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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Brand Nubian
Brand Nubian
Programming
Lord Finesse
Lord Finesse
Programming
Diamond D
Diamond D
Programming
Grand Puba
Grand Puba
Programming
Alamo
Alamo
Programming
Buck Wild
Buck Wild
Programming
O. Gee
O. Gee
Programming
Chris "Suga" Liggio
Chris "Suga" Liggio
Programming
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Michael Beinhorn
Michael Beinhorn
Composer
Lorenzo Dechalus
Lorenzo Dechalus
Composer
Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon
Composer
R. Hall
R. Hall
Composer
W. Laswell
W. Laswell
Composer
Derek Murphy
Derek Murphy
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Brand Nubian
Brand Nubian
Mixing Engineer
Lord Finesse
Lord Finesse
Producer
Drew Dixon
Drew Dixon
Executive Producer
Jeff Dixon
Jeff Dixon
Executive Producer
Jim Albert
Jim Albert
Recording Engineer
Brian Garten
Brian Garten
Recording Engineer
Dave Hyman
Dave Hyman
Recording Engineer
Tom Leinbach
Tom Leinbach
Recording Engineer
Eddie Sancho
Eddie Sancho
Recording Engineer
Kirk Yano
Kirk Yano
Recording Engineer
Andrew Blakelock
Andrew Blakelock
Mixing Engineer
Diamond D
Diamond D
Mixing Engineer
DJ Premier
DJ Premier
Mixing Engineer
Jason Goldstein
Jason Goldstein
Mixing Engineer
Ken "Duro" Ifill
Ken "Duro" Ifill
Mixing Engineer
Matt Stein
Matt Stein
Mixing Engineer
Patrick Viala
Patrick Viala
Mixing Engineer
Fred Hedemark
Fred Hedemark
Assistant Engineer
Bill Importico
Bill Importico
Assistant Engineer
Jason Stasium
Jason Stasium
Assistant Engineer
Dexter Thibou
Dexter Thibou
Assistant Engineer
Grand Puba
Grand Puba
Assistant Engineer
Artese Williams
Artese Williams
Assistant Engineer
Tom Coyne
Tom Coyne
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

Somebody went gold in the Billboard, it was a X, but it was Mia
Young boys ran to me in the local pizzeria
He said, "You Jamar and Haji man y'all hot to death
Can y'all save what's left, or at least make a claim?"
Shorty remind me of myself when I started in this game
And through years I'm basically the same, as are my brothers
I'm the eight track flashback before the days of crack
Is it real or an act, fuck it, let's save the kids
Yeah you all about war, why you tryin to die for?
Yeah them **** real raw but you sleepin on the floor
Yeah I walk through the Valley with my man Spark and Allie
Days of money, in Harlem Week '85
With the Captain's hats, and my father's old guns
Before I had a daughter, and before they had sons
I stay the hypnotizer, style's a tranquilizer
Got you feelin all loose, wettin up the goose
The great Datty X and I'm hear to say
You can always find me around the way
Uhh, I be that kid with the dreads that remember
When I hid from the Feds, plus I always did what I said
I was gonna do, talk shit, right in front of you
Never forfeit, on top, we do it non stop
Remember when we let the bomb drop
With more jewels than a pawn shop from the school
Of the hard knocks, straight off the Now Rule block
Powerful aftershocks with the strength of Master locks
We got you in a paradox, between a rock and a hard place
We got the hard bass
And erybody's gon' get a taste, get your plate
First we had to let it marinate, now we straight, uhh
Five mics is how we rate, stand with us
And stand amongst the likes of the great scandalous
Cats, try they best to decipher the tape
What we manifest still gets blessed in every state
Hey listen here dog a **** keep it spicy hot
Rhyme flow stay straighter than six o'clock
Hustle rhymes like a **** hustle shit on the block
The shit is work and got a 4.6 in the lot
I hustle knowledge, charge tuition like a college
My wisdom hold me down in town like Jackie Brown
I teach _Dangerous Minds_, like that chick Michelle Pfeffeir
That's why the Gods check got at least 6 cypher
My Justice Cypher Born, I ain't no helpless type ****
Like a gat without a trigga I got the figure to make figures
For years I've been doin this thing I do
Since Ralph McDaniel's video show was on channel U
Station 31, vice grip channel changer son
The show was the banger, came in clear with a hanger
Top notch status watch the God get it flamin
Herbal with the verbal, drop top twin turbo
Blazin for the year, born build to 2 G's
Flow like these, help the God stack cheese
Summer Jet-Ski, trunk with TV's
Sittin under tropic trees with iced teas
Mind stay positive black, guaranteed
To grab the top dollar, more pull than the Rottweiler
Written by: Derek Murphy, Lorenzo Dechalus, Michael Beinhorn, R. Hall, W. Laswell, Willie Dixon
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