A lot of the old-school ...

A lot of the old-school artists didn’t even respect what’s being called freestyle now... any emcee coming off the top of the head wasn’t really respected. The sentiment was emcees only did that if they couldn’t write. The coming off the top of the head rhymer had a built-in excuse to not be critiqued as hard
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In Manhattan, and its true on some level till this day; its a whole different mentality from the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, which I didn't know at the time - because you basically just know your neighborhood.
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Your mouth smells like my jock strap.
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In the street, your mouth's a beak, big like a bird, and your future's bleak.
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Some of the free lunch programs were still goin' on - based on the last leg of the Black Panther Party.
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You're young and dumb and quick at the tongue.
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