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Gifted Unlimited Forever

by Napoleon Da Legend

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Work 02:12
[Hook] Ayo, I'm gonna be on ti-dop, that's all my eyes can see Victory is mine, yeah, surprisingly I've been laying, waiting for your next mistake I put in work and watch my status escalate [Napoleon Da Legend verse] 5:24 the world belongs to early risers My circle solid, u can be the first to cop it They see it popping then they flip and commercialize it None of these nerds can knock it this ain’t for the bloggers This ain’t for profit this for bragging rights Maybe a bag rice still it might make the algorithm spike This is flour white powder organic spice I plan it right like Dana White, I don’t pay for likes I don’t ask for favors twice, one man gang Hit it up on Bandcamp name ya price The original no duplicates Budapest movers we colluded with Salute kid this might be my new career My life went thru the roof when I removed the fear This mood is rare take a souvenir This the cross I choose to bear All you can eat I got food to share [Hook] Ayo, I'm gonna be on ti-dop, that's all my eyes can see Victory is mine, yeah, surprisingly I've been laying, waiting for your next mistake I put in work and watch my status escalate
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[verse: Napoleon Da Legend] How you tame a beast? These rappers ain’t the guys that they claim to be At ya shows, but you ain’t the one we came to see You can try to blackball you’ll see there’s no restraining me Many before yourself learned that lesson painfully That’s a tall task like Wilt Chamberlain on top of stilts You still crying cause the milk pot spilt? Black Ops skill with that Pac feel you miss Bystanders they come to film us it’s as real as it gets My sense of urgency great see me murdering tapes All them dudes lying on wax should catch a perjury case Got the perfect pace words perfectly placed got the gun barrel held perpendicular to ya face.... Millenium griot not a civilian Chick I roll with is thick like the skin of a reptilian No David Icke, paid show tonight, zeitgeist, poltergeist, you shining? My eyesight is broke tonight I must have miss it, he must have took it like I dissed him then again I must have flustered him, it must be cause I’m gifted I’m much more simplistic then I used to be I’m uber-ly beautifully Superhuman and I speak it truthfully I used to stress like the Sudanese true success for me is waking up those slept on me true indeed Rude awakening my attitude is play to win I’m 22 for 22 and now dudes is caving in My dreams feature would be rocking joints with Capleton And until then I’m be surfing waves on Ableton Going off script with scribe these promoters want dibs Knock ya conscious unconscious when my rocket launcher launches Still nonchalant, rap martial arts call Shallah Mashallah used to be a lost cause now I’m on Peace to the Gods , Guru and Preem, super supreme All I know is take it to the extreme Like Noble Drew Ali And it was all a dream once but it’s real now Never step inside the devil realms with ya shield down Blood of a slave with the heart of king Put ya best foot forwards not as hard you think Jodeci sing
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JFK to LAX 02:01
[verse: Napoleon Da Legend] This ain’t premeditated I won’t edit what I say Rappers prostituting my bending over for whatever pays Self-educate, made myself a heavy weight Self-made that’s as American as a Chevrolet Make it resonate from Beverly Hills to section 8 On my way to JFK forgot where I was yesterday Time zones and jet lag cash checks and check bags Backed up 80 messages I gotta check back So be patient on the text back "x" that On my way to LAX where my ex at Don’t trespass the cultures precious we protect that Breakfast in the back eating fruits eggs flapjacks Let the sun hit my face and let my battery charge Feeling like I beat a battery charge Feeling marvelous Promoters flew me up, homies come to scoop me up Without a worry in the world we just doing us [Hook:Guru] They wanna lock us all up, and throw away the key Don't wanna see us come up, don't wanna see us making G's Long as we know this is the key to our destruction Let's make moves no discussion [verse: Napoleon Da Legend] For whatever reason I became a rebel genius Chilling backstage with several divas Ya numbers ain’t looking right, I can tell you cheating Relax... I’ll let you live... I can keep a secret My pet peeve is really those who waste time And you can never get it back that’s why I claim mine I'm a mix between jay Z and Dame’s mind So confident I’m bout to give away my 8 lives Great minds think alike that’s why we disagree mostly Last month was going on Hennessy and no sleep Caffeine adrenaline addict it’s like a passion And things going better than I can ever imagine Life is good when you take charge A wise man told me quit if u can’t convince em after 8 bars Flight control tower they keep me on they radar JFK 2 LAX we do it like it ain't far
