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This is Red Bull Mic Flicks.
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My name is Manga St. Hello.
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And over on the decks we have Dam Shaq.
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And today on the blue team we have Lee Shark and N3.
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And on the red team we have Floetic and Roam.
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Let's get into it.
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We're gonna be doing something brand new today.
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It's called Rhyme Counter.
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And we're gonna see how many rhymes you can fit into a 16 bar.
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And the first word is Paragraph.
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Red team, you're gonna go first.
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Let's go.
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My colour bath flows too amateur,
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Enfys carrier shaped like an other glass Put a line through your ex,
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scatters wrath I glide on a track like a crow then
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harry arse CR7 not 6 like Canada I'm from South London not Louis,
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never came out on the blue avatar I had a laugh
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cause I got the stamina Ain't ever gonna go outside like Gallagher Breaking a barry hard,
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got the keys to Yamaha Them man washed like they had a bath Sheesh!
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Bro, yeah!
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Blue team what you got for me?
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Leesh, listen On the graph from the start,
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still raising the bar Photograph,
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photograph cause they know I'm a star Who knew going this path,
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gonna get me this far Had a time and a half,
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no mirage I can take a polygraph and I pass I stand tall,
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always been a giraffe Family life,
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never take it to heart No mask,
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but you don't know the past I felt draft,
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but I stuck to the craft Only dance if it's choreographed Flo's daft,
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had to get em a wrath One of one,
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no mimeograph, no weight staff But I stuck to the task Gonna need an iconograph,
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I'm a holograph No half-arse,
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always been a drop of the glass Old school like a telegraph In a far from a car,
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won't stop till I need an epitaph And it says I had a blast,
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set the tarth Make a risen glass on my behalf You know what we thought,
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let's do a new game,
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it'll be difficult for them and then they just both went mad, okay cool.
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Well, the blue team got that.
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36 rhyme words for the blue team.
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23 for the red.
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We got the blue team, you got round one.
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Right now we're going to be playing random words.
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And the words are initiate,
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cycle, blunt, flashy and payment.
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Blue team, you're going to go first.
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Let's go.
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Yo!
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Hey, hi!
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Bad man psyche, rich MC then spin away Rich MC should I spin away?
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Dash and eliminate, murk and obliterate Mass don't start and die,
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you can never imitate They're both call me to clash,
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I'll give my wings I'm taking a gallet on a dinner day Why them I want out,
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why them I get?
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Just know it's a FOUR MORE!
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They have to start punch smoke in a manga Is this how you do?
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Smokey ones in a manga Go again N3,
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please But Tech Time, we've got fire hazards in all these teeth.
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Game out, what?
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Woo, woo, woo, woo!
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Rrrr, and free.
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And blue team's getting mental.
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And red team, and Rome,
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what you got for them, bro?
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Alright, cool.
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Check it, yo.
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Yo, welcome to Rome's Got Talent.
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Well, I show you what's gonna happen.
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I get judged by Hilaire, not Sharon, no damage.
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Show that Rome, I got magic.
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I gotta do a random bar challenge.
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Keep it blunt, I got this thing patterned.
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Initiate the first round and it's in Chiwari if you do speak Latin.
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Look, if you don't know about young Rome,
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well, Get to know like import tariffs I'm from the UK underground Don't do bus cycles or traffic Said I'm lit,
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she thinks I'm Chad Actually,
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I got this throw from Harris Actually,
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I thrift around my fashion Think I'm rich,
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go check my payment balance Yeah,
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yeah, yeah, yeah I'm not gonna lie,
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the blue team got a reload But the red team gave me a shout out
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So I'm gonna give £40 to the red team On top of the invoice
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But the point goes to the blue team This round is Lyrical Charades and the theme today is games.
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We're going to see how many of the games your other team mate can guess.
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Red Team, you're up first.
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Let's go.
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Get back and make the ghost and run Eat the dots like Si did in Top Boy Who did film?
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Life corner my gun Pacman Yeah Let's go,
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let's go, let's go We got two points to the reds Let's keep going,
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let's keep going Catch me in a gang in a discord chat Mining rocks
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and crafting maps The server's mad I'm mining diamonds like Congo I got unlimited maps Minecraft!
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Yeah?
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No, not Minecraft.
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Go again, go again.
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Do the ball again.
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That was Minecraft!
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It was.
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Sorry, bad bad.
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Anyway, you're right!
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Frequent!
