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(feat. Jean Grae) <br /> <br />[Hook] <br />Somebody's gotta be there when it gets ugly <br />Somebody's gotta be there when it gets bloody <br />Somebody's gotta get their hands dirty <br />Yo, it's a fucked up job but somebody's gotta do it <br />Somebody's gotta come up with a plan <br />And be there when the shit hits the fan <br />I hope y'all out there understand <br />Look man it's a fucked up job, but somebody's gotta do it <br /> <br />[Riq Gees] <br />Yeah y'all, ideal for a lyrical perfectionist <br />Raw, that's what every soldier in my collective is <br />Thought, control level is that of a gold medalist <br />My level headedness make it come off so effortless <br />The rebel is a opposite extreme of devilish <br />Back setting it with the answer to your deficit <br />My track record is hot shit, consecutive <br />Smug, I got game just like a record executive <br />A kiss to the feminine girls loving a gentlemen <br />A genius slash gangsta with a skill for swindling <br />Bet on Black <br />Bet these cats that's all gelatin <br />Will fall back spittin' them raps that's unintelligent <br />Raps that cap, rabid rattlin' out the gattlin' <br />Crippling rhymes whistlin' past, blow you back in <br />Smellin' your blood now I'm huntin' <br />Blowin' your front in for frontin' what up cousin? <br />Oh, now it's nothin' <br />Yo, you can't go beyond a point of no returning <br />I flip like my name Turner <br />That's for certain nigga, Ted Turner, Nat Turner, nigga Ike Turner <br />The raw sojourner for truth <br />The mic burner <br /> <br />[Repeat Hook] <br /> <br />[Jean Grae] <br />Mic malevolence defies violence I inherited <br />Others just rentin' it like rooms at the Sheraton <br />I gotta jones like Vanessa in the devil in- <br />And y'all cold like a show in the Netherlands <br />Cold shoulders and frozen aortic valves - <br />So I don't form pals - conform to norms - morals different <br />Gifted - use it to shift shit a mutant shape shifter when I spit it I'm liquid <br />You could lick a million shots at the character of the body shell <br />They'll just richochette nigga aura's hard as hell <br />Before there was ain't hard to tell <br />The mic's cycle coincided right with mine as well <br />Since a minor I walked with the spine upstraight <br />I learned to rhyme to feed the dinner plate <br />I scraped barrel - even dined up on wine and steaks <br />Cuz in the bone same marrow that apartheid chased <br />The narrow margin with the haves and the have nots <br />Will get smaller as I approach - so watch your stash box <br />Fox logo if your fave is local <br />Get bruised till you're the color of the Laker's logo <br />This is work niggaz <br /> <br />[Repeat Hook] <br /> <br />[Mac] <br />I made it - ain't nobody believe in me <br />But this rap game is like selling coke legally <br />Ain't no innovations - that takes concentration <br />Nigga's celebrating not knowing the time they wasting <br />Killin' mics is one of my aesthetics <br />Rip very live so I'm an entertainer like Cedric <br />Shit they play on radio's now give me a headache <br />Can't slow me down I know where I'm headed <br />The profit on kill if you let it <br />Nigga's feeling energetic <br />Wanna rumble - guns will come out <br />Here come the paramedics <br />I'm just trying to live like I've Devin <br />Tired of my people failin' <br />We all sin - the devil, what di I tell em <br />Somebody gotta get their hands dirty and shoes muddy <br />I see things vividly, y'all vision is blurry <br />Even if you hate - through my music you gone love <br />Everybody with me and they was with me when it was ugly <br /> <br />[Repeat Hook]
New song lyrics
(feat. Jean Grae) <br /> <br />[Hook] <br />Somebody's gotta be there when it gets ugly <br />Somebody's gotta be there when it gets bloody <br />Somebody's gotta get their hands dirty <br />Yo, it's a fucked up job but somebody's gotta do it <br />Somebody's gotta come up with a plan <br />And be there when the shit hits the fan <br />I hope y'all out there understand <br />Look man it's a fucked up job, but somebody's gotta do it <br /> <br />[Riq Gees] <br />Yeah y'all, ideal for a lyrical perfectionist <br />Raw, that's what every soldier in my collective is <br />Thought, control level is that of a gold medalist <br />My level headedness make it come off so effortless <br />The rebel is a opposite extreme of devilish <br />Back setting it with the answer to your deficit <br />My track record is hot shit, consecutive <br />Smug, I got game just like a record executive <br />A kiss to the feminine girls loving a gentlemen <br />A genius slash gangsta with a skill for swindling <br />Bet on Black <br />Bet these cats that's all gelatin <br />Will fall back spittin' them raps that's unintelligent <br />Raps that cap, rabid rattlin' out the gattlin' <br />Crippling rhymes whistlin' past, blow you back in <br />Smellin' your blood now I'm huntin' <br />Blowin' your front in for frontin' what up cousin? <br />Oh, now it's nothin' <br />Yo, you can't go beyond a point of no returning <br />I flip like my name Turner <br />That's for certain nigga, Ted Turner, Nat Turner, nigga Ike Turner <br />The raw sojourner for truth <br />The mic burner <br /> <br />[Repeat Hook] <br /> <br />[Jean Grae] <br />Mic malevolence defies violence I inherited <br />Others just rentin' it like rooms at the Sheraton <br />I gotta jones like Vanessa in the devil in- <br />And y'all cold like a show in the Netherlands <br />Cold shoulders and frozen aortic valves - <br />So I don't form pals - conform to norms - morals different <br />Gifted - use it to shift shit a mutant shape shifter when I spit it I'm liquid <br />You could lick a million shots at the character of the body shell <br />They'll just richochette nigga aura's hard as hell <br />Before there was ain't hard to tell <br />The mic's cycle coincided right with mine as well <br />Since a minor I walked with the spine upstraight <br />I learned to rhyme to feed the dinner plate <br />I scraped barrel - even dined up on wine and steaks <br />Cuz in the bone same marrow that apartheid chased <br />The narrow margin with the haves and the have nots <br />Will get smaller as I approach - so watch your stash box <br />Fox logo if your fave is local <br />Get bruised till you're the color of the Laker's logo <br />This is work niggaz <br /> <br />[Repeat Hook] <br /> <br />[Mac] <br />I made it - ain't nobody believe in me <br />But this rap game is like selling coke legally <br />Ain't no innovations - that takes concentration <br />Nigga's celebrating not knowing the time they wasting <br />Killin' mics is one of my aesthetics <br />Rip very live so I'm an entertainer like Cedric <br />Shit they play on radio's now give me a headache <br />Can't slow me down I know where I'm headed <br />The profit on kill if you let it <br />Nigga's feeling energetic <br />Wanna rumble - guns will come out <br />Here come the paramedics <br />I'm just trying to live like I've Devin <br />Tired of my people failin' <br />We all sin - the devil, what di I tell em <br />Somebody gotta get their hands dirty and shoes muddy <br />I see things vividly, y'all vision is blurry <br />Even if you hate - through my music you gone love <br />Everybody with me and they was with me when it was ugly <br /> <br />[Repeat Hook]
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