1. |
And Now, The Real
03:52
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...AND NOW, THE REAL
I’mma show you the sights you don’t wanna see
I’mma be everything you don’t wanna be
I’mma bring in the heat you don’t wanna feel
I’mma show why I’m the red and the real
I’mma bring in a fight you don’t wanna fight
I’mma settle a score with a left and a right
I’mma shatter the stone with fists fulla steel
Renegade red and real, fo’real
Here I go for the second round, I
Will deliver with a warrior soul, why
Is a renegade ready for a fight, they
Never thought I’d be in the end game
So I bring in the heat with a new sound
I administered pain in the first round
With the rhymes of a Navajo red man
Hittin’ hard like a bull on charge, can
It get anymore thick on the field?
First, I brought in the red, now it gets real
Real as the blood on my hands
Real as the man who’s in command
Of a soul that’ll make any fool fold
Never tarnish myself like a fool’s gold
In the heat of the fight, I’mma blaze bright
Given the chance, I’mma give ‘em a bad night
I’mma show you the sights you don’t wanna see
I’mma be everything you don’t wanna be
I’mma bring in the heat you don’t wanna feel
I’mma show why I’m the red and the real
I’mma bring in a fight you don’t wanna fight
I’mma settle a score with a left and a right
I’mma shatter the stone with fists fulla steel
Renegade red and real, fo’real
Yeah, you thought renegades were a myth, but
You witnessed the Saint fulla rage, what
Did you believe in the days past?
Indians were wiped off the earth, that’s
Many suckas belief ‘fore they meet me
Renegade, real and the real, G
Now that I’m unleashed, I’mma break these
Fake beliefs on the warrior’s history
Think before you speak when you cross me
Never give me a chance to attack, we
Got enough of the Q’s and the A’s from
Wannabes tryin’ to be what they ain’t, son
That’s a part of protect that I speak of
Never let anyone perpetrate (one)
Wanna be in the tribe, better think hard
Disrespect, I will pull a fool’s card
I’mma show you the sights you don’t wanna see
I’mma be everything you don’t wanna be
I’mma bring in the heat you don’t wanna feel
I’mma show why I’m the red and the real
I’mma bring in a fight you don’t wanna fight
I’mma settle a score with a left and a right
I’mma shatter the stone with fists fulla steel
Renegade red and real, fo’real
Full-blood renegade enemy of the state
Open up the wrath in a earthquake
Ten point be the Navajo magnitude
Strike now and you never will get the clue
Don’t allow anyone to predict me
I’m a force only known by God, G
See me show the rage when I wage war
Renegade, warrior reborn
With abilities taught by the ten chiefs
Mythical unleashed in a breach, these
Lyrical left-rights from the inside
Give a Navajo peace in release, I
Will protect, deflect any shot thrown
Better believe I’m known as a full-grown
Warrior born with the heart of a bear, fool
Playin’ the Saint puts souls in a dead pool
I’mma show you the sights you don’t wanna see
I’mma be everything you don’t wanna be
I’mma bring in the heat you don’t wanna feel
I’mma show why I’m the red and the real
I’mma bring in a fight you don’t wanna fight
I’mma settle a score with a left and a right
I’mma shatter the stone with fists fulla steel
Renegade red and real, fo’real
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2. |
Warrior Revival
04:20
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WARRIOR REVIVAL
Raise your hands high! Get your voice up!
Tribe and pride shine! Show for red blood!
Raise your hands high! Get your voice up!
Tribe and pride shine! Show for red blood!
With warrior ways, I’m back on the scene
Full-blood renegade hits the unclean
Last man stands red and without rez
Hear blood roar, fuck what the law says
I never broke laws, I am the law
See the fed crawl with a broke jaw
Warriors live and breathe by the land’s law
I’mma fight ‘til we have achieved all
Family man fights hard to protect mine
Warriors fight to the end for the tribe, I
Hate the fact that we’re just a handful
Scattered, lost, dust in a landfill
Time to raise the roots from the sand
Hear the call go out from a Saint, man
I got bullets, you bring the bulls-eyes
Warrior eternal, red like a sunrise
Raise your hands high! Get your voice up!
