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Dear Dad
04:06
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ayo dad I dont got the answer and I can't call it
and I don't understand why God gave you Cancer
Your my dog dad till death and even after that
I got you to the very last after breath
you never missed a basketball game that's a fact
taught me things like that's a gat
hold it tightly son that's a hair pin trigger
squeeze it ever so slightly
see that dude talking to the cop that's a rat
taught me street lessons told me heed warnings
but all i ever do is work a nine to five and see foremans
my papi been a soldier since, Vietnam black beret
cut his own fingers off and he aint never fold or flinch
my dad taught me pain was nothing but a mental issue
learn to deal with it just bite your teeth like it's some dental tissue
theres no such thing as a victim theres just volunteers
inflicted pain through time my mind drift through falling tears
It's all father like son ****, like son ****
I'd die for you dad empty that gun clip, that gun clip
I'd live for you, breath for you, ride for you
ride for you, smile for you, why the **** I'd cry for you?
It's all father like son ****, like son ****
I'd die for you dad empty that gun clip, that gun clip
I'd live for you, breath for you, ride for you
ride for you, smile for you, why the **** I'd cry for you?
I don't know how to say it the words aint deep enough
you've been there since day one if anyone want beef with us
you would let us fight our own fights you knew the streets were tough
you prepared me real good
bailed me out and always kept your word just like the real would
you was real and nothing but
for sure I turn the heat up on foes and close the oven shut
live for everyday like it's my last that aint nothing what
you kept me real grounded never gassed me or pumped me up
bought me my first pair of Jordans although you can't afford them
I see the calluses from all that shit your hands were holding
a 9 to 5 for you was more like living 9 to 9 I should've followed your lead
instead of living crime to crime I wish that I could take back
couple of times but I can't so I reminisce and write a couple of rhymes
the way I feel about you I can't describe in a couple lines were both soldiers
military salute through the troubled times
It's all father like son ****, like son ****
I'd die for you dad empty that gun clip, that gun clip
I'd live for you, breath for you, ride for you
ride for you, smile for you, why the **** I'd cry for you?
It's all father like son ****, like son ****
I'd die for you dad empty that gun clip, that gun clip
I'd live for you, breath for you, ride for you
ride for you, smile for you, why the **** I'd cry for you?
I love my pops cause he taught me how to be a man
showed me how to settle beef and handle problems with my hands
told me always work hard but don't forget about you fam
follow what your heart says just make sure that you got a plan
told me that this life was hard, always put your faith in god
trust yourself and no one else to many trying to play the part
he said pursue the art and only do what's in your heart
watch out for those fakes and frauds their preying that you take a loss
I remember way back kicking around a soccer ball
when I was learning how to walk your arms would never let me fall
always had the time to talk whenever I would make a call
had my back against the wall because of you I'm standing tall
until the curtain call always be the first to brawl
break a jaw and break the law for papi I would give it all
without you I can't live at all your everything inside my life
always taught me wrong from write I thank you for the great advice
It's all father like son ****, like son ****
I'd die for you dad empty that gun clip, that gun clip
I'd live for you, breath for you, ride for you
ride for you, smile for you, why the **** I'd cry for you?
It's all father like son ****, like son ****
I'd die for you dad empty that gun clip, that gun clip
I'd live for you, breath for you, ride for you
ride for you, smile for you, why the **** I'd cry for you?
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2. |
The Rules
03:02
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3. |
The Way We Do
04:09
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4. |
Rap Mistress
03:45
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5. |
The March ft Set2
02:35
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6. |
Nobody Care ft K Dot
04:13
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7. |
In A Minute
03:44
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8. |
Enuff Wit It
02:52
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9. |
Change
03:44
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10. |
Hold This
02:41
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11. |
My Valentine
02:37
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12. |
Day To Day
03:43
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13. |
8 Bit
04:35
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I'm sitting back thinking on my recollections
it's funny how life can show light and change perceptions
I was a lowlife, lonely with no dirrection
sleeping on park benches stuck in a deep depression
out at night busting heads open with rusty wrenches
Until I went right and learned from my many lessons
on the turnpike, burning another session
clutching weapons like countdown to armageddon
I'm praying to go confessing to the reverend
hoping my soul aint destined for hell's entrance
the violence was senseless, the anger was endless
the search for answers only left me with more questions
why was I born and what's my purpose
I think to myself as I write this in cursive
and spit verses that bring the truth to the surface
mc's getting taxed for their goods and services
I'm like Ryu, hittin dudes with a burning fist
scorching flesh with the heat of a million furnaces
ya'll aint grimey, or dirty as the germs I spit
so stop whining about life and just learn from it
I spit that 8bit Shit, Pop in the Cartridge,
were taking the rap game for hostage
sowing seeds with knowledge
we aint going nowhere, till were reaping the harvest x2
I'm moving forward, about to beat another stage
mc's are wasting their quarters, while we run the game
I've been coping with pain, since a younger age
trying to turn the page in my life
but couldn't stop the rage
smoking haze everyday just to ease the pain
putting thc in my brain to keep me sane
I tried to change but my efforts were all in vain
losing my way drinking cases of liquor by the day
I need to break free and leave from this evil place
but i'm tied to this shit like a needle and lace
the streets aint safe, there's people that beat on your face
and leave you bleeding, sleeping till you never awake
I made an escape and left town without a trace
flying through the sky like super man without a trace
looking back on my 8bit days, I would play NES till my eyes were glazed
I spit that 8bit Shit, Pop in the Cartridge,
were taking the rap game for hostage
sowing seeds with knowledge
we aint going nowhere, till were reaping the harvest x2
Why I always gotta be there when trouble happen
sometimes you gotta get kicked and punched like double dragon
before you realize life's pitfalls
it's too late when bullets hit your face like spitballs
the cops can't creep, nah
as long as walkie talkies on
we pack we in barrels and move it just like donkey kong
The courts are too expensive
I can't afford the truth
fly as a fuckin plane but get killed like 1942
nobody did it for me
so why would I step in and help ya
live and die by the sword like the legend of zelda
cmon, my life's been tough the pain's been real
the pressure gets pressed to your chest like blades of steel
my clicks always puffin on the best
northern lights or big buds
movin work knee deep in the dirt like dig dug
angerville, we coming from ontario's gutters
conscious thought and fortunato
super mario brothers
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14. |
Break The Law ft K Dot
04:09
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15. |
Villain
03:17
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16. |
The Grave
03:03
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17. |
What Is This
02:54
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18. |
Tales
04:40
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Fortunato Toronto, Ontario
Born and raised in Toronto's west end, Fortunato dropped his first album in 2008 which had several videos in high rotation
on Much Music and Much Vibe. Fortunato is 2x East Coast Music Award nominated rapper. Fortunato is known for his gritty hard-hitting raps and ferocious flow.
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