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[Hook: Guru] Above the crowds, above the clouds Where the sounds are original Infinite skills create miracles Warrior spiritual, above the clouds Raining down, holding it down [Verse: Napoleon Da Legend] Above the clouds flying land back without dying Alpha minded outshining standing on Mount Zion I douse fires, the outlier, I out liars Outlining how these cowards’ out of line On the outside shining, while ya insides is dying Guess out of sight is out of mind My insight is science Ascend to higher heights, messiah-like, flight or fight Everyday I’m on it like I’m about to die tonight I’ve been the type to dodge and weave shots and hypocrisy Hip-Hop I breath it and I live it, this is not dream Supreme being, fifth element, this is intelligent My mind is sharp like a pimp in his element I get a check bill belichik and still keep my self respect Put it on the line till no regrets is left The path I took I never recommend we different men I level up and grab the flag when the level ends I make ya mind stretch to think and that’s on everything Casually step on my throne I was born already king Would be foreshadowing my route, overshadowing your clout Triumph without a shadow of doubt And it’s unanimous, the magnanimous, the money magnet and the man commands attention from the cameras Switching up parameters I deliver the damage and it nothing Got u covered like the health system in Canada
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[hook: Napoleon Da Legend] It’s mostly the voice That’s gets you up It’s mostly the voice that’s makes you buck A lot of rappers be buzzing and some got skills But if your voice ain’t dope then you need to chill [verse: Napoleon Da Legend] These rapper wanna rhyme all fast Trying to hide the fact they rhymes is trash A few comments and get all gassed But most Internet fools don’t know jack about rap On stage with ya vocals on the track Not to mention that ya voice is ass I rather hear wind coming out a horse’s ass Trying to be intricate the way you forcing is sad My R.A.P. M. E. S. S. I. A. H They waiting on me like the Latter Day Saints I’m just that dude and they mad that they ain’t I tell em that [hook: Napoleon Da Legend] It’s mostly the voice That’s gets you up It’s mostly the voice that’s makes you buck A lot of rappers be buzzing and some got skills But if your voice ain’t dope then you need to chill [verse: Napoleon Da Legend] Soon as I enter the scene they had to recognize Record wise but to me it was just exercise Tap dancing on high hats with words This is high class pulling chicks with fly hats and furs And yes my names heard across the land From U.K., Germany, down to Japan They pay me grands just to rap and stand But they don’t understand and I tell em that [hook: Napoleon Da Legend] It’s mostly the voice That’s gets you up It’s mostly the voice that’s makes you buck A lot of rappers be buzzing and some got skills But if your voice ain’t dope then you need to chill [verse: Napoleon Da Legend] Y’all dudes doing too much Flashing ya cash Paying for strippers that be shaking they ass Looking for waves that you can catch and surf Study who’s popping so you copy and match they work I just follow groove like Nice and Smooth When it comes to these bars I don’t got much to prove Look at my shoes a rock sneakers and tracksuits And I still want the props like the song from Black Moon Peace to Evil Dee, peace to Baz, peace Prime time Eclipse and DJ Fab I run 100 dash without a break a sweat And do a tour around the world without a taking a jet They be asking how’s that even possible yo You hard headed pay attention, I tell you that [hook: Napoleon Da Legend] It’s mostly the voice That’s gets you up It’s mostly the voice that’s makes you buck A lot of rappers be buzzing and some got skills But if your voice ain’t dope then you need to chill
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Betrayal 03:22
