00:10When I first met you, I was intrigued. I was in Gangster's Paradise. Then I'd see you were down
00:16with a lot of guys, but not in a bad way. It was an art-making pathway. You were lovable,
00:22so I had to get to know you were discoverable. I saw how you switched it up, and that you
00:28were
00:28smart. Grew like a kid up. Then I'd take part. We became great friends. You met some of my friends,
00:34but mostly I met yours, and they were nice as sure as sure can be. In fact, I took after
00:40them.
00:41Together we all listened to Nas and Eminem. Pac and Biggie, then Exhibit. The Wildest Men,
00:46if you can call them in as they were back then. We listened to Common. So much in Common.
00:52Lupe Fiasco was awesome. It was set around that time to be dead, though I promised to you that you
00:58would always be a part of who I am, and so I'm dead. I didn't know back then that it
01:03was love,
01:04but it was. So we got much deeper. Not many people had what we had. We met many people. They
01:11touched
01:11us deeply, and also we touched them deeply. We picked up CDs of Wayne and TI. Thrift stores,
01:17we hit those to get more. We became fiends in the best way possible. We made music and press play
01:23non-stoppable, if you will. When we hit a rough patch, you stuck around. Truth be told, you were
01:29two in the muck all along, but we stayed together, because there was something much greater at play
01:33than either of us could have anticipated. In it for the long haul, we committed to make it happen.
01:39I said some cruel things, but it didn't get to you, and your mood swings I took cool whenever you
01:44had
01:44on your mood ring. I saw deep down you were human and soothing. I started changing myself for the
01:50better. We stayed strong and stayed close. I focused on the love inside of you, not the little flaws.
01:56That's trivial. We were inseparable. Then we had more people come into our lives. Sky Blue and Ohenie
02:02Savant. Lady Paradox and Hobie Wasra. We connected with Elogic and Kareno the God. Christophe Crane.
02:09Killer Priest was still doing his thing. As it turned out, I happened to check out
02:13Replicator and the group Futurology. But now there's Miles Bitter and Atlas Works, respectively.
02:19We would surge with the insurgent. Exodus Pain was still bringing the pain in a wise way.
02:24How could I not say something about Alex X was a lot like me. Johnny Cypher. Such a raw MC.
02:30And honest as can be. Mindbender. Expand the mind. Encouragement kid. Tom from Australia.
02:36Frankie D. Pet Niko. Hard as ever. Smart and clever. And on the Hall of Fame.
02:41Miss Yvonne DePaul's name. Probably. So lovely. So through thick and thin. We're still the best of friends.
02:47Holding hands cause we're soul mates. Damn it feels so great. Compared to this there is nothing so nice.
02:52Cause hip-hop you're the love of my life.
02:54too much.
03:01Once you're together.
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