Fab could've been top 5 if he made serious tracks

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I get it, he wanted to be paid and get laid but with his talent and intellect he would've up there if he was more about the art....



Yeah, you know the crazy thing is
They gon' talk about you when you ain't got shyt
But then they gon' talk about you when you got shyt
And see they gon' talk even when they don't know
What you had to do or what you go through
Sacrifices

[Verse 1:]
Seeing your family scrambling, that sanity damaging
Gotta, make a move can't just stand and be mannequin
Have a man who be managing, randomly standing in places he shouldn't

Trying to move that Pamela Anderson under
Stand and beat hammers and grandma keep paneling
Cause them nikkas from the other side are fans of me vanishing
New day, new funeral, my grandma be panicking
But I gotta eat, she just handing me sandwiches
And an appetite like mine, got me scamming and scandeling
Riding shotty with my homie, but I plan to be phantom and
Bumping something I can feel, fam, I need sampling
Not no Bieber on the hook, I need Anthony Hamilton

I got molly, I got white, I be Hannah Montana and
Like a Migo it's illegal, but it's grams in my hand again
So it probably ain't right, but this the land of the scandalous
Til your own friend a snake you probably can't understand it then
When you go you're just gone, all we missing is payments
Dr. King fought for my freedom that I risked just to pay rent
Ain't no love for these streets, ain't no kissing the pavement :ooh:

Yeah, I'm sick and tired of shyt, but they insist on being patient
But for what? To wait on that eviction note?
I wake up to some real shyt, them dreams I have is fictional
Unless I go and get it, don't stop, get it, get it
2 Live Crew money and the Luke dancers with it


[Hook:]
Jesus died on that cross, that's a sacrifice
nikkas dying for their cross, that's a sacrifice
Rosa Parks took a charge, that's a sacrifice
If shorty took that charge for you, that's a sacrifice
Just do what you gotta do, baby
Just do what you gotta do, baby
Just do what you gotta do, baby
You gotta do what you gotta do, baby

[Verse 2:]
Baby gotta do what a baby gotta do
Baby mama ain't got it, but her baby father do
Never pick up baby boy, but his Mercedes Powder blue
Now mommy sick of daddy and baby got a flu
And what's crazy about it too
Is all she sees is lies when she look him in his eyes
And her baby got them too
Pay a little child support, but what's so shady about him too
Is in the club he pop Rozay, but won't bring baby bottles through
I know things fell part, I ain't saying we gotta glue
But if you walking around in Prada, buy your baby Prada too
Telling hoes "yes", we can't get a "maybe" outta you
shyt is fukked up, and I don't think the baby gotta clue
What's a lady gotta do? Bend over for dollar tips?
Cause ain't nobody giving young, single mothers scholarships
Mama just got diagnosed, breast cancer
So when they ask what she's gonna do, her best answer
Is "I don't know, gotta do what I gotta do"
And I don't know about your bills, but the ones I got are due
People always wanna try and tell you what you gotta do
But there's a difference in what those who don't and those who gotta do

It's called sacrifices, hate to see my man gone
Bail was like a pop fly just to bring my man home
Can't just leave him out there
Gotta believe in yourself even when there's doubt there, yeah
 

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Yeah he needed better beats too. I always thought he was the guy to take over after Jigga but he never rose to the occasion.

When "Breathe" dropped I thought OK Fab might finally have that album to at least elevate his position to next up, but the album wasnt good and showed a lot of those same flaws his first couple had.

Dude has undeniable bars..and his overall staying power has to be commended to an extent, but he's never fully reached his potential.
 

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I get it, he wanted to be paid and get laid but with his talent and intellect he would've up there if he was more about the art....



[Verse 1:]
Seeing your family scrambling, that sanity damaging
Gotta, make a move can't just stand and be mannequin
Have a man who be managing, randomly standing in places he shouldn't
Trying to move that Pamela Anderson under
Stand and beat hammers and grandma keep paneling
Cause them nikkas from the other side are fans of me vanishing
New day, new funeral, my grandma be panicking
But I gotta eat, she just handing me sandwiches
And an appetite like mine, got me scamming and scandeling
Riding shotty with my homie, but I plan to be phantom and
Bumping something I can feel, fam, I need sampling
Not no Bieber on the hook, I need Anthony Hamilton

I got molly, I got white, I be Hannah Montana and
Like a Migo it's illegal, but it's grams in my hand again
So it probably ain't right, but this the land of the scandalous
Til your own friend a snake you probably can't understand it then
When you go you're just gone, all we missing is payments
Dr. King fought for my freedom that I risked just to pay rent
Ain't no love for these streets, ain't no kissing the pavement :ooh:

Yeah, I'm sick and tired of shyt, but they insist on being patient
But for what? To wait on that eviction note?
I wake up to some real shyt, them dreams I have is fictional
Unless I go and get it, don't stop, get it, get it
2 Live Crew money and the Luke dancers with it


:stopitslime: Those are some struggle conscious bars

Fabolous is at his best when he's talking shyt, he's never been a rapper of substance and judging from the song you just posted I'm glad he never tried to be.
 

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Yall keep acting like fab ain't still more popping than ur favorite rapper lol.. Nyggas eats everywhere on the road and his past 5 year catalog is top 3 if not the best out of any rapper
 

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no.

dude's mixtapes are better than his albums :dead:

he doesn't even have 1 decent album
 

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Yall keep acting like fab ain't still more popping than ur favorite rapper lol.. Nyggas eats everywhere on the road and his past 5 year catalog is top 3 if not the best out of any rapper

:beli:
 

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He definitely has the talent to have been in the conversation of Top 10 but his actual catalog isn't up to par. He's an avant garde lyricist. His storytelling is Top notch. I agree about his beat selection and pandering to the clubs/women. Just another REALLY, REALLY dope NY MC who never fully lived up to their potential (Jada, Meth..).
 
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