[ti:从黑胶起家] [ar:葛仲珊] [al:皇后区的皇后] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]从黑胶起家 - 葛仲珊 [00:00.27]Written by:葛仲珊 [00:00.99]Cookin' Soul [00:01.88] [00:22.63]I make music for a livin' [00:23.55] [00:24.09]Work with what I'm given [00:25.42]Never settin' limits [00:26.31]Representin' for da women [00:27.56]See they look at me and see [00:28.75]Some kind of oddity or freak [00:30.17]But what they really don't see [00:31.29]Is I'm just tryin' to be me [00:32.70]Without the judgments repugnance [00:34.19]Just doing what I love and [00:35.37]Not tryin' to be a slave [00:36.38]To the opinions of the public nah [00:37.95] [00:38.53]My whole life I've struggled to be free [00:40.49]And now that I'm grown [00:41.51]I could finally be me ya know [00:43.50]So nod your head back if ya feel this [00:45.47] [00:46.26]Real always recognize realness [00:47.62] [00:48.82]A lot of people dwell on your appearance [00:50.79] [00:51.33]But never know the struggles that you deal with [00:53.03] [00:53.58]From the bottom rose to the top [00:55.75]Cooked some hip hop in along with the pot [00:57.63] [00:58.21]Turned this raw stock into a meal [01:00.07] [01:00.77]Started from scratch like Grandwizard Theo [01:02.66] [01:03.21]Yea we started from scratch [01:04.39]Started from scratch [01:05.21] [01:05.78]Started from scratch [01:06.86]Now look where we at [01:08.10]Yea we started from scratch [01:09.58]Started from scratch [01:10.09] [01:10.82]Started from scratch [01:11.83]And we ain't never lookin' back [01:13.04]Yea we started from scratch [01:14.06] [01:14.63]Started from scratch [01:15.26] [01:15.90]Started from scratch [01:16.89]Now look where we at [01:18.13]Yea we started from scratch [01:19.00] [01:19.60]Started from scratch [01:20.28] [01:20.93]Started from scratch [01:21.81]And we ain't never lookin' back [01:23.07]Whether past or in the present [01:24.74]My style is independent [01:25.95]Of anything that's trending [01:26.93]Never-ending like a legend [01:28.41]Got the recipe my destiny's [01:29.68]To give the world the best of me [01:30.98]That's why these people [01:31.60]I don't even know all invest in me [01:34.00]In my own league can't define me [01:36.17]Rap sing and song-write in English and Chinese [01:38.39] [01:39.10]It's the valedictorian right here [01:41.29]Always been first that's why [01:42.40]They call me a pioneer ya know [01:44.32]Started from the bottom didn't know much [01:46.10] [01:46.80]Now I'm coppin' cribs like a grown up [01:48.60] [01:49.42]See my face big on a tour bus [01:51.08] [01:51.98]Hittin' every city that they show love [01:54.09]What Just doing what I do best [01:56.06] [01:56.76]Nah and we ain't following no rubric [01:58.52] [01:59.23]Pour my soul into the movement [02:01.38]So even when I'm gone still live thru the music [02:03.83]Yea we started from scratch [02:04.72] [02:05.22]Started from scratch [02:05.72] [02:06.38]Started from scratch [02:07.35]Now look where we at [02:08.68]Yea we started from scratch [02:09.62] [02:10.20]Started from scratch [02:10.86] [02:11.55]Started from scratch [02:12.46]And we ain't never lookin' back [02:13.70]Yea we started from scratch [02:14.62] [02:15.27]Started from scratch [02:15.87] [02:16.50]Started from scratch [02:17.53]Now look where we at [02:19.00]Yea we started from scratch [02:19.79] [02:20.31]Started from scratch [02:20.89] [02:21.56]Started from scratch [02:22.48]And we ain't never lookin' back [02:23.55] [02:24.06]Tell the DJ hit the repeat when they see me [02:26.59]Neighborhood squad out bumpin' my CD [02:28.84] [02:29.53]What a feelin' cuz none of it was easy [02:31.23] [02:31.73]Parents barely had enough dough to even feed me [02:34.39]So I learned to grind hard from a young age [02:37.04]Told myself I'd be star one day [02:38.96] [02:39.64]You could see me on the news front page [02:42.11]Cuz I refuse to live a life that's mundane [02:44.68]Born and raised NYC Queens [02:47.44]Where kings go to find a queen [02:48.67] [02:49.32]And dreams can turn into a million things [02:51.16] [02:51.83]But fame ain't nothing like it really seems [02:53.76] [02:54.42]Foreal that's why I stay true and I don't do [02:56.98] [02:57.67]Anything that don't feed my soul food [02:59.31] [03:00.00]Follow in their shoes like a broke fool [03:01.88]And now I get to let the world know [03:03.49]What I know too [03:04.29]Yea we started from scratch [03:05.23] [03:05.85]Started from scratch [03:06.34] [03:07.01]Started from scratch [03:08.06]Now look where we at [03:09.29]Yea we started from scratch [03:10.21] [03:10.80]Started from scratch [03:12.07]Started from scratch [03:13.05]And we ain't never lookin' back [03:14.39]Yea we started from scratch [03:15.31] [03:15.90]Started from scratch [03:16.51] [03:17.11]Started from scratch [03:18.17]Now look where we at [03:19.44]Yea we started from scratch [03:20.36] [03:20.92]Started from scratch [03:21.57] [03:22.17]Started from scratch [03:23.14]And we ain't never lookin' back