| I can’t play the sidelines with all my folk in the stands
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| Giving up just ain’t a part of the plan
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| I can’t play the sidelines while they still chill
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| Yeah, I been down but I’m still here
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| I can’t play the sidelines, yeah, I can deal with the pain
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| 'Cause you ain’t winning 'less they hollering ya name
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| I can’t play the sidelines so put me in coach
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| I swear to God, that’s all I got to live for
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| On my first rep, trying to max out
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| Lifting burdens, being worried 'til I pass out
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| Jumping hurdles, running laps just for scraps in this rat race
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| Lord knows I’m tired, never step, gotta keep pace
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| Read my playbook, lay my head down
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| Caught a sprain, ice buckets by my bed now
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| Felt an impact like a truck hit me full contact
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| No pads, Lord come get me, I’m down
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| I can feel it in my soul
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| This my last chance to shine but they know I’m getting old
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| Hard to move on, my legs ain’t been the same
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| Since I took a fall from greatness
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| Now I knowing when it rains on my homecoming
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| See my folks, smiling, coach by the dope
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| I’m the goat but I really need to hold something, one more dime
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| I’ll be fine, yeah, I’m the best in my prime but what about now
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| I can’t play the sidelines with all my folk in the stands
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| Giving up just ain’t apart of the plan
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| I can’t play the sidelines while they still chill
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| Yeah, I been down but I’m still here
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| I can’t play the sidelines, yeah, I can deal with the pain
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| 'Cause you ain’t winning 'less they hollering ya name
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| I can’t play the sidelines so put me in coach
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| I swear to God, that’s all I got to live for
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| On the second set, got to do this for myself
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| When the balls in my court, can’t depend on no one else
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| This a long shot but I trained all my life
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| Broke some bone, cried some tears just so I could get it right
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| When it’s time, hit the gym trying to win
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| On the off-season, doing what I can but I’m running out of time
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| Got a partner going through it 'cause his bill’s still due
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| And he ain’t started since the moment that he signed
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| Physical training and all
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| Rehabilitation the 'cause of shooking, jiving, no hard turf
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| Ain’t no complaining at all when they overturning your call
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| This is life and yes, it’s hard work
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| We out here fighting like dogs in every man backyard
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| Trying to get what was lost reimbursed
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| Just to be a ghost on the wall
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| Give it my all 'til they hang up my shirt
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| I can’t play the sidelines with all my folk in the stands
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| Giving up just ain’t apart of the plan
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| I can’t play the sidelines while they still chill
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| Yeah, I been down but I’m still here
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| I can’t play the sidelines, yeah, I can deal with the pain
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| 'Cause you ain’t winning 'less they hollerin’ya name
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| I can’t play the sidelines so put me in coach
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| I swear to God, that’s all I got to live for |