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Once he came to, first question
 "What'cha gon' do with the time you got?"
 Confused, they reiterated like
 "Gotta remember, it's not a lot, it's not a lot"
 I replied "Just watch" while she administered the eye drops
 Promptly redid Illmatic bar for bar, she's gotta have it shot for shot
 Motherfuckers waste a lot of time, akh
 Words stolen from neighbors in bodegas when I cop my paper
 Now you know where I got my flavor
 Like I said, it's a lot of time wasted, it's a lot
 Son, we skimmed through your music, found no reason not to approve it
 It was all relatively toothless, you're just a guy
 Ruthless how they did Ruth first, I let the package sit overnight
 Letter opener on the desk, how he live is anybody guess
 Poe's "Telltale Heart," pigs wait patiently for you negroes to confess
 No rush, the wind through your shed'll rattle your sheet metal
 Poor the meat pimps peddle
 Don't front like you stupid, you on they level
 Pressed pesto while the mortar and pestle
 Said "Presto" when they found that .38 special
 
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 The wi-fi name is Assata Is Safe Here
 The pass code transposed and notated between kick and the snare
 For whosoever believe, feeling beastie, Paul Revere
 It's all gone square, sand shifting, a brief history
 Take cover, tread light, I ain't got no type, love is love, y'all
 Knowing better don't mean you doing better, we watched the sky fall
 Lit by the moon blush, dip soon come
 Blue movies on the tablet like I'm non-respectably ratchet
 Rappers politically black halfwit, pack spliff, vegetate, half pipe twilight
 Tomorrow's just another yesterday, several ways to skin a coon
 Magnolia bloom with the blood pool, Lord, who can I run to?
 Live feed from slum view, whole crew kick laces knotted
 E NY powerviolence, what up, family?
 Then it shot and she stopped giving bop, adjusted her top
 My alarm clock is black children playing in the park, every nigga's a star
 Crowdfunded constellation burned a keloid scar
 Oh, he go hard, the young gods bark
 The universe is a card sharp, my new studio's a smart car
 Had a dream I gifted Nardwuar some Carhartt to spark a heart most toxic
 Hawk, spit, blast my way out, gut full of rock shrimp
 With much vigor to the rhythm of body bag zipper swipes
 Never paid the asking price, double down on paradise