[Hook: Guru] Scandalous, money greed and lust In this trife life, there ain't nobody you can trust Plus there's no justice, it's just us In fact, watchin' yo back it be must And each and everyday around the way gats bust And jealous so-called friends'll try to set you up It's called betrayal [Verse: Napoleon Da Legend] I seen the best in friends and I seen the worst in friends It hurts to see a friendship you were thinking that was worth it end Got me questioning which criteria determines friends Some will change like commercial trends and it’s an urgent thing Some’ll show they truest colors like a nudist that was covered You discover it a few summers later and then you will suffer U get fake text back, I tell em lose my number Picture me making the same mistake like I grew up dumber Went from hanging everyday to like we barely knew each other I’ll be aight cause cutting off is nothing to me brother People don’t play fair and I believe in balance If you take and take and take I’m a mute u put on silence And they hate when you call em on they bullshit they culprit Get off ya pulpit hope you got a coat when the cold hit That shoulder frozen your nose is growing Pinocchio Noticed my door was closing couldn’t hold it open so Mingle with so and so taking flix with this and that What you reap is what you sow some folks don’t believe in that Betrayals painful and that’s the devils cradle Rock you to sleep ya ass gets too comfortable And then that’s when they play you That’s why it’s usually the closest ones That’ll violate ya trust like a serrated knife cut That’ll a leave a mark like Karl Marx in Russians states Catch yourself a couple breaks and it Doesn’t take much for you to see that they [Hook: Guru] Scandalous, money greed and lust In this trife life, there ain't nobody you can trust Plus there's no justice, it's just us In fact, watchin' yo back it be must And each and everyday around the way gats bust And jealous so-called friends'll try to set you up It's called betrayal
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Mass Appeal 03:13
[Napoleon Da Legend verse 1] No way you’ll never make it come with that bullshit I’ll blaze ya And show you the real meaning of entertainment Peep the expression on his face when he figured out His 30 seconds of fame about to wither out Isiah Thomas, ya career go in and out You gave a shot at the top that’s not the timid route Done with ya P.R .run no more Sway No Breakfast Club, Hot 97, no more play It’s like they pushed an off switch you off lit Dead you like concentration camps in Auschwitz the cold shoulder Some call em vultures of the culture Ya songs sweeter than a Ice cold soda Following these trends them bitches is bi-polar Quick to leave you for the next high roller Then you’ll be mad as hell you signed a record deal Cause you played yourself out to get the mass appeal [Napoleon Da Legend verse 2] Oh yea I’m nicer than all MCs when I breeze give me room please I keep em captivated with the raps I’m making Like the lives of the rich and famous These rappers sounding like new borns fresh out of the incubator One mic and a DJ on the 1's and 2's Mike Jack... I couldn’t help it if I wanted to I be stumbling on rhymes by accident Without looking for the line that come after it Can spot the type chasing after the spotlight Every time I hear em talk I feel like something is not right Like Cartwright shoot a 3 in the fourth With 4 seconds to go and Michael Jordan on the court At the finals on the seventh game, center stage Got booed out of the arena Now u wishing you had never played I’m only spitting the real... While they be losing the race trying to chase Mass Appeal
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Tha Squeeze 03:59
- Aiiyo son, it seems like, everyday More and more people begin to get more foul Uhn, now dig.. Association breed assimilation Let me tell you what happened I'm driving the other night, these two faggots pull me over Talkin bout I got a broken taillight They got a broken headlight They shake me down, they tellin me That they gon' come and see me tomorrow and have somethin for them - Word, so what up? So now I got somethin for them [Verse One: Guru & Napoleon Da Legend] Who's the real criminals, take a look behind the scenes Cause half of goons incarcerated playing in the minor leagues Guess it pays in many ways to have a few schemes Gotta do me, before they they put us in a snooze Make you lose speed The systems set up in a way to keep us in a trap Phone tap, crime and justice start to overlap Remember Ferguson? They taking joy in hurting us It's like a curse for us, police be the first to bust Think about it... Police roam where we struggle most and For them the evidence'll vanish in a puff of smoke I've been observant Had to dig below the surface I guess you get what you deserve in this From project hallways to courthouse hallways Scraping for these bucks no such thing as an off day Speed on, before you get beat on All I need is more power, then I'mma put the squeeze on [Hook] I want more power, I'm gainin more troops I'm gaining more respect cause I want more juice The most influential men, got influential friends And I'mma put the squeeze on all of 'em I watched y'all get fat, now I want my