Oasis-Shabazz The Disciple

[ti:Oasis] [ar:Shabazz The Disciple] [al:The Book Of Shabazz] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Oasis - Shabazz The Disciple [00:10.56]We came a long way up from fighting court cases [00:12.61]Running the streets dirty with guns on our waists [00:14.99]Tryna be a man feed a fam and build a basis [00:17.61]Treaded the sandhills hip hop is my oasis [00:19.94]We came a long way up from fighting court cases [00:22.43]Running the streets dirty with guns on our waists [00:24.73]Tryna be a man feed a fam and build a basis [00:27.73]Treaded the sandhills hip hop is my oasis [00:29.97]It all began up in 100 dwight [00:32.10]When my uncle younganutt handed me my first mic [00:34.66]At 13 years old I realized it was a road [00:37.21]And at the end I would win lots of pots of gold [00:39.71]Never lost the flame never divorced the game [00:41.71]Everybody who know me know I paid the cost for fame [00:44.20]To be a billionaire the god struggled for years [00:46.76]Some nights I shed tears when I said my prayers [00:49.38]Been shot at alot of times for slinging nickels and dimes [00:51.82]On the road to the riches that was paved with crime [00:54.19]I was sought of caught in between the streets and a mic [00:57.01]Niggaz never touched the knuckles [00:58.01]Cause they knew I could fight [00:59.45]Red Hook was one projects easy to get killed in [01:01.57]My mother always told me stay from underneath them buildings [01:04.01]I scrambled all my life finally I found my purpose [01:06.78]I'ma be a disciple to hip hop long as the earth twist [01:09.59]We came a long way up from fighting court cases [01:11.46]Running the streets dirty with guns on our waists [01:13.83]Tryna be a man feed a fam and build a basis [01:16.64]Treaded the sandhills hip hop is my oasis [01:18.94]We came a long way up from fighting court cases [01:21.19]Running the streets dirty with guns on our waists [01:23.58]Tryna be a man feed a fam and build a basis [01:26.39]Treaded the sandhills hip hop is my oasis [01:28.37]My mother and Mrs Irene had me Klief and Elliot sing [01:31.56]+Rappers Delight+ by the Sugarhill Gang at her baby shower [01:34.24]Now I realize that's what gave me power [01:36.49]At 8 years old that was my first hip hop encounter [01:39.06]Then I went on playing keyboards with adam ellis [01:41.00]Only 12 but we could play whatever people tell us [01:43.30]In the halls of Red Hook I was the king of the beat box [01:46.24]Back when me and Mr Ice walked around singing rock box [01:48.50]He was the nicest emcee in the hook on Red Hook day [01:51.56]When niggaz saw us behind the ropes they were shook [01:53.56]We feint to lace the mic and young always allowed us [01:55.74]Used to go from block to block to battle [01:57.55]And people would crowd us [01:58.68]On staircases with rah and sha the ganja would spark me [02:01.04]I was fiending to battle dougie fresh buff and biz markie [02:03.41]Was always a ghetto star and highly respected [02:05.60]Lashawna always asked me when I'm gonna make a record [02:08.22]People seen something in me I didn't see in myself [02:10.53]Sh*t I was only having fun niggaz loved how it felt [02:12.78]My 2 daughters denysha yay-yay my whole family [02:14.59]I dedicate this to y'all for believing in me [02:17.83]We came a long way up from fighting court cases [02:20.08]Running the streets dirty with guns on our waists [02:22.57]Tryna be a man feed a fam and build a basis [02:25.32]Treaded the sandhills hip hop is my oasis [02:27.75]We came a long way up from fighting court cases [02:29.62]Running the streets dirty with guns on our waists [02:32.30]Tryna be a man feed a fam and build a basis [02:35.31]Treaded the sandhills hip hop is my oasis [02:37.92]I come from humble beginnings a project apartment [02:39.61]7 kids on 2 beds the rest on the carpet [02:42.54]My mother raised her brothers and sisters on welfare [02:44.54]As well as her own kids and she didn't have any healthcare [02:47.29]Now we tryna get houses with cars in garages [02:49.78]Manage twa's bubble hot tub massages [02:52.03]Laughing all the way to the bank with my goddess [02:54.96]Tryna put gold bars in the safe platinum artist [02:57.33]No longer settling for the crumbs on the cake [02:59.51]No more embezzling or we running from jake [03:02.07]Shopping sprees copping threes rocking designer things [03:04.56]No more selling poppy seeds or hocking diamond rings [03:07.32]Celebration of life everyday's like christmas [03:09.00]Taking my baby girls on trips and fulfilling their gift list [03:11.99]Sending my ol' earth on vacation on the love boat [03:14.50]After a cruise around the world she comes home to a fur coat [03:17.31]Relax with black sand all up between her toes on beaches [03:19.18]Enjoying the breeze from palm trees sipping crushed peaches [03:21.50]Sh*t back in the days the only island niggaz been on was rikers [03:25.07]Doing pushups with them lifers [03:26.44]We came a long way up from fighting court cases [03:29.12]Running the streets dirty with guns on our waists [03:31.49]Tryna be a man feed a fam and build a basis [03:34.39]Treaded the sandhills hip hop is my oasis [03:36.70]We came a long way up from fighting court cases [03:39.20]Running the streets dirty with guns on our waists [03:41.56]Tryna be a man feed a fam and build a basis [03:44.25]Treaded the sandhills hip hop is my oasis