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I see you got a book bag on ya back bet theres no books in it
Hope you take a long look before you step up in this cipher
Into something true that you know nathan about
I see you mouth moving with those stagnant words going nowhere
Staying right there i swear you play the part well
Of a sell out cat i can tell you never had heart
You fell so quick when i freestyle heads came to spit
The cipher was too real for ya fiction - pre-written
Detailed descriptions of what the 360 might have in it
So ya pointin' out ya shell toes and the last man to finish
You a happy go lucky kid but this pancake act is sad
What you got markers in ya hand for not like you like to tag
What you be bombing buses or something like it was easy
Scribble a name on a sticker and stick it and call it graffiti
You a card you funny - more like a joker
Useless in this culture i despise all yall posers
So what you kop material released independently
What you bought was a demo tape and you begged to get it for free
So i see you as a nazi i'll never let you permeate
Pull up ya pants punk you 'don't wear a size 38

I'm glad i can't relate to you at all i like being free
To release projects and be unique
Move'm independently definitely we come close to being the same
But different monies, different principals a whole different ball game
But the name of who i rep for keeps me a step ahead of the rest
My text is always thought through to be blessed
While you speak on dollars my goal is to make a change
Re-arrange the way the globe operates on a day to day basis
I'm flagerant - with my motives and actions
No record contract adds up to a fair transaction
Infractions of the laws of physics couldn't change my mind
So i'll never sign my soul away for that empty dollar sign
In the sign of the times i multiply life to gain freedom
All you fed us was lies but i never believed'em
I can't trust you if you see hip-hop solely as a business
You can live off the culture but first you have to live it

We sometimes see eye to eye now bro's in faith
Can't escape the calling we all have so one day the
Man of sin will fall - (fall) brought to his knees pleading for grace
Chasing forgiveness til it's caught (caught)
Hoping to erase past misdeeds so we all yearn to be free
We either seek for jesus or mohamed to find true piece
Whether the case be we in need of a common ground
Satan divides us with lies so wall will never come down
We need ta - see the deception at hand
Across this land of milk and honey we losing 1st command
Who's in charge of ya vessel ya temple is taken over
A prisoner in ya own skin addicted to legal medicine
No evidence found it leaves not a trace behind
So you stay blind in a state of mind locked down
Enslaved to hypocrisy fed to you in double doses
No sound in captivity could ever change your prognosis

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Close - but not close enough
You might try but you can't get close
Close - but not close enough
You might try but you can't...