[ti:Moment Of Truth (Explicit)]
[ar:Gang Starr]
[al:Moment Of Truth]
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[00:00.11]Moment Of Truth (Explicit) - Gang Starr
[00:00.91]Written by：Keith Elam
[00:01.09]No matter what we face
[00:02.11]We must face the moment of truth baby
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[00:10.81]They say it's lonely at the top in whatever you do
[00:13.08]
[00:13.60]You always gotta watch motherf**kers around you
[00:16.26]Nobody's invincible no plan is foolproof
[00:18.99]We all must meet our moment of truth
[00:20.94]The same sheisty cats that you hang with
[00:23.20]And do your thang with could set you up and wet you up
[00:25.80]Ni**a peep the language it's universal
[00:27.90]You play with fire it may hurt you
[00:29.61]Or burn you lessons are blessings you should learn through
[00:32.22]Let's face facts although MC's lace tracks
[00:34.61]It doesn't mean behind the scenes there ain't no dirt to trace back
[00:37.37]That goes for all of us there ain't nobody to trust
[00:39.89]It's like sabotage it's got me ready to bust
[00:42.54]But I can't jeopardize what I have done up to this point
[00:45.25]So I'ma get more guys to help me run the whole joint
[00:47.87]Cultivate multiply motivate or else we'll die
[00:50.83]You know I be the master of the who what where and why
[00:53.65]See when you're shining some chumps'll wanna dull ya
[00:56.11]Always selfish jealous punks will wanna pull ya
[00:58.87]Down just like some shellfish in a bucket
[01:01.43]Cause they love it to see your a** squirm like a worm
[01:04.01]But just as you'll receive what is coming to you
[01:06.84]Everybody else is gonna get theirs too
[01:09.15]I ain't no saint therefore I cannot dispute
[01:11.80]That everyone must meet their moment of truth
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[01:14.67]Actions have reactions don't be quick to judge
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[01:17.37]You may not know the hardships people don't speak of
[01:19.78]It's best to step back and observe with couth
[01:22.52]For we all must meet our moment of truth
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[01:25.01]Sometimes you gotta dig deep when problems come near
[01:27.76]Don't fear things get severe for everybody everywhere
[01:30.47]Why do bad things happen to good people
[01:33.18]Seems that life is just a constant war between good and evil
[01:35.90]The situation that I'm facin' is mad amazin'
[01:38.72]To think such problems can arise from minor confrontations
[01:41.46]Now I'm contemplating in my bedroom pacin'
[01:43.67]Dark clouds over my head my heart's racin'
[01:46.36]Suicide nah I'm not a foolish guy
[01:48.95]Don't even feel like drinking or even getting high
[01:51.63]Cause all that's gonna do really is accelerate
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[01:54.51]The anxieties that I wish I could alleviate
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[01:56.96]But wait I've been through a whole lot of other sh*t before
[01:59.80]So I oughta be able to withstand some more
[02:02.36]But I'm sweating though my eyes are turning red and yo
[02:05.23]I'm ready to lose my mind but instead I use my mind
[02:07.66]I put down the knife and take the bullets out my 9
[02:10.39]My only crime was that I'm too damn kind
[02:12.74]And now some scandalous motherf**kers wanna take what's mine
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[02:15.59]But they can't take the respect that I've earned in my lifetime
[02:18.35]And you know
[02:18.92]They'll never stop the furious force of my rhymes
[02:21.11]So like they say every dog has its day
[02:23.79]And like they say god works in a mysterious way
[02:26.46]So I pray remembering the days of my youth
[02:28.91]As I prepare to meet my moment of truth
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[02:39.43]Yo I got one lyric pointed at your head for start
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[02:42.45]Another one is pointed at your weak a** heart
[02:44.83]Now if I pull the trigger on these fully loaded lines
[02:47.57]You're gonna wish I woulda pulled a black 9
[02:49.71]I mack dimes crack the spines of the fake gangsters
[02:52.73]Yeah the biting trifling niggas and the studio pranksters
[02:55.67]Yo looking at the situation plainly will you remain G
[02:59.42]Or will you be looked upon strangely
[03:01.11]I reign as the articulator with the greater data
[03:03.71]Revolving on the tascam much doper than my last jam
[03:06.64]While others struggle to juggle tricky metaphors
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[03:09.34]I explore more to expose the core
[03:11.71]A lot of emcees act stupid to me
[03:14.06]And we have yet to see if they can match our longevity
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[03:17.35]But anyway it's just another day
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[03:19.33]Another fake jack I slay with my spectac' rap display
[03:22.24]Styles smooth but rugged you can't push or shove it
[03:25.02]You dig it and you dug it cause like money you love it
[03:27.32]The king of monotone with my own throne
[03:29.99]Righteously violent prone my words bring winds like cyclones
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[03:33.15]Storming your hideout blocking out your sunlight
[03:35.77]Your image and your business were truly not done right
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[03:38.57]Throw up your he allah now divine saviours
[03:40.96]You got no hand skills there's no security to save ya
[03:43.54]No pager no celly no drop top Benz y
[03:46.22]I came to bring your phony hip hop to an ending
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[03:49.20]My art of war will leave you sore from the abuse
[03:51.50]Cause you must meet your moment of truth
[03:53.04]
[03:53.95]They say it's lonely at the top in whatever you do
[03:56.18]
[03:56.70]You always gotta watch motherf**kers around you
[03:59.47]No one is untouchable no man is bulletproof
[04:02.12]We all must meet our moment of truth