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I was into writing rh...Bragin' on they clique, and ho... fast tryin' to see another day ..., what's been goin' on dogg? ...I done heard you got ...You know it's funny how shit ch...Years of just fuckin' around, rap... straight cutthroat on them snouts ...Now I have to ask myself ...Now it's all about your be...And if I see you in the streets, I gotta bust ...You used to be a friend to me, one I could trust ...One day, I'm on my way to the studio, ya d...a zip of hay, after I drop off my kids ...Bloodshot eyes, I could smell the dip...arlo, well what can I say? ...I write him when I get a chance, but I pray for him everyd...that rappin' stuff, I guess you just forgot about us ...Nah cat, it ain't like that ...I gotta eat, that's w...I hit the gas, he kep... my shit and opened it up wide ...The nigga on the passenger side ...James bailed, I gave chase, fuck th...If I let him live, he'll start another incident ...12 years ago, I never thought I'd see the day ...Shit would ever be this way

I was into writing rh...Bragin' on they clique, and ho... fast tryin' to see another day ..., what's been goin' on dogg? ...I done heard you got ...You know it's funny how shit ch...Years of just fuckin' around, rap... straight cutthroat on them snouts ...Now I have to ask myself ...Now it's all about your be...And if I see you in the streets, I gotta bust ...You used to be a friend to me, one I could trust ...One day, I'm on my way to the studio, ya d...a zip of hay, after I drop off my kids ...Bloodshot eyes, I could smell the dip...arlo, well what can I say? ...I write him when I get a chance, but I pray for him everyd...that rappin' stuff, I guess you just forgot about us ...Nah cat, it ain't like that ...I gotta eat, that's w...I hit the gas, he kep... my shit and opened it up wide ...The nigga on the passenger side ...James bailed, I gave chase, fuck th...If I let him live, he'll start another incident ...12 years ago, I never thought I'd see the day ...Shit would ever be this way

I thought you never ask...You know that I've been thinking fo...I've been anticipatin...I had my doubts, I'd be the lucky one...Oh boy, I thought this day would never come...For so long, I've been waiting...ing and praying for this moment with you...I thought you never ask...No one in this world could have to...We'd be alone at last...I thought you never ask...Open your arms and just hold me...I remember how you'd barely look my way...Wouldn't know me if I asked the time of day...y dreams of romance would come true, they wer...I was just another face among the crow...I call your name but ...I gotcha you all to myself tonight...I thought you never ask...No one in this world could have to...We'd be alone at last...I thought you never ask...Open your arms and just hold me...Oh, let this moment be...All I ever dream it to be...I'll turn the sunligh...I thought you never ask...No one in this world could have to...We'd be alone at last...I thought you never ask...Open your arms and just hold me...I thought you never ask...No one in this world could have to...We'd be alone at last...I thought you never ask...Open your arms and just hold me...I thought you never ask...No one in this world could have to

The name of this motherfucker is cal...I did the beat (all day all night) ...Why do I do the things I do? ...What am I doing? ...I talk to myself... when there's no-...I want to ask me a question: ...When am I gonna make it up out of a hellish...Is everybody on wavelength like us?...Why do I rip it in half, doobie kic...inute? Can you slow it up a little bit ...Nina so I can get up in it? ...ical milli minutes, I'm about to begin it ...Can I get some, can I spit some, which on...When am I gonna get off this trip? ...Can I take another peel, why do I feel ...like I'm a sick individual...What's the word; is it absurd? What is tha...Was it real, is it real, was it really real? ...Tech9ne in it to win it besides QDThird occ...er livin never sure it's Selassie I the First ...brother on the planet Earth, w...How can I be in the zone like th...How can I break the obsession...In the middle of it all, when I snap back, step bac...and ask myself; what, why do you ask so many questions? ...Do I want to stick em with another hit up after this? ...I'm at the pinnacle when I'm up in em I'ma kill em in this ...How does it feel? Do you want t...Can you feel it inside, what? ..., who are you, what I am supposed to do -...do you fear mo'? Is it the Nine, with a br... lookin at, when am I gonna get a dose of...Can I get a little back w...Did you feel it baby? Can you give ...hatever the feeling I'm gettin is really ...Is it a cinch to get with...I'm at the pinnacle with a killer eye, do I want to ...die no I just want to dose of the...oes everybody think I'm twisted? Non-real...r do you think that I'm gifted, I'ma live freer ...Can you help me? Am I lookin at you ...can I be peepin you from afa...Could you be the reason I'm a bomb ...m, ready to explode on Sa-tan? ...hat the problem is, I'ma write what the b...Am I your worst nightmare? I feel sick right the...Should I blow it out, can I do without, do I need help? ...Am I living within a pen...I'm stressing, can I get a blessing (fro...Some say I'm psychotic ...but if I have to label it, it would be -- confusion ...It's like I gotta write shit like this

