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Ransom

1996

Release date: 30th September 2013

From The Proposal
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About This Track

"1996" is a track by Ransom, from the album The Proposal, released 30th September 2013. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Ransom

Ransom

Lyrics

1996

[Verse 1]

We smoking and drinking

Me and Statik couple of friends of ours

Scotty, B, O, Easy, Mo and Termanology

The seminar's gotta be hip-hop

I read it in the stars like astronomy, zip locks

But I'm on parole, I can't piss hot

Cause that'll get the kid locked

We talkin bout these rappers

That sold the niggers who shit flop

My shit hot but I never really got a chance to shine

Turn back the hands of time

You can see my plan to grind

I speak to people who struggle

Those are the fans are mine

I tell'em life is a movie

That niggers can't rewind

They love the fact that I spit

With such a ferociousness

Static was the best one

Recording all of my vocal shit

You know the script was freezing

When they was cold as shit

When the time stayed with a runny nose

Cause my coke was my ripped

And niggers know that still

Said I was poor as hell

That's I rap and search vision

Cause I got more to tell

Could it been a offer?

I pull a surprise winner

Instead I hit the block

I was starving to find dinner

Young niggers love the light

Cause in dark you gonna find sinners

On a bed just run in the park

Like I'm Scott Brinner

Cause I'm in a state of mind of a crime committer

You shine and glitter

Talkin greezy behind yo Twitter

I'm on the front lunge of a war

That you can't imagine

Serious shit no jokes

Far from a nigga laughin

We sit back and reminisce

When the game wasn't about silly percentages

I think we should take it back to the genesis

I know all my real niggers remember this

[Outro]

1996

Back up in this nigga

1996

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Track details

From The Proposal

2013
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Album
The Proposal
The Proposal
Ransom
30th September 2013
Release year
2013
  1. —1996
  2. —Dollars & Sense
  3. —It's Ransom
  4. —How It Feels
  5. —I Do
  6. —Jade
  7. —Life of Sin
  8. —Never Forget
  9. —Outcast
  10. —Reservoir Scars
  11. —Start 2 Finish
  12. —UnExplainable

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