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I don't know my games!
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It was Minecraft.
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Alright, cool.
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I'm a Nintendo, my name is Link.
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To find me the princess, she's dressed in pink.
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The boy with a dream,
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with a plan and a dream.
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To hold her hands for the same fate mink.
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One more time, one more time.
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Alright, cool, alright.
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One more time, last time.
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I'm a Nintendo, my name is Link So find me the princess,
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she's dressed in pink The boy with a dream,
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with a plan and a dream So hold our hands,
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but it ain't fake, mate Keep him out, your brothers Duh!
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Time, it was Zelda Name is Link Woah!
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Red team got three points Make some noise for the red team Yeah,
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I know Alright, blue team,
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we're up next Let's go Woo!
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Yeah, yeah Alright Look, look,
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this game is a battle royale,
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if I don't get the victory royale its peak
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And I can't say the name of the game but tell me what would you call two weeks?
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F.O.T.K.S What would you call two weeks?
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Fortnite?
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Yes.
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Fortnite?
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F.O.T.K.S
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F.O.T.K.S Wap wet for the blue team
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You got it N3 Aight
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Aight Aight Yo Yo In this game you create characters And live life in suburban bits
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It's a short word for simulation So you can call it the Sims Sims!
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Another team for the blue Look Keep getting entry Listen,
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look
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When you played this game growing up It makes sense now
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we shall on the track You can catch me on Rainbow Road Sonic Racing,
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no it's not that Sonic Racing,
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no it's not that Mario Kart?
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Mario Kart Okay Aye, one more One more for the blue team Alright,
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cool Last one, entry Alright,
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this one's easy, let's go Look We were all outside in the park,
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outside trying to catch that Charizard Time in this,
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now I can't get back,
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but I gotta catch them all like ash Pokemon Go!
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Pokemon Go!
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Woo!
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Go!
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Go!
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Go!
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Go!
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Go!
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Go!
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Go!
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This round is genre drop and
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that is where I'm going to be putting this counter into this machine and anywhere it lands,
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you're going to need a freestyle on that genre.
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Let's get some energy in the room.
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What we saying?
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I'm a piano!
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Blue team!
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It's Leash!
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Before I step out I pose for the timeline Snapshot only where I remember the last night Two gone,
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I'm in the West End I lost my crew but Tequila was my best friend I'm zoned out shades on,
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I got my best steps And now I'm having flashbacks to the lights coming on The lights coming on,
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I'm on the table shouting out baby what's next?
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Cause the light's still young in my drunk head It's crazy I wanna dance,
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yeah I wanna move Got me in a trance,
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point me to the groove Life of the party,
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let's get it started If I'm the life of the party,
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I can't depart it Somehow I got to the yard,
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got my keys and my cars I got 20 missed calls,
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looks like I might have taken it a little too far Party just a little too hard,
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and Mafia don't know how me feeling charged What?
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Hey!
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Okay, okay, that was hard
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I'm trying to live a private life I move it side to side like five a side
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But I ain't never been the type of guy to hide him down to ride Sick
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and tired living in this 9 to 5
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In a cycle I can't do this till I'm 95 I can't even cry If I do,
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I'ma try my eyes I can pin the ends with my
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friends I can't find my guy with my brother Got a
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cheese to back the time to grind I fell in love
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with right around from the end of Pinty eye to eye
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But now it's time to switch the flow Don't know
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which way to go Smoking on an indica Beat me till I'm indigo See them taking aim?
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Blitz the target cause I'm indigo The focus on my mind
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and no success can be a lonely road The trust of
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bummy hole Can't be seen with bummy foes No different lyrics if you don't know,
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my mommy knows I ain't even bloating like the gas
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that makes my tummy grow Every piece of stress you gotta laugh and that is funny though Ooh!
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It's garage!
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Inside, inside!
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Red Team, you're going first.
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Let's see what you got.
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Uh-oh.
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Uh-oh.
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Chit, chit, chit, chit, chit, chit, chit.
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Aight, yo, check it.
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Aight.
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Game, game, game.
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I gotta stay fresh with a taper fade.
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Nike, TN, code, tailor made.
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Cracker, swagger with a razor blade.
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Whoo!
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More time and I stay the same.
