The Becoming - Little Brother

[00:00.0]The Becoming (形成) (Explicit Version) - Little Brother
[00:05.3]I went from niggaz tellin' me
[00:06.95]I really shouldn't rhyme
[00:08.15]To droppin' a classic album muhf**kers couldn't find
[00:11.06]Took my respect
[00:11.89]Took lessons and took the time
[00:13.22]And if you want a success story
[00:14.75]Just take a look at mine
[00:15.91]I was blessed with the right components
[00:17.79]So precise
[00:18.5]'Cause I write so tight within the moment
[00:20.6]And spit like my life depended on it
[00:22.53]I target you herbs
[00:23.89]On some teleprompter sh*t
[00:25.22]I got you watching your words
[00:26.46]Tay rhymes are real life
[00:27.87]Yours are so 'For instance'
[00:29.44]Taxin' these niggaz like no dependents
[00:31.89]12 bar courtroom drama with no co-defendants
[00:34.49]Don't beat it off
[00:35.48]Come to your senses
[00:36.67]You know
[00:37.12]Ni**a
[00:37.29]Hard rock
[00:37.95]My block is where you better be from
[00:39.91]Top of the line
[00:40.65]My team will never settle for crumbs
[00:42.41]And he's hated
[00:43.36]But still rated 2nd to none
[00:45.15]I'm everything you wanna be but have yet to become
[00:47.76]It all started back in '99 when time was hard
[00:50.6]North Carolina Central but we called it the yard
[00:53.1]'Cause niggaz wasn't trying to study abroad
[00:55.26]They was trynna study a broad
[00:56.67]Or two ir three up in the dorms
[00:58.51]Met my ni**a Chaundon and I started to ponder
[01:01.12]F**k this
[01:01.91]I'mma quit the football team tomorrow
[01:03.87]Did shows around town
[01:04.96]And word got around that battling Tay
[01:07.45]Was like yelling 'spic' in Tijuana
[01:09.47]Build my rep up
[01:10.4]That's when Pooh and 9th stepped up
[01:12.21]9th was old school
[01:13.12]Pooh was young and playing catch up
[01:14.79]Cool
[01:15.229996]'Cause he could still rock an instrumental
[01:16.93]Our first joints
[01:17.68]Yeah they was wack
[01:18.72]But niggaz could hear potential in 'em
[01:20.46]Honing our skills for survival
[01:21.95]Hustling
[01:22.6]Our flyers passed out like mamma at revival
[01:25.99]The real deal on how I repped my peeps
[01:27.82]You ain't goin' find this in no press release
[01:30.770004]Hard rock
[01:31.35]My block is where you better be from
[01:33.130005]Top of the line
[01:34.009995]My team will never settle for crumbs
[01:35.759995]And he's hated
[01:36.68]But still rated 2nd to none
[01:38.44]I'm everything you wanna be but have yet to become
[01:41.15]And he's shook
[01:42.0]That's what your team is telling me
[01:43.36]Son
[01:43.729996]Still hated
[01:44.64]But still rated 2nd to none
[01:46.4]And Greensboro 'cause that's the only 'boro I'm from
[01:49.020004]I'm everything you wanna be
[01:50.55]But have yet to become