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   Ladies and gentlemen, Sekken Thaughtz on the beat
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   (And you know how I feel) Big up to Lace Cadence

Good lookin' out for this one, man


[Verse 1]
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I love hip-hop music, I just hate the ego
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The politics that follow it, getting caught in it can be lethal
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See I love the community, 'cause a community will embrace you
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But you turn it back the community is the people that will hate you
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See everybody's striving for that same shit
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To get paid and make it, and I'ma be honest, I'm tryna become famous
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When someone makes a move watch that person next to you
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Cause I'll warn ya, I love Hova but jealousy's The Takeover
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Here come the mean mugs "I can't do what he does"
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And where does that lead us? To the ego that feeds us
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  I wish that I could just do what I do
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But when a door opens for him I'm afraid there won't be enough room
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Comparison's a mother fucker
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Like MLK said, "We all want that band leader syndrome and it won't stop"
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This concept makes me wonder, is it the commodity
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Of the music or the ego that is killing hip-hop?

(And you know how I feel)


[Chorus]

It's the ego that makes me not give respect in dap
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It's the ego that makes me talk shit behind people's back
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You know that it's the ego that's constantly polluting my consciousness
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So ingrained in my brain that I can barely even acknowledge it
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It's the ego that makes the present moment jet lagged
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I said it's the ego that has me trippin' about the next man
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You know that it's the ego that makes me not go to the front
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Of the show cause the performers have exactly what I want


[Verse 2]
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"I'm so cool"

For real?

You know dude, I'm serious spit it different and if you just flow too

I'll listen lookin' for glitches and rip 'em to shove improve
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That my rhythm's a little bit more intricate, just to boost
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My ego, it's so evil
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Threatened by so many different kinds of people
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It seems that if you're going through somethin' and life is feeling uncomfortable
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The immediate place you go is to your ego to comfort you
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When Boom Bap got signed I hated on him
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When Grayskul got signed I hated Onry
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And that's hard to admit, but since I'm really being honest
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I wanted to be one of the first to make it as a Northwest rap artist
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Instead of taking it as a plus for my region
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I took it as a cut to my dreams of makin' it out of this political scene of
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Northwest haters to be next, I guess I'm just like them

Jealous of who's taking that step


[Chorus]
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It's the ego that makes me not give respect in dap
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It's the ego that makes me talk shit behind people's back
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You know that it's the ego that's constantly polluting my consciousness
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So ingrained in my brain that I can barely even acknowledge it
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It's the ego that makes the present moment jet lagged
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I said it's the ego that has me trippin' about the next man
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You know that it's the ego that makes me not go to the front
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Of the show cause the performers have exactly what I want



[Verse 3]
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Now everybody got one but people trying to front
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Claiming that they on the humble but cocky
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Now it comes up when we judge, or are threatened by someone
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But everyone still be like "man that's not me"
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Now let me break it down son
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It's only a lack of love for ourselves

Cause we're submerged in "I gotta be"
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The best or number one, but it's just that we don't trust
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In our heart and that's what stops me, it's the ego