Karaoké Moment of Truth Gang Starr

They say it's lonely at the top and whatever you do

You always gotta watch motherfuckers around you

Nobody's invincible

No plan is foolproof

We all must meet our moment of truth

The same sheisty cats that you hang with and do your thang with

Could set you up and wet you up

Nigga peep the language

It's universal

You play with fire it may hurt you

Or burn you

Lessons are blessings you should learn through

Let's face facts

Although MC's lace tracks it doesn't mean behind the scenes there ain't no dirt to trace back

That goes for all of us

There ain't nobody to trust

It's like sabotage

It's got me ready to bust

But I can't jeopardize what I have done up to this point

So Imma get more guys to help me run the whole joint

Cultivate, multiply

Motivate or else we'll die

You know I be the master of the who, what, where and why

See when you're shinin' some chumps'll wanna dull ya

Always selfish, jealous punks will wanna pull ya

Down

Just like some shellfish in a bucket

'Cos they love it to see your ass squirm like a worm

But just as you'll receive what is comin' to you everybody else is gonna get theirs too

I ain't no saint therefore I cannot dispute that everyone must meet their moment of truth

Actions have reactions

Don't be quick to judge

You may not know the hardships people don't speak of

It's best to step back and observe with couth

For we all must meet our moment of truth

Sometimes you gotta dig deep

When problems come near don't fear, things get severe for everybody everywhere

Why do bad things happen to good people

Seems that life is just a constant war between good and evil

The situation that I'm facin' is mad amazin'

To think such problems can arise from minor confrontations

Now I'm contemplatin'

In my bedroom pacin'

Dark clouds over my head

My heart's racin'

Suicide, nah

I'm not a foolish guy

Don't even feel like drinkin' or even gettin' high

'Cos all that's gonna do really is accelerate the anxieties that I wish

I could alleviate

But wait, I've been through a whole lot of other shit before so I oughta be able to withstand some more

But I'm sweatin' though

My eyes are turnin' red and yo

I'm ready to lose my mind but instead I use my mind

I put down the knife and take the bullets out my nine

My only crime was that I'm too damn kind

And now some scandalous motherfuckers wanna take what's mine

But they can't take the respect that I've earned in my lifetime

And you know they'll never stop the furious force of my rhymes

So like they say

Every dog has its day

And like they say

God works in a mysterious way

So I pray

Rememberin' the days of my youth

As I prepare to meet my moment of truth

Yo I got one lyric pointed at your head for start

Another one is pointed at your weak-ass heart

Now if I pull the trigger on these fully-loaded lines you're gonna wish I would've pulled a black nine

I mack dimes

Crack the spines of the fake gangsters

Yeah the bitin' triflin' niggas and the studio pranksters

Yo lookin' at the situation plainly will you remain G or will you be looked upon strangely

I reign as the articulator with the greater data

Revolvin' on the TASCAM

Much doper than my last jam

While others struggle to juggle tricky metaphors

I explore more to expose the core

A lot of emcees act stupid to me and we have yet to see if they can match our longevity

But anyway

It's just another day

Another fake jack I slay with my spectac' rap display

Style's smooth but rugged

You can't push or shove it

You dig it and you dug it 'cos like money you love it

The king of monotone

With my own throne

Righteously violent prone

My words bring winds like cyclones

Stormin' your hideout

Blockin' out your sunlight

Your image and your business were truly not done right

Throw up your He Allah Now

Divine Saviors

You got no hand skills

There's no security to save ya

No pager, no celly

No drop-top Benz-y

I came to bring your phony hip-hop to an endin'

My art of war will leave you sore from the abuse 'cos you must meet your moment of truth

They say it's lonely at the top and whatever you do you always gotta watch motherfuckers around you

No one is untouchable

No man is bulletproof

We all must meet our moment of truth