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Blackalicious are an American hip-hop duo from Sacramento, California, made up of rapper Gift of Gab (born Timothy Parker) and DJ/producer Chief Xcel (born Xavier Mosley). They are noted for Gift of Gab's often "tongue-twisting", multisyllabic, complex rhymes and Chief Xcel's "classic" beats. The pair have released three full-length albums (1999's Nia, 2002's Blazing Arrow and 2005's The Craft), more »

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1995

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A forty ounce for breakfast gets a brother through the day 
I guess I shoulda had a V8 instead; anyway 
Let me contemplate my thought something back to a time 
When my fridge was full of booze but in my pocket not one dime 
I remember back on Willis Ave, with my ace-boom homey Mark Black 
I would start the day off hearin' the sound of the fo'-oh crack 
I went to work blitzed, so eventually I got dissed 

And caught a shocker when my supervisor said "You're dismissed" 
Now as I stare at my last check now my mind is stressed and depressed 
I spell relief S-T-I-D-E-S yes with a little excess less the worry 
Why go job hunting today? 
When I can sit back and smoke this sack and drink 
And feel my problems shrink away 
And by now, the rent's due in two weeks 

But inside my mind that's just another problem brew can delete 
I got evicted, to the point where the court martial came to my door 
And said, "Get this kid: get your bags and split you don't live here no more" 
And now I'm ass out; I'm so damn hungry I feel like I'm gonna pass out 
I asked my brother for a handout and he hooked me 
Though I knew he had doubts 
And rightfully so, cause I had new shit to deal with 

I'm so confused I have no control of my life I think I'll get lit 
So as my problems compile, I steady smile, oh yes 
Sippin' on that forty ounce that's leadin' me to a path of nowhere 
So as I think about tomorrow, I hesitate and say: 
A forty ounce for breakfast, will get me through the day.. 
A forty ounce for breakfast gets a brother through the day 
I guess I shoulda rolled a joint up instead; anyway 

Seems like every time I start I don't know when it's time to say when 
Now my mental gets all blurred and inside talk the ill-behavin'
Coolin with my boys, no names need to be mentioned 
At a party with some brothers I don't know I'm chillin' in some E&J 
With a forty O-Z to wash the shit down 
And plus a lot of marijuana now I need to sit down 
I can't remember the last time I was this blew out of my cranium 

My ears and head begin to hum aloud as the room spun; anyway 
Next thing I know I blacked out woke up with vomit all over my coat 
Start talkin' out my ass I can't see straight but yet I quote 
And I don't know what came over me, I started dissin' both my homies 
That I used to freestyle with and now I'm askin' them to show me 
What they got not thinkin' straight I don't know why I posed the challenge 
Now my ego is erupting as if I was Mt. Saint Helens 

Some shit was said I know I can't erase and now shit ain't the same 
I wish I had just one more chance to live that day again 
I strain; cause this bid was to find a true friend 
And loose them to booze in my system just ain't how I'm livin' 
Nothin' I could really say to mend up how someone else feels 
And so I guess I gotta wait and see if maybe the wounds will heal 
And I really didn't mean a word I said though I can't prove that 

Now the only thing that I can really say is I went out 
And out I went and now and then I get irate and say 
A forty ounce for nah 
A forty ounce for f*ck!! 
Just one more forty just one more I'll make this last day 
A forty ounce for breakfast, can get me through the day

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