Tribe and pride shine! Show for red blood!
Raise your hands high! Get your voice up!
Tribe and pride shine! Show for red blood!
S-A-I-N-T
Let me see who aimed at my family
Uncle Sam and his den of thieves
Opened up on me and the fam, G
So the chiefs rose to oppose
Many young men died for the blue coat
Now I’m here cuz warriors fought hard
Beat the bully up outta the backyard
How many indians exist today?
How many bloods did the U.S. wash away?
There’s a tale ready to be told
U.S. history? U.S. lies, yo
Saint gonna speak, so chin up real quick
No more wannabe and New Age bullshit
Will the flag ever wave for me?
Warriors know everything ain’t everything
Raise your hands high! Get your voice up!
Tribe and pride shine! Show for red blood!
Raise your hands high! Get your voice up!
Tribe and pride shine! Show for red blood!
The soul’s corrupt so I come to clean
All the sins mixed in the bloodstream
I’mma sever with a samurai stroke
Then you’ll know why I be the cutthroat
500 years of labelin’ red bad
Even though we fought for Uncle Sam
We died for red, white, and blue
Now it’s a struggle to remain alive, fool
We’re the breeds seen as the unclean
Savagery shows out when you attack me
And I’m afraid that’s an everyday thing
Survival, instinct, warrior ways, G
You need to know and you need to see
I go for broke when attacked, we
Never do what you expect us to do
Now’s time for the way long overdue
Raise your hands high! Get your voice up!
Tribe and pride shine! Show for red blood!
Raise your hands high! Get your voice up!
Tribe and pride shine! Show for red blood!
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3. |
Bloodline
03:22
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BLOODLINE
1971, the year the gates swung wide
And chiefs sent a soul to East O
10 and a half, the weight of the son who made renegade
When his lungs took a deep one
Unleash cries from the depths of the mind
Where visions of mine lie dead in a line, I
Grew up quick and my dad told me
“You can have anything you earn in the world, G.”
Mom stared into my eyes with hope
That her baby will thrive and survive in this world, so
Reds of then were the warrior men
Lookin’ out for theirs in a place where you fight when
Suckas, dealers, and thugs try to take
The advantage to live from the Saint who will not break
From these streets I hold as my own
Like days when feds tried to move on our homes, yo
California born renegade
With a fist of flame and a rhyme from the Bay
Let my blood show out in a hit
I’mma go fo’sho when I go for the throat, kid
When you lived the life of the Saint
You either fight or you fold to the pain, so
All I got’s my blood and tribes
Warrior pride in a warrior bloodline
S.L.O.T., I was unleashed upon God-fearing fools
And priests callin’ me ‘chief’
Many lames saw me as a big overweight little nerd
Who didn’t say a damn word
Then the day came up when the 4th and 5th and 6th grade kids
Threw a few hits
On the big overweight little nerd who sent bullies home
With a heat that was unheard
All I knew was dad told me
“Never cease the fire nor quit when you drop these
Always go for the biggest in the crew
Cuz ten outta ten hit the dirt when you drop two
Warrior fists to the left of the head
When he drops, hit the next and the next and the next, then
Ground and pound, go for the soul
Like a warrior does when his vengeance lets go
California born renegade
With a fist of flame and a rhyme from the Bay
Let my blood show out in a hit
I’mma go fo’sho when I go for the throat, kid
When you lived the life of the Saint
You either fight or you fold to the pain, so
All I got’s my blood and tribes
Warrior pride in a warrior bloodline
MacArthur Blvd., down 35th
Saint admits he did heat when he rolled with
Nez and Nez, Navajos from the O
See the three erupt with fists fulla flame, yo
Everybody knew who were the red and real from the street
Renegades roll three deep
East 14th, the line we walked
IFH the spot where the tribe remained on top
Many bunk-ass fools felt heat
When the warrior redskins walked on the street, we
Got the scars on the skin we in
And the skins we be got props in the O, G
Fight and stand and remain to be true
To the strugglin’ few I’m proud to belong to
Raise the fist way high in the sky
One love for the tribe and my warrior bloodline
California born renegade
With a fist of flame and a rhyme from the Bay
Let my blood show out in a hit
I’mma go fo’sho when I go for the throat, kid
When you lived the life of the Saint
You either fight or you fold to the pain, so
All I got’s my blood and tribes
