[ti:]Thank You
[ar:]Jin
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[00:00.00]Jin - Thank You
[00:03.50]This feels good right here.
[00:07.84]Just happy to be here.
[00:11.28]I mean,
[00:12.81]I gota take a moment to thank those that made a difference,
[00:15.57]whether small or big.
[00:18.07]Damn, where should I start though?
[00:22.75]First and foremost I gota give praise
[00:25.17]to the lord above and his almighty ways
[00:27.94]blessin me with the gift to lift spirits
[00:30.39]and evoke emotions thru these words everytime you hear it
[00:33.26]I got the lyrics and flow,
[00:34.96]Im capable so when I blow, just know this ones for April and Joe
[00:38.82]me and my little sister, we grateful you know
[00:41.33]wish I could see you more Avah at the rate that you grow
[00:44.41]my favorite uncle Franky for opening ya door
[00:46.88]when I aint have a place to stay,
[00:48.46]I crashed on your floor, taught me the basic survival tools
[00:52.00]auntie Cathy, every summer kept me in vacation Bible school
[00:55.74]Mr Diskin for more than passin grades
[00:58.22]and my fourth grade teacher Mr. Scott who passed away
[01:01.11]peep how I met Kamel, corner on the street
[01:03.42]we goin to the top ,lets do it for Shawna and Jaleek
[01:06.20]in the beginnin, no one was on Jins side folks
[01:09.07]Bar and Amory, whoa bundy thats a inside joke
[01:11.97]before bullshit friendships, synthetic for cream
[01:14.82]chilled with my wall click, Bryan, Cedric, and Jean
[01:17.34]so when I moved to NY chose to invest in a few
[01:20.25]one love to Patricia Ben and the rest of the crew
[01:22.97]to be loved is a privilige, thats what I was told
[01:25.89]a gem from my man LS more precious than gold
[01:28.41]infamous joe lacin my tatt so sick
[01:31.34]Fong, YungMac, and Ken down at ho yips
[01:34.13]to dee waah chivon and the rest of the Deans
[01:36.59]for believing in a young man obsessed with a dream
[01:39.29]allowin me to write history create my own chapter
[01:42.52]all original ryders and the generation after
[01:45.13]the double R staff my thanks worth a million
[01:47.98]and the whole 30th floor at the Universal buildin
[01:50.79]you could never walk in my shoes or stand in my boots
[01:53.10]know how I came up, I'll never abandon my roots
[01:55.97]yeah, c rayz, poison pen for sharing the stage
[01:58.76]shouts to stronghold, tone, and the rest of the plague
[02:01.58]ask big zoo, we ten steps ahead of ya
[02:04.37]vice versus, eye to eye, e-o dub regulars
[02:07.66]my man j pure for bringin the heat right
[02:09.88]and the rest of the poets, chillin under streetlights
[02:12.75]just keep the beats tight, shouts to the record spinners
[02:15.60]enuff, felli fell and all the heavy hitters
[02:18.30]kubichi k sly hold me down in LA
[02:20.84]might catch me flickin it up with Von in the bay
[02:23.79]then its off to the wake up show with tech and sway
[02:26.58]or big nat and foot out in VA
[02:29.46]its damn near tradition to kick a freestyle
[02:32.06]anytime Im with Eddie Francis out in seatown
[02:34.67]cant forget hometeam as high as I be
[02:37.41]supa cindy, big lip and DJ Irie
[02:40.36]the club and mixtape DJs that break records
[02:43.15]cause thanks to them we've heard some great records
[02:45.93]shouts out to the technitians they get props
[02:48.74]feel free to holla, anytime you need drops
[02:51.59]bob collina, the only one to call
[02:53.98]anytime ya boy Jin gota run in with the law
[02:57.10]Bert Padell aka big babe ruth
[02:59.50]got the brinks truck outside, lets get paid loot
[03:02.20]6-4-6-6, the trips back and forth
[03:05.35]from the studio to the crib, Im never slackin off
[03:07.95]how bout will, spivey and of course killa kai
[03:10.96]boondo, randy, feron just a few of my
[03:13.46]close associates that i love to see
[03:16.16]school me to the game like joe box and brother e
[03:18.87]razor and Mario for all them times we rocked shows
[03:21.76]to the rest of 176, tato
[03:24.37]
[03:27.06]peter jun, rock, lisa, landy and j
[03:30.32]keepin me fresh ellis at the barbershop
[03:32.54]coast to coast, lifestyles reppin the r alot
[03:35.23]my man cartoon bringin the fresh sound
[03:38.09]cookie and mag ogs holdin the west down
[03:41.04]and of course swizz blocks, carl, climax
[03:43.72]far east movement, they got what ya minds lack
[03:46.50]t dot, montreal where I keep mass appeal
[03:49.29]romero, baby yu, rg and neil
[03:52.07]it pays to keep it real even more to be sincere
[03:54.58]thanks to BET for jump startin my career
[03:57.36]as for 106 who they askin about
[04:00.53]Free and AJ cant wait to see yall back on the couch
[04:03.18]and MTV for givin advance warnings
[04:05.91]John Singleton plus the chance at performin
[04:08.62]the source double xl rolling stone vibe
[04:11.41]the truth, the lies, the layout in rides
[04:14.37]for every write up forever in context
[04:17.14]king magazine elle girl and complex
[04:19.81]to all the producers for providin the beats
[04:22.09]shouts to neo, tunehedz, divine and elite
[04:25.04]JR, wyclef, kanye, can I rep
[04:27.71]this is real hiphop be damned if I let
[04:30.61]yall tell me otherwise cause we so live
[04:33.11]this ones for 954 and 305
[04:36.03]all the way to 718 and 212
[04:40.12]and if you ever showed love this ones for you
[04:41.90]but I gota say thanks even those that hated
[04:44.43]cause, cause yall kept me motivated
[04:51.79]See, alot of times people don't appreciate the love and support that they get
[04:56.36]from their family and friends. Haters and those that love them too.
[05:00.37]but not me, see i never take none of that for granted.
[05:04.82]So i knew i had to take a moment at least, to let y'all know how i fell about it
[05:08.93]C'mon
[05:09.56]I gota thank God I wanna thank yall