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Back in the day, the first to slang cane, and bakin soda
But nowadays I like preachin the Word T-Bone – Blazin' Mics
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He used to be a drug dealer but he left that behind when he started to speak to others about the Bible.

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I'm not a Jehovah's witness
But I witness, for Jehovah T-Bone – Blazin' Mics
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Although he’s not a Jehovah’s Witness, (he wouldn’t be knocking at your door), he’s a true believer in God. This sets the spiritual tone for the rest of the verse where he talks about making a stand for God.

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Become patriots when they way of life is threatened
It's a hard conversation to have
We lost kids, moms, and dads, people ready to fight for the flag
Damn, when did shit get this bad? Talib Kweli – The Proud
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Whenever a tragedy occurs, it tends to unite people. In this case, after 9/11, people became patriotic Americans and forgot how they are being oppressed. So the oppressed fight for the oppressors.

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asked me what I say to a dead cop's wife
Cops kill my people every day, that's life Talib Kweli – The Proud
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It has become a just another part of life for his friends and family to get murdered by officers, so when a cop’s wife loses her husband, he doesn’t show a lot of sympathy.

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GOT DAMN

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Tom Scott
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The only “good” cop is a cop who chokes to death on a free doughnut.

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I Used To Love H.E.R., now she violated The Roots (Ft. Common) – Universe At War
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Reference to Common’s classic track “I Used to Love H.E.R” which is off Com’s sophomore record, “Resurrection”

In this line, “her” is a metaphor for hip hop. Black Thought is stating that he use to love hip hop, but not anymore since she is now violated with a variety of wack MC’s taking over the mainstream.

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Universe At War The Roots (Ft. Common) – Universe At War
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Chi-town and Philly come together on this classic track off the classic album Illadelph Halflife (1996).

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It’s not “the most”. It’s the Moes.

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Tigallo For Dolo Little Brother – Tigallo For Dolo
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Phonte doing a lengthy, introspective verse on his rap career.
From LB’s 2010 album Leftback (without 9th Wonder).

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Another day to face, I'm share cropping in the paper chase Little Brother – Speed
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Sharecropping is a system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crop produced on the land.

In this sense, he probably works as a part of a company that takes away from his wages or time. Or he’s just plain working his ass off and it hasn’t been paying off yet. So he feels like he’s sharecropping since this is from LB’s way earlier work and Phonte wasn’t the pimp that he is today yet.

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This life have a nigga hustling man
Niggas need to slow it down yo
Sit back just chill just relax
Speeding down the roads of life Little Brother – Speed
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It’s a hustle for LB man….They’re tryna make sense of it all and chill, cause life is moving too quick:

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Heidi Hoe Common – Heidi Hoe
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“Heidi Hoe” was the only song on Common’s debut album produced by The Beatnuts, although they later provided a remix to Common’s second single, “Breaker 1/9.” In a 1992 interview with Madelyne Woods on BET’s Video LP, Common spoke about the theme of the song:

That’s just a song — that’s me coming from my heart disrespecting the females that don’t have respect for themselves. […] It comes from experience. When you go through dealing with, like, females that don’t have you respect for themselves and you, like, wanna check ‘em yourself, you know, you don’t like to see 'em out here like that. So I came to 'em on the real, like, 'Look, hoe, Heidi Hoe…’

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