Would you give me ...If I agree to your deman...I can't take no more ...Would you take the breath...I never do right ...I should be the one to let go ...I could free your bod...On an empty stage ...I tried so hard to ge...ause don't you know I still need you ...Oh, I need you ...If I ask for one more night ...Would you let me bathe in...Would you let me cover yo...And wrap myself around you ...Is this just the heat of the day ...Or am I really feelin' this way ...I see your silent tea...I feel the breeze ...On the open sand ...You'd risk it all so ...I'd reach out my hand...I tried so hard to hold on to you ...ause don't you know I still need you ...Find yourself on another day ...'Cause I will always follow ...Watch it fall to the ground ...There's no way to turn me around ...'Cause I will always follow ...Be a part of you ...If I was to offer my lif...I'd give it up just to ...And you could have it ...You could have it all ...Is this just the heat of the day ...Or am I really feelin' this way ...I wipe away the tears...I feel the breeze ...I give it all but you turn me...I tried so hard to ge...Find yourself on another day ...'Cause I will always follow ...I will always be a part of you

Look at me! I must be absolutely crazy! ...How did I ever let it get this far? ...Look at me! I'm getting deeper in...Am I woman or a man? ...Am I a devil or a demon?...I ask too many questions....I can't believe what ...It seems this little game I play ...I'll stand with her t...I don't know how this came about, ...But I'll be wed without a doubt...Oh, my God, I've got to get out! ...Look at this! The way one lie ...Begets another. ...It's all a dream! ...Look how easily I fool them; ...How else would everyone believe me...It might be interesting to know...Just how much further I can go. ...I can't believe what I'll presume to be, ...I'm not the bride, but I'm the groom to be, ...I'd better think of s...(Oh, my God, I'm feeling sick!) ...I could run away. ...I could leave without...I don't know; just so I can ...I'd be free; I'd be rid of all of this,...But there's someone I would miss, ...ng near him is what this is all about! ...thing tells me that I'm right; ...Isn't this a strangely logical...Things may not be as they appear, ...He likes me; I like her, ...And I've reasons to think...I keep things as they...It's a perfect arrange...The moment would come ...When I'd find myself grateful? ...That's why it's possible; I could get by. ...Look, I've seen the impossi...maybe, God willing, it'll happen once more...For I feel like a train on a perilous track, ...With no way to stop, and no way to go back. ...Even if someone would pray for me,

Dear Lord, I come to You a humbl...or all my sins that I've committed throug...And Lord, I ask of You one more thi...Have mercy on my enemies, for the...I know it gets hard for us so...And I know we can't stop living this life ...I know it gets harder everyda...But I know we can't stop living this way ...Some days I would say there's got to be a better way ...See, I don't know if I want to live my life like this for each and every day ...But now I found that I've got to say ...Even though it gets hard, I came this far ...And I can't live my life no other way ...I tried to figure out if there's another path for me ...ns and ins and outs be kind of stressing m...But I could never see myself living like nothing...It's hard to tell, but I know this life too well ...Sometimes people just don't know ...Even when it don't seem right ...Get on by and live your li...You know, it's gon' be alright ...Ashanti, I.G.

Dear Lord, I come to You a humbl...or all my sins that I've committed throug...And Lord, I ask of You one more thi...Have mercy on my enemies, for the...I know it gets hard for us so...And I know we can't stop living this life...I know it gets harder everyda...But I know we can't stop living this way...Some days I would say there's got to be a better way...See, I don't know if I want to live my life like this for each and every day...But now I found that I've got to say...Even though it gets hard, I came this far...And I can't live my life no other way...I tried to figure out if there's another path for me...ns and ins and outs be kind of stressing m...But I could never see myself living like nothing...It's hard to tell, but I know this life too well...Sometimes people just don't know...Even when it don't seem right...Get on by and live your li...You know, it's gon' be alright...Ashanti, I.G.

