| I took all the dirt they buried me in
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| Made a garden to remind me of my sins
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| I ain’t never been accused of not tryin' hard enough
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| Had my guts served up in a gold-plated cup
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| Cancers, cancers; |
| tiny dancers
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| Two Devils on my shoulders
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| And they’re feeding me answers
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| I go and assemble the words with my call
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| From the beat to the back; |
| from the head to the floor
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| Night trains, right-brained, their brain cells
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| Though it might not stand, but there is gray hair
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| And I won’t be force-fed to my death
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| Born to a storm and the mess
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| Torn from the mother, become another
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| Undercover 'til the pores sweat
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| Comin' down before it’s wet
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| Never start to regret
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| I care for you
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| Now I’m breathin' in the dust as you run away
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| We are the ones who go down with the ship
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| For regrets we will never admit
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| Doing for others and you do for yourself
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| Some of us suffer the wealth
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| Some of us suffer so others' can eat
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| We won’t race to retreat
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| Age is a timeless defeat
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| Justice is a beast, our fight is not lost
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| Willing to pay the cost, play the slots
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| Hooray for props, take your shots
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| This rap is real, shit you can feel
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| Can’t buy or steal
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| We’re taking the wheel and steering it into the ocean
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| We’re floatin' and hopin' the window’s still open
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| 'cause we’ve got no time to kill
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| Time for real, rhyme for meals
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| Climb uphill and never sit still
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| Shooting for feeling
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| I’m killin' myself, it’s OK, there’s only today
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| I don’t worry about tomorrow
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| You thought I threw it all away
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| But every single second slaved
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| Has been worth living
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| Time; |
| you thought I threw it all away
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| But every single second slaved
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| Has been worth living
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| Raise a toast; |
| break the glass
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| Raise 'em full; |
| make 'em last
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| Like I’m a ghost with no fangs
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| From back when the drums used to bang
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| When we weren’t engulfed in the name
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| We were just stokin' the flames
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| We weren’t the horse for the fame
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| Those were just doors with a chain
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| Remember your boat or a plane
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| Helping me float and maintain
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| Every moment recording so slowly
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| Eventually going away
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| Never forgot what I came from
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| Brains, brawn, pain; |
| love
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| Some gave up
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| But I maintained game; |
| tough
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| Cancers, cancers; |
| tiny dancers
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| Two Devils on my shoulders
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| And they’re feeding me answers
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| Time, you thought I’d threw it all away
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| But every single second slaved
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| Has been worth living |