o.G. - Black Star.mp3

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[00:21.179]This one is real hot
[00:22.511]Let's go, ugh
[00:23.309]Bismillah
[00:25.634]Welcome to the Black Star
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[00:27.756]Joy and pain, coin of the realm, both sides, racks
[00:32.750]Such powerful current could make tears touch the eyes, facts
[00:38.059]Grace for every morning, God opened up mine and thine, Alhamdulillah
[00:43.321]We all on notice that any next moment could be the last time
[00:47.048]You stand on this side, slow down, son, you're killing 'em
[00:49.701]But only the phony because the real don't die, on God
[00:54.214]All good for all hoods and palaces, poised throughout triumphs or challenges
[00:58.998]Top rank, duppy conqueror skank
[01:01.117]And the balance don't break for any large or small bank balances
[01:04.842]The parable of the talented, each generation
[01:08.767]The wonders and the wealth of all nations
[01:11.157]Is really chump change once you take into consideration
[01:14.882]The living revelation that no soul could escape from
[01:17.746]So go on, let a sucker say something
[01:20.407]'Cause even when they're saying something, they ain't saying much
[01:23.062]I refrain from retorts and just pray for him
[01:25.716]Stay away from him, roll through or rise raise on 'em
[01:29.103]Bang, shine the Gamma, Bey on 'em
[01:30.959]Shilahlah live from Bedford Stuyvesant, the livest one
[01:34.421]And king said, ''uh''
[01:36.277]And even when we die, we will not stay dead
[01:38.672]And I said what I said, so there it is
[01:41.525]The light is not afraid of the dark at all
[01:43.907]That part, Black Star (Black Star)
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[01:47.369]I want to thank you for helping me reach the understanding
[01:52.881]That time is relative and the truth is everlasting
[01:56.859]I want to thank you for helping me reach the understanding
[02:01.644]That time is relative 'cause the truth is everlasting
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[02:10.083]This one is real hot
[02:12.999]That's on God
[02:14.071]Black star embassy, no fear of time
[02:16.461]Getting paid independent like Cinema Nouveau
[02:19.115]Logging travels in my journal like Robinson Crusoe
[02:21.498]Nom de plume, no Daniel Defoe
[02:23.627]Encyclopedia Britannica flow
[02:25.758]The gravity to pull a planet, straight insanity
[02:28.412]That bust open your cantaloupe flow
[02:29.736]We the lions where the antelope roam
[02:32.604]Brooklyn botanical gardens and stick-up artists with they hands in they coat
[02:34.999]Give up the goods or they hands on your throat
[02:37.128]That's all she wrote but now we woke, right?
[02:39.247]I'm making it plain, I talk to 'em
[02:40.581]Dissecting all the doors of perception, I walk through 'em
[02:42.699]They think I'm arguing, I'm not talking to 'em, I talk through 'em
[02:45.887]Way too many garbage humans, they raw sewage
[02:48.543]Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
[02:51.198]We gon' bash us some fascists and **** them up
[02:53.588]This the parable of the talented, powerful is the caliber
[02:56.781]My birthday is a holiday, mark it down on your calendars
[02:59.643]YouTube, they feeding us through a catheter
[03:02.299]'Bout to holler at Yasiin and move to Africa
[03:05.226]Spectacular, bars assassinate your character
[03:08.143]Brooklyn got the best rappers per capita (Uh)
[03:10.264]Yeah, no lies detected
[03:13.394]You pull it out, you better fire that weapon
[03:15.251]Measure influence by the lives affected
[03:17.380]Writing records, getting high for breakfast
[03:19.238]I crash by lunch but I'll survive the wreckage
[03:21.367]By dinner time, I was aligned 'cause I received the message
[03:23.955]Heeded a lesson 'cause I needed a blessing
[03:26.071]Gave up the glory, the liars and thieves made up a story
[03:28.726]I stood up for the people, I ain't wait 'til they came for me (Came for me)
[03:32.180]Solidarity, and that's on God
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[03:34.310]I want to thank you for helping me reach the understanding
[03:39.822]That time is relative and the truth is everlasting
[03:43.537]I want to thank you for helping me reach the understanding
[03:48.586]That time is relative 'cause the truth is everlasting