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• Lessons - Unwritten Law
• Lessons - Casey Jones
• Lessons - R.A. The Rugged Man
• Lessons - Aramae
• Lessons - Sarah Siskind
• Lessons - Blackbox Within
• Lessons - Jersey
• Lessons - Damiera
• Lessons - Packfm
• Lessons - Fundisha
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• Lessons - Primer 55

I'll tell you what I do
Inside of my bedroom
I wrap my arms around
Myself as I'm feeling
These pains
Void from healing
I only wish I could hold back this aggression
Please hear my confession
I try to keep myself from
Thinking about you
I can't live without you
You turned away from me
All of the lessons that
I had to learn and
All of the respect that
I had to earn and
You're the one that
Makes me understand
Life
I tell you what I do
Inside of my bedroom
When I wrap my arms around
Myself as I'm feeling
These pains
Void from healing
I only wish I could hold back this aggression
Please hear my confession
I try to keep myself from
Thinking about you
I can't live without you
You turned away from me
All of the lessons that
I had to learn and
All of the respect that
I had to earn and
You're the one that
Makes me understand

He left them just in time
The time where they needed him most
1987
No future or direction
What all did they do?
To make him want to go away?
What else did they say
To make him want to stay?
Please don't leave
You're killing us
Please don't stay
Just go away
One by one we'll slowly fade away
But in the end we'll see what we did wrong
And in the end we'll find out what makes us strong
All the things you'll do or say
Those memories will haunt you everyday
Fade away

[Sadat X] "R-A what's the lesson for today Rugged Man"
[Sadat X] "I am the legendary..R-A"
[Verse 1]
Yo aiiyo people wonderin' where the fuck I been
At the VIP section they ain't lettin' me in
They say; maybe if you had Dr. Dre or Timbaland
They say; a white boy need a black boy to win
Uhh Bubba Sparxx did it and so did Slim
Just Blaze is hot now why don't you get with him
I watch mad rappers bite my shit and blow up
And make millions of what I created, that's tough luck
I first started gettin' coverage around the same time
Steve Stout used to carry kid and placed luggage
I seen rappers turned from sex symbols in hard throbs
To bein forgotten now they out lookin' for jobs
I seen EPMD break up
I seen my little brother Max fall asleep and he ain't never wake up
So when I rhyme listen, seriously
When I spit I'm givin' you the truth clearly who I really be
It's an audio version of reality TV
I had deals from Russell Simmonds to Master P
Even five year old white girls be rappin' today
On the playground like 'go shorty it's ya birthday' (Go, go, go..)
"Here's a little story I got ta tell"
"I am the legendary"
"R-A" "Rugged Man"
[Verse 2]
Yo yo yo I seen good days sun rays church sundays
Made love made war been rich been poor
Lost friends lost hoods lost my dough
Seen beef between Bad Boy and Death Row
I seen deceased take the life for my sisters kid
Six months on the earth is what he had to live
I seen Biggie Big L Big Pun pass away
Buffy from the Fat Boys, Jam Master Jay
I mumple 'fore they blew up with Mystikal and Jay-Z
The Neptunes came to see me at D & D
I knew this chick named Norah a lounge singer
A year later she a six Grammy award winner
I seen flatliners I seen cannabisses
I seen Lil Zane see I seen mad misses
You ran through that ten percent disses
I seen A & R's get fired for takin' pisses
Stop whinin' the fuck nobody listens
Who else riskin' they career they stick to be indifferent
Switchin' the tradition stickin' to this shit they really livin'
I don't care what's hittin
Listen this is my fuckin' life that I'm spittin
"Here's a little story I got ta tell"
"I am the legendary"
"R-A" "Rugged Man"
[Verse 3]
I made peace with myself now how bout that
I hated life I wanted to die a few years back
I was mentally ill it's hard to come back from that
But I got through it now I got my sanity back
Y'all are like H-B-O fighters get the money and fame
Get beat up like Klitschko and Sugar Shane
Or get beat like Vernon Forrest or Prince Naseem
And you all turn pussy when you get that green
I got love for Havoc from Mobb Deep
When I was broke sleepin' in the street
He hooked me up with a free beat
Alchemist you still my little buddy
Althought you stole that Royce the 5"9 +The King+ beat from me
I ain't down to sign autographs and shake ya hands
I don't want trendy ass followers as fans
I don't wanna sell records, I don't wanna be big
I don't want MTV runnin' up in my crib
I don't wanna be light in the music biz
I don't want fans that don't know who G Rap is
"Here's a little story I got ta tell"
"I am the legendary"
"R-A" "Rugged Man"
"Here's a little story I got ta tell"
"I am the legendary"
"R-A" "Rugged Man"

