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Yo, just relax, take it easy, slow down
I had this, I had this friend of mine
Who just, you know, he was movin' too fast, yaknawimsayin'?
I told him to slow down, he said the sun don't chill

I said, I said still, I said still, you gotta
Just appreciate life, sit back, don't let it fly right past you
No matter what go on, I'm still gettin' mine
No matter the year, no matter the place, no matter the time

Check it, it's like I'm fightin' for freedom, writin' for freedom
These record company niggas, I don't like when I see 'em
My ancestors, when I'm writin', I see em and talk wit 'em
Hopin' in the promise land I can walk wit 'em
Shitted on so many rappers, it's like I'm in the stall wit 'em
Molest concepts, start rhythm, paid dues, bought wisdom

As legends fall, my Godmother answer heaven's call
Preachers' daughters get fucked in the Reverend's hall
MC's reckless [unverified] why y'all wanna go and do that?
Must've thought I was solo, the name just ain't the U-Ac

No mo', still together
Like in the ghetto photo wit one nigga in the chair
Holdin' liquor in despair, gang signs in the air
I shine in spaces where time is just a glare

Hold the mic like a memory
Niggas say I'm nice wit metaphors but these are similes
Street ministry, my poetry's a penitentiary, track is visitation
Sentences is life, I'm like chief up in this demonstration
Still

Still gettin' mine
In the one-nine-nine-nine
Still gettin' mine
In the one-nine-nine-nine

Still gettin' mine
In the one-nine-nine-nine
Still gettin' mine
In the one-nine-nine-nine

Check it out, everyday, ha, yeah
This how we gon' do it for y'all
Common Sense, Sadat X puttin' something in your ear
Something for you to grab, for the whole world
Yaknowimsayin', but it ain't free, it's a fee, check it out

You squirm wit this coughin', whippin' cough
Six days of madness and you might throw me off
On this great ball of stress that they call the earth

I'ma show y'all in rhyme just how much shit I been through
And all the place I went to, always played the low
It's like a competition, this mission, here, I'm tellin' you
Slip up and rhyme-ass, niggas here is fellin' you

Crash courses, slow down you can't learn that quick
'Coz I'm the dead eye wit the red eye from Chi to LI
I thought y'all knew, every year I grew, I'm still growin'
And in a year or two I hope my girl'll be showin'

A male seed, praise God I name him Moses
I lead people I want him to, that's why I chose this
Now is the glass half-full or half-empty
Common, why they tempt me?

The king of the simply, bore in mic
I always stay on top 'coz I give niggas what they like
I know y'all hate, that why I feel I owe y'all everyday
If y'all hear it a thousand times, it's gon' be the same way
The 'Dat-Father, go farther, why bother
Now I'm a peaceful man, I don't want no stress
You know I'm still

Still gettin' mine
In the one-nine-nine-nine
Still gettin' mine
In the one-nine-nine-nine

Still gettin' mine
In the one-nine-nine-nine
Still gettin' mine
In the one-nine-nine-nine

Yo, yo, some get Range Rovers, some religion change-over
Angel on my main shoulder tellin' me, remain sober
Token nigga, game's over ain't no payola in freestyle
In battles, I'm warring, Warren like a G-Child

Searchin' for the child in me, this style in me
This release is like the piece that's now in me
They tried to 'sassinate me, God, like Martin on the bal-cony

Lyrically, I put a hit on 'em, 'coz I'm the style nitty
Catch a flick at the Liquid Kitty
Tryin' to get a chick to kick it wit me 'til the tilt
Told her my Chamber's like Wilt
Built wit her for a sec, let her know I had respect
Less than a hour she was givin' me neck, yo I'm still gettin' mine

Still gettin' mine
In the one-nine-nine-nine
Still gettin' mine
In the one-nine-nine-nine

Still gettin' mine
In the one-nine-nine-nine
Still gettin' mine
In the one-nine-nine-nine