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Talking

from Jermaine's EP by Emcee Jermaine

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lyrics

(Verse 1)
Ay yo I'm talkin' with a new found purpose
but if you ain't prepared I'm talkin' with words that might make you nervous
I'm talkin' with a pen to the page or a mic in my hand
I'm talkin' with a style that be inciting the fans
yo I'm talkin' with authority so you can observe
rhymes and words intellectual but also absurd
talkin' with a strategy to fortify our position
if it ends in tragedy maybe I've won on my mission
look I'm talkin' with the glammour of a rug spot
talkin' with my back against the wall like a mug shot
I'm talkin' with the students let them know it's fine to be bright
that don't mean that you're a punk or that you're trynna be white
see me talkin' with the C.E.O. Bird's eye view
in high school they thought he had the worst I.Q.
Yea I'm talkin' with a passion for rappin' community action
think outside the box you think you're trapped in
talkin' with assumptions you ain't seen me move
over here you don't need street credit you're pre-approved


(Verse 2)
I'm talkin' like I want them feeling me wherever there's land
but I'm talkin' like I ain't trynna blow I'm trynna expand
I'm talkin' like I've been at the brink
I'm talkin' like I hope my words will help encourage you to listen and think
I'm talkin' like it's justifiable for me to think my talent's undeniable
the radio has been depriving you
I'm talkin' like those videos can't teach you how to be dap
how you goin' ball with them you know you got a salary cap
I'm talkin' like my mind's quicker I'm talkin' like I rhyme slicker
I'll get it up and running off a dime quicker
I'm talkin' like I understand some of the rap slander
cause when did rap become an audition for Zoolander
I'm talkin' like you got a gun to my head
telling me you goin' be listening I front and I'm dead
talkin' like I know I'll get you in the mood to rock
because the people know that I'm a throwback and they know that I'm the future shock









TALKIN'


(Verse 3)
I'm talkin' to whoever holding hip hop down
you got a comrade to help you when you rip pop clowns
I'm talkin' to these lady's conversation I heard
they said hip hop is dead all they got left is spoken word
I'm talkin' to the kids who never heard wordplay
they only hear yo give it up baby it's your birthday
I'm talkin' to them punks who have yet to hear me but STILL fear me
they know that I exist in theory
I'm talkin' to the janitors talkin' to the panhandlers
I hope I reach you in the ambulance with bandages
I'm talkin' to you if you fortunately
can live somewhere where everyday they don't report for tv
I'm talkin' to you if you think that it's impossible
for you to make you situation better and to overcome the obstacles
I'm talkin' to you in the solemnest cue
whoever listening I'm talkin' to you

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from Jermaine's EP, released January 7, 2013

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