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??JR.?GONG:?

As ?we ?Enter ?
Come? mek ?we ?take ?you? pon? the ?biggest ?adventure?
?NAS: ?

Must ?be ?dementia ?
That ?you ?ever ?thought ?you? could? touch? our? credentials ?
What?s ?the ?initials? ?
??JR.?GONG: ?

Q.B., ?Jamrock?
The? lyrical ?officials ?
Send ?out ?the? order?
Laws? and? the? rituals?
??NAS: ?

Burn ?candles ?
Say ?prayers?
Paint ?murals ?
It ?is ?truth?
We? big ?news?
We ?hood ?heroes?
??JR.?GONG: ?

Go ?ask ?the ?anchor?
We ?come ?to? conquer ?
Man ?a ?bad?man ?
We ?nuh ?play ?Willy Wonka?
??NAS: ?

And ?I ?got ?the ?guns?
??JR.?GONG: ?

I ?got ?the ?Ganja ?
??NAS:

And? we ?can ?blaze? it ?up ?on ?your ?block ?
If ?you ?wanna ?or?
Haze ?it ?up ?stash ?box? in? the ?hummer ?or ?
You ?could ?run ?up?
And ?get? done ?up?
??JR.?GONG:

Or?
Get ?something ?
That ?you ?want? none ?of?
Unlimited ?amount ?you ?collect? from? us ?
Direct? from ?us?
Street ?intellectuals?
?
???NAS: ?

And? I'm ?shrewd ?about? decimals?
And ?man? will ?speak? patois?
And ?I ?can ?speak? rap?star ?
Ya?ll ?feel ?me?
Even? if? it?s ?in ?Swahili ?
Habari? Gani? ?(How?are?you??/?What?s?the?news?)?
??JR.?GONG:

Nzuri ?Sana! ?(Very?Fine!) ?
Switch? up? the? language??
And? move? to ?Ghana?
??NAS: ?

Salute ?in? honor?
Real? revolution ?rhymers ?
??JR.?GONG: ?

Rhythm ?piranhas?
??NAS:?

Like ?two ?Obamas ?
Unfold ?the ?drama?
?
CHORUS?1:?

(NAS) ?
WORD ?IS ?OUT ?
HYSTERIA ?YOU? HEARD? ABOUT?
(NAS ?& ?JR.?GONG) ??
CAME? TO ?TURN ?IT ?OUT ?
BODY ?THEM? VERSES ?TILL ?THEY ?SCREAM?
MURDER? OUT ?
THE? KINGS ?IS ?BACK ?
TIME ?TO ?RETURN ?THE? CROWN?
WHO ?WANT ?IT ?
TUCK ?YOUR ?CHAIN?
WHEN ?DUDE ?COMING ?
RENEGADES ?THAT ?WILL ?PEAL ?YOUR ?BACK ?
LIKE? NEW ?HUNDREDS ?
BET ?YOUR ?JEWELS ?ON ?IT ?
YOU ?DON?T ?WANNA? LOOSE ?ON ?IT?
EITHER ?MOVE ?ON?
OR ?MOVE ?ON ?IT ?
? ?
VERSE? 2: ?

??JR.?GONG: ?

Boom!?
Queens ?to ?Kingston ?
Gun?shot ?we ?use? and ?govern ?the ?kingdom ?
??NAS: ?

Rise ?up ?the ?Winston?
I ?can ?see ?the ?fear ?up ?in ?your ?eyes ?
Realize ?you ?could ?die ?any ?instant ?
??JR.?GONG: ?

And? I ?can? hear? the? sound? of ?your? voice ?
When ?you ?must? loose? your ?life? ?
Like ?mice ?in? the? kitchen?
??NAS: ?

Snitching ?
I ?can ?see ?him ?pissing? on ?himself ?
And ?he ?wetting ?up ?his ?thighs ?
And ?he?s ?trying? to ?resist ?it?
??JR.?GONG:?

Switching?
I ?can? smell? him? digging ?up ?s**t ?
Like ?a ?fly ?come? around?
And? keep ?persisting ?
??NAS: ?

That?s ?how ?you? end ?up? on? the? hit?list?
??JR.?GONG:?

Inna? Bad ?Man ?Business?
??NAS:?

No? Evidence ?
??JR.?GONG: ?

Crime ?scene ?fingerprint?less?
??NAS:?

Flow? effortless ?
-?JR.?GONG:?

Casual ?like? the? weekend?
??NAS: ?

No? pressure ?when? ?
??JR.?GONG?:

We ?comfy ?and ?decent ?
??NAS:?

Set? this ?off ?beasting ?
??JR.?GONG: ?

Hunting? season?
??NAS: ?

And ?frankly ?speaking ?
?
CHORUS ?2: ?

(NAS)
WORD ?IS ?OUT?
HYSTERIA ?YOU ?HEARD ?ABOUT ?
(NAS ?& ?JR.?GONG) ??
CAME ?TO ?TURN ?IT ?OUT ?
BODY ?THEM ?VERSES ?TILL ?THEY ?SCREAM ?
MURDER ?OUT ?
THE ?KINGS ?IS ?BACK ?
TIME? TO RETURN? THE? CROWN ?
WHO? WANT? IT ?
TUCK ?YOUR ?CHAIN?
WHEN ?DUDE? COMING?
RENEGADES ?THAT ?WILL ?PEAL ?YOUR ?BACK?
LIKE ?NEW ?HUNDREDS ?
BET ?YOUR? JEWELS ?ON ?IT ?
YOU? DON?T ?WANNA ?LOOSE ?ON? IT?
EITHER ?MOVE ?ON?
OR ?MOVE ?ON ?IT ?
(Repeat? Chorus?)