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God Always Cypher DJ Mykael V Feat. Q-Flo, 350, Aklesso, Gavin The Hotrod, Brenno, Torey D’Shaun
Sep 27, 2025
🔥 Witness the power of bars and faith collide on this incredible episode of Sway In The Morning! The "God Always Cipher" brings together an all-star lineup, including 350, Q Flow, Gavin the Hot Rod, and more, as they deliver unparalleled verses that blend gospel-infused messages with raw hip-hop energy. Hosted on Sway’s Universe, this cypher is not just about music—it's about social change, purpose, and the transformative power of faith. From East Side’s finest to Philly’s lyrical powerhouse, each artist takes the mic to share their truth, weaving stories of resilience, faith, and redemption. Featuring exclusive performances and a celebration of gospel hip-hop, this cypher is a testament to the impact of music with a mission. Subscribe now to Sway’s Universe for more exclusive interviews, groundbreaking cyphers, and the best of hip-hop and culture. Don’t miss this inspiring session—your faith and love for bars will thank you! 🔥 #SwayInTheMorning #GodAlwaysCipher #HipHop #GospelMusic #SocialChange #vanguard #sabrinacarpenter #teddyswims #shawnmendes #bensonboone CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 01:24 - 350 (Song Title) 01:29 - Q-Flow (Artist Feature) 03:35 - Big Gavo (Artist Spotlight) 06:52 - Brazil (Cultural Influence) 09:07 - Intro (Revisited) 09:12 - Q The God Always Cypher (Cypher Performance) Subscribe Here! http://bit.ly/SubscribeSU Watch the Best of Sway In The Morning! http://bit.ly/BestOfSITM
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[Music]
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Yeah.
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Come on y'all. 350. Okay. First the
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rock. Say your name.
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35 from the east side. 350 here.
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Come on. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Long
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way. Cipher.
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DJ Mike LV. We here, baby.
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Let's go, man. We
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look around, baby.
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Let's clap it up.
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Sway in the morning.
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Look, I did it.
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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, man. All the way
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from San Juan, Texas. Let's get it.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Check. Okay. 350
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35 working 9 to5 for the 956 the east
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side is where I minded my biz but I saw
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many a man as a kid them just hurting no
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one healthy straight capping if you say
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that you did and they ain't playing they
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just say that there is and when the
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guards down calm down it's all out
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flaming the strip on time never late
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when we hit just look around when you
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facing the kid cuz I'm not a man I'm a
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mid so call me 350 father family and
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peace searching for the solids couldn't
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find in the streets and Michael told me
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I'm the true back in 2019 and 6 years
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later I could finally see it ain't about
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the dollar signs of who I finally meet.
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If the kids back home don't know that
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it's peace and myster in the cages don't
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know that they're free. And all the kids
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are no home. Know the child of the king.
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See there's a mission on the way. Never
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missing kind of day. Reminiscing on the
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state of hip hop, but I can't complain.
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They say we had a li, but they ain't
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hearing what we say. They want to see
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the truth. Then just look me in my face.
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It's 350.
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350. Give it up for 35.
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Yo, who matched the rock?
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Come on.
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Q flow. North Philly in the building.
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Let's get it.
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Let's get it. Look, they try to question
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my morale, but I'm a big step.
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Microphone check. That's a chin. Check
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it. The pink clever Philly boy. Boy, I
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was cold in the cold weathers. You can
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see the pressure stitched in my old
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sweaters, but God got me. Hold on. I'mma
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let that run you back.
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Yeah. Yeah. Billy, stand up. Billy,
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stand up. Q flow in the building.
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Yeah,
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but I'm a big step microphone. Check
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this a chin checkered a pin. Clever
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Philly boy dog. I was built in the cold
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weathers. You can see the precious
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stitched in my old sweaters. But God got
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me. Trader pain for eternal life.
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Imagine being told you be better off
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there. You deserve the fight. Christ
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died so you can see the way you all
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deserve the right. The hands work.
