[ti:What You Be About]
[ar:E.C. Illa]
[al:E.C. Illa L.P.]
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[00:00.00]What You Be About - E.C. Illa
[00:14.44]For about as long, as I can remember
[00:17.32]From January on, through to december
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[00:20.45]Motherf**kers in chi town been bangin
[00:23.34]They had they little blocks
[00:24.77]And you could find 'em all hangin
[00:26.55]The year was eighty-one, del plains and broadway
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[00:29.45]Vicelords and eagles, strappin in broad day
[00:32.80]I heard this braud say call the cops
[00:35.55]They swingin bats and chains, and they throwin rocks
[00:38.86]And that was as bad as it got back then
[00:41.80]Noone was servin blows pullin glocks or mack tens
[00:44.92]So I kept to myself amongst the pimpin, and hoein
[00:48.12]Gang population consistantly growin
[00:51.13]Years went by and that sh*t got tight
[00:54.08]Half my homies went left and the other half right
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[00:57.30]Despite all the past, they heads got swoll
[01:00.18]And with the increasin age came the loss of control
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[01:03.39]We all knew better, but some didnt care
[01:06.41]Like 'F**k the next man ima get my fair share'
[01:09.58]And with that came the shootin and sellin
[01:11.95]And in the grade school hallways
[01:14.02]You could always hear 'em yellin
[01:15.86]What you be about, What you be about
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[01:18.90]Some choose the people, some choose the folks
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[01:24.95]Some choose the people, some choose the folks
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[01:28.00]Now age 16 came and everyone had dropped out
[01:31.12]And as far as beef goes, getting knocked out
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[01:34.16]Was cool, cuz you coulda got shanked, or blasted
[01:37.40]In Chi town the gangbangin art had been mastered
[01:40.35]At last it was just too far gone
[01:43.37]The year was eighty-nine and it wouldnt be long
[01:46.49]Till sh*t got as bad as it could get
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[01:49.54]Cuz wit no conscience, theres no regret
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[01:52.67]False flaggin techniques, were bein perfected
[01:55.77]And fist to fist combat had long been neglected
[01:58.78]Infected by the plague, of crazy a** shortys
[02:01.79]Doin more dirt than men in their 30's and 40's
[02:04.03]The more these kids did, the more they wanted to do
[02:07.60]And if you got to catch a slug hope
[02:09.75]That its a twenty-two
[02:10.81]Cuz survivin nowadays is a task
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[02:13.85]So you best know what to tell them when they ask
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[02:17.53]What you be about, What you be about
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[02:20.33]Some choose the people, some choose the folks
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[02:26.44]Some choose the people, some choose the folks
[02:29.39]Now the present day is in effect
[02:31.20]And I cant walk down the street
[02:32.77]Without some type of sh*t to put walks in retreat
[02:35.74]Cuz these sets got the addicts acting dramatic
[02:38.78]And in the summer time its even more sparatic
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[02:41.85]Cuz heat makes marks straight tameless
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[02:45.06]And all things considered,
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[02:46.69]Shits gettin outrageous
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[02:48.16]New sets poppin up like everyother day
[02:51.00]Motherf**kers claimin sh*t cuz they know no other way
[02:54.11]Sayin either flip this sighn, or hear a poppin sound
[02:57.00]Im like I cant throw it up let alone throw it down
[03:00.42]I done lost track on whos who and whats what
[03:03.33]So to simplify sh*t I be layin in the cut
[03:06.42]While my homies out there raisin hell cappin sh*t
[03:09.37]Im creatin it my best wit this rappin sh*t
[03:12.41]But if you think that you can hide then you dreamin
[03:15.54]Cuz just chillin in my crib I can still hear 'em screamin
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[03:21.84]Some choose the people, some choose the folks
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[03:27.96]Some choose the people, some choose the folks
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