[intro sound of news blip: Evidence's "Weatherman" trademark]
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[laughter and coughs]
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[Evidence]
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Yeah, uh.. a-one, two
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Uh, had to dim the lights for this shit
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Preem, uh.. (GO!)
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Makin beats half of my life
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Some I gave away but never at half price
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No dice 'til I call it a night, get it right
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Sayin might one more time, then (My Name is D-Nice)
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("My name-my name is D-Nice") No question, total silence
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Better yet, better get a set of (Pliers)
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The heavy metal king, Chaka Demus is my idol (yea)
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Competitin with my rivals, proof for my title
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...So who the fuck don't tour?
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No one, music don't sell no more
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Watch out now, this shit'll be so embarrassing
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Your merch vs. my world - there's no comparison
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(Lost...) Yeah yeah, I'm pickin pockets
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The bass up, deliberately knockin (boom)
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Big picture lens, try to see it all then crop it
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(Now...) That all depends how you break it down and chop it
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Fuck coppin a big body Benz
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when you keep friends who (Check to Check) and barely makin profits
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(Uh!) Instead of tryin to say E's quite obnoxious
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(Well...) You could say E rules my synopsis (Hahahaha)
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Uh, it's pourin pots and pans
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on the grey lots and spoits barely travelled by man
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Only been a couple hours since I landed (true)
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and rollin up these trees I got handed
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It's hard to take his name in vain, but God-damn it
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[DJ Premier cuts and scratches]
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("When I bring it to ya face" - [Mad Skillz])
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("Hit 'em, hit 'em" "Hit 'em, hit 'em"
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"Hit 'em with a thousand pounds of pressure" - [Big Pun])
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("On the mi-microphone" "On the microphone, I come COR-RECT!" - [King Ad Rock])
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("Internationally known and respected" - [LL Cool J])
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("But this industry'll play with ya life, man" - [Rakaa Iriscience])
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("That's what I consider real!" - [O.C.])
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[Evidence]
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Uh, keep it movin now
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Rakaa, Babu, keep it movin [echoes]
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In Switzerland today, don't know why I choose to come here
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Actually I say it's because I ain't from here
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My people told me when we travel we live
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and if the carpet might unfold then that moment is his (or hers)
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Damn I need this (yea), Skyping to my manager
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Calculate pad and pen analog (...shit to do)
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Damn, it's wrong to see it first-hand in Panama (I seen it)
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U.S. dollars at the airport hand 'em off
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Feelin grateful, the feeling might pass me
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I thank some now and thank the West for not askin (That's real)
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Preemo laced me (true), Alche' did too
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Momma raised me right when I date shit in interviews
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These are my feelings and they really exist
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The gift and the curse, or maybe really
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it's the fuckin curse and the gift
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Read the same thing from different angles
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Eatin from the same meal from different sides of the same cable (Yeah!)
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And I ain't claim to be the game changer (uh-uh)
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I claim the West, Venice Beach, RSE and Dilated (all day)
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My grandmama said the day is what you make it (Love you)
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Clingin to this patience, my words are overstated
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The greatest... [echoes]
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The Epilogue
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