skin I’m in
weather proof melanin, blood of indigenous
original craftsman was fashioned with His imaging
barefooted with a staff no entourage
every side’s under siege so the armor’s on
fiery eyed crown of wool chest out and full
Samson-esque arm strength, could pull down a bull
be curling forties like a wino, admiring the burn
like a pyro, while reciting my flows
up early AM, wondering where the time goes
laboring all day on body, mind, soul ‘cause

Chorus
this is serious, business, period (repeat)

verse 2
stepping aggressively into my destiny 
seeking freedom and cheddar cheese without celebrity 
not type that’s yearning the pop life, that hot might
burn a man asunder sitting under the spotlight
with fame many lose touch or a sense of it
defense numbing, pretentiousness begets sucking 
which is disgusting to someone's who's stuck in
a must win position 'cause his stomach is sunk in
passion irrational, could never fathom 
taking bars off, like windows in a bad slum 
thus i’m that awkward kid often off the grid
exhausted, feeling like Adam having lost a rib
insanity p-90 excessive, free styling
‘til breathless, beat mining intensive
keep grinding relentless, need to die regretless
heed habits of highly effective successes ‘cause

chorus

verse 3
ain't had a low cut in a minute and some months
let the fro grow even though it's thinning in the front
beard unkempt won't connect, greater mess of
scattered pages, records undressed, at the rest
i've affectionately dubbed the foxhole, brewing
hot bowls of soul soup, pitchers of cold truth
and in the booth let it go, a proper professional
enter while the beat knocks, call it the processional
there ain’t nothing like hip hop music
can turn nothing to something out of shrewd wit
it ain't the tool it's what you choose to do with 
so i use it to induce movement 
street teamer for peace, a dreamer that isn’t asleep
performing for miracles ‘cause he believes in the beat
and for it he'll take it to the stage, screen, tv
door to door, on the corner for free, accordingly 'cause

chorus

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from the purge. an original score, released March 3, 2014
C. Rushing/J. Brown

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