Moment Of Truth-Gang Starr

[ti:Moment Of Truth (Explicit)] [ar:Gang Starr] [al:Moment Of Truth] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.11]Moment Of Truth (Explicit) - Gang Starr [00:00.91]Written by：Keith Elam [00:01.09]No matter what we face [00:02.11]We must face the moment of truth baby [00:04.38] [00:10.81]They say it's lonely at the top in whatever you do [00:13.08] [00:13.60]You always gotta watch motherf**kers around you [00:16.26]Nobody's invincible no plan is foolproof [00:18.99]We all must meet our moment of truth [00:20.94]The same sheisty cats that you hang with [00:23.20]And do your thang with could set you up and wet you up [00:25.80]Ni**a peep the language it's universal [00:27.90]You play with fire it may hurt you [00:29.61]Or burn you lessons are blessings you should learn through [00:32.22]Let's face facts although MC's lace tracks [00:34.61]It doesn't mean behind the scenes there ain't no dirt to trace back [00:37.37]That goes for all of us there ain't nobody to trust [00:39.89]It's like sabotage it's got me ready to bust [00:42.54]But I can't jeopardize what I have done up to this point [00:45.25]So I'ma get more guys to help me run the whole joint [00:47.87]Cultivate multiply motivate or else we'll die [00:50.83]You know I be the master of the who what where and why [00:53.65]See when you're shining some chumps'll wanna dull ya [00:56.11]Always selfish jealous punks will wanna pull ya [00:58.87]Down just like some shellfish in a bucket [01:01.43]Cause they love it to see your a** squirm like a worm [01:04.01]But just as you'll receive what is coming to you [01:06.84]Everybody else is gonna get theirs too [01:09.15]I ain't no saint therefore I cannot dispute [01:11.80]That everyone must meet their moment of truth [01:13.56] [01:14.67]Actions have reactions don't be quick to judge [01:16.78] [01:17.37]You may not know the hardships people don't speak of [01:19.78]It's best to step back and observe with couth [01:22.52]For we all must meet our moment of truth [01:24.15] [01:25.01]Sometimes you gotta dig deep when problems come near [01:27.76]Don't fear things get severe for everybody everywhere [01:30.47]Why do bad things happen to good people [01:33.18]Seems that life is just a constant war between good and evil [01:35.90]The situation that I'm facin' is mad amazin' [01:38.72]To think such problems can arise from minor confrontations [01:41.46]Now I'm contemplating in my bedroom pacin' [01:43.67]Dark clouds over my head my heart's racin' [01:46.36]Suicide nah I'm not a foolish guy [01:48.95]Don't even feel like drinking or even getting high [01:51.63]Cause all that's gonna do really is accelerate [01:53.66] [01:54.51]The anxieties that I wish I could alleviate [01:56.31] [01:56.96]But wait I've been through a whole lot of other sh*t before [01:59.80]So I oughta be able to withstand some more [02:02.36]But I'm sweating though my eyes are turning red and yo [02:05.23]I'm ready to lose my mind but instead I use my mind [02:07.66]I put down the knife and take the bullets out my 9 [02:10.39]My only crime was that I'm too damn kind [02:12.74]And now some scandalous motherf**kers wanna take what's mine [02:15.05] [02:15.59]But they can't take the respect that I've earned in my lifetime [02:18.35]And you know [02:18.92]They'll never stop the furious force of my rhymes [02:21.11]So like they say every dog has its day [02:23.79]And like they say god works in a mysterious way [02:26.46]So I pray remembering the days of my youth [02:28.91]As I prepare to meet my moment of truth [02:30.61] [02:39.43]Yo I got one lyric pointed at your head for start [02:41.88] [02:42.45]Another one is pointed at your weak a** heart [02:44.83]Now if I pull the trigger on these fully loaded lines [02:47.57]You're gonna wish I woulda pulled a black 9 [02:49.71]I mack dimes crack the spines of the fake gangsters [02:52.73]Yeah the biting trifling niggas and the studio pranksters [02:55.67]Yo looking at the situation plainly will you remain G [02:59.42]Or will you be looked upon strangely [03:01.11]I reign as the articulator with the greater data [03:03.71]Revolving on the tascam much doper than my last jam [03:06.64]While others struggle to juggle tricky metaphors [03:08.80] [03:09.34]I explore more to expose the core [03:11.71]A lot of emcees act stupid to me [03:14.06]And we have yet to see if they can match our longevity [03:16.67] [03:17.35]But anyway it's just another day [03:18.83] [03:19.33]Another fake jack I slay with my spectac' rap display [03:22.24]Styles smooth but rugged you can't push or shove it [03:25.02]You dig it and you dug it cause like money you love it [03:27.32]The king of monotone with my own throne [03:29.99]Righteously violent prone my words bring winds like cyclones [03:32.63] [03:33.15]Storming your hideout blocking out your sunlight [03:35.77]Your image and your business were truly not done right [03:37.98] [03:38.57]Throw up your he allah now divine saviours [03:40.96]You got no hand skills there's no security to save ya [03:43.54]No pager no celly no drop top Benz y [03:46.22]I came to bring your phony hip hop to an ending [03:48.57] [03:49.20]My art of war will leave you sore from the abuse [03:51.50]Cause you must meet your moment of truth [03:53.04] [03:53.95]They say it's lonely at the top in whatever you do [03:56.18] [03:56.70]You always gotta watch motherf**kers around you [03:59.47]No one is untouchable no man is bulletproof [04:02.12]We all must meet our moment of truth