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I need a breakaway cop,
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brand new kicks can't make them wait Rome on the beat that's a major play Look,
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you see this flow right here let me run it back Shout out to them
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and them Yeah that's my brothers
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that are prized for a verse My bro you gotta double
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that See this flow right here I ain't done with
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that I got a brand new ting having fun with
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that I give a good wood and she can't get enough of
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that Nike Air Max out with the Anurag This one here goes Breathe in breathe out,
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get up move round We're turning up this London town From
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the top of the shard to the underground We're absolute souls no lost
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and found I found you cotch door by yourself I sat by you,
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ask for your help Help me please,
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just dance with me Help me to release yourself Look,
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and I'm weaving bad mind Sixteen for sixteens,
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bro, that's lie And when I'm on a set,
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man, I'm Steven Spielberg I show man how to act right Action,
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I'm getting him gone This season I'm preparing,
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don't see if you're arsed,
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that's why Any man that move barefaced,
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Mick Foley Might get sucked to your mouth,
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mankind like Yo, and I'm leveling again,
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there's no point in telling them again I'm a murderer with it reloads
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and I'm murdering lyrics so Bees what I wouldn't recommend,
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man I'm stepping from the L-U-T-O-N-2 Fools everyday now I'm ripping for the ends
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and High side and mid verse up to the side 4 There's no way
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that I'm bellin' them again N3 Now I'm really in my
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zone right now I ain't gonna pick up my phone right now I'm in the beach
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and the shallow verse flow down Say we won't add a
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tone right now Spin em on everything then I ghost right now I'm a mid rep but a toast right now And,
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and, I'm the king of this legion Nobody's coming for my throne right now,
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right now And you know
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that I spin em right now Wanna try ball for ballless
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right now He's got a bigger man boss right now Lighting off the lyrical band right now I'm a microphone
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so I like D double E
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And I'm back to the ball right now I'm James St. Patrick
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when I touch Mac 16 bars and I go straight now Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait Cold.
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Rrrr.
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Cold.
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Hey.
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I'm not gonna lie.
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I wanna give two points to the red team
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Because I feel like that verse was very hard And I gotta give a point to the blue team So right now,
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it's 7-6 to the blues But let's go again.
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What we saying?
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Drum and bass.
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Blue team, you're up.
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Let's see.
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What?
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What?
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Okay.
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Rome, your turn my bro.
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Alright then.
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Cheese.
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Yeah.
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Alright.
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I'm going to go.
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I'm going to go.
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What did I tell you?
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What a...
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Go again please, but everyone wear their protective clothing, go on.
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Let's get that.
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Yeah, you ain't still about that gunman sound, trust me.
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Yo, big man in the counter they can't match my sound.
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They wanna try stop me,
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they try bring man down.
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This one for the ravers for the underground.
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Like it tough me gun take man's crown
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And if you hear ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch That's that gun man sound If you hear ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch That's that gun man sound
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If you hear ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch That's that gun man sound Like it tough me gun take man's crown Listen,
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sticks and stones can break his bones But I put him in a tomb like Lara
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I need me a sweet one like Hara I'm pissed if I can't find my charger
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Even a loud couple don't rain A bit you thought I
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was gonna say learner Got chas in the lardos screaming slaughter We're about to cover a fake teeth
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We're about to get the strange teeth I'm gonna run the...
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Alright.
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Alright.
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Look at the camera, say it cheap Cheap!
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Look at the yankers, Dre and Steve All right,
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all right, all right, all right,
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all right Listen, that verse was mental,
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so I'm gonna give the point to the red team So right now it's 7-7,
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let's do the last, last round and let's see who takes you home Let's go!
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Energy, energy!
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Yeah!
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Grime time!
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Red team, you got in first.
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Okay.
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Alright.
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Rebel Mimes, we're inside.
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What we saying?
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Yeah?
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Energy, energy, energy, energy!
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I am the freedom borrower, part-time farmer.
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Dilt in the dark and dip in the karma.
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She wanna come get her feet of the flow,
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cause I'm 6'3 and I come from Ghana.
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That's time for Merkur.
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6 bigger earner, born a leader,
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I can't be a worker.
