[00:00.00]Salad (Explicit) - DL Incognito
[00:11.50]Real real real hip hop
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[00:19.97]From the soul
[00:20.51]It started with my MPC
[00:21.99]Grew to BETA SP's
[00:23.57]Now it's years later three-sixty degrees
[00:26.07]Not much changed but the cut of my jeans
[00:27.83]I'm eating more greens my momma always said you gotta eat
[00:30.80]So I take the salad over fries the truth over lies
[00:34.03]Besides that still the same guy right
[00:36.48]Got my feet wet learned the ropes
[00:38.49]Niggas checking for my sh*t under the microscope
[00:40.99]I stay afloat of those who don't believe in the DL & NP
[00:44.23]Indirectly you need the strength to succeed
[00:46.71]A live feed took it on tour
[00:48.75]Niggas waiting patiently for the encore
[00:51.24]Need not wait more
[00:52.53]Show 'em my potential on my first LP knew it
[00:55.31]Took a sample and drums made real music
[00:57.74]Force the fans ask the question who's this
[00:59.79]Where he from he be reppin' what clique
[01:01.91]He's sick
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[01:22.57]From the soul
[01:23.11]Now on planets we built our own lego blocks
[01:24.88]So don't be annoyed if ya need to see if my sh*t's hot
[01:28.09]I know this
[01:28.68]I made it through this world without my pops
[01:30.60]He's bogus
[01:31.26]Many going through the same sh*t
[01:33.06]It's not hopeless
[01:33.88]My mother held it down kept me focused on my task
[01:36.49]At last I understand the math
[01:38.35]The science and the path I had to take
[01:40.38]The struggle of another day
[01:41.58]The sacrifices made along the way to become great
[01:44.11]Some kings shed blood like the centre of a steak
[01:46.85]I used my poetry to infiltrate the human race
[01:49.54]I put it all on paper this time so you can better understand my rhymes
[01:53.89]Ni**a
[01:54.71]And no son I'm not wasting your time
[01:56.67]I'm not wasting your money I encourage you to buy
[01:59.24]The last shall be first one day we will rise
[02:01.87]The problems of the world are greater than you and I
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[02:25.25]From the soul
[02:25.80]So flawless when I recite on mics they call me dirty
[02:27.98]Elegant my pen is never worried
[02:29.73]My council is like a clergy
[02:31.04]I'm in my 20's now everyday closer to 30
[02:33.67]I'm grown up but man though it's still early
[02:36.05]I hope the youngin niggas soon don't forget what hip hop is
[02:38.84]So it can be around for my kids
[02:40.93]For real
[02:41.48]Life by experience the sh*t it's ill
[02:43.98]My deliverance is that of only skill
[02:46.13]I build like the great minds that did Egypt
[02:48.48]I'd rather see the pyramids than a precinct
[02:50.63]Stopped by the cops on the block for no reason
[02:53.26]We gotta keep running everyday it's open season
[02:55.75]But who's really poilicing
[02:57.07]The smogs like the morgue in the city we ain't breathin'
[02:59.83]We barely even just getting by
[03:02.34]The struggle's still the same see the pain in my eyes
[03:04.98]Sometimes I just don't think they hear the cries
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[03:27.66]From the soul