And I'll get back to you ...And I'll get back to you....Once again it's another rap bandit ...Fiending at I and I can't stand it ...Wanna be down with the Day-Glo ...Knocking on my door, saying, "a...Knocking on my door, saying, "a..."I got a funky new tun...I can't understand wh...I find it hard enough dealing...Then I stop to think and w...out a plan, yo man, I gotta step out town...It's 222-2222 ...I got an answering ma...It goes ...And I'll get back to you ...Or should I say flock cause aro...Now I'm with helping thos...But it's not the mood to h...I be like, "Yo black, just play me the tape" ...w the time to spare I just make ...ck, situations like this ...And now I hate they give me smiles cool-Aid wide and ask ..."Was it def?" ...he straightest face I be like, "Hell yes" ...I slip them the digit...So I don't go AWOL but yet I know when they call...And I'll get back to you ...And I'll get back to you ...Check it out ...arty at the dug-out on Diction Ave ...Figure I'll catch up on the latest styles ...All I wanna do is cut on the decks wild ...And I be like, "Yo G, Pos do... pulls the funny so I make like a bunny ...But I'm getting used to this demo abuse ...Make way to my radius playin...Try to get on my back they force ...Me myself and I go through this act daily ...And rarely do I not ...No matter how I dodge some jackal a...And even out on tour they be like, ..."Yo I got a tape to play ...I be like "Oh swell" ...Who I swung on tour ...And if it rings while we're a...Now you're waiting on the beep ...Say, I would love if you'd sing ...instead of fronting on the speak" ...So no problemo, just play the demo ...And at the end it's break out time ...'Cause I'll just lay it down the line ...And I'll get back to you ...And I'll get back to you ...Yo what's up man, this is Ronald Master do...so you know you can just hook ...You know we got this fly new jam called ... know we gonna rock it man, you know ...What I'm saying, but I just need your help, Pri..., you know man, you just gotta do that for m...Got this fly bass line, got these fly trombones in it man, so just hook ...Me up, man, just look out, all right...2223 all right man, just look out, all right

"Yes this is Miss Renee King from Philadelphia. I want you to please ...give me a call on area code 215 222 4209 and I'm calling in refere...And I'll get back to you ...And I'll get back to you....Once again it's another rap bandit ...Fiending at I and I can't stand it ...want to be down with the Day-Glo ...Knocking on my door, saying, "a...Knocking on my door, saying, "a..."I got a funky new tun...I can't understand wh...I find it hard enough dealing...Then I stop to think and w...out a plan, yo man, I gotta step out town...It's 222-2222 ...I got an answering ma...It goes ...And I'll get back to you ...Or should I say flock cause aro...Now I'm with helping thos...But it's not the mood to h...I be like, "Yo black, just play me the tape" ...w the time to spare I just make ...ck, situations like this ...And now I hate they give me s..."Was it def?" ...the straighest face I be like, "Hell yes." ...I slip them the digit...So I don't go AWOL but yet I know when they call...And I'll get back to you ...And I'll get back to you ...Check it out ...arty at the dug-out on Diction Ave ...Figure I'll catch up on the latest styles ...All I want to do is cut on the decks wild ...And I be like, "Yo G, Pos do... pulls the funny so I make like a bunny ...But I'm getting used to this demo abuse ...Make way to my radius playin...Try to get on my back they force ...Me Myself and I go through this act daily ...And rarely do I not ...No matter how I dodge some jackal a...And even out on tour they be like, ..."Yo I got a tape to play ...I be like "Oh swell" ...Who I swung on tour ...And if it rings while we're a...Now you're waiting on the beep. ...Say, I would love if you'd sing ...instead of fronting on the speak." ...So no problemo, just play the demo ...And at the end it's break out time ...Cause I'll just lay it down the line ...And I'll get back to you ...'Yo what's up man, this is Ronald Master do...so you know you can just hook ...ue. You know we got this fly new jam called ... know we gonna rock it man, you know ...what I'm saying, but I just need your help, Pri..., you know man, you just gotta do that for m...got this fly bassline, got these fly trombones in it man, so just hook ...me up, man, just look out, all right...2223 all right man, just look out, all right

