sacrifice

Singer: masta ace

put the ice back in the glass

chill where it belongs

give a fuck if you rock it on your body

leave it out your songs

critical of the surface cause that's what people perceive is the purpose

behind the music

makin' our efforts worthless

media paints it a circus and how we follow the role

and that's the reason that it's outta control

the radio an alias to the demeaning of gold

cause all the glitter and the shinin' is all that matters with soul

i pocket a profit is slim to none on our best day

like ev say

they only play the west on wednesday

it's futile to try to get a spin on the mainstream

i thought about it once but then i snapped out a daydream

back to reality

grindin' to get respected

the goal is to wreck it so nothing less is expected

check the madness with method

it's like a lavish impression

is distilled upon those who ain't even worth the mention

yo peter piper picked 'em

peckled pickled peppers

hip hop has expanded from mecca to all these little sectors

i'm talkin' texas and tennessee also mississippi

how they fit in the picture?

well listen

this is tricky

this ain't no hateration

i can't forget virginia and georgia cause they made hip hop a greater nation

and no i ain't pokin' fun

respect to nas

hip hop is dead and new york is holdin' the smokin' gun

we used to lead the way in

now we follow behind

we makin' down south songs like we outta our mind

what happened to innovation?

i gotta ask every new york rapper in this generation

can we get it back?

it's hard to say when i watch smack dvd and damn near every kid is wack

we need some brand new laws

a rap constitution

you ain't gon' change the game

try to make a contribution

see my solution's euthanasia

a new beginning

examine the rap game and felt ashamed to tell my peeps i'm in it

i sigh from deep within it

falsify the awesome winnings

rhymin' 'bout the floss they spendin'

gun in hand

plan to end it

what it take you write your tightest 16?

each track is fight or flight syndrome and y'all is splittin' seams

runnin' away and steady duckin'

evadin' the thought

of puttin' effort into your art

see that'll take patience

and rappers ain't to blame solely

the game from where they standin' is to make money

supply the garbage that these fans demandin'

that's why i separate myself from monetary needs

won't sacrifice the slightest part of me to sell a cd

could give a fuck how you perceive these hits

i'll turn a deaf ear

but we read lips

and all that criticism?

is wasted effort in sweatin'

you should've implied to improve it

move out the way or join the lines of the movement

it's been proven it don't take much to rise to the top

to get your cream all you gotta do is sign on the dot

if you're firing glocks

get shot or supplyin' some rocks

makes a better resume when you're in line for the boss

the line is defrost

fuck all the shine and the floss

this is hip hop bitch

and yo we rhymin' the?

your timin' is off

should've took the rhine off your watch

and stopped a line drive rival of thought

of keepin' it raw

instead of these people leadin' the fall

of somethin' that had potential of freein' us all

and it don't really matter where you at on the map

you've been splattered with crap

it's time to stop flattering the wack

i ain't a hater i just keep my standards at eye level

why settle?

y'all can burn slow like iron kettles

i peddle these raps

incredible

a head full but we're ahead of schedule

except we're with better flows

yo

yo

yo

one for the treble

two for the bass

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wesh ma gueule je suis la

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chuis l'arabe ouais SHby

je rappe en arabe

sur un son oldschool t` les anciens soldats

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mcs real qryt w t`lmt nwly

`mry seize ans j'ai deja quitte l'ecole

un petit racailleux qui pose des rimes hardcores

sur des sons t` des fous sons qui fait bang bang

m n ecoute sh `l~ mwsyq~ slow

hip-hop de dance Sn`t mny l'original

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toujours fort toujours al

c'est a mon tour de prier comme les oldschool

big daddy kane

masta ace et cool

wesh ma crew si explosive interdit

dedicace lkhw@ l`rb

hip-hop for life hdh shw t`lmt nqwl

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un son lourd un son de ouf fy l mix

c'est du SHyH avec mes raw poetics

raw poetics""

Lyric Context: sacrifice - masta ace