>on some "they pop" shit
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>preemptive strike like a mutha
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stop being emotional hoe. i didn't mean that. i said in terms of SONG WRITERS marv an stevie are up there with ANYONE. in terms of composing melodies, writing hooks and structuring a song itself, they unfuckwitable.

but that ain't what i'm talkin'. i'm talkin lyrics themselves. dense, ambigious, poetic lyrics. shit that 40 years later cats still can't figure out what they sayin. soul dont have that. i aint sayin every artist needs to be on some abstract shit. but soul lacks them type of artists. which is weird cuz hip hop has plenty of that. so it aint a black thing.