Benin City
Benin City is a city (2006 est. pop. 1,147,188) and the capital of Edo State in southern Nigeria. It is a city approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the Benin River. It is situated 320 kilometres (200 mi) by road east of Lagos. Benin is the centre of Nigeria's rubber industry, but processing palm nuts for oil is also an important traditional industry.
History
The original people and founders of the Benin Empire, the Edo people, were initially ruled by the Ogiso (Kings of the Sky) dynasty who called their land Igodomigodo. The rulers or kings were commonly known as Ogiso. Igodo, the first Ogiso, wielded much influence and gained popularity as a good ruler. He died after a long reign and was succeeded by Ere, his eldest son. In the 12th century, a great palace intrigue and battle for power erupted between the warrior crown prince Ekaladerhan son of the last Ogiso and his young paternal uncle. In anger over an oracle, Prince Ekaladerhan left the royal court with his warriors. When his old father the Ogiso died, the Ogiso dynasty was ended as the people and royal kingmakers preferred their king's son as natural next in line to rule.
Benin Empire
The Benin Empire was a pre-colonial empire located in what is now southern Nigeria. Its capital was Edo, now known as Benin City, Edo. It should not be confused with the modern-day country called Benin, formerly called Dahomey. The Benin Empire was "one of the oldest and most highly developed states in the coastal hinterland of West Africa, dating perhaps to the eleventh century CE", until it was annexed by the British Empire in 1897.
The original people and founders of the Benin Empire, the Edo people, were initially ruled by the Ogiso (Kings of the Sky) dynasty who called their land Igodomigodo. The rulers or kings were commonly known as Ogiso. Igodo, the first Ogiso, wielded much influence and gained popularity as a good ruler. He died after a long reign and was succeeded by Ere, his eldest son. In the 12th century, a great palace intrigue and battle for power erupted between the warrior crown prince Ekaladerhan son of the last Ogiso and his young paternal uncle. In anger over an oracle, Prince Ekaladerhan left the royal court with his warriors. When his old father the Ogiso died, the Ogiso dynasty was ended as the people and royal kingmakers preferred their king's son as natural next in line to rule.
Benin (disambiguation)
Benin is a modern country in Africa, the former colony of French Dahomey.
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You'll see what, I can do
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Then I bet, you will not, bother me
Like you do, cuz youll find
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(Kon Artis)
You think you know it all don't you dawg all about my life and all
Why I'm poppin this vicodin and drinkin all this alcohol
All up in these clubs throwin up like I ain't got them all
But that's just what you see when you see me hangin wit bringin 'em
It's Funny when I'm bustin my ass for this money and
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Run to them wantin in, 30 Niggaz long when you called me to the door
I totally ignore your friends and then they talk behind my back again
I'm back to doin smack again, I have another baby cuz safe sex I ain't practicin
Blazey Bla to squeezey squee, bein fake and Bein me is just your misconception of perception are you're seein me?
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When I do, what I do
Then I bet, you will not, bother me
Like you do, cuz youll find
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(Proof)
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Arrogant this might be true, smack your bitch slightly boo
Runnin from the white and blue for blowin up a bible school
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Kelly didn't touch that girl, then again I'm such a liar, this is me all day
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Hey D-12 we don't play with them gays blame it on our mama's this the way we was raised
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One thing with, me and you
You'll see what, I can do
When I do, what I do
Then I bet, you will not, bother me
Like you do, cuz youll find
You would rather, spend your time B.N.U
(Swifty)
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Blow a hole inside of Niggaz bigger than a hoola hoop
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I been suckin titties all my life, stealin shit and startin fights
Pissin on your lawns at night, we hard to get along wit
Stay honor it like dolomite, Nigga you can be polite, I don't talk to people right
And so does the rest of us, you hatin us cuz we alike
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One thing with, me and you
You'll see what, I can do
When I do, what I do
Then I bet, you will not, bother me
Like you do, cuz youll find
You would rather, spend your time B.N.U
(Bizarre)
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Actin like a damn fool, its the big guy with the shower cap, kickin sick raps
Talkin bout fuckin kids in the ass crack, never mind Bizarre, you know he's on medication
Smokin weed, drinkin brew, third grade education, all in your house, blunt in my mouth
Call you a bitch and pee on your spouse
(Kuniva)
Look I don't like the chitter chatter, ask the faggots if it matters
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Chumps you might see me behind a pump and yes it damages
And puts Niggaz in bandages and yes I love my pistol like Bizarre loves all his sandwiches
Business is strenuous you fuckin wit some geniuses so many people on my nutz
I wonder how my penis is, girls are prudent wit bodies like Venus and Serena's is
I turn 'em down my wife'll kill me if she every seen this shit, I mean this shit
I'm silly man, I'm smart I'm really ignorant I'm innocence and guilty at the same time
Go and figure it
If I could just, take you through
One thing with, me and you
You'll see what, I can do
When I do, what I do
Then I bet, you will not, bother me
Like you do, cuz youll find
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