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I'm forty
(the big four oh)

"five years from thirty" plus another five after
older than the tv infomercial for the thighmaster
Half alive rapper, never signed to Half Life
Snapping off fast like the segments of xacto knifes
Yeah, I do my own cuts in a pinch
Stage fright used to have my guts in a cinch
So much innocence diminished like dust in the wind
I'm not a loser, man, i just didn't win
six years older than my father when i got born
shopworn, well loved, heard around the harbour like a
Foghorn. they got warned but little did they know
I got middle aged but never been middle of the road

I put in the
work, the years, the decades, the ten thousand
hours. I worked service and lived in low rent housing
i toured far and wide, performed in bars, dives, and chip shops
bizarre ride, i made my mind an archive of
hip-hop. living in tribute to the forebears
the kid Trailblazed with pigtails, braids, and short hair
i fought fair, i couldn't wouldn't didn't stop
rocking to the rhythm and chewing more than I'd bitten off
I've shown my influences reverence
Flown by intuition, made known my preferences
For the freshest princes and the jazziest of jeffs
if you happen to forget my name, hazard a guess
I'm Lazarus resurrected, back like i left the oven lit
old McDonald, if not exactly loving it
get your nugget dipped in hot mustard and testify
I'm fly as the biplane that crop dusts you with pesticide
...Getting older as the crow flies,
I've looked at Joni Mitchell from both sides, I'm so wise
I've authored only fictions but I've told no lies
my libel turns to slander solely when it's vocalized
I'll bowdlerize you boldly til there's soap in your eyes, no surprise there
use caution washing that nice hair, or
before you know it your scalp is itching and
there's powder up top like the alps in Switzerland
Yup, shampoo for my real friends, and so forth
you know the rest. I'm all washed up, it's time to go to bed
aww shucks, you can buy my record
but you won't.

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from The Rap Hundreds, season 2, released May 10, 2019

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rap legend Jesse Dangerously Ottawa, Ontario

Genuine Independent Rap Legend (GIRL)

member of Backburner crew
half of Danger Grove w Lizard Grove
half of The Library Steps w Ambeez & Illgil
one-third of Imaginary Friends w Thesis Sahib & MC Frank Deluxe
one-third of The Sentinels w ginzuintriplicate & Naked J

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