All their suppressing and their hiding
Have you ever realized it corrupts your mind so deep inside?
If you're passive you're trapped in their spiral
Faith mystifying to control everything you know.. you'll ever know
All of these wars that you're fighting
Have you ever realized they're constructed just to hold back your mind?
Just be ready to give a denial
You can be master of everything you do.. you'll ever do
So free what you've never allowed to grow (It's all in your mind)
Refuse their fictitious constructions (It's all in your mind)
So scream, there's a world they won't let you know (It's all in your mind)
Be free rediscover your instincts (It's all in your mind)
So free what you've never allowed to grow (It's all in your mind)
Refuse their fictitious constructions (It's all in your mind)
So scream, there's a world they won't let you know (It's all in your mind)
Be free rediscover your instincts (It's all in your mind)
You're free, rediscover your instincts (riscopri i tuoi istinti)

Hurry on,
Hurry on,
Hurry on down.
It's all about to show.
Maybe you'll see someone
you've always wanted to know.
Gather round,
Gather round,
Gather round now,
It's all about to start.
Maybe you'll see someone
holding a bleeding heart.
Think about,
Ask about,
Talk about how,
you said you were done.
With a word braised woman
you left undone.
What if you,
How could you,
Think about if,
you saw her again.
Well she's sitting right over there
won't you fill her in?
Oh, it's all lessons now.
Oh, it's all lessons now.
We're gonna learn
Oh, it's all lessons now.
Oh, it's all lessons now.
Won't you take your turn?
All the days,
all the ways
even one time
you walked away
Feeling like you had failed
all that you had saved
What if you,
How could you,
Think about if,
You peeled that away.
And your skin felt lighter
And your bones could play.
Oh, it's all lessons now.
Oh, it's all lessons now.
We're gonna learn
Oh, it's all lessons now.
Oh, it's all lessons now.
You know I've had my turn.
Gather round,
Gather round,
Gather round now,
It's all about to start.
Maybe you'll see someone

I've played your games
And I don't have to play long to lose
Knife in my back
But I can't blame you, it's your only way
Not deep enough
The only reason I must come back for more
You thought I'd learned
But the fun outweighs the price I pay
Now I'm fighting on my knees for You
The things I've done You still pull me through
You've played those games
And you don't have to play long to lose
Knife in your back
But you can't blame him, it's his only way
Not deep enough
The only reason you must go back for more
I thought you've learned
But the fun outweighs the price you pay
By our own strength
Get nowhere fast
We're falling down
We'll break like glass
Breathe life into me
'Cause the blood I've lost is all over me
See through Your eyes
'Cause my eyes have only blinded me
I've lived, I've learned
There is a debt I know I cannot pay
Holiness in me

You ever felt like you've had the wool pulled right over your eyes?
He never ever quite figured it out which path to choose
An instinct. A gut feeling
Mind's reeling over situations
Lost into darkness he falls away again
The spotlight's on him and his life
He hears the call to make a move
But what has he got to show for nothing
I never really did learn my lessons well
You can't fight the time cause only time will tell
Sometimes I wonder if I'm hearing that...who's calling my name?
And there's something guiding me through to the end
Just take my hand
Questions with no answer
You can't stop it it's just a feeling
How fare will he go before he realizes?
The spotlight's on him, and his life
He hears the call, to make a move
But what has he got to show for nothing
You've gotta turn it around. Gotta find a way
Gotta turn around. Gotta turn it around
Gotta turn around. In the end it's the same
Gotta turn around. Gotta turn it around
And in the end it's the same
It's how you get there now
I never really did learn my lessons well

Let's stay til the fox takes life to flight
It makes sense til you just adjust the lights
It frustrates, it frustrates and lessens lessons
Crawl around til your knees drop out to shreds
And mind leaves you as we're all dressed up to go
It illustrates, illustrates how lessons lessen
I'll stand wide awake
Cause this feels like
Home act asleep and drawn in with all the things that never lasted
Attracting hope dissolving through time
Dissect your fears neglected by the sunlight
Obsessions made from indulgent waste-of-times
Open up this door
Offensive be the lifeless with all direction aside
Stay away from this life signal
While we plan escape from whats meaningful
What life has always left us with
Gracefully flooding ability
The lesson is deafening almost feel i could
Gracefully flooding ability
The lesson is deafening almost feel i could
I forgot this feeling it just hit
I forgot this feeling it just hit
Dissect your fears neglected by the sunlight
Obsessions made from indulgent waste-of-times
Open up this door
Offensive be the lifeless with all direction aside
Now we collide and decide if we were meant to stand
Like stones sounds never found out of context
A conversation fit