w, forget about it! This is Captain Kwirk on the Starship Intercourse. Thrusting its way through space, on another penetrating mission...Huh? Oh no, it?s another space tricky! Darn this solar system anyway! Nothing but space trickys. Get the phasers on that bird. ...fool! You?ve leaned on the button! Turn the viewer back on! Now get the phasers on that bird. ...I am an Angel of the ...Oh wow, it looks just like Thanksgiving o...I can?t help thinking about it. Last Thanksgiving was rotten. Just that food supplement pill with ?turkey? written on it. It?s not the same,... we?re out here and this is where we are. ...Why can?t I think about it? I?m...ow we must get back on course. ...ut we must get back on course. ...r, we must get back on course, do you want...reading, I?ll check this. ...Oh, oh, I see, yah, yes, n-no...Just take your hand off ...May I remind you that sin..., Smock, why wasn?t I told him this earlier? This is the Captain spea...This is the Captain. Giv...But I have a direct line,...I don?t know, sir. As you know I am the Vulgarian an...This is the Captain spea...Would you blow up my ball...! Cut it! Everybody be quiet! ...This is the Captain spea...Captain, this is engineering, Lt....Limey, I just called you! What?s going on down there? ... together, Captain? It doesn?t help the situation or does it have any physiologi...ain, by now we must be 52 billion miles of...I am aware of her sex...Ugh! When will it ever end? ...Hunkie, if you lean on that button once more, I will have you eject...tion area. Although I personally find rel...! You see I?m never on this level. Uh, maybe it...y, oh my way, oh my way... ...t do that in there, this is the broom closet...tations. Humph! Oh, I must be down the corner to the left. Oh, I?ve got to stop talking to myself. ...ask, you scared me! I thought this was the act--uh--uh...I?m sorry, I didn?t mean to startle you! Since there?s only one chapel on the Starship Intercourse. I become very indebt ...I?m afraid I get quite in mast i...it?s only pig blood it comes off with a little lemon and salt. You know it?s really wonderful to be a Chaplan in outer ...fant! So religious! I was just thinking the other day when I was doing the terri...portant so of which I must speak to you. ...It is the matter of th...ystic men feel that it does not fear that ...I even just alone to go dirty religious service, I overheard a room ou...It is? ...It is. Isn?t that wond...Chaplan, this is an emergency! I-I-I must speak with Lt.... only your problems would solve themselves. ...in the woman?s room on Level 4. ...But this is an emergency! Ca...ut the woman?s room on Level 4 is only three by three. We wouldn?t want to reduce her to atoms, that would be illogical. ...Of course, I can operate the computers, I am the Vulgarian! ...You didn?t ask me, after all, I?m ...en, Pixie-ears! Get on that computer!!!!! ...s ten more cents or another five, or three minu...Excuse me, Chaplan, I must return to the ...ver you! Now how am I to be with you? I?m a ga--uh--guide your error. May this shnook be with in you.(?) Let Christ be above you. And they unbleed(??) of the seven rooms light your way. ...Uh, if only I can get up to the m...I?m programming it now, something seems to be wrong, listen to this...Maybe if I do this... ...give me an estimate on the damage. ...What?s going on here? ...-ah--oh, that?s the way you feel about it! I quit! ...Oh! Oh no! Oh! I--I don?t--I don?t feel that way! No--here, have a seat, make yourself comfy, oh, you look nice this afternoon--evening--morning--whatever it is, it?s so hard to tell on ship boarding. When did I say ?blast? anyhow?...ll, of course, I?ll just stick these little ... viewers not turned on. ...e--You?re advanced! Just get us back on course! ...(banging on the elevator door) ..., what?s that sound on the elevator? ... You aren?t allowed on the bridge! You are...Just stick it up your asteroid, C...I?m lonely, I?m this so small! I?m so sk...d of trying to scan this in free-for-alls! ...(Whoosh! Boom! Another fast telephone line..., the heck with it! This is laundry assistant third class, Maggie McApron, we?ve taken over, the ship is ours! We?re setting out for the planet Euphoria! We?re going to get off this blasted thing and h...! Euphoria! Fingers on my thimbles, make t

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