Lauryn Hill | Final Hour

Lauryn Hill's Final Hour - Track 7 of Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill. No copyright infringement intended. Lyrics:

I treat this like my thesis
Well written topic
Broken down into pieces
I introduce then produce
Words so profuse
It's abuse how I juice up this beat
Like I'm do-do
Two people both equal
Like I'm Gemini
Rather simeon
If I Jimmy on this lock I could pop it
You can't stop it
Drop it
Your whole crew microscopic
Like particles while I make international articles
And on the cover
Don't discuss the baby mother business
I been in this third LP you can't tell me, I witness
First handed I'm candid
You can't stand it
Respect demanded
And get flown around the planet
Rock Hard like granite or steel
People feel Lauryn Hill from New-Ark to Israel
And this is real
So I keep makin' the street's ballads
While you lookin' for dressin' to go with your tossed salad

You could get the money
You could get the power
But keep your eyes on the final hour (x2)

I'm about to change the focus
From the richest to the brokest
I wrote this opus
To reverse the hypnosis
Whoever's closest
To the lines gonna win it
You gonna fall tryin to ball
While my team win the pennant
I'm about to be in it
For a minute
Then run for senate
Make a slum lord be the tenant
Give his money to kids to spend it
And then amend it
Every law that ever prevented
Our survival since our arrival
Documented in the bible
Like Moses and Aaron
Things gonna change, it's apparent
And all the transparent gonna
Be seen through
Let God redeem you
Keep your deen true
You can get the green too
Watch out what you cling to
Observe how a queen do
And I remain calm readin' the 73rd Psalm
Coz with all this on I got the world in my palm

You could get the money
You could get the power
But keep your eyes on the final hour(x2)

Now I be breakin' bread sippin' Manichevitz wine
Pay no mind party like it's 1999
But when it comes down to ground beef like Palestine
Say your rhymes, let's see if that get you out your bind
Now I'm a get the mozzarella like a Rockerfeller
Still be in the church of Lalibela
Singing hymns acappella
Whether posed in Maribella in Couture
Or collecting residuals from off 'The Score'
I'm making sure
I'm with the 144
I've been here before this ain't a battle this is war
Word to Boonie
I make salaat like a Sunni
Get diplomatic immunity in every ghetto community
Had opportunity went from
Hoodshock to Hood-chic
But it ain't what you cop
It's about what you keep
And even if there are leaks
you can't capsize this ship
Cause I baptize my lips every time I take a sip

You could get the money
You could get the power
But keep your eyes on the final hour.

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• hill
• mc
• miseducation
• fugees
• rap
• hiphop

[MrDeltaMaster]

i respect nicki and all but lauryn would demolish nicki in a battle she is too intellectual and actually raps with a purpose

[Crumbysmom]

No one will ever come close to this chick. Listen to her lyrics and flow. Raw talent. No need for silly costumes or fireworks on stage all she needed was a mic. I can't help to think how different the game would be if she stuck around. Ms. Hill we need you back. 

[P4DDY2K11]

Lauryn hill is the greatest female MC to ever touch the mic.

[ronncrys60sluv]

"But it ain't what you cop, it's about what you keep." So true.

Love that line.

[RjeanBagierra]

it's a shame how 'money, power, respect (lox&lil kim)' was being played all day on the radio, and this song was ignored by the mainstream

[CC25Y]

L was, is, still and always will be one of the sickest MC's ever let alone female MC ever! PURE LYRICAL GENIUS!

[hoppedupouttanaija]

@only1mrgillatine she talks about how the industry is all messed up and that's why she had to pull out of the game

[only1mrgillatine]

@hoppedupouttanaija The industry what?

[hoppedupouttanaija]

@only1mrgillatine the industry

[only1mrgillatine]

@jyagielo Wow that could be possible. I think she just felt like she was forced to choose one or the other. now would be a great time for her to come back spitting being that the industry has changed. so many artists singing and spitting and making their own beats , she would get attention of the young women and stand out. thing is, notice when she spits, she speaks knowlede. therefore only a certain percentage would respect her actions.

[jyagielo]

@only1mrgillatine displeasure with fame and the music industry