share What you ain't got it all? Then I want what's there The most influential men, got influential friends And I'mma put the squeeze on all of 'em [Primo scratches] "They wanna see the God catch an L it's all a Set Up" -] Guru "It's a Daily Operation" -] Guru "You know me son, show respect" -] Steele "They wanna see the God catch an L it's all a Set Up" -] Guru The squeeze.. [Napoleon Da Legend verse] Hey yo that badge got you gassed? Gotta hit ya quota so you looking for a black man to bag? Incarcerating us in mass cause there’s cash in imprisonment Especially the tenement class U know the quote, unquote poor who can’t afford lawyers when go to court so they get the book thrown at em Treating us like our lives don’t matter it’s a known pattern Do you have a weapon on u? No madam No ma'am, no officer, no ya honor I just wanna live longer than the stats show in the left column I just left Harlem stopped on my way home Plain coats I guess it’s same ol’, same ol’ New Jim Crow the pipeline from streets to prison We gotta put a squeeze on the beast defeat the system Fuck ya biases, this for the blocks and high rises Watch ya back yo don’t be caught lacking or blind sided
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[verse: Napoleon Da Legend] Nixon got impeached, I’m sipping white tea with peach You might have the features but don’t have the reach I’m bout to pull receipts pull up a seat Full press release listening to y’all is like pulling teeth I only speak when the stakes peak The crowds migrate from main stage to see me rock stage B Cannot replace me I’m once in a lifetime When you hearing one project, I got 10 in the pipeline This ain’t a grind for lazy, my passport crazy I’m a tad like Scorsese and my raps more wavy Promoters gotta assign a whole task force to pay me Fast forward to the future I’m the black warren Beatty Slack never stack cheddar for the bad weather Take it max like Etta James on wax This is ya brain on crack no designer drug shit Tie em up you had ya moment now ya time is up kid [verse: Napoleon Da Legend] Ya mans about the action that hand to hand transaction Aim a gun behind my back and shoot a backstabber Leave em with a bad status let em carry that baggage I’m a maverick if there’s a challenge I’ll take a stab at it My rap matters like the lives of black men Don’t try to act like you ain’t racist cause you have a black friend Kyrie Irving back spin my curve game is exceptional Perfection is a given anything less unacceptable Pep talk for hustlers we just export to customers We next door plotting just to extort the government Buju Ton-Ban That’s Jovi Bon don Eating Bonchon word is bond bong Hit it then I’m gone, the soul of Guru is alive and it’ll never die Connecting the dots like in Akhenaton mind Belafonte scripted with a better font Cats chop it up like the back of chinese restaurants
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[Verse: Napoleon Da Legend] Le bien, le mal Two step like UTEP who kept it Hotep OPEC, I spill it’s an S.O.S yes The head nod broke necks Pro Keds no debt No doubt get the cash money then broke out Mind of a hustler that’s the other side Give props to Solaar not that other guy I’m gifted unlimited rhymes universal Keep the negative way outside my circle Back blocks and black tops mollies and crack rock Black box catch a murder case like Matlock Back drop Brooklyn New York that’s the crime scene It’s grimy where cats get stretched out like Dahlseim We make the crowd fiend for more of the raw Campaigning like a president door to door From Mulhouse to Peru, up to New Jeru Peace to Scribe, Izniz and the rest of the crew [Hook: Guru + MC Solaar] The good, the bad Le bien, le mal The good, the bad Le bien, le mal [Verse 7: MC Solaar] En prophète de la fête, je suis contre ceux qui fêtent La défaite de la fête, alors faites attention Cette recette intercepte l'adepte trouble-fête Et le son domine la situation
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[Napoleon Da Legend verse 1] My appetite for life is infinite without an end in sight Tried and failed a million times I had to get it right Shipwrecked like Robinson Crusoe on a desert island No longer thousand island dressing on top of my salad The city’s overcrowded started taking cold showers Noticed humble folks are those who hold the most power Sacrifices you make in and out of state Going outside your comfort zone, feeling out of place Early morning in the gym and it’s a ghost town Still I gotta get my body strong in case it goes down And there’s an urgency it’s hard for me to slow down Feel like Barry Gordy in the early days of Motown They didn’t have the Internet I wonder how they did It was harder then we constantly complain bout the business How you