Released on June 10, 2003

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[Intro]

Yeah, back from the dead

It's the Rebel I Soldier

I told ya I shall return, yeah


[Verse 1]

Y'all done fucked up, lettin' me live, something's got to give

I'm positive, you're gonna all pay homage

Believe me, I ain't lying down that easy

And that thought applies for those who proud to see me

Through the distraction, I was wounded in action

An act of betrayal, but I knew the assassin

Now I pack a vengeance like Steven Seagal

I'm back from the trenches to even the odds and...


[Chorus]

You hear the rockets red glare?

The bombs bursting in air?

Gave proof through the night, that I stood through the fight

Yeah, the Rebel's still here, what?

You hear the rockets red glare?

The bombs bursting in air?

Gave proof through the night, that I stood through the fight

Yeah, the Rebel's still here, what?


[Verse 2]

Y'all better rock y'all hoodies

And hold your girl tight before we pop that pussy

It be so real, I don't need no deal

My mass appeal make a marvel out how he so ill

Y'all time is up, try your luck, y'all wind up

Fucked up, before you even recognize I struck

Roll with the live dozen, got all eyes buzzing

With strong rhymes cousin, been a long time coming

Break your weak links, in the chain, fuck your mink and your reign

Son is lame, plus he thinks it's a game

But, we about to apply the heat (the heat)

And snatch him up out the driver's seat

I put my life on it, post up like who want it

Blast off with the force to send y'all in orbit

Wild like whitey's in the mosh pit, yeah we gon' start shit

Pack 'em down, then corner the market


[Chorus 2]

To all my real MCs

The ones without a deal MCs

The ones who kick the real life music

Let's link, them niggas can't move no more units

To all my real MCs

The ones without a deal MCs

The ones who kick the real life music

Let's link, them niggas can't move no more units


[Verse 3]

For life I'll be underground, their first thought

Was yo, "How did he survive with no commercial support?"

Damn right, I miss the corporate politics and tricks

Where the SoundScan is rigged and contracts are fixed

I sit in the pit where the grime exist

Legendary, they still loving my rhymes from '9-6

Now I'm back, that's my word as I reveal this shit

By choice or by force, y'all gonna feel this shit, ya hear?


[Chorus 3]

Yo, this is all out war

I'm calling on all outlaws

Son, they new to the art, ain't true to the heart

Who's down for the cause, huh?

Yo, this is all out war

I'm callin' on all outlaws

Son, they new to the art, ain't true to the heart

Who's down for the cause, huh?