Getting your mic snatched on a conscious song is 
Common's verse on respiration is goated
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Yo, on The Amen, corner I stood lookin' at my former hood
Felt the spirit in the wind, knew my friend was gone for good
Threw dirt on the casket, the hurt, I couldn't mask it
Mixing down emotions, struggle I hadn't mastered
I choreograph seven steps to Heaven (what?)
Inhale waitin' to exhale and make the bread leaven
Veteran of a Cold War, it's Chica-I-go for
What I know or what's known
So some days I take the bus home (yeah), just to touch home
From the crib, I spend months gone
Sat by the window with a clutched dome
Listening to shawties cuss long
Young girls with weak minds, but they butt strong
Tried to call, or at least beep the Lord but didn't have a touch-tone
It's a dog-eat-dog world, you gotta mush on
Some of this land I must own, outta the city, they want us gone
Tearin' down the 'jects, creating plush homes
My circumstance is between Cabrini and Love Jones
Surrounded by hate, yet I love home
Asked my guy how he thought travelin' the world sound
Found it hard to imagine he hadn't been past Downtown
It's deep, I heard the city breathe in its sleep
Of reality, I touch, but for me, it's hard to keep
It's deep, I heard my man breathe in his sleep
Of reality, I touch, but for me, it's hard to keep
Felt the spirit in the wind, knew my friend was gone for good
Threw dirt on the casket, the hurt, I couldn't mask it
Mixing down emotions, struggle I hadn't mastered
I choreograph seven steps to Heaven (what?)
Inhale waitin' to exhale and make the bread leaven
Veteran of a Cold War, it's Chica-I-go for
What I know or what's known
So some days I take the bus home (yeah), just to touch home
From the crib, I spend months gone
Sat by the window with a clutched dome
Listening to shawties cuss long
Young girls with weak minds, but they butt strong
Tried to call, or at least beep the Lord but didn't have a touch-tone
It's a dog-eat-dog world, you gotta mush on
Some of this land I must own, outta the city, they want us gone
Tearin' down the 'jects, creating plush homes
My circumstance is between Cabrini and Love Jones
Surrounded by hate, yet I love home
Asked my guy how he thought travelin' the world sound
Found it hard to imagine he hadn't been past Downtown
It's deep, I heard the city breathe in its sleep
Of reality, I touch, but for me, it's hard to keep
It's deep, I heard my man breathe in his sleep
Of reality, I touch, but for me, it's hard to keep
((ReFleXioN)) EteRNaL
Hussle & Motivate
Maybe in my top 5 songs ever. In the running for my favorite beat ever. shyt is perfect in every way.
It's hard to imagine he hadn't been past downtownLegit one of the greatest hip hop verses of all time
LOST IN THE SAUCE
The Sauce Apostle
I never bothered to look into the sample until just now.
Hi Tek is a genius. He took that little loop and did something insane with it.
((ReFleXioN)) EteRNaL
Hussle & Motivate
One of the greatest sample flippers ever. Would love to see him make a comeback. Loved his work with aftermath/interscope too.
All three of them floated on that track 
One of the best rap songs ever
(Looks back at my sig)
One of the best rap songs ever
(Looks back at my sig)
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Apollo Kid
Veteran
Black Thought went in on the remix
Black Thought went in on the remix
Mos Def on the Hook too.