Warrior pride in a warrior bloodline
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4. |
Only a Sucka Would
03:27
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ONLY A SUCKA WOULD
Only a sucka would hate my rhyme
Only a sucka would waste his time
Only a sucka would cross this line
Who would attack this? Only a sucka would
Only a sucka would flex on me
Only a sucka would hate this beat
Only a sucka would knock these streets
Who would attack this? Only a sucka would
Tyrant styles, warrior prose
Hit this hard upside a fool’s nose
Navajo steam, renegade gleam
E.S.O. gives suckas a bad dream
Bombs will fall, targetin’ all
Marks and poo-butt fools with a fastball
Flex, wreck, break necks
Get set, vest wet
With the blood, ain’t no love
Grab the gloves, clean everything up
Down the drain, no complaint
Suckas show disdain for a Saint, wait
For the hit, here it comes
Boom, you’re down, bring me that one
With the glare and the stare
Show him the window or show him the stairs
Only a sucka would hate my rhyme
Only a sucka would waste his time
Only a sucka would cross this line
Who would attack this? Only a sucka would
Only a sucka would flex on me
Only a sucka would hate this beat
Only a sucka would knock these streets
Who would attack this? Only a sucka would
Renegade ways, renegade pays
Visits to marks claimin’ the red way
Lookit me stand, I’mma demand
Fools to bow down now to a red man
Holdin’ the line, fightin’ for tribe
Suckas get took tryin’ to take mine
Out the game, Navajo plays
Hard and fast like snags on a good day
Givin’ the yeah, I’mma relax
Oops, I can’t stop now, gotta make tracks
Over to those, playin’ the role
Me and my kind shine when the rage shows
Navajo flex, warrior sets
Sights on those who think they belong, get
Out the way, off my wave
Hear the tide roll over a fool’s grave
Only a sucka would hate my rhyme
Only a sucka would waste his time
Only a sucka would cross this line
Who would attack this? Only a sucka would
Only a sucka would flex on me
Only a sucka would hate this beat
Only a sucka would knock these streets
Who would attack this? Only a sucka would
Saint be praised, I’mma amaze
Those who don’t believe that a renegade
Can arise, no surprise
When a fool speaks out on my skills, why
Do they want to be taught
Lessons filled with pain for the lame, what
Can I say? I’m enraged
Filled with hatred, life of a brotha made
In the street, days of heat
Made the redskin strong on the concrete
When the tough threw the punch
Sons were lost and I didn’t feel much
No remorse, stay the course
Never stray from warrior life force
In the heart, in the soul
Suckas burn with heat when a Saint rolls
Only a sucka would hate my rhyme
Only a sucka would waste his time
Only a sucka would cross this line
Who would attack this? Only a sucka would
Only a sucka would flex on me
Only a sucka would hate this beat
Only a sucka would knock these streets
Who would attack this? Only a sucka would
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5. |
Feather Down
03:24
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6. |
A Bruh Named Sue
03:44
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A BRUH NAMED SUE (lyrics revised)
(Original lyrics written by Shel Silverstein ©1969)
Well my pops left home when I was three
And he didn’t leave much for moms and me
Just my raw talent and an empty bottle of booze
Now I don’t blame him cuz he run and he hid
But the meanest thing that my pops ever did
Was before he cut-out, he went and named me Sue
Well, he must’ve thought that it was quite a joke
And it got a lot of laughs from lots of folks
Seems I had to battle my whole life through
Some chic would giggle and I’d get red
Some fool would laugh and then I’d bust his head
I tell ya life ain’t easy for a brotha named Sue
Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean
My fists got hard and my wits got keen
I roamed from spot to spot just to hide my shame
But I made me a vow to the moon and the stars
I’d search out the hideaways and bars
And kill that man that gimme that God-awful name
Well it was North Chicago in mid-July
And I just hit town and my throat was dry
I’d thought I’d chill and throw down just a few
In a darkened spot where I had roamed
There at a table shufflin’ bones
Sat the dirty punk-ass fool who named me Sue
Well I knew that lame was my own sweet dad
From a worn-out photo that my momma had
And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye
He was big and bent and grey and old
And I looked at him and my blood ran cold and I said
“My name is Sue! What’s up with you?”
Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes
And he went down but to my surprise
He come up with a blade and cut off a piece of my ear
Then I busted a chair right across his teeth
Then we crashed through the wall and into the street
Kickin’ and a-gougin’ in the mud and the blood and the beer
I tell you I fought tougher men
But I really can’t remember when
He kicked like Bruce and bit like a crocodile
I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss
Then he went for his piece but I pulled mine first
Then he stood there lookin’ at me and I saw him smile
And he said, “Now, son, this world is rough
And if a man’s gonna make it he gotta be tough
And I knew I wouldn’t be there to help you along.
So I gave you that name and I said ‘goodbye’
I knew you’d have to get tough or die
And it’s that name that helped to make you this strong.
Now you just fought one helluva fight
And I know you hate me and you got the right
To kill me now and I wouldn’t blame you if you do.
But you oughta thank me before I die
For the gravel in your fists and the glint in your eye
Cuz I’m the son of a bitch that named you Sue.”
Well, I got choked up and threw down my gun
I called him pops and he called me son
And I come away with a different point of view
And I think about him every now and then
Every time that I fight and every time I win
And if I ever have a son, I think I’m gonna name him
Bill or Jim or Bob! Anything damn thing but Sue, fo’real.
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7. |
Rising Son
03:37
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RISING SON
Strength and honor, tribe and bloodline
Warrior chosen, to protect mine
Love and family, see my blood shine
See the Saint rise to defend mine
Full-blood divinity raised above those
Out for the warrior’s soul, I’mma unload
Full metal jacket hits in a whirlwind
Infinite aggression, rise of the redskin
Warrior confident, tall when among all
Ever been faced with defeat? Man, hell nah
Saint was raised by a man of a man, son
Tribal blood runs hot like a red sun
Navajo, lemme know who wanna rush me
Who wanna catch heat when I release these
Warrior forged hard rounds for a fool
Thinkin’ he’s hard and down with the old school
You don’t know how it is in the trench, kid
When ballistics shift at the redskin
So if you got what it takes, knuckle up quick
Feel the red son’s heat when it gets thick
Strength and honor, tribe and bloodline
Warrior chosen, to protect mine
Love and family, see my blood shine
See the Saint rise to defend mine
Unlike you, I do give a damn
You and your kind killed many red men
So like a hurricane movin’ across lands
I administer pain with a swift hand
Many a man tried to circle the redskin
Armed to the teeth with the latest of weapons
But in the heat of aggression, you’ll see
Babies in uniforms cry for their moms, G
Merciless, son, named for a reason
Warrior red son wrath never leaves ‘em
Room to move or crawl when the smoke clears
Enemies broke and choked on their own tears
Bullets, blood clots cooked in the brain pan
Pay the price when you fight with a red man
Let my enemies know I’mma send some
Blades of vengeance swung by a shogun
Strength and honor, tribe and bloodline
Warrior chosen, to protect mine
Love and family, see my blood shine
See the Saint rise to defend mine
Am I born to live or am I bred to die?
Tell me now ‘fore I rise to avenge mine
When the warrior starts to oppose all
I’m never gonna retreat, man, hell nah
Out of the darkness of hate, I’mma rise up
Level aggressive strength when I flex, what
Number of bulls-eyes did renegade hit
In the midst of a fight, I’m a beast, kid
Speakin’ of battle makes renegades feel
Triballistic, made from a strong-willed
Line of chiefs who seen and opposed those
Federal hitmen fit in the blue coats
Now the renegade settles any score
Feel the reign of a Saint in a downpour
Warriors born in the darkness of time
Rise, remain on alert on the frontline
Strength and honor, tribe and bloodline
Warrior chosen, to protect mine
Love and family, see my blood shine
See the Saint rise to defend mine
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G.O.W. (Gathering Of Weapons)
Violence against red men never ends
When the government sees redskins as a threat then
Moves are made to arrest and condemn
Native American blood from the land then
Americans feel safe? What about my race?
