"2001" genre: Hip Hop
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	CD: TBA Credits: Visual Poetics
	Story Behind the Song I started writing this joint in November of 2001 and finished it in early March of 2002 (had to wait until the climax of the story and on top of that, we were busy with the album completion and I'm a crazy perfectionist). Me and the crew debated over what to do with this song as it was completed so long after the year flipped and I thought some cats might think it was 'dated'. Bottom line though, it may be dated but Two Thousand One was such a turbulent year that it'll last in the minds of many kids (including mine) for years to come... Peace Lyrics January Let’s get it rollin’ – Raise up the kickstand L.E. got big plans – 1st quicksand the middleman No more roadblocks – Headline tours thru Poland hops Reppin’ underground Hip-Hop and you don’t stop Came home buggin’ – Parents getting nervy But Vis ain’t 7:30 nor beggin’ for mercy Its just that mid-life crisis must’ve touched a brother early and all this travelin’ left me hungry and thirsty Pull out my map of the States – fillin’ in the voids Colored in the Buckeye, P.A. and now Illinois 41 and countin’ – Seven since the fall of 2000 Told my team to keep building and we gon’ keep moving mountains Had a wack show upstate but pretty thugs get the penis You youngsters want to battle? Come to Brooklyn and see us be on you like Reapers – Watch you fold up like futons and rest with Pun, Pac and now Aliyah – But let us move on… …to something much more colerful My nieces hit they’re terrible twos and my brother, that’s wonderful Months pass by – my crew still verbally sinister the spirit of the summer comes thru drum circles in Ithaca Finally into Canada – Customs hating on Hip-Hop but we know the time without the wristwatch and personally – Glad to get back to the noise and the gridlock “Emergency!” the world pitstopped watching the Twins drop love to firefighters – Some respect for the Blue Yall is still beast but I give credit wherever its due And even enemies deserve to die respectfully On the side, Bonds hits 73 – Back to Tel Aviv Israelis is nervous – worse working for the Taliban USA scapegoats Afghanistan Events avalanche – Fallout left my hometown lifeless 2000 theories spill out the mouths of 1000 liars and fools put Guilliani on ground with messiahs Leaders are supposed to hold it down in a crisis For doin’ your job (you get) a slap on your back – Hardly more Colin Powell’s drawing up the targets and scores Puttin’ lines in the sand – This be the Art of War And the streets of New York look like Martial Law Hit foreign shores – If we catch him, put him under the jail right? Antrax got cats scared to open up the mailbox Celebrated christmas without letters and Hallmarks Flag wavers get frisked entering ballparks – war starts! And yall is lost in the dark – All Arabs are evil?!?! Media drop breadcrumbs and people follow like sheep do Too close to see the truth and can’t translate the Hebrew Twenty O’ One in Review

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