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Featuring raphael saadiq <br /><br />Chorus: (saadiq) <br /><br />Never do....what they do, what they do, what they do... <br />Never do....what they do, what they do, what they do... <br /><br />Verse one: <br /><br />Yo, lost generation, fast pace nation <br />World population confront their frustration <br />The principles of true hip-hop have been forsaken <br />It's all contractual, and about money making <br />Pretend-to-be cats don't seem to know their limitations <br />Exact replication and false representation <br />You wanna be a man, then stand your own <br />To mc requires skills, i demand some shown <br />I let the frauds keep frontin <br />And roam like a celluar phone far from home <br />Giving crowds what they wanted <br />Offical hip-hop consumption, the 5th dumpin <br />Keepin ya party jumpin wit an original somethin <br />Yo, i dedicate this to the one dimension-al <br />No imagination, excuse for perpetration <br />My man came over and said <br />"yo we thought we heard you" <br />Joke's for you <br />We heard your bitin ass crew but uh <br /><br />Chorus: raphael saadiq <br /><br />Never do, what they do when they do what they do <br />(repeat 2x) <br /><br />Verse two: black thought <br /><br />Thin is the line of between love and hatred <br />The game is ill-natured, it's nothing sacred <br />Hey yo, it's funny when i see some rap niggaz do the making <br />Of you would blow up or go as far as they can take it <br />My nine to five is just to hit ya get the party live <br />I'm black thought, used to rap for sport <br />Now the rhymes need life support <br />I take it very seriously within this industry <br />It's various crews that try to touch me <br />But i come wit the beautiful thing <br />And i bless the track plushly <br />Around the world the crowds love me from doing tours <br />Recepient of applause from you and yours <br />Creator of original sounds to send to stores you take home <br />To absorb and sweat it out your pores <br />Now who can stop the music runnin through these veins <br />Infinitely go against the grain <br />That's why my motto's to <br /><br />Chorus <br /><br />Verse three: <br /><br />Livin the life of limos and lights <br />Airplanes and trains <br />Short days and long nights <br />Keyboards and mics <br />Bass chords and drum kicks <br />And my mental thick to hit my head like brick <br />As i embark on a mission welcoming to the dark <br />When i first spark the arts, when's the listening start <br />Open your head wide and let the thought inside <br />My style fortified by all of philladel-phy <br />I've dealt more stealth than all the wicked weal-thy <br />Mentality undetectable by the naked eye <br />Then i get paid when the record is played <br />To put it short i want it made like ed, nuff said <br />Then after that, i'm puttin on the ___ <br />Let the ladies blend with the darkskin devil bred and discover <br />My level is that of no other <br />And roots crew bring offical and true <br />While i'm continuin to... <br /><br />Chorus: repeat 4x
New song lyrics
Featuring raphael saadiq <br /><br />Chorus: (saadiq) <br /><br />Never do....what they do, what they do, what they do... <br />Never do....what they do, what they do, what they do... <br /><br />Verse one: <br /><br />Yo, lost generation, fast pace nation <br />World population confront their frustration <br />The principles of true hip-hop have been forsaken <br />It's all contractual, and about money making <br />Pretend-to-be cats don't seem to know their limitations <br />Exact replication and false representation <br />You wanna be a man, then stand your own <br />To mc requires skills, i demand some shown <br />I let the frauds keep frontin <br />And roam like a celluar phone far from home <br />Giving crowds what they wanted <br />Offical hip-hop consumption, the 5th dumpin <br />Keepin ya party jumpin wit an original somethin <br />Yo, i dedicate this to the one dimension-al <br />No imagination, excuse for perpetration <br />My man came over and said <br />"yo we thought we heard you" <br />Joke's for you <br />We heard your bitin ass crew but uh <br /><br />Chorus: raphael saadiq <br /><br />Never do, what they do when they do what they do <br />(repeat 2x) <br /><br />Verse two: black thought <br /><br />Thin is the line of between love and hatred <br />The game is ill-natured, it's nothing sacred <br />Hey yo, it's funny when i see some rap niggaz do the making <br />Of you would blow up or go as far as they can take it <br />My nine to five is just to hit ya get the party live <br />I'm black thought, used to rap for sport <br />Now the rhymes need life support <br />I take it very seriously within this industry <br />It's various crews that try to touch me <br />But i come wit the beautiful thing <br />And i bless the track plushly <br />Around the world the crowds love me from doing tours <br />Recepient of applause from you and yours <br />Creator of original sounds to send to stores you take home <br />To absorb and sweat it out your pores <br />Now who can stop the music runnin through these veins <br />Infinitely go against the grain <br />That's why my motto's to <br /><br />Chorus <br /><br />Verse three: <br /><br />Livin the life of limos and lights <br />Airplanes and trains <br />Short days and long nights <br />Keyboards and mics <br />Bass chords and drum kicks <br />And my mental thick to hit my head like brick <br />As i embark on a mission welcoming to the dark <br />When i first spark the arts, when's the listening start <br />Open your head wide and let the thought inside <br />My style fortified by all of philladel-phy <br />I've dealt more stealth than all the wicked weal-thy <br />Mentality undetectable by the naked eye <br />Then i get paid when the record is played <br />To put it short i want it made like ed, nuff said <br />Then after that, i'm puttin on the ___ <br />Let the ladies blend with the darkskin devil bred and discover <br />My level is that of no other <br />And roots crew bring offical and true <br />While i'm continuin to... <br /><br />Chorus: repeat 4x
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