How many times do we gotta be misplaced?
Where’s the right to defend and protect mine?
Gather up the weapons, move to the frontline
The black mark in society is me
Navajo, Laguna, Washo alive, G
Mexican adds to the mix in the line
Fully indigenous, ready to bring my
Line of thought to the surface of mankind
Check the history, then you’ll know why
I’m prepared for the battle to be fought
Measure the violence born from a mad thought
First of all, they drew first blood
Killing the redskin down to the last one
Second, came the cross and whip
Kneel before God or suffer a few licks
Third, came the death of identity
Boarding school made sure that I ain’t me
So you see a Saint is aware
Of the war of the worlds and I am prepared
Violence against red men never ends
When the government sees redskins as a threat then
Moves are made to arrest and condemn
Native American blood from the land then
Americans feel safe? What about my race?
How many times do we gotta be misplaced?
Where’s the right to defend and protect mine?
Gather up the weapons, move to the frontline
Blood dynamics, race relations
Drives a wedge into warrior nations
Who’s a full-blood? Who’s a mixed-breed?
Who’s the wannabe claimin’ to be me?
A lot of redskins I know can recall
Their relations before the downfall
Blood and heritage, love and marriage is
Leadin’ to thinnin’ of indian lineages
Why can’t the warrior claim him a red queen?
Why can’t the queen keep her a red king?
Is it cuz we lost all the old ways?
Is it cuz we know that we been played?
No more Native blood is the new route
Reds are on the way to be bred out
Google statistics on indian blood
And how many red ones are actually red, son
Violence against red men never ends
When the government sees redskins as a threat then
Moves are made to arrest and condemn
Native American blood from the land then
Americans feel safe? What about my race?
How many times do we gotta be misplaced?
Where’s the right to defend and protect mine?
Gather up the weapons, move to the frontline
Many times indians try
Bein’ down with a gang and I ask why
Are you followin’ fools when your own blood
Stands for more than guns and a few drugs
Claim north side, claim south side
How ‘bout raisin’ fists for your own tribe?
Stand tall, native
Lead, never get led
Down the path of life in the bloodshed
I can speak cuz I seen what a man can
Do when caught with a gun in the wrong hand
Point, click, bang!
Feel the pain when
Guilt sets into the heart of a hard man
Tears are shed cuz it hurts when you take life
Many a gangster screamed
In the moonlight
Seein’ a dead man’s eyes in the darkness
Tests the mettle of the bold and the heartless
Violence against red men never ends
When the government sees redskins as a threat then
Moves are made to arrest and condemn
Native American blood from the land then
Americans feel safe? What about my race?
How many times do we gotta be misplaced?
Where’s the right to defend and protect mine?
Gather up the weapons, move to the frontline
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9. |
The Story Of...
03:42
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THE STORY OF...
The story of life is a blink of an eye
The story of love is hello and goodbye
Until we meet again, until we meet again
The story of life is a blink of an eye
The story of love is hello and goodbye
Until we meet again, until we meet again
You taught me to live and taught me to fly straight
Love you gave, nobody will ever take
Away from me because I learned from you, see
Never turn from a friend or enemy
Hold my head high, have a clear mind
Walk the line of those who lived right
Though at times, it hurts to be headstrong
You might have been mad at me when I did wrong
But you always stand by the Saint’s side
Watch my back from high in the sky
And I cry and cry cuz I couldn’t understand why
You had to die without hello or goodbye
From me had who given you so much love
Hear the prayers and thanks I send above
You’re the brother who taught this one to win
Feel the love within ‘til we meet again
The story of life is a blink of an eye
The story of love is hello and goodbye
Until we meet again, until we meet again
The story of life is a blink of an eye
The story of love is hello and goodbye
Until we meet again, until we meet again
So many folks we lose to the booze, G
Why must the indian take that first drink?
