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Tell Me Why

from Radio Free Brooklyn by Pete Miser

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Chorus:
Tell me why these cats gotta mess with me when all I wanna do is m.c. y'all brothers can blow me like the breeze/And tell me why all of y'all think that all in all it don't matter none what you say just as long as y'all get paid? (Repeat)

What's it really gonna take? / Do I dedicate all of my heart and soul? / Do I hold each grudge 'til it won't budge trudge through the desert and struggle 'til my skin goes cold? / If I go gold will the "real" heads diss me? Will the airhead females try to kiss me? / If I get shot like Pac or Biggie on my rise to the top will anybody miss me?

Chrous …What the world could they be wantin' see, from little old me? (Repeat)

Why when I paid so many dues do blues still gotta come my way? / Will I get love for the words I say? / Do I gotta move weight to make my pay? / How many tight rhymes must I bust before I see bread instead of just crust? / And why do I lust for ancient wax like sunken-eyed crackheads lust for dust? / And how many blocks do I gotta walk for respect and peace and love? / How many demo tapes do I gotta make before I get praise instead of just shrugs? / And who's gonna say we kicked it like best friends when I make them ends but ain't gotta minute right now 'cause a fella ain't in the Billboard Top Ten? / I do believe I've seen my fair share of hard times and scandalous scenes / But a fella gotta keep them dreams or your ass is gonna wind up broke / And it ain't no joke so I don't smoke trees / keep my lungs clear so I can breathe / Keep my head clear and believe that in the end somebody's gonna see

Chorus …What the world could they be wantin' see, from little old me? (Repeat)

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from Radio Free Brooklyn, released January 1, 2002
(P. Ho, Big Brother Lin Drum Music, BMI)
Written, produced, engineered and mixed by Pete Miser at the Ho-House East
Backwards Guitar: James Rexroad; Bass: Old Gold

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