calculate success? Single sales and dollars Inside ya bank account how many shows or followers? Respect amongst ya peers, family and friends? How you helping others? Ya inner peace or ya zen? My art is all I own give it 110% When I’m gone I wanna leave something on earth for my kids And the rest of the world to understand the way that we live And inspire all the youth to do better than what we did [Napoleon Da Legend verse 2] I love waking at the crack of dawn when the streets is empty Mother Earth giving us air gotta treat her gently My mother’s there and she cares for my well-being Used to stress her but lately I can tell she can see it Getting this Velvetta doing what I love Long stretch from I was J.O.B.'ing for a dub Cause it u let it you can lose ya motivation fast Caught up chasing ass being lazy straying from the path And being disappointing in people not keeping promises But whatever you promised is promised, I don’t bother with Anything that’s not in my control cause god knows Many nights i felt the cold just searching in my soul Where the ghosts and dark entities roam and fog my energy Demons I collected became part of my identity From ashes I rise in all my splendor and brashness Smacking these arachnids in my sleep yo I got this Cause my worse enemy is me and the penalty’s Deep carry my weight like a centipedes knees Let my legacy speak when my body gone eating Szechuan Word to Chapelle I’m a never put a dress on Staring at the truth on my death bed floating towards the lights I’ll never die Cause my life’s in ya head set Breaking the rules and I’m no longer confused I guess I seen my moment of truth
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[Napoleon Da Legend hook x 2] Gifted unlimited forever Never forget who you were we all remember GURU ya name says it Rhyme universal and a great legend [Napoleon Da Legend verse 1] Who benefits from gurus legacy? Pac’s legacy? Big L, Pun and Biggie's legacy? Guru got a stronger catalog than Biggie don’t he? Biggies one of the G.O.A.T.s, it’s deeper than just Diddy So what is it really? could we speak truth without offending? Fuck who I offend cause Guru's never mentioned Maybe Guru was too positive Cause In Hip-Hop when crime ain’t glorified People are horrified Either you "whorified" or branded as a boring guy Peddling sex gun and drugs’ll have you soaring high Hip-Hop is more like an adolescent child grew up from being an infant and it’s essence died Maybe Guru's watching staring from the heavens skies The business might try to distract but legends never die And ya voice was so important to us A source to us in the form of hope to us [Napoleon Da Legend hook x 2] Gifted unlimited forever Never forget who you were we all remember GURU ya name says it Rhyme universal and a great legend [Napoleon Da Legend verse 2] Monotonous flow but so emotional This tapes for the heads only promotional And it’s a great honor for me to pay homage To the Mount Rushmore of Hip-hop scholars Peace to Preem too both of y’all a great gift Gotta give our people their roses while they live Regardless of whom, we’ll all be gone soon Hard to find inner peace when living in monsoon Shout out to the coons cause y’all got a job too Play the tunes, they tell u to play you bafoons We keeping it a buck on this side We used to it no matter how rough it get on this side Cause you’ll never win living a lie, you gave it a try You gonna pay for every single head u took for a ride I’ll be bumping that classic Gang Starr in my Tesla car Sleep In peace Keith Elam, bless the God [Napoleon Da Legend hook x 2] Gifted unlimited forever Never forget who you were we all remember GURU ya name says it Rhyme universal and a great legend

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Napoleon Da Legend and DJ Scribe come to together to pay homage to one of their favorite hip-hop group, Gang Starr and the late-great Guru (Rest in Peace). Napoleon Da Legend interprets a few classic Gang Starr beats. Commentary about Guru appears throughout the mixtape provided by the likes of Jeru The Damaja, Big Shug, DJ Evil Dee and DJ Diamond the Artists, who all reminisce on the legendary emcee. This is part 2 of Napoleon Da Legend's mixtape homage series coming after Tupacrypha at the beginning of the year.

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released September 21, 2018

DJ Scribe on the Mix
All songs written by Napoleon Da Legend
Sound engineering by K-Rip
Salute DJ Premier for the classic beats
Rest in Power to the late great Guru
Cover art by Sarah Bernero

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Napoleon Da Legend Bilingual MC & Producer artist from Comoros, living in Brooklyn, New York.

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