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My nigga Kwame he try to get down Pro Era (Ft. Chuck Strangers, Joey BADA$$ & Super Helpful) – Lawns 3

Super Helpful emcee, Kwame was known in the 90s for his polka dots. One of his tracks is “U Gotz To Get Down”. This is most likely a reference to that track.

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January 19th, 2013

The correct lyrics are “My nigga Kwame man he tryna get down”, which follows suit w/ rest of the intro

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When cancer get your ass, don't go cryin' like a baby
Cause chemo radiation man, it ain't no fun
You better get your ass the patch or some Nicorette gum Murs – Cigarettes & Liquor

When you get cancer from abusing alcohol or tobacco, don’t complain or cry, you did it to yourself.

Chemotherapy isn’t fun, if you don’t want cancer you better get off tobacco soon.

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My little brother, he been smoking since the fourth grade
Smoke a stress blunt, then he chase it with some E&J
Drinking and smoke and it might stunt your growth
But he's 6'4" and he's been doing both Murs – Cigarettes & Liquor

His little brother used to smoke blunts and chase it with liquor, getting crossfaded. There are certain studies that show that tobacco and or alcohol can stunt your growth, obviously that didn’t apply to MURS or his brother. MURS is 6'0 and his brother is 6'4.

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I can't quit, it's the celebrity and fame
The stress and the strain from the whole rap game
Look, I know it's lame, but what's your excuse man?
Credit card, rent late, wife found a new man?
I understand, we all got our problems
You kill yourself slowly and you hope that'll solve 'em Murs – Cigarettes & Liquor

It’s pretty stressful for MURS sometimes being on tour all the time, deadlines from his label, etc. He just needs to take some of that stress off sometimes with a cig or maybe a couple shots.

Everyone has stress, some people decide to try to self-medicate with things like weed, tobacco and our most common choice, liquor.

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Matter of fact, second thought, go ahead and take two Murs – Cigarettes & Liquor

Since you’re sitting here having a cig with MURS, why not just take two? It won’t do much more.

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Killing myself, might as well kill you Murs – Cigarettes & Liquor

Tobacco, especially commercialized brands like Newport and Marlbro is horrible for your respiratory system. With each puff of tobacco MURS is killing himself, he might as well kill his new friend too.

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What you want one homie? Man, psst, here you go Murs – Cigarettes & Liquor

He’s giving the guy standing outside with him a cigarette.

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Cause selling drugs is for handicaps
I got too many skills besides busting rough raps Rakim – Set 'Em Straight

Selling drugs are for people who don’t have real skills. Rapping isn’t the only skill Rakim has either, he’s got way more so if that rap shit didn’t work he still wouldn’t be pushing weight.

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Cause if I sold weight, I'd be Upstate
In the penile, waiting for a break Rakim – Set 'Em Straight

If he sold drugs, he would be in prison right now, waiting to get out to do something only to get out and sell drugs again.

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So bring a dictionary, so you can look it up Rakim – Set 'Em Straight

When listening to hip hop as sophisticated as Rakim, you’ll need a dictionary to look up the complex words he is dropping.

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"Heard niggas dropping songs every week, but they weak" (J. Cole – The Cure) | rejected

dont fuk wit teh basedgawd

"Yeah every time something happened I was the one blamed, ..." (Young jay hawk – Shouldve apologized) | pending

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAj26rVWK14

"I,I,I,I,I,I ey, ay Whooha!" (Pro Era – Lawns) | accepted

From Busta Rhymes song “Woo Hah”

"Your life is played out like Kwame, and them fucking polk..." (The Notorious B.I.G. – Unbelievable) | rejected

He also just dropped an EP with Pro Era’s Chuck Strangers and upcoming experimental producer Lee Bannon under the name Super Helpful.

One of his biggest hits was “The Rhythm”.

"[Verse 4: Dyemond Lewis]" (Joey BADA$$ – Suspect) | rejected

Lazy flow to be honest.

"Suspect niggas don't come outside / You might get your wi..." (Joey BADA$$ – Suspect) | accepted

The original line was “Suspect witness don’t come outside, you might get your shit pushed back tonight” from Nas' Suspect from his second record, It Was Written.

They are persuading you to stay inside if you just witnessed a crime because in the hood, if you witness a crime, you’re getting killed.

Getting your wig pushed back is a clever way to say getting shot in the head. If a bullet hit you in the head and you were wearing a wig, it would fly right off. Hence the “wig pushed back”.

"Lifted, we lifted, we lifted, you dreamt it / We lived it..." (Pro Era – Like Water) | rejected

They’re living the dream while you’re dreaming it. They are also very high.

"I just lost one, now I'm walkin like a new man" (Pro Era – K.I.N.G.S.) | rejected

Apparantly STEEZ was interested in satanism and he though he would be reincarnated as a god in 2047. He would come as a new man.

"My days numbered to infinity," (Pro Era – K.I.N.G.S.) | accepted

Also a play on Souls of Mischief’s famous debut album, ‘93 til Infinity.

"Screamin gangsta twenty years later / Of course endorsed ..." (Public Enemy – Harder Than You Think) | accepted

Chuck is also saying that socially and politically conscious hip hop has faded. Most artists are rapping about their guns and Gucci clothes now.