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Slug already covered all I’d ever write on women
And Sage flipped a middle finger to the system
Zion I’s vision was a world True and Livin
Pac made a mission of changing our condition
Def Jux and Anticon mastered the abstract
Aesop metaphored poetic labeled backpack
Black Thought took it back to its Roots, and
Ali brought the Undisputed Truth
OneBeLo’s got the smoothest flow
And every word Treach ever spit I grew to know
Beneath the surface, GZA was a genius
The other eight let us all know what cream is
Queen Latifah picked the name beautiful
Genelec and Memphis Reigns crafted the unusual
Congress called lyrics the cause of bad, it wasn’t
And Chuck D made that enemy public…

Chorus
One for the mic, two for the graff
Three for the DJ’s throwin down the scratch and
Four for the b-boys and girls on the floor
And five to you for keeping hip hop alive
(2x)

From beginning to the end Murs will always be a legend
Em never changed a line to make it copasetic
Ra never said a word unless he really meant it
Big never touched a mic that he didn’t bless it’s
Distribution lack left the Prophets Unknown
Cleveland made it big through the Thuggish Ruggish Bone
Benefit proved havin studios is secondary
KRS changed the game By any means necessary
Eyedea served kids cause of his Abilities
L saw the big picture, so he had enemies
Sweatshop crossed over the border
Before the exit, K-Os returned rap to order
In hip hop 101, these are the teachers
For the student in the back lookin at an angel’s features
Respect for every one of them, it’s humblin
To study them and do my best from Run until I’m done and then it’s…

Chorus

I used to love her, that’s Common Sense
Before it decided to go and Harvey Dent
Downfall’s televised, revolution went
When Dilla and Jam Jay far too early left
So what’s left is a scene of the mainstream
Underground slowly turning to the same thing
Money rules everything, and to keep it brief
It’s hard to make music if you can’t afford to eat
That being said, this kid’s final test
Is to write what I do until the day of my death
Stay true to words that drip from my chest
Thank you for saving me by letting this connect
To your head, through your ears, in your brain, to your heart
So a spark lights the dark from the start we depart
And prove Nas wrong, for as long as we’re breathin
It’s up to us if hip hop’s stayin or leavin

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from Good Side of Bad: Vol. 3 - Summer in Nuclear Winter, track released October 20, 2010

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Alexipharmic Fort Collins, Colorado

Alexipharmic no longer exists. He makes music under the name Bodi. But here's his old bio:

Born and raised in Port Angeles, WA, before moving to Los Angeles, Alexipharmic immersed himself in the world of hip hop via YO! MTV Raps and cassettes of 2Pac, Nas, and Biggie, before picking up the pen at 13 and working to forge his own path. That journey has led him around the US multiple times.
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