Native Lungs-Braille

[ti:Native Lungs] [ar:Braille] [al:Native Lungs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Native Lungs - Braille [00:25.89]West coast native [00:26.39] [00:29.62]West coast native [00:30.22] [00:34.97]West coast native [00:35.85] [00:48.22]I was born in 1981 [00:49.55] [00:50.18]September 22 first born son [00:52.07] [00:52.97]Got my feet wet in the city of rain [00:55.05] [00:55.57]Learned how to walk in the muddy terrain [00:57.35] [00:58.22]Used my tape decks to study the rap game [01:00.71]Been around for a while [01:02.14]Seen a lot of things change [01:03.24] [01:03.83]This is my native land language I understand [01:05.68] [01:06.75]Before I made records I was a fan [01:08.98]I was into east coast mostly [01:09.99] [01:11.70]The lifesavers were my favorite group locally [01:13.78] [01:14.57]2000 cream team with the speakers on max [01:16.44] [01:17.32]And the DJ would scratch with his sneakers on his hands [01:20.16]Man you could find me in the front row [01:22.44]With the double X clothes on [01:23.64] [01:24.16]Pockets full of papers that I wrote on [01:26.06] [01:26.62]Always had rhymes with me [01:27.59] [01:28.51]That's why I know how to write them so quickly [01:31.00]West coast native [01:31.62] [01:33.70]West coast native [01:34.35] [01:39.02]West coast native [01:39.55] [01:41.65]Where was I [01:42.14] [01:42.80]Lemme pick up where I left off [01:43.94] [01:44.54]A few years after Hammer pants and Criss Cross [01:46.38] [01:47.18]I took it serious notebooks pencil leads [01:49.40]Flow go with the beat like a needle and thread [01:51.27] [01:52.25]Needle to the record free styling in my room [01:54.62]No audience letting the bass go boom [01:56.46] [01:57.35]For the love of it and that's the native lung of it [02:00.17] [02:00.72]Back then never knew what would become of it [02:02.23] [02:03.45]Before I had my driver's license [02:05.76]I was analyzing who could rhyme the nicest [02:07.72] [02:08.43]Shy and silent but something inside was rising [02:10.96]Each step got more surprising [02:12.18] [02:13.70]West coast native [02:14.25] [02:16.37]West coast native [02:16.99] [02:21.59]West coast native [02:22.19] [02:24.63]I learned a haed way nobody taught me how [02:26.67] [02:27.34]Kept flowing even though I had a sloppy style [02:29.22] [02:29.93]Didn't know how to count my bars right [02:31.78] [02:32.55]Must have learned how to play my cards right [02:34.39] [02:35.10]So many emcees light years ahead of me [02:37.88]What can I do that hasn't been done already [02:39.85] [02:40.59]Not much I'm a novice in this [02:42.81]Made mistakes I can't go back and fix it [02:45.14] [02:45.95]I was wicked never sought forgiveness [02:47.25] [02:47.79]Never thought I'd write rhymes with the gospel in it [02:50.21] [02:51.21]I'm not the El Capitan or lieutenant [02:52.84] [02:53.52]Things never penned how I planned I admit it [02:56.02]Thank God I repented [02:56.95] [02:57.57]I was so foolish [02:58.59]I thought I could get saved by the music [03:00.65]Be He chose me [03:01.81] [03:02.41]It's a lot to take in and that's how the story begins [03:05.77]Let's get it in