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otitis - the journey lyrics

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[verse 1]

i loved music since my youngest of days
i was raised on the songs that my mama would play, from the
billy joels to the gloria estefans
ma would put c-ssette up in the deck and we would get gone

i was seven touchin’ casio keys
no one seen in 8 years, i’d be rappin’ on beats
i got a boombox present on the day i turned nine
c-ssette deck, cd player, dials turned fine

i was, tunin’ in, discovered plenty of stations
but my favorite had my name is on heavy rotation
i had, fell in love with that hip hop sound
moms sayin’ “turn it down” when that sh-t got loud, so i’d

plug the ‘phones in and go till heaven knows
i was waitin’ all day to hear the next episode
moms didn’t like me hearin’ big pimpin’
so i snuck in my listens, check the world the kid lived in

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take a journey with me
close your eyes, take a break from what you currently see
‘fore they called me ot, ‘fore i even had a thought of what my future goals be
this the story of me, went from listener, to mission: be producer/emcee
i was learning to be, here’s how music saved my life, take a journey with me

[verse 2]

later, i was catchin’ up on cl-ssics that i missed
everything from rakim, nas, biz, and sl!ck rick
played the chronic ‘fore i ever knew what kush is
and big poppa ‘fore i knew what “dush” or a “bush” is-

atliens got repeats for days
i knew every single lyric, i’d complete the phrase
way later, cunninlynguists dropped a piece of strange
hearin’ that never failed to deplete the pain, so

life changed on a day in ’99
when i heard the sickest beat and the craziest of rhymes
on “award tour… with muhammad my man”
had a life-changing song in the palm of my hands

it was on the tv when the channel was flipped
sittin’ noddin’ my head, like “who’s rappin’ is this?”
tribe had me on a “quest,” tryna find them other sounds
and that’s when the kid started diggin’ underground, look

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[verse 3]

i’d get back from school and get the homework done quick
then i’d watch rap city and, 106
way before youtube, they were places to be
i was hurtin’ when they swapped tig, aj and free

my boy stevie and his brother put me onto tech n9ne
i had no idea that many words could get rhymed
then i found pun’s capital punishment
inspired me to write, i kinda liked what i done with it

chris hooked me up with sony acid pro 2
tried to flip human nature, i thought i was cold, too
i was 12 at the time, havin’ fun with the loops
dj shadow’s endtroducing made me wanna produce

but it was later when my favorite producer had dropped donuts
february ’06, heard it, and was sold, bruh
on the same night, i made my first beat
“ot-tis” was the name, in they ears first week

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