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Harlem...
The Bronx....
Brooklyn....
Long Island..
Staten Island..
The Galaxy of Queens
Queens get the money....

(Deep exhale)

Verse 1

Money gotta be made
And bills gotta be paid
Eternally exhausted
I will never need a sleep aid
Played it by the book
And I hate the time it took
Humming Stevie Wonder
I was waiting for a look
But the look never came
And I blamed the fools in charge
Wish I took better aim
When I was shooting for the stars
(Lawd)
Trial by fire and somebody reek of gasoline
They said I had the glow
All I know it wasn't afro sheen
Swam through Billy Ocean for a Carribean queen
Every time her legs open I get wrapped up in between
This only happens in my dreams
My nightmare much realer
Uncle Sam the plug for all You wanna be drug dealers
(All yall niggas)
I got bigger fish to fry than Jaws 2
This bag tagged responsibility
jun that's all you
I couldn't pick it up 'cause it was bigger than me
Had to get it up so I tried lifting in 3... 2.... 1

Hook

How You make change in a game that never changes
How You make change in a game that never changes
(Ah ah)
Seem like nowadays the aim's to remain brainless
Strangers do anything and get famous
How You make change in a game that never changes
How You make change in a game that never changes
Gotta grab the thing by the frame and rearrange it
I don't put words together I make statements

Verse 2

Creature of my habitat
Ima creature of habit
I smoke good eat bad
And repeat like a parrot
(Ah ah)
Living like I'm 22
I grew more than 44
Dying to close up shop
But know I got more in store
Pain in my eyes but they hide behind a smile
Built for the truth
I never used to lie around
Tried to live it up
Now that's kinda dying down
I'm so underground
Only miners ca find the sound
(Wow)
Long as somebody dig it
I'll probably karate kick it
Word to the Almighty
Coulda left I'm not alrighty with it
Tried to make magic
But the gadgets make it scientific
Life's a B
But You ca make her wine if You find the spirit
But for now it's hard rhymes
For hard times
Far cry from when I was shy
Watching The Fall Guy
Still hit the Chinease spot
And cop a large fry
Even when I sat on the bench
I set the bar high

Hook 2

I gotta make change in a game that never changes
I gotta make change in a game that never changes
Seem like nowadays the aim's to remain brainless
Strangers do anything and get famous
I gotta make change in a game that never changes
I gotta make change in a game that never changes
Gotta grab the thing by its frame and rearrange it
I don't put words together I make statements

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from Tell me Something i Don't Know, released December 25, 2023

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junclassic is NOT Your average emcee. His voice is striking, something between the weighted baritone of a Bigge Smalls coupled with the streetwise snarl of a Prodigy. He often speaks in daily life narratives, barely escaping the pitfalls of New York City. Refreshingly candid, jun highlights the emotional burdens of Afrocentric modernity, a middle-aged Black man trying to make it all make sense. ... more

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