Yeah, that's a good defence The Act (Rapper) – Opening Up [850 Words]
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An electric fence is a barrier that uses electric shocks to deter animals or people from crossing a boundary.
The voltage of the shock may have effects ranging from discomfort, to pain, it could even be lethal.
The Act won’t allow anyone to get to close to him.
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On November 30, 1994, Pac was Uptown, recording a track for mixtape DJ Ron G’s latest effort.
Ron, in recalling that night, says ’Pac, whom he was meeting for the first time at the session, seemed perturbed by a series of pages he was receiving.
He kept getting phone calls, pages. It kept throwing him off, here and there.” But ’Pac finished his rhyme, which would later resurface as Deadly Combination, featuring Big L.
Follow me, tell me if you feel meI think niggas is trying to kill me picturin' pistols, spittin' hollow points ‘til they drill me
Unbeknownst to Ron G, the pages were coming from Jimmy Henchman. Tupac was shot and robbed that same night.
Since you lie you die — goodbye! 2Pac – Against All Odds
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2Pac is calling for Nas to be subjected to a firing squad.
Execution by firing squad, is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in the military and in times of war assigned to shoot persons condemned to death.
No single member of the firing squad can save the condemned person’s life by not firing, reducing the moral incentive to disobey the order to shoot.
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Game is considered to be a driving force in bringing back the West Coast hip hop scene into the mainstream and competing with many of his East Coast counterparts. At this point in time he had been rapping for 9 years.
Select releases from Game’s discography
- 2002 You Know What It Is Vol. 1
- 2004 Westside Story
- 2005 The Documentary
- 2006 The Doctors Advocate
- 2007 You know what is Vol:4
- 2008 LAX
- 2011 Purp & Patron
2002-2011 = 9 years.
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Tupac’s arrest history.
- 1992 – Tupac was arrested after being involved in an altercation in which a stray bullet killed a child, but the charges were later dismissed.
- April 5, 1993 – Tupac spent 10 days in a Michigan prison for beating another rapper with a baseball bat.
- October 31, 1993 – charged with shooting two off-duty suburban policemen.
- November 18, 1993 - Arrested on the sexual abuse and sodomy charges and weapons charges in New York City.
- November 10, 1994 – Tupac, slated to star in the movie Menace II, punched the director Allen Hughes and is jailed for 15 days.
To wearing matching clothes in jail
I used to battle for love, the aspirations, the hopes to sell
But now… I'm just up here rappin' because I'm broke as hell URLtv (Ft. Hollow Da Don & Tsu Surf) – Hollow Da Don vs. Tsu Surf
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Loyalty Ova Money (L.O.M) is Hollow Da Don’s hip-hop inspired streetwear and urban clothing. Made in London – Worn Worldwide.
In the majority of jails in the US, inmates wear the same clothes, either jumpsuits like pictured, or the same set of drab clothes.
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As a candidate in 2008, Obama vowed to end the war in Iraq that was started by his predecessor.
I’ll be a president who ends this war in Iraq and finally brings our troops home,"
In the White House briefing room in October 2011, Obama declared that
After nearly nine years, America’s war in Iraq will be over."
In December 2010, the last troops left, officially ending the American military presence in Iraq.
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This idiom means that when things go wrong, a lot of things go wrong at the same time.
Also the slogan of Morton Salt who originated it.
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Three-strikes laws are statutes enacted by state governments in the United States which mandate state courts to impose harsher sentences on habitual offenders who are convicted of three or more serious criminal offenses and limits the ability of these offenders to receive a punishment other than a life sentence.
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2Pac got his T.H.U.G L.I.F.E tattoo in 1992.
It stands for
The I is replaced by a bullet.
Thug Life
Is when you have nothing, and succeed, when you have overcome all obstacles to reach your aim.- 2Pac.
Correction “"The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody.”