R.A. The Rugged Man

Songwriter: R.A. The Rugged Man

Producer: Marc “Nigga” Nilez DJ Luciano

[Intro]
Yo, yo
I will not stop running 'till I'm winning the race
I can't live with myself being in second place

[Verse 1]
Ay yo, here's a little story, something for your ear
Like the new millennium version of Paul Revere
Except this ain't fiction, this is real life here
I'll be 30 years old in even less than a year
Yeah I made my mistakes, yeah I paid my dues
Hated by blacks, made enemies with Jews
I was 7 years ahead of my time in '92
I said things that wasn't accepted 'till '99
It's '04, I don't care about the past no more
I don't wanna be rich, trust me, I'd rather be poor
Now think about it, known as how I never show my face
I don't really want fame, I just want my space
Yeah, I had hard times like Run-DMC
But actually I feel pretty blessed just to be me
I never seen the penitentiary
I've been shook since I seen the Haiti Kid in Penitentiary 3
They say I should have been more, I should have been great
Like I'm washed up now, like it's already too late
I can feel all the hatred when I walk in the place
But y'all are too scared to say shit to my face, it's

[Hook]
Midnight (*repeated several times*)
I'll come for you
When the clock strikes midnight
I'll come for you

[Verse 2]
Ready for hell, ready for war
Yeah, it's nice to be loved but I like being hated more
All the sudden magazines give me good reviews
It used to be my name only equaled bad news
All of a sudden I'm a genius, all of a sudden I'm bright
Like I just now became intelligent overnight
I be as 1990 grimey as I could be
And finally society can see admiring me
And finally dirty dirty boy, dirty b
Wordy wordy free, dirty boy
Yeah that's me
My father specialist 5th class Thornburn John A
A Vietnam war hero, green beret
Taught me how to shoot guns and taught me how to fight
Throw the left hook, and throw the uppercut with the right
Taught me all about bitches, they can ruin your life
Like in his prime, look what happened to Iron Mike
People wonder what it's like and how is to be me
The most underrated in hip hop history
Think I care if you disagree?
You ain't got no song out
And right now you're busy listening me

[Hook]

R.A. Thorburn better known by his stage name R.A. the Rugged Man, is an American rapper, screenwriter, film director and film producer. He began his music career at age 12, building a reputation locally for his lyrical skills. R.A. signed to major label Jive Records at age 18, but his debut album, Night of the Bloody Apes, was never released.

Since then, he has worked with the likes of Mobb Deep, Wu-Tang Clan, Kool G Rap, and Notorious B.I.G., as well as producers Erick Sermon, Trackmasters, DJ Quik, The Alchemist, J-Zone, and Ayatollah.[citation needed] He was featured on all three of Rawkus’s Soundbombing albums, as well as the platinum-selling WWF Aggression album. After a brief stint on Capitol Records (during which he recorded another unreleased album, American Lowlife), R.A. signed with independent label Nature Sounds and released his official debut, Die, Rugged Man, Die.[4] In 2013, R.A. released his second album, Legends Never Die on Nature Sounds

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