[00:00.00]Lessons (Explicit) - R.A. the Rugged Man
[00:02.10]R-A what's the lesson for today Rugged Man
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[00:06.74]I am the legendary..R-A
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[00:18.91]Yo aiiyo people wonderin' where the f**k I been
[00:21.40]At the VIP section they ain't lettin' me in
[00:24.03]They say; maybe if you had Dr. Dre or Timbaland
[00:26.16]They say; a white boy need a black boy to win
[00:29.27]Uhh Bubba Sparxx did it and so did Slim
[00:31.90]Just Blaze is hot now why don't you get with him
[00:34.53]I watch mad rappers bite my sh*t and blow up
[00:37.19]And make millions of what I created that's tough luck
[00:40.34]I first started gettin' coverage around the same time
[00:42.48]Steve Stout used to carry kid and placed luggage
[00:44.81]I seen rappers turned from sex symbols in hard throbs
[00:47.67]To bein forgotten now they out lookin' for jobs
[00:50.32]I seen EPMD break up
[00:51.86]I seen my little brother Max fall asleep and he ain't never wake up
[00:55.38]So when I rhyme listen seriously
[00:57.08]When I spit I'm givin' you the truth clearly who I really be
[01:00.24]It's an audio version of reality TV
[01:03.66]I had deals from Russell Simmonds to Master P
[01:06.47]Even five year old white girls be rappin' today
[01:08.88]On the playground like 'go shorty it's ya birthday' (Go go go..)
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[01:14.31]Here's a little story I got ta tell
[01:17.21]I am the legendary
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[01:18.92](Verse 2)
[01:21.39]Yo yo I seen good days sun rays church sundays
[01:23.81]Made love made war been rich been poor
[01:27.33]Lost friends lost lawsuits lost my dough
[01:29.90]Seen beef between Bad Boy and Death Row
[01:32.83]I seen decease take the life for my sisters kid
[01:35.42]Six months on the earth that's what he had to live
[01:37.85]I seen Biggie Big L Big Pun pass away
[01:40.39]Buffy from the Fat Boys Jam Master Jay
[01:43.33]A month before they blew up with Mystikal and Jay-Z
[01:45.79]The Neptunes came to see me at D D
[01:48.36]I knew this chick named Norah a lounge singer
[01:50.61]A year later she a six Grammy award winner
[01:53.40]I've seen Flatliners I've seen Cannabisses
[01:55.20]I've seen Lil Zanes yeah I've seen mad misses
[01:58.36]You and tune that a** b**ches get ten percent disses
[02:01.38]I seen A R's get fired for takin' pisses
[02:03.65]Stop whinin' and *****in' nobody listens
[02:06.53]Who else riskin' they career to stick to being different
[02:09.51]Switchin' the tradition stickin' to this sh*t they really livin'
[02:11.79]I don't care what's hittin
[02:13.27]Listen this my f**kin' life that I'm spittin'
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[02:15.93]Here's a little story I got ta tell
[02:18.19]I am the legendary
[02:20.06]R-A Rugged Man
[02:21.13](Verse 3)
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[02:25.48]I'm at peace with myself now how bout that
[02:27.94]I hated life I wanted to die a few years back
[02:30.46]I was mentally ill it's hard to come back from that
[02:33.14]But I got through it now I got my sanity back
[02:35.50]Y'all are like H-B-O fighters get the money and fame
[02:38.31]And you get beat up like Klitschko and Sugar Shane
[02:41.05]Or get beat like Vernon Forrest or Prince Naseem
[02:43.02]Yeah you all turn p**sy once you get that green
[02:46.37]I got love for Havoc from Mobb Deep
[02:48.63]When I was broke sleepin' in the street
[02:50.31]He hooked me up with a free beat
[02:51.68]Alchemist you still my little buddy
[02:53.09]Even though you stole that Royce the 59 The King beat from me
[02:56.43]I ain't down to sign autographs and shake ya hands
[02:59.17]I don't want trendy a** followers as fans
[03:02.24]I don't wanna sell records I don't wanna be big
[03:04.85]I don't want MTV runnin' up in my crib
[03:07.54]I don't wanna be liked in the music biz
[03:09.60]I don't want fans that don't know who G Rap is
[03:13.20]Here's a little story I got ta tell
[03:15.00]I am the legendary
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[03:18.45]R-A Rugged Man
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[03:24.28]Here's a little story I got ta tell
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[03:27.55]I am the legendary
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[03:34.85]What's the lesson for today Rugged Man