Gza - General Principles lyrics

rate me

Castle points you too<br />

You're black takes on C4<br />

Then white could C4<br />

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I must put in time to get mine, many hours to earn power<br />

Like the ashy hand, he should wear only the rope flower<br />

I can't be a broke nigga, better in showers<br />

Sellin' CD's on the corner of Sunset and Dower<br />

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A small fry nigga in a baked potato world<br />

Sizzling in some beef full of grease like jheri curls<br />

Shout out to DJ's who kept it real<br />

Shook a few in the thou', but some never broke the seal<br />

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Fuck them, I stick to college radios, mix shows<br />

Historic university to freestyle sick flows<br />

Might give a lecture about your rap texture<br />

M.C. B-Boy, DJ, slash director<br />

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The name was a bell that rang through the hall<br />

Popular is the tag in the bathroom stall, check it<br />

This language is so captivating<br />

When we lose a rap nigga, the news is devastating<br />

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Whether to the prison or grave, you know this rap shit<br />

Is built from the strength of those to hunger the crave<br />

My Clan got rhymes for days to be skilled, it pays<br />

Most of them can't escape the solar rays<br />

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Name a crew that can stop the force that I strike with<br />

Let alone try to hold the pen that I write with<br />

You can even chop off my fingers I type with<br />

Those I hold a mic with, thinking I might quit<br />

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They didn't know, that only makes me more determined<br />

Ich lebe fur hip hop, you can ask the Germans<br />

Some say I never got this for recognition<br />

So I drop another, they shocked and still listen<br />

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Plus I, ran into a well known musician<br />

He said, this sample shit got too many cooks in the kitchen<br />

Now he's back to flipping love borns and cypher says<br />

To support his kids, much even hyper wiz<br />

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A bad amigo, will stroke your ego<br />

You see the flash in the dash, weed blast with Buick-Regal<br />

The same brother you was throwing your key to<br />

Brought the 7 niggaz in the building to see you<br />

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You know these god damn streets is so gritty<br />

With sour milk from titties, that'll spoil the city<br />

The hood corner backs, strong attack is a blitz<br />

But we don't lie down for shit, not even direct hits<br />

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From graffiti in New York on the walls and trains<br />

DJ's in California, to the shores of Maine<br />

B-Boys on the floor who be doing they thang<br />

To MC's, behind ropes, who had titles to claim<br />

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My teams about shoot outs, the fans shout with loud mouths<br />

The clock ran out, the ref throw the sign, it's over time<br />

The rambling, visiting teams scheme<br />

The championship ring fending, they must be dreaming<br />

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These rap players and slayers got a lot of endorsements<br />

Make them hire law enforcements<br />

Plus, I just turned down tracks, can't remember the<br />

Producer with the beats is wack, sound similar<br />

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It gotta be exciting, striking, lightning<br />

Bring the best out, to dawn through Harlem<br />

Writing, light stroke from my pen might choke<br />

The tape lent, got a little air, then half the spins<br />

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M.C.'s be stuck with fear fascination<br />

The nature in the scale of events, shook the station<br />

I stick up the track, armed only with the pen<br />

Terrorize it vocally with the force of wind<br />

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From graffiti in New York, on the walls and trains<br />

DJ's in California, to the shores of Maine<br />

B-Boys on the floor, who be doing they thang<br />

To MC's, behind ropes, who had titles to claim<br />

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This is hip hop<br />

(Then white takes C4, and C5, and C6)<br />

(C5, Queen E5, E5, 95, Bishop takes C4)<br />

(Masters 3, and then castle)