It was so beautiful. It was almost unfair.
It's cold but it's true. It was so cold it got warm.
Kids out in the schoolyard and playing.
It was nice and calm. It was dangerous.
When the MC's came, live out the name
And to perform
Some had to snort cocaine to act insane
Before they rocked the don
Now on to the mental pains, spark the brains
Building to be born
? is on the track
Check em check
Strange Times
Everybody got their get high (Oh my)
Their get right, their get nice, they get by (Oh my)
They get open, get ready, get primed
The national pastime is victimless crime
You want your thrill and I want mine
As long we can get it we ain't got to say why
I don't mean to pry, you ain't got to lie
We ain't got to speak when it's written in the eyes
Whenever she was high off the sparkle in her palm
She had a young girl's smile and a hustler's charm
Dying from the city where the hustler's are born
Made, traced, murdered, replaced
Life-long residents barely feel safe
And the street's offer plenty taste and little faith (Break it down)
Little face, soft lips, little waist (Break it more)
Tiny hands (Oh god) fat ass (Oh more)
Big eyes like birthday surprise
Super dupa fly, born in 85
Repeat it to yourself: This is a victimless crime
Psyche your mind there's a victim every time
Your tasty little pill, your freaky little thrill
Pray won't leave you still, you wonder how it feel
It's real, pussy like some money that you steal
When the MC came, fill out the name
And to perform
Some had to snort cocaine to act insane
Before they rocked the don
Now on to the mental pains, spark the brains
Building to be born
Give the people a new drug
Crime & Medicine
Mos Def
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A Ha A Soldier's Dream All Praise Due All Praises Due America Astronomy Astronomy (8th Light) Auditorium B Boys Will B Boys Beautiful Beauty In The Dark (Groove With You) Bedstuy Parade Bedstuy Parade & Funeral March Beef Beef [#] Black & Blue Black Jack Blak Iz Blak Blue Black Jack Body Rock Body Rock (Featuring Q-Tip & Tash) Boogie Man Song Breakdown Brooklyn Brown Skin Lady Brown Sugar (Extra Sweet) Brown Sugar (Fine) Brown Sugar (Raw) Caldonia Casa Bey Champion Requiem Children's Story Climb Climb - Featuring Vinia Mojica Close Edge Come On Crime and Medicine Definition Definition [Instrumental] Destination Love Do It Now Dollar Day Dollar Day (Surprise Surprise) Drunk and Hot Girls Embassy Excellence Fake Bonanza Fear Not of Man Fear Not Of Men Freak Daddy Freaky Black Greetings Freestyle Freestyle Over Instrumental Ghetto Rock Ghetto Rock [Instrumental] Good Night Got Grown Man Business Grown Man Business (Fresh Vintage Bottles) Habitat Hater Players Hip Hop History Hurricane I Against I If Looks Could Kill (You Would Be Dead) If You Can Huh! You Can Hear If You Can Huh... Invisible Game Jam on It Jam on It [Instrumental] Joy K.O.S. (Determination) Kalifornia Know That Life in Marvelous Times Life Is Real Lifetime Love Love Rain [Coffee Shop Mix] Love Rain [Coffee Shop Mix] Love Rain [Head Nod Remix] Mathematics May-December Miss Fat Booty Modern Marvel Mos Def Freestyle Mos Def-Grown Man Business (Fresh Vintage Bottles) Mr. Nigga Mrnigga Ms Fat Booty Ms. Fat Booty Ms. Fat Booty 2 Msfat Booty Much Respect To Michael Jordan (Nike Commercial) Murder of a Teenage Life Nadine Napoleon Dynamite New World Water Next Universe Niggas In Poorest No Hay Nada Mas No Particular Place To Go Oh No On My Own Pistola Pretty Dancer Priority Promised Land Quiet Dog Quiet Dog (Bite Hard) Quiet Dog Bite Hard RE: DEFinition RE:DEFinition Reminisce Respiration Revelations Rock N Roll Roses Sex, Love & Money Sex, Love & Money [Album Version Explicit] Sex, Love & Money [Instrumental] Sex, Love & Money Six Days Speed Law Sun, Moon, Stars Sunshine Supermagic Supreme Supreme Sweepstakes The Beggar The Boogie Man Song The Day The Easy Spell The Embassy The Glow The Jump Off The Jump Off [*] The Light Is Not Afraid Of The Dark The Panties The Rape Over The Undeniable Theives In The Night There Is A Way Thieves in the Night This Means You Thug Is a Drug Travellin Man (Remix) Travellin' Man True Magic Twice Inna Lifetime Twilite Speedball U R the One Umi Says Umi Says [Live] Umi Says [Ritual Session] Undeniable Universal Magnetic Very Well Wahid War Water Workers Comp Workers Comp. Wylin Out Wylin Out [Instrumental] Wylin Out [Original Version] Yo Yeah You Are Undeniable Zimzallabim
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