| Now I’ve been thinking bout what separates the haves from the wants/
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| And all of the chance thats involved and whether it matters at all
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| Like is your fate randomly drawn from a hat or a handful of straws
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| Or is there a map that we’re following — not understanding the cause/
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| And I been thinking about the happenstance of factors and laws/
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| Like, what are the practical odds you would be on the path that you’re on?
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| Say If your dad or your mom were a bit more financially strong?
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| Then wouldn’t be trapped by your options, problems with cash would be solved/
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| Your priorities passive and calm. |
| And you could pass up a job
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| As you casually cough — taking a hit from a gravity bong
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| Plot a startup and stall till a venture capitalist calls
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| Cash in your stock when it goes public, Crediting your passion and resolve/
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| Would be sad if you saw this, doing some task for your boss
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| Cause you had the identical idea, but you were distracted with this job/
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| That’s like being naturally small, but still got a plan to play ball
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| And then being passed in the draft for an African then being mad cause he tall
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| Now I been rapping on songs, since Jay and Jaz had a bond
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| I know that I’m nasty with these bars and yet I’m always the one last to be
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| sought
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| After these assholes who chart — on cause their man’s is a star
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| But niggas still brag to their balls like it wasn’t their addresses' fault
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| Oh did you master your flaws? |
| Did you just slant the results?
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| Can you win a pageant if unattractive and you’ve been ravaged with scars?
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| Is there a pattern to solve? |
| Or is it just gambling evolved?
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| And are you insured? |
| Because everything in this life is an accident y’all
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| Right? |
| You’re Lucky
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| One to smoke on, uhn…
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| Let me be blunt, perhaps we see what we want
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| You tried and flunk but their triumph you just perceive it as luck
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| You seem to be stuck… on things that matter the least in your life
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| Failing to learn from all of your failures why you impeding your light
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| Now you’re sick kid and you can’t fix it with some pedialyte
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| Completely greedy a beastly piece like graffiti we write
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| Stop moving speedy Quicksilver and kill your need to be right
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| I know you’d prefer all the breaks, but most of us learn from mistakes
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| You’re «lucky» if you live to receive it, luckier if you can see that
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| Luck ain’t got nothing to do with you helping them reach achievements
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| Chance might get you to the door but working hard is how you keep it
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| Whether Victor or Victoria it’s hardly been a secret
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| It favors the well prepared so I take chance most wouldn’t dare
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| Gotta be candid about my fears like when cancer gave me a scare
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| Could’ve chose to walk around blind with my pride ignoring the signs
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| Chose to side with the opposite that logic it kept me alive
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| So now I’ll live a bit longer of course I feel a bit stronger
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| My ignorance would’ve killed me I wouldn’t been more wronger
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| Some say that I’m lucky, I see it with clearer vision
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| Y’all can leave it to chance, I choose to make better decisions
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| Got a silver spoon- you’re lucky
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| Posh Living Room — you’re lucky
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| Got a bigger view -Then you’re lucky
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| Short life span — you’re lucky
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| Or Die an old man — you’re lucky
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| It’s what you make it fam — you’re still lucky
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| If you’re born rich, your crib’s enormous
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| Ain’t got a mortgage, goddamn — you’re lucky
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| If you’re healthy, still far from wealthy
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| Food in your belly, then you’re still Lucky
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| You’re lucky
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| If you see penny on the ground and its heads up
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| What the fuck you gonna do
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| Pick it up, pick it up
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| If you spent your last buck on a losing lotto ticket
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| Tell me what you gonna do?
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| Rip it up rip it up
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| See I’m not the one to press my luck or test my fate
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| A destiny control freak
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| I’m calculated with the steps i take
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| Cuz you can hit the curb a second late
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| And end up in your resting place
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| So my pocket holds a rabbits foot
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| Just in case
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| S’all smoke and shattered mirrors
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| If you dont know the ledge
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| Someone wished me luck before a show
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| I damn near broke a leg
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| Had the laces untied on my ones
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| Thought i was lookin slick
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| I ain’t cross a black cat
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| Or some other superstitious shit |
| No happenstance i take responsibility for my actions
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| And all of my decisions
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| The good ones and the bad ones
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| Karma dont decide what i develop my skills in
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| Or if my chance at success is more than one in a million
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| Simply being born proves we can all beat the odds
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| And if you pull it off again
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| They tell you thank your lucky stars
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| Must have been a full moon that lined venus up with mars
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| Well since we’re giving credit out
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| Tell me where the fuck is ours?
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| Even when you go pro you get drafted in a lottery
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| Thats just the way the ball bounces
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| If i’m lucky theres spot for me
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| So when i take that last second shot
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| Make it and beat the clock
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| I’ll pat myself on the back
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| And tell luck to eat a cock
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| With a little bit of luck, you get by
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| You could hit it big, how many tickets will you buy?
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| Baby, cause the game’s just the lotto in disguise/
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| Everyone’s a winner — if you settle your prize
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| With a little bit of luck, you get by
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| You can tilt the odds in your favor if you try
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| Baby, cause the game’s just the lotto in disguise/
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| Everyone’s a winner — Cause the numbers don’t lie
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| (Count them up — it goes…)
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| 4 8 15 16 23 42 — what are we gonna do now? |