Verse 1:
It's that time of year again, I know you all remember
Been 2 months since we said "See you in September"
It didn't take long to get ready for the new year
Ain't spend a dime on books, my loot went to my school gear
Felt like a celebrity - all the girls was checkin' me
My recipe was wear all my new shit the second week
I hit up every class the first day like I was serious
And then I changed my schedule - to lunch fourth period
Had lunch fifth period, if I ain't have gym, I'd have lunch sixth period
Seventh - Who knows where he is?
Given rapper's ass whippin's battlin' for lunch tickets
Got my grade from the lady in the cafeteria
You seen me in a class, I guarantee it was sub
Either way my whole day was a scene from the Breakfast Club
Report card day came, I brought my A-game
Ballpoint pen steeze, I got my grade changed
Did it 3 years straight - Yeah, it seems pathetic
In eleventh grade and I barely had eleven credits
You heard of super seniors? Well, I was a super freshman
Go to summerschool? Forget it, dog - I never learn my lesson
Now I'm about to show you things I bet you never seen
Dropped outta school at the tender age of seventeen
Get a GED, 1200 on my SATs
Even got the Dean writin' letters recommendin' me
It ain't like I was stupid - Trust me, I was smart enough
I hung out wit the cool kids cuz my classes wasn't hard enough
I learned everything naturally, and actually -
All the kids who laughed at me graduated after me...
Hook:
A little hustle it could take you to the top
Get it, get it, don't stop, people leave them kids alone
Don't let em tell you that you need a piece of paper
Can't nobody take your spot, you can make it on your own
Verse 2:
Now as I got older, life got harder
You gotta have ambition if you wanna go farther
I got a thirst for knowledge and an urge to get smarter
I enrolled in Brooklyn College, that's my momma's alma mater
I wanna make the most out of the classes that they give you
I wanna study art, the only kind they got is Liberal
Okay, I can deal with that
Plus this class I'm takin' gives you credit if you workin' at the radio station, so
I signed up, and the next thing I know
I took over as the host of the Hip-Hop show
Well, my pursuit for the rap dream got me kicked off the track team
My GPA dropped to a 1.0
Now hold up, wait a minute, there's nobody here to babysit?
You tellin me pass or fail I still gotta pay for this?
I don't got time or loot, so why the hell am I wastin' it?
Degrees, please - I get a decent job doin' basic shit -
The fuck I need this for? Watch how fast I withdraw
It's funny how my drive quickly switched like a six-four
That didn't last long, no need for this sad song
Wit skills to fall back on, it's time to get my rap on...
Hook
Verse 3:
High school - I dropped out of it
College - I tried it out a bit
I have no regrets, and actually, I'm quite proud of it
It ain't the only way to measure success or intelligence
Need evidence? Well, you can ask 8 US Presidents
Or make a film helmed by Tarantino or John Woo
Without Pacino, Robert De Niro and Tom Cruise
No diplomas, but they all got Oscars, you can't lose
I know most of you is wishin that you was in their shoes
Guess who dropped out too
Chris Rock and Cuba Gooding
Bill Cosby's GED is on the shelf next to the pudding
And not to mention Ray Charles, cuz that's walkin a fine line
But your degree comes from studyin' Shakespeare and Einstein
A whole lotta people made it that never graduated
That's why with education, I never been fascinated
Your lectures are overrated, so take a breath and save it
'Cuz it's real life that teaches you lessons that can't be graded...
Hook
Yeah!

Verse 1:
As a young child I never imagine that
life would be my own to claim
my own to make and create my destiny
find out what's best for me
things that were hard to see
the mistake we make ,falls we take but
I can't let it break me down (down)
learn and let your errors make you strong
sho' you'll get up after you fall
Chorus:
Lessons of life taught me how to love again
Lessons of life taught me how the game is played
Lessons of life made me who I am today
showed me how laugh instead of cry
be the truth and not a lie
repeat 1 more times
Verse 2:
I done some foolish things,and foolish things for one
thing I know
I was foolish but now I'm not
look up to the wrong people trusting in the wrong
people
with all my wrongs made me learn
what's right (made me learn what's right)
the mistake we make ,falls we take but
I can't let it break me down
All these things made me better now
I can say, I can say, I can say (aaaaayyyyyy)
Chorus:
Lessons of life taught me how to love again
Lessons of life taught me how the game is played
(ohhhh)
Lessons of life made me who I am today
showed me how laugh instead of cry
be the truth and not a lie
Lessons of life taught me how to love again
Lessons of life taught me how the game is played
(Lessons)
Lessons of life made me who I am today
showed me how laugh instead of cry
be the truth and not a lie
Verse 3:
life too short to live sad
life too short to live mad
Life too short not to love from your heart
take a look at your life
All the wrongs make it right
you only live once not
twice but you only live once not twice
So live your life to the fullest
live your life to the fullest
ohhhhhhh ohhhhh
Lessons of Life
Lessons of life
Lessons of life
ohhhhh ohhhhhhh
Chorus:
Lessons of life taught me how to love again
Lessons of life taught me how the game is played
Lessons of life made me who I am today
showed me how laugh instead of cry
be the truth and not a lie
repeat 3 more time