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I still grime with the fan control with the With a YouTube,
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the MP3 converter I know a girl who don't like guys Her first name's Tina,
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but my house is Turner I'm on the pitch,
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can't miss, Vernon I'm taking a piss and I'm taking a Ferber car Man,
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they can't buy like me,
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nah She said, man, they can't buy like me I know
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that they ain't got no heart like me I'm the MVP on the MP3,
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like Looking for some change,
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putting in the purse When they try to hit the belly,
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trying to make it work Cause they've come there,
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then I'll kick it to the curb If we kick it back on the track,
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spitting when they work My world up and then spitting
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when they verbs I like to freestyle with a hanging in the herb If we don't even know if we don't,
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best learn And I'll hold R1,
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cause the dial get hurt Bad man,
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bad man, you not a bad man Britain,
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oh my god go on like a mad man Step in,
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pull your smoke from my entrance I don't know what girlfriend,
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man, everywhere next thing Bad man,
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bad man, you not a bad man Britain,
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oh my god go on like a mad man Step in,
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pull your smoke from my entrance I don't know what girlfriend,
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man, brother Sir, sir Yeah,
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for real Sorry Sorry Before you go again,
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that scared me Yeah Sorry,
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sorry Jesus Wall on, you don't really wanna get con Wall on,
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no some bad from my barn Wall-on,
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Michael Mangade, see the Wall-on The Wall-on,
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the Wall-on, the Wall-on You don't really wanna get conned,
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Wall-on No seme-bots from me,
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Wall-on Wall-on Aight, aight Tech time
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Rome said Tech time, Rome said Tech time Tech time,
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don't rap with me, kill me,
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kill me, kill me, tech life I'll kill a MC and spray like a Tech-9 When I'm on the set,
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no it's big man boss School was the last time I had a deadline Nic' a man cool off,
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where you just eye?
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It was calm and sat and I let slide Next time the way it's too licking
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and your head side is fine Where you been?
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Rise it up You're dead too long,
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bind him up Huh, 60 more,
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light him up And death was the water,
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can't ride with us Alright you sit down,
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you sit down Tree, tree, and tree You understand?
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Alright Rome, you do your thing Cause he's gonna be here all day Let's go
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I just love the music man Take time It's from U Roma,
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this flow is straight from Moldova My brothers are from Uova,
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from Vietnam to Angola Running laps,
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no Daytona, no roller rollers,
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no ropers I like my ting thick like Gola,
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moha boha all over I got ting's from London to country,
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peng ting's are wanting to buck me
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Dead ting's are wanting to bug me
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and still giving manna all types of fuckeries When you're pulled up just to up me,
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she pulls out, says that she loves me I already know what I want,
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yeah, but this ting is braver too Yo this thing she wants a photo no no I don't do
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that for no ho my g's,
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my g's, you know they loco Photo's on wits,
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her on the go go them man are on the go slow I got my bro she know they so cold Um,
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it's Roam or Roma, Roan or Rota Roan run round,
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run around in the Rover Man I got a parking not
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like Rosa Polar opposite skin like Polar opposite skin like Coca-Cola No cold,
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but a sweet tooth, no molar,
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molar, mud spin round in a rover No-fold focus,
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turn up the vocals, no-fold focus,
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turn up the vocals Vocals Chris gonna make like a rogan,
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them and a hoping wrong when I roll up But they saw my face,
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they flow the Anyway, how many wins are they calling me the heavyweight?
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Generational run time for my accolades,
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tell I got a point to prove You ain't a go,
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can I bop to the shop in my hooves?
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Tryna get us out of the hood,
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I'm a tycoon, never said if raps don't work because it has to Always been a little bit cocky,
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a little gassed you Ain't nobody killing my ego,
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it's still intact too Let me breathe for a minute,
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forgetting to take a breath when I'm spinning Forgetting to take a rest
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when I'm winning But I'm never forgetting to love it
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I'm stepping in
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The blue team have won It's been an amazing thing
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Mike Flex Everyone won
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We in the viewers won The red team won The blue team won The blue team really won
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But it was mental Mike Flex
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Thank you Thank you Crazy Give us your shoes You know what I think
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This video, featuring an engaging rap battle format, is an excellent resource for learners looking to enhance their speaking skills through the art of rhythm and rhyme. The competitive nature of the verses prompts quick thinking and encourages creativity in language use. Practicing along with this video provides a fun context in which learners can actively apply new vocabulary and expressions. By shadowing the performers, you can improve your fluency, intonation, and overall confidence in speaking English. Utilizing a shadow speak or shadowing app will allow you to mimic the flow and style of the speakers, enhancing your auditory skills while providing real-time feedback as you develop your voice.
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- Complex sentences: Sentences containing multiple clauses, such as "I stand tall, always been a giraffe," illustrate how to add depth to your speech, allowing for more elaborate storytelling.
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