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The Nore is a sandbank at the mouth of the Thames Estuary, England. It marks the point where the River Thames meets the North Sea, roughly halfway between Havengore Creek in Essex and Warden Point in Kent.
Until 1964 it marked the seaward limit of the Port of London Authority. As the sandbank was a major hazard for shipping coming in and out of London, in 1732 it received the world's first lightship. This became a major landmark, and was used as an assembly point for shipping. Today it is marked by Sea Reach No. 1 Buoy.
The Nore is a hazard to shipping, so in 1732 the world's first lightship was moored over it in an experiment by Robert Hamblin, who patented the idea. The experiment must have proved successful, because by 1819 England had nine lightships. The Nore lightship was run by Trinity House, Britain's General Lighthouse Authority.
The early Nore lightships were small wooden vessels, often Dutch-built galliots. By the end of the 19th century a larger ship with a revolving light had appeared, but after about 1915 the authorities ceased to use a lightship. Sea Reach No. 1 Buoy as of 2006 marks the anchorage-point of the former lightship, about mid-way between Shoeburyness in Essex and the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. This defines the limit of the Thames and the beginning of the North Sea.
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[Nore]
We got tha beats to make ya heart stop to beat
we got tha beatz ( we got tha what?) we got tha beatz
we got em we got em we got em mutha fucka we got em
[Hype-d]
Hey did ya hear tha mutha fucka man we got em
beatz to erase ya life and to make tha trunk look twice
roll tha dice to knock ya hustle and to make 50 cents
steriod muscle go BOOM!Ya u heard what i said now
since i said that u want ya mommy to tuck yo snitchin
ass in bed nigga u fake u jailbait i can bake a cake
and watch these clown ass rappers fake cuz...
[Nore]
We got tha beats to make ya heart stop to beat
we got tha beatz ( we got tha what?) we got tha beatz
we got em we got em we got em mutha fucka we got em
Verse 2 [ Hype - D ]
When we preformin r not u know what went down
man we shut shit down in ya town or not
you know we there we hot nigga we on fire
now flattin ya tire and walk away u aint fuckin wit me
espcially not on this day u fake nigga that waht i said u
got a pin head...hahaha
[Nore]
We got tha beats to make ya heart stop to beat
we got tha beatz ( we got tha what?) we got tha beatz
we got em we got em we got em mutha fucka we got em