Dedicated (Demo 1999)

[00:00.10] I have a dream of a scene between the green hills
[00:03.12] Clouds pull away and the sunlight's revealed
[00:05.63] People don't talk about keeping it real
[00:07.64] It's understood that they actually will
[00:09.45] And intoxicated and stimulated MCs
[00:11.91] Staring in the trees, paranoid are gone in the breeze
[00:14.76] Watch them flee, hip-hop heads
[00:16.88] Take a walk with me and what you'll see
[00:19.36] Is a land where the sand's made up of crushed up wax
[00:21.69] And the sky beyond you is krylon blue
[00:24.07] And everybody speaks in a dialect of rhyme
[00:26.45] And MCs have left materialism behind them
[00:28.98] Meanwhile, I just grip my mic
[00:30.84] And hope me and my team make it through alright
[00:33.02] Because say what you will and say what you might
[00:35.32] But don't ignore who it's for at the end of the night
[00:37.88] Because this is dedicated to the kids
[00:39.97] Dedicated to wherever music lives
[00:42.04] Dedicated to those tired of the same ol' same
[00:44.86] And dedicated to the people advancing the game
[00:47.25] What's real? Is the kids who know that something's wrong
[00:49.44] What's real? Is the kids who think they don't belong
[00:51.80] What's real? Is the kids who have nowhere to run
[00:54.26] Who are hiding in the shadows, waiting for the sun
[00:56.61] I've seen a lot of sh-, I've talked to a bum
[00:58.87] Out on Sunset Strip, he asked me, "How would you feel?
[01:01.33] Everybody acted like you didn't exist?
[01:03.48] You'd lose your grip and probably eventually flip"
[01:05.72] So let it be known, the only reason that we do this
[01:08.55] You can pick it up and just bang your head to it
[01:10.52] While MCs fight to see who can be the commonest
[01:13.11] Be floating overhead like a space odyssey monolith
[01:15.76] Over seeing the game, over being part of the same old thing
[01:18.86] It's all gonna change in a hurricane of darkness and pain
[01:21.85] And acidic rain and promises you won't do it again
[01:24.81] Meanwhile, I just grip my mic
[01:26.77] And hope me and my team make it through alright
[01:28.92] Because say what you will and say what you might
[01:31.39] But don't ignore who it's for at the end of the night
[01:33.73] Because this is dedicated to the kids
[01:35.72] Dedicated to wherever music lives
[01:38.07] Dedicated to those tired of the same ol' same
[01:40.69] And dedicated to the people advancing the game
[01:43.10] What's real? Is the kids who know that something's wrong
[01:45.41] What's real? Is the kids who think they don't belong
[01:47.62] What's real? Is the kids who have nowhere to run
[01:50.32] Who are hiding in the shadows, waiting for the sun
[01:54.90] Pulling me close, the shadow is warm inside
[01:58.99] This is where I feel at home, this is my place to hide
[02:04.16] Pulling me close, the shadow is warm inside
[02:08.36] This is where I feel at home, this is my place to hide
[02:11.24] This is dedicated to the kids
[02:13.01] Dedicated to wherever music lives
[02:15.27] Dedicated to those tired of the same ol' same
[02:17.91] And dedicated to the people advancing the game
[02:20.22] What's real? Is the kids who know that something's wrong
[02:22.74] What's real? Is the kids who think they don't belong
[02:24.94] What's real? Is the kids who have nowhere to run
[02:27.61] Who are hiding in the shadows, waiting for the sun
[02:29.85] This is dedicated to the kids
[02:31.78] Dedicated to wherever music lives
[02:33.13] Dedicated to those tired of the same ol' same
[02:36.56] And dedicated to the people advancing the game
[02:39.05] What's real? Everybody who doesn't feel safe
[02:41.49] What's real? Everybody who knows they're out of place
[02:43.72] What's real? Anybody with nowhere to run
[02:46.16] Who hides in the shadows, waiting for the sun
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