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Uncertain words. Let the certain rights.
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The body strong but the mind was weak.
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Had to put my s into submission. Boy,
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I'm feeling like the iron sheep. Mod
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Picasso bro. The art is unconventional
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but even then the love is unintentional.
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Listen here. Yeah. They say it's
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something in the water from Philly where
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the eels be spitting like Jaylen Carter.
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If you ain't bring a thing to the table,
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don't even bother. The story's already
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written. I owe it to the father. What's
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up? Yeah, y'all went and let the dog
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out. Tell the homies Bible studies at
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the dog house. If you with it, then you
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with it. Ain't no call outs. Kobe Bryant
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game seven. I'm a ball out. Came school,
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but gritty back in style. It's time to
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listen up. Bringing back the filling. It
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was there. We had to dig it up. Prime
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time. Get the buffs. Calling the
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soldiers. They wasn't lit enough. No for
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rushing. No discussion. Still pretty for
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the Lord. Them demons quiet now. They
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known for bluffing. Back spazzing. Catch
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me in the ring. They see I'm back
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jabbing. Shoot at least a hund on this
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joint. I'm out here stab patting.
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Walking my shoes, you couldn't move a
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mile. Yeah, anyone can hit the court,
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but there's a difference in our shooting
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styles. We gave y'all air and
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opportunity. Prove it now. Lying through
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your teeth. We had our homies doing root
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canals. Christians in the trenches. And
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we still going to bring the truth
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around. And listen for the haters who
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don't want more. Might not be my son,
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but you definitely my young boy. Philly.
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Philly in the building. It's a little
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chilly chilly. Hey,
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who's next to rock?
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You got me. You got me.
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Don't even worry about it. Ladies and
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gentlemen, this for you.
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Yeah. Big Gavo Gavin a hot rod in the
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building. What's up?
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You got to buy this, yo. This will
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I promise on
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this a classic.
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Hey, look.
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The boys got it on lock. They like a gun
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of safe. Why you stuck paying that
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price? Always a fun away. This feel like
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hearing that first note to run away.
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Father blessed me with these 808s to
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heal your heartbreak. That's what it's
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like now. Pipe down. That boy looking
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like a type now he fly now. Looking like
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he about to fight slight pal. Anytime he
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touched the mic now just right down
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everything the father gave to him.
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Wasn't fighting my demons. I was a slave
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to him. Now it's power in my step. I'm
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walking straight through them. They hate
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the movement. Anytime it's for Yeshua.
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Look, I know these boys can't rhyme much
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to climb tough. They getting flipped
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with sticks. They going to make a baton
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bus. Remind us what's behind us. Nah, we
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just beat the odds. They assigned us.
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Gav, what's up?
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Gavin the hot rod. Yes.
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Come on. What we doing? Gav the hot rod.
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Miami in the building.
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Miami in the building. In the morning.
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Let's go. Turn him up. Turn him up.
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You already know what it is, baby.
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Turn him up. There you go. Hey,
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I got something to say. Mike LV
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got fat new live. You already know what
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it is.
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Yeah. Hey. Hey. Okay. Go a little
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something like this. Uh, two Americas,
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different colors, different stripes,
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different narratives. Dodge the lights,
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watch for ice in your area. Born in
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strife, born to die of malaria. Am I
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scaring you? Well, if you scare, go to
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church. Ice Cube said it first. It's the
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land of the brave, so you better tuck
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your skirt. Seen the news, another merk.
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Seen the news, another perk. What they
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do for Charlie Brown, they won't do for
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Charlie. Hey.
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Okay. Two black bodies found fresh off a
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tree. Another cold case on the end of my
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street while BB on the net controlling
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the free. I grieve when I seen his death
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on the screen. I still grieve from the
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bombs that BB unleashed. What you mean?
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Pick a side. God lives in between. Hey
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Michael, do me a favor. Let's go switch
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the beat. Come on. Come on. Let's go
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switch the beat.
