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Verse 1: I’m not a bad man/ just trying to advance/ but they want to slow my down like the last dance/ saying good luck/ but meaning fat chance/ cant let them get it inside my head like a cat scan/ whats the plan fam/ a hundred grand fam/ so we can pick the streets up like a hand stand/ the lack of resources is something I cant stand/ so I’m Aa hustle I’m a hustle till I cant stand/ 10 thou sold/ I’m talking hand to hand/ without a barcode/ I’m talking man to man/ so you can ask the people where the brand stand/ I’m underground rocking with the one man band/ my homey had enough of the propagan scam/ he in the law school waiting on exams and/ raising questions that demand hands/ we got dreams like sandman/ so they can never ban tans



Verse 2: I know that life is up and down like San Fran/ but running routes is the only time that Ran ran/ catch me on the field with chris and my man Sam/ catch me on the field /wait no that man cant/ call up the fire man/ spit from the diaphragm/ sonning so many rappers thats I might have to buy a van/ aint no denying fam/ I rock the entire/ with words strong as the last few of a dying man/ we come alive like the lines on a diagram/ sketched by Howard Roarke on a New York island/ I’m not a yes man/ more like a why man/ dont need to be a wise man/ to see like a sky-cam/ whats going on like on the walls where the flies land/ hit them with the new like iphone/ ipad/ bars/ and I got more than Ireland/ it gets so deep I got them searching for hire land

Hook: I’m alive/ yup baby I’m alive/ you know I thrive off the pain inside/ if you look me in my eye/ you can see that I’m a live/ I’m alive/ yup baby I’m alive/ I can feel the fire burn/ burning inside/ yeah/ it lets me know that I’m alive/ yup baby I’m alive/ come feel me I’m alive/ live/ live/ our spirit will never die

Verse 3: Last verse last song no pressure though/ it only got to be the best verse that I ever wrote/ just trying to turn this rhyme into a stethoscope/ and heighten my visions till its vivid as telescopes/ but dont you worry bout seeing this artist choke/ more likely to happen if I’m eating an artichoke/ fresher than a bar of soap/ somebody call the pulp/ this is about as good for you as juice with all the pulp/ Juices for life/ I’m getting healthy dont want to croke/ fighting for my life and I dont want to be on the rope/ the food I consume/ the drinks/ and all the smoke/ can give a new meaning to the phrase my heart is broke/ but I got dreams and to achieve I need more than hope/ and rhyming is cool but I’m a need to be more than dope/ see life aint a song/ but at least you all will know/ I rock to the very last lyric and quarter note

Hook: I’m alive/ yup baby I’m alive/ you know I thrive off the pain inside/ if you look me in my eye/ you can see that I’m a live/ I’m alive/ yup baby I’m alive/ I can feel the fire burn/ burning inside/ yeah/ it lets me know that I’m alive/ yup baby I’m alive/ come feel me I’m alive/ live/ live/ our spirit will never die

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from The Effective Perspective (Randy Mason Prod. By Akil Dasan), released November 27, 2012
Written by Randy Mason. Produced by Akil Dasan. backround vocals by Collette Blakemey

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Hey, thanks for listening! I'm a husband, dad, emcee and teaching artist from the Bronx NYC. You can learn, and hear more at www.randymason.org
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