The Bridge - MC Shan

[00:00.0]The Bridge - MC Shan
[00:10.61]You love to hear the story
[00:11.97]Again and again
[00:12.88]Of how it all got started way back when
[00:16.0]The monument
[00:16.87]Is right in your face
[00:17.88]Sit and listen for a while to the name of the place
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[00:25.75]Hip hop
[00:26.6]Was set out in the dark
[00:28.41]They used to do it out in the park
[00:30.42]Every place they said his name
[00:31.81]It rang an alarm
[00:33.31]Otherwise known as mean teen tom
[00:35.9]A brother who's known for his rap
[00:38.47]Jabby jack
[00:40.94]Larry lah third least not last
[00:43.05]A cool brother by the name of gas
[00:46.0]Face brothers made you get loose
[00:47.81]They was down with the brother called cousin bruce
[00:50.83]They used to jam
[00:51.91]In the center
[00:53.16]You had to pay so you could enter
[00:55.63]Go to the door get frisked
[00:57.44]Just in order to get in
[01:00.71]And if you wasn't from this town
[01:02.68]Then you couldn't fight and win
[01:05.75]But everytime they had a jam
[01:07.7]They couldn't get no peace
[01:10.66]So that's why the jams out there
[01:12.62]In the parks they had to cease
[01:14.56]'Cause you was in
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[01:30.42]Dimples d the girl
[01:31.61]She was great
[01:32.93]Her and marley marl went and cut a plate
[01:35.64]They used to rock it out in the place
[01:37.6]And the title of it was 'sucker dj's'
[01:40.42]And then he strolled along one day
[01:42.43]And then he walked into a girl named shante
[01:45.509995]Third in line you know it's me
[01:47.43]Mc shan ha ha in the place to be
[01:50.56]Mc man
[01:51.490005]He made them beg
[01:52.81]He is the man who is known as craig
[01:55.29]The newest member
[01:56.520004]Out to get loose
[01:57.56]Now he is down with us and he got the juice
[02:00.4]This is the place where stars are born
[02:02.4]And we are the only ones that can't be worn
[02:04.78]Out by any place any part of the world
[02:07.46]And while I'm out on tour keep your hand off my girl
[02:09.7]While she's in
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[02:20.17]Dead dreams
[02:21.35]Bought and sold
[02:22.66]You gotta try and receive your goal
[02:24.91]However you do it however you may
[02:27.39]Don't ever listen to what nobody say
[02:30.3]'Cause I will tell you the deal
[02:32.27]You gotta go by what your heart feel
[02:35.31]'Cause if you don't you'll be misled
[02:37.28]By stupid little things put inside your head
[02:40.18]By someone else that you will see
[02:42.26]They're trying to lead your destiny
[02:45.42]Grab hold of your heavy chain
[02:47.23]Which people always pull and always trying to restrain
[02:50.37]You heard just what I said
[02:52.09]They're always pulling you back when you wanna get ahead
[02:55.17]They pull you back 'cause they're not with it
[02:57.36]You talk about school they talk about 'quit it'
[03:00.11]Soon you'll see that time does fly
[03:02.1]But you spent most of it out gettin high
[03:05.23]Thought about it
[03:06.25]Much much later
[03:07.27]Could've went to school and been much greater
[03:10.23]But you chose to lead that fate
[03:12.16]Now you're sucking on a bone when it should've been steak
[03:15.11]The whole purpose of the story I told
[03:17.0]Was mainly to inspire you to reach your goal
[03:19.61]Stop walking through life as if you were blind
[03:22.02]You should reach for your goal 'cause I'm reaching for mine
[03:24.44]And I'm from
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