| Loyalty and honor, ride to the death
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| Learn from these struggles, then apply it to the test
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| Be like David and Goliath, to these giants, when they pressed
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| If livin' through your worst got you dyin' for the best
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| You a Lyon in the flesh
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| Yeah, you a Lyon in the flesh
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| Thank God, I’m a Lyon in the flesh (God, I’m a Lyon in the flesh)
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| No more hurt, no more cryin' when I’m stressed (Nah)
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| I took the oath to be a Lyon in the flesh (Yeah)
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| It started out in Philly when the cutie in the streets
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| Named Cookie met Lucious, it was Beauty and the Beast
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| Was it lust a first sight or was it love to the end?
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| Only thing we’ll know for sure is they was more than just a friend (Nah)
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| He would look into her eyes to see the fire within
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| She looked back into his eyes and saw Messiah in him (Yeah, yeah)
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| This was destiny, fate, like it was higher than them
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| Then three boys later, let the Empire begin (Uh huh)
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| See Andre the oldest son, though, it ain’t a surprise
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| Like his father, dedicated, educated and wise
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| But Jamal the middle child felt the greatest divide
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| A lifestyle that Lucious didn’t hesitate to despise (Yeah)
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| Attention between the two, recipe for demise
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| 'Cause everybody know a Lyon’s legacy is its pride (Uh huh)
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| I arrived the youngest child, but I’m right in the zone
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| Last descendant of a king willin' to fight for the throne
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| I was bread for this, how could I have feared this point?
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| My own mama did seventeen years in the joint
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| I’m here for everything they owe me, I ain’t makin' it close
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| Born ready, so I’m takin' the oath
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| It go—
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| Loyalty and honor, ride to the death
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| Learn from these struggles, then apply it to the test
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| Be like David and Goliath, to these giants, when they pressed
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| If livin' through your worst got you dyin' for the best
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| You a Lyon in the flesh
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| Yeah, you a Lyon in the flesh
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| Thank God, I’m a Lyon in the flesh (God, I’m a Lyon in the flesh)
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| No more hurt, no more cryin' when I’m stressed
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| I took the oath to be a Lyon in the flesh
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| Any type of success breed hate, don’t it? |
| (Hate, don’t it?)
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| Holdin' the family name holdin' weight, don’t it? |
| (Weight, don’t it?)
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| The grind is long, the victory show up late, don’t it?
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| I can’t fall, I know my enemies waitin' on it
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| See, life teach you lessons, can’t nobody learn for you (Learn for you)
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| I watched my mother and father goin' through turmoil
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| The one’s that stab you in your back was never fit for you
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| Imagine marryin' somebody so they won’t snitch on you (Snitch on ya)
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| Yeah, my family fell out, had clashes (Right?)
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| But we 'rose like the phoenix from the ashes (Right?)
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| You ever had somebody ride for you
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| I mean, go out in a blaze, that’ll die for you?
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| My father said, «Never borrow a beat»
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| 'Cause tryna shine might cost you an arm and a leg (Arm or a leg)
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| Sometimes, I’m furious from the thought of that
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| Mama knows life gets serious as a heart attack
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| I love my brothers, no matter what (No matter what)
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| We just take the good with the ugly and add it up
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| Pop shined, 'Dre and Jamal went through it all and patched it up (Uh huh)
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| But found something great in it all
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| Now it’s us
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| We took the oath
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| Family over everything (Family over everything)
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| Love (Love), Lyons (Lyons)
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| Yeah |
Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Oath, artist - Empire Cast. Album song Empire (Season 6, Born to Love You), in the genre Рэп и хип-хоп