All of my uncles were veterans, man
Warriors in war time live with the pain, they
Took the bottle down to a thin line
Family cries and I hope that they feel my
Anger, madness of my people on the brink
Red power drowned with the first drink
Warriors sink in an ocean of tears
A future left in the past is what I fear
And in my eyes, I seen my folks cry
For so many indians who wanted to get high
In an alcohol haze many reds paid
Sellin’ their souls to the drug and the drink, eh
So many reds don’t know when to say when
Until then, be strong ‘til we meet again
The story of life is a blink of an eye
The story of love is hello and goodbye
Until we meet again, until we meet again
The story of life is a blink of an eye
The story of love is hello and goodbye
Until we meet again, until we meet again
All my relations live for the day
Some get taken, some just fade away
Some fold on a darkened highway
Some lose hard to a life of gunplay
So I pray everyday for the souls passed
Those in Heaven who walked on the red path
Look up high, look to the red sky
See the horizon and see how the stars shine
Souls of my fam past shine within me
Family blood in the tribes run eternally
So I’ll honor the line and remain real
Livin’ a warrior life is a done deal
And I will live on to my full-term
This renegade got a grip of things to learn
Peace to the woman, peace to the red man
Peace to my family past until we meet again
The story of life is a blink of an eye
The story of love is hello and goodbye
Until we meet again, until we meet again
The story of life is a blink of an eye
The story of love is hello and goodbye
Until we meet again, until we meet again
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10. |
Take a Knee
02:58
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TAKE A KNEE
I remember back in the day when
Rap was original, non-residual
Now it’s the same old thing, same old thing
Take a knee for the rap music industry
All the creativity’s gone
Some new fools
Same old damn song
Hip-hop gloss got lost in the sauce
Now everybody wanna be on top
With the lame-ass rhymes and the lame-ass sound
The best rap music began as underground
KRS-1, Run-DMC
Eric B., Rakim, EPMD
Too $hort, Ice-T
Public Enemy
Showed us the rise of rhythm and rhyme, G
Now the crap that’s out is a joke
Everybody wanna brag on the blunt smoke
Or the two nines or some rims
Grammy’s don’t make you a legend in the game, kid
I remember back in the day when
Rap was original, non-residual
Now it’s the same old thing, same old thing
Same old beats, BS, and bling-bling
I remember back in the day when
Rap was original, non-residual
Now it’s the same old thing, same old thing
Take a knee for the rap music industry
So you got money but where’s your heart?
Hip-hop’s on it’s way to a lost art
Back in the day, lyrics and rhymes
Demonstrated depth in a young mind
Now all you need is a dumb-ass hook
The same drum beat and ridiculous look
The time is now and the game has changed
But roots are roots and soul should remain, man
Yeah, I am new
And I’m old school
And I know what hip-hop’s about, fool
What’s the future of rap gonna be?
Originality already died, G
I remember back in the day when
Rap was original, non-residual
Now it’s the same old thing, same old thing
Same old beats, BS, and bling-bling
I remember back in the day when
Rap was original, non-residual
Now it’s the same old thing, same old thing
Take a knee for the rap music industry
Jam Master Jay, Tupac and Big
ODB, Big Pun, Eazy-E did
Leave their mark in the rap hall-of-fame
True to the game they were to their last day
Now some sucka tries to apply
Some lame style to rap and I ask why
Paint-by-numbers fools wanna play hard
N.W.A. pulled that card
Personified street crime into hard rhymes
Dr. Dre and Cube on the front lines
Recognize the originals and respect
Rap’s headin’ hard for a car wreck
I remember back in the day when
Rap was original, non-residual
Now it’s the same old thing, same old thing
Same old beats, BS, and bling-bling
I remember back in the day when
Rap was original, non-residual
Now it’s the same old thing, same old thing
Take a knee for the rap music industry
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Saint Mike Chicago, Illinois
Born and raised in East Oakland, CA, Saint Mike began his life into hip hop in the eight grade. Influenced by rap legends such as Run-DMC, Eric B. & Rakim, Too $hort, and NWA, Saint Mike began culminating his own life experiences into his lyrics. In 1992, Saint Mike became a founding member of WithOut Rezervation, America's first recognized Native American rap group. The rest is what you now hear. ... more
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