| Well there’s this friend that I got, thought he always had me back but recently
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| he be proving me wrong.
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| How many time he tried fe say that today he gonna change but still yet he sing
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| the same old song.
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| He’s trying to live a thug’s life in Hawaii kai, Brethren what ya think ya
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| doing?
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| Ya pretty much got a wife, two kids on the side, gotcha girl going insane.
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| (bridge)
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| Now as your times start to get rough,
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| And ya feel your losing love,
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| It’s cause you never took the time to trust,
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| the one and only man above. |
| (My friend you gotta wake up)
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| You gotta wake up brother open your eyes.
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| (yeah you gotta wake up)
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| You gotta wake up it’s time you realize.
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| (ooh yeah you gotta wake up)
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| You gotta wake up brother open your eyes.
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| (yeah you gotta wake up)
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| You gotta wake up it’s time you realize.
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| (second verse)
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| Now mister man I’ll tell ya this, well Jesus Christ isnt wrong with this,
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| this life you living wasn’t meant for you.
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| It shouldn’t have to feel this way but when you play the games you play,
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| sooner or later boy you gonna lose.
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| You wake up you get high, out drinking all night, Brethren what you think you
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| doing?
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| You got me wondering why, praying to god you’re alive, got your boys going
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| insane.
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| (bridge)
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| Now as your times start to get rough,
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| And ya feel your losing love,
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| It’s cause you never took the time to trust,
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| the one and only man above. |
| (My friend you gotta wake up)
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| You gotta wake up brother open your eyes.
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| (yeah you gotta wake up)
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| You gotta wake up it’s time you realize.
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| (ooh yeah you gotta wake up) x2
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| You gotta wake up brother open your eyes.
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| (yeah you gotta wake up)
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| You gotta wake up it’s time you realize.
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| (guitar solo)
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| (third verse)
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| Now mister man I’ll tell ya this, well Jesus Christ isnt wrong with this,
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| this life you living wasn’t meant for you.
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| It shouldn’t have to feel this way but when you play the games you play,
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| sooner or later boy you gonna lose.
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| You wake up you get high, out drinking all night, Brethren what you think you
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| doing?
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| You got me wondering why, praying to god you’re alive, got your boys going
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| insane.
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| (bridge)
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| Now as your times start to get rough,
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| And ya feel your losing love,
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| It’s cause you never took the time to trust,
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| the one and only man above. |
| (My friend you gotta wake up)
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| You gotta wake up brother open your eyes.
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| (yeah you gotta wake up)
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| You gotta wake up it’s time you realize.
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| (ooh yeah you gotta wake up)
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| You gotta wake up brother open your eyes.
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| (yeah you gotta wake up)
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| You gotta wake up it’s time you realize. |