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Kanye West

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MaisLets take it back to basicsWhen shit gets worse, we converseHow we need a New Balance before the lines get crossed like AsicsJust look at what we got, if we don't shoot the ReeboksThis is a beat that no flow can detoxSo the respect is due like my Louie backI don't wanna have to check youI'm [?] and Pelle Pelle LeathersSome say, my beats made the Bulls play betterI say, black on black is the hate that hate madeSara Lee with the dough I'm talkin' bout the cake maidMcDonalds with the flow, served over over a billionYou've seen the video, words over the buildingUh, I wish I could give you this feeling, I wish I could give you this feelingAnd when The Workout Plan ain't work out manMe and Common is back on the corners againOn the cornerUh, yeahUh, yeahI open my eyesThe corner is like African tribesThe black is subsidizedThe black enterprizeThe passion ariseThe youth fantasize, who got some cash in they eyesIf youth dies, mamas askin' rationalizeTryna' build a spot where ghetto bastards can riseThe ghetto has been bastardized by those who capitalizeWonder if its a plan that the master devisedTo bring his people to a land where the blacks are despisedOn the corner
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