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You already know what it is.
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This world too. This world.
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You feel me?
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Come on. We talking about a man. You
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know what it is.
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What you going to do with this?
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You know what it is? He He catching a
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body tomb. Hey.
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Okay. Life been madness. The way it all
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went. I could have swear God planned it.
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Devil taking advantage. Mental health
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being kind of erratic. I'm never low. I
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think bipolar and manic. I got to swear
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God planned it. The shame we feel come
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with the sadness. Cover up. I'm trying
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to dodge these caskets. Got to swear God
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planned it. It's safe to say I'm down
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with factors. Paranoia got me feeding
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this tragedy. Hey. Uh, why the Lord's
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best soldiers got to be the ones to go?
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They took my brother T Rost and left
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this baby all alone. It's been 10 years
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since Darius swerved all alone. Now I'm
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sitting wondering why, man. I'm sitting
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all alone. Now I'm thinking about dark
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things I had to come from. And how my
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son will grow up in a world I don't even
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love him, man. Hey, life is fleeting,
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but hope is coming. I pray I live in the
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sky like a king who was never ducking.
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Cuz no one knows when the reaper's
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coming. Hope I hear when the trumpet
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summit is my name up there with my
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people. I pray for grace cuz Lord we all
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get out in the morning
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got something to say baby that's that
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hyena hunger
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we talking about it's your boy Brazil
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representing the Lord Jesus chh in
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Brazil baby.
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Come on. Hey Reno, walking down the road
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to a blessing, but also sacrifice.
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Counted up the cost of a faway. You
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can't tell me twice. Take the whole
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receipt of my purchase. You know I
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praise a price. Bruises on my feet like
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I earn it. But this the grace of Christ
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how I'm living. It's like every day a
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funeral. Healing my desires and enemies
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daily usual. This ain't 9 to five on a
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desk of a broken cubicle. I talk about
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the healer with better than
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pharmaceutical.
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[Music]
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[Music]
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Yeah. Put this flow on. Of course I got
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an accent. I'm a young Latino Brazil and
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dancing every beat like I grew up on and
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the Bobby Tarantino. Went from rapping
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in the mirror. Now I'm rapping with my
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heroes. Gospel still the mission
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secondary to zero. Lot of rappers asking
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for purpose like houseway. Let them know
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we got the answer and his name is
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Yahweh.
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Let know we got the answer and his name
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is Yahweh.
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What are we talking about?
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What we talking about?
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Tory, you up next and I'm going to do
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something new for y'all. St. Louis East.
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Been running rappers out of the gym and
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this the new court. Sweat don't blow a
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whistle yet. I think this cycle too
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short. Now I got a wife and two
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daughters to feed. Laying in LaGuardia
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rap and go back to my queen's New York.
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Let's get it started. I departed
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straight out of the loop. Now I'm on the
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east way ahead of my time. It's nothing
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new. They say like a puzzle. Maybe
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that's why I'm not put together. I just
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pray and let Jesus rain over my stormy
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weather. Innovate and stand over
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copycaters like who your daddy after
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this I need oxtail over Jamaican patty
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you can fake making good music but you
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can't fake the art cuz you can't fake
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opening up enough for you to pick apart
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this too easy for me my bar exam is a
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easy a when I'm in that mode I get to
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cooking that's an easy bake easy come
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easy go just don't take the easy way
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only a few know about my bars cuz I
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speak easy I'm from East St. fluid still
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in the hood like transmission fluid. I'm
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always going to touch on that topic.
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That's why they feel my music. This
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might not impress my peers. This one
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might not win the club. I just pray that
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to God until you fall in love.
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Yes sir. You heard Q. You heard Gavin
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the highrise. You heard 350. You heard.
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You heard Aquo. You heard Tory Design.
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This is the God Always Cipher. We got
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the one and only DJ Mike LV on the ones
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and God always talking about baby. We
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got some hygien.