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It Takes A Nation

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It Takes A Nation

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There are

seven known wonders

of the world,

you about to witness

the eighth muthafucka

I got King Kong in my trunk,

King Kong in my doors

My nuts play ping-pong from the noise;

you can hear me from a block away

Im sitting next to your ass

and cant hear what you got to say

My shit is loud, my ears is ringing

My paint job is wet

My chrome is gleaming

I feel like a vet ballin'

on these rookies

An old-school bully,

you must have played hooky

I bring it like a bookie,

My aggression is depressing

Don't give a muthafucka

time to learn his lesson

A lunatic,

y'all know what I represent

The only rapper

that wanna fist-fight

the president

[Hook]

It takes a nation

of niggas to hold us back (x4)

When I bang this its dangerous

Niggas go brainless

So bang this

with the four-five stainless

And understand

that you looking at the famous

West-coast rapper

who act like an anus

Hollywood,

they thought they could tame this

Pit-bull,

but I know what the game is

Them fuckers cheat like an NBA ref

If you smoke one ???

They'll electrocute you to death

I got god on my intellect

Godzilla by the neck

When the nigga come through

who you wanna holla at

Ghostwriters hit the deck

When ya boi got a tech

Where the fuck

is Africa-Bamabata at

We need to take it back

fuck Viacom

Clear Clear Channel

and Radio One

You muthafuckas programmed

by the programmers

That's why

you getting locked up

by the dope slammers

Not me

It takes a nation

of niggas to hold us back (x4)

They music so fluffy,

Im'a stay gutter

That shit is kinda popcorn,

my shit is so butter

My style never change

in 22 summers

Straight independent

and doing my numbers

This shit don't sell

you know Im still paid

So sour-puss niggas,

can drink lemonade

Im doin it for the love

You doing it because

You need that advancement

to spend on them dubs

I don't need a penny,

but I need many

Don't worry bout

ma money boi,

cause I got plenty

You muthafuckas worry bout

flossing so much

You don't know

the fundamentals,

you forgot how to brush

These thirty-two teeth

Will give your ass grief

Bite you like a fat burger

if you got beef

So whose it gonna be,

your favourite MC

Your scared

of the government,

they scared of me

Now what?

It takes a nation

of niggas to hold us back (x3)

It takes a nation

of niggas and streets of crack

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