Look, we break it down, down, down, down, down.

She break it down, down, down, down, down, down.

She got to message for the people, a brilliant mind and a clean soul.

She's standing up to the evil in making sure that we all grow strong enough

To break these change we're in

They keep us in this painful condition

She gave us truth and division

That's why we listen

She break it down, down, down, down, down

Down, down

She break it down, down, down down down down down down down

down down down down down down down down

all right good people hello good day good morning good evening whatever time of the 24

hour clock it may be today is Monday April the 27th 27th, last Monday of the month. And man,

the news is newsful. You know, on his song The Takeover, which appeared on his album, The Blueprint,

Jay-Z pretty much put belt to ass and took Nause and Prodigy of Mob Deep to Task. Now, for those

of you who are new to the culture, this is what we also call a disc track. And like all rap battles, just because he got some licks in on this track, didn't mean that

this was the end of the story, because Nas definitely came back and pushed all the way back with

ether, which, you know, ethered your man's lyrically speaking. Now, reasonable minds can

disagree reasonably when it comes to those outcomes. But I

mentioned this because of one of the very powerful and quite relevant lines that is really going to

center us for today's conversation in Jay-Z's takeover lyrics. Now, in the second verse,

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