Artist: Vanderslice f/ Blueprint
Album:  The Best Album Money Can Buy
Song:   Thugs Need Hugs
Typed by: kirenamloh@msn.com

"You can call it the art of fighting without fighting."
  "The art of fighting without fighting? Show me some of it."
"Later."

[Blueprint]
It was a summer night,hip-hop show, all ages
Small crowd, small stages
Back in the days of paying dues, no payments but motivated
To operate then, it took patience
I was just leaving stage, drippin pourin with sweat
Signin records, a fan said he liked my set
I said thanks, handshakes, then I sold him a tape
The ten bucks is goin right in the tank - word up
See my people in the corner so I made a quick stop
They was sippin, trippin, it's only 9 o'clock
Why not? Ordered a shot just to pass the time
My crew called out, "Yo Print, man we'll meet you outside"
Cool, while we was loadin out, another crew was loadin in
Club empty, sound check before their show begins
Felt a tap on my shoulders so I turned around
A big-ass dude said, "Bruh, you gotta get the fuck out!"

"Hold on, hold on, man... Who you talkin to like that, man? First of all-"
      "I'm talkin to you"
"You're not just gon' ask me to get out? You just gon' come over and just disrespect me?"
      "Yep"
"Just tell me to get out, huh?"
      "Yep"
"It's like that?"
      "Oh yeah, it's like that"
"Alright..."

[Blueprint]
He was about 6'4, 225
Chest pokin out, ackin like he wanna get live
He said, "The doors 'fore our show don't open 'til 10
 No fans allowed at soundcheck, so come back then!"
My friend looked confused, I busted out laughin
Hopin he was jokin or bein sarcastic
I said, "My man, with all due respect
 We played earlier, we not here for your set"
He got upset, got close, and said, "Regardless
 If you don't leave now, we gon' have some problems!"
My first instinct was crack his mug
So I raised bopth arms, gave him a hug
The act of kindness caught him off-guard
In the blink of an eye, the whole beef was squashed
A month later, seen my guy who worked at the bar
He said, "That dude was in jail for a murder charge!" - DAMN~!

[Outro]
Same dude, right?
Yeah, that's crazy man, dude was in jail for murder
Whoo! Ey man, sometimes y'know, you lose the battle but you win the war
I'm glad I ain't beefed with that fool that night
That coulda been me man, straight up!