One day it dawned on me
You can approach this with an optimistic mind or you can represent the "formerly"
The radio's ignoring me
I don't appeal well enough to a Beelzebub hit my goals quarterly
Hot bars of napalm, the bomb drops accordingly
So much so, I gotta fireproof the dude recording me
The rap game is sorta strange and it's a damn shame a mans a.k.a. is better known than that mans name
But they don't really wanna from where that man came
They'd rather not reveal the reasons for that mans claims
And music ain't afforded nothing but some gold chains and no-brain flows to make you wish the bitch aborted something
We've come a long way from 40's in the hallway, to living sober life and past the point of shaking all day
Yet Hollywood ain't ready for us
They just assume lock us out the room instead of tossing up confetti for us
I dedicate this monument to Nas and Common Sense
Biggie Smalls, Big L, Tupac and other honest men
It's almost like you were too ahead of your time the way they knock you down a peg for every peg that a veteran climbs
Between the living we ain't got a lot to build on
The hustle in my blood is mostly why the lights are still on
Word born
I'm waiting for that day to return when we can safely say the hate is adjourned

And we can all have some paper to burn
A standard-issued boombox for the after-school nerd with the lasers and worms
Maybe an altitude boost for the quiet types
Maybe we'll learn to accept the oddballs and honor them a try at life
I have to reminisce upon a time when we were young 
When we would only exercise an emphasis on being fun
Recess for re-jects
Knuckle down a bully for that re-spect
And live without the things you wouldn't need yet

No Sleep-Gordon Freeman (Dilla's "Gobstopper")

"Too" Feat. DOX AND SLEEP

8-BZA - Ehrmegerd Ft. Tame One And No Sleep Prod. By No Sleep

Rezidox - Change Yo Tactics (feat. No Sleep) promo only

Garbage

Stockpile Feat. Dox, Ink Rezin, Farfetched, Eightbizza, Tob One, Baba Zoom and No Sleep

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Gamblers Feat. 8 - BZA, No Sleep, Ja Dox(Produced By Lewis Parker) For Promotional Use Only

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Don't Explain

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The United Hate of America Prod By Slipmatt

No Sleep - The Big Chill Prod By Eight Bizza Slap Bass played by Eddie Marini

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