Yeh, hell yeahSee it was hip hop that dam near changed my lifeFrom meeting ozone in L.A in 85'From my attempts to try and step on stage and rhymeTo my beyond 2005' state of mindFrom a copy of a culture, ta teaching a traditionFrom electric buguloo, to the beat that keeps my rhythmFrom, wonderin' the tracks, ta the mic thats in my handFrom, wantin' to be black, to loven who I amFrom not known where your from, to the image of SydneyFrom none knowin' hip-hop, to kids thinkin' their 50From the dramas on film, to the dramas of lifeFrom posh clothes, to not knowin' they were half of the priceAnd from thinking to be king, you gotta have wealthTa the inner revolution I call knowledge itselfSo from back Then till now I still rap for the pleasureBein' rich or poor man, I'm still happy as ever.You gotta understand me(You gotta understand me)I gotta understand you(I gotta understand you, so we can standTogether recognize the vision, its one loveOne life, sets aside our differencesYou gotta understand me(You gotta understand me)I got to understand you, 'causeThat's what gets me by, in my lifeFrom a part of the Bronx, to the heart of the burbsFrom a dyslexic, to a artist of wordsFrom a wild child, to my parents trynna steady meFrom taken my parking cue, to givin' me heave DFrom mimicking thugs, thinking the lyrics with dopeTo getting no satisfaction 'cause it was mirrors of smokeFrom a home of hip-hop, to a land owned by rockFrom rhyming to my mirror, to thousands blowen the spotBut through all of the cheers, and the boo and the beersWas just a kid on the bus, headphones glued to his hearsWho just grew through the years, to sewer the tearsThe blood and sweat makes somethin'With his crew and his peersSee it was hip-hop that put three lost souls on a mapFrom showen us the country, to putten clothes on our backAnd from finding myself, in my mic's reflectionTo this musical marriage - that gave my life directionYou gotta understand me(You gotta understand me)I gotta understand you(I gotta understand you, so we can standTogether recognize the vision, it's one loveOne life, sets aside our differencesYou gotta understand me(You gotta understand me)I got to understand you, 'causeThat's what gets me by, in my lifeFrom a major label deal, to bustin' on the streetKnowing souls were for sale, when I'm fuckin' with these beatsThe landlord of these lyrics, with a touch of what can beAnd if it doesn't ground, you could trust it wasn't meThe deepest of minds, cant frame what I've imaginedThree eyes on the train, writin' rhymes on a napkinSee these kids don't have Bentley's, they sit and take the busBut if ya playin' this tape, ya situation's sussedFrom backstage butterfly's to a passion of a debutFrom not haven a path, to push past and a way throughFrom this rhyming release, to stress I've got off my chestFrom chasing a dream, to holding the hart of the pressFrom shoe store days, to writing sessions at nightTo a culture that ultimately taught me lessons in lifeSo from back 'Then till now' I still rap for the pleasureBein' rich or poor man I'm still happy as everAnd we wont stop until we get that feelingThat's why we get on up(Yer)That's why we got on uppOh we wont stop until we get that feelingThat's why we get on uuuup(Hang on, hang on, hang on)You gotta understand me(You gotta understand me)I gotta understand you(I gotta understand you, so we can standTogether recognize the vision, it's one loveOne life, sets aside our differencesYou gotta understand me(You gotta understand me)I got to understand you, 'causeThat's what gets me by, in my life
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