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locally grown - stephen the levite & dj official lyrics

[intro]
some brothers from the east with them beats that be thorough
some brothers from the east with them beats that be thorough

[verse 1]
mexican food is better in mexico
san diego’s exceptional so i bet it’s close
cheesesteaks i don’t mess with unless i’m next to home
if you’re not in philly it probably should be left alone
it’s detestable everywhere i go
they’re still getting sold from ecuador to the eskimos
the spread is global i guess that i should expect it though
when the rep is dope then h*lla folk will accept the clone
they call these carbon copies a compliment
i will not contend with that but the fact is i’m not convinced
i can sense non*original factors, incompetence
plots to get plenty bags of the cash off the hottest trends
what competition is lacking in common sense
their matching in confidence brag in accomplishments like status and knocking timbs, the stacks, and the costly whips
the masses who follow them but their talent ain’t on the list

[chorus]
if you want that original you know where to go (some brothers from the east with them beats that be thorough)
there’s many exceptions bro, but in general (some brothers from the east with them beats that be thorough)
i left the west coast to get close to (some brothers from the east with them beats that be thorough)
give props to the bronx and all the boroughs (some brothers from the east with them beats that be thorough)
[verse 2]
cali, what if avocados said, “vamanos, gotta go, we heard that the bahamas’ more tropical”
temecula didn’t have wine and hot balloons
vines did not approve of the climate, decided not to grow
or the oranges down in florida
said they’re bored with us and they wanted to know where europe was
what if corn was done and on the run said they wanted sons but not genetically distorted ones
what if new york had another sound/ they went underground, all the radio plays is southern now
what if compton was never on the map
’cause that kind of rap went to harlem, and never got the traction
if detroit never had eminem or dilla then
who’d be the 2 goats, that’d be filling in
some wouldn’t even remember when
a region had distinction, a st**z you could only get from them

[verse 3]
look, i’m not saying hip hop should not evolve
stay inside mold, ’til your style is local like the guys before
i just know, living in brooklyn would have been not as dope
if murals of hip hop’s honor roll wasn’t on the walls
the sound of new york would draw me close
made me want to go just to watch a show and shop for clothes
on my coast, gangsta rappers were popping and i opposed
i appreciated the funk later, but wanted soul
jazz samples and better rhymes than most
so when i finally wrote some lines i would want it to sound like those
but hieros and the pharcyde were anomalies
that got me thinking maybe ny ain’t got a monopoly
they weren’t trying to be anybody east
over time i’d see how their style’s distinct, with common seeds
hybrids via migrants that what i’m is
but i blend rhymes with the gods who was k!lled for my sin
in a new body he’d fly home
now he’s omnipresent but also present at god’s throne
his reign is stretched wide but not straining
he’s invading every kind of culture and language
he don’t colonize when he saves them
he gave us all the eyes to see laws applying, no changing
if you compromise, we don’t call it god’s incarnation
’cause no culture’s divine but one holds the gospel for nations
[chorus]
if you want that original you know where to go (some brothers from the east with them beats that be thorough)
the jews weren’t exceptional but a vessel chosen (some brothers from the east with them beats that be thorough)
when there are told truths men quote jews (some brothers from the east with them beats that be thorough)
props to the god of hebrews for these truths (some brothers from the east with them beats that be thorough)

- stephen the levite dj official lyrics

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