| I remember back in the days when I was young
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| I always wanted tattoo tears just for fun
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| I didn’t have a gun
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| Cause Mike Reynolds taught us three strikes and you’re done
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| on the run
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| Then I heard «One Love,» and what I’m thinking next is:
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| What a brother got to do to make it out the 'jects?
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| No more picked pockets, no more Zip-Locs
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| And innocent girls putting ends in the pimp’s pocket
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| No more battle scars, I’m thinking caviar
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| You know ribeyes, wave her bye-bye
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| To rocking Dada, dipped in Prada, twisting la-la
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| I want the whole enchilada, if not, nada
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| In need of a lot-a inspiration for dreams I’ve been chasin'
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| Somebody say, «Amen» (Amen)
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| Waiting for the day when, one day it’ll make sense
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| So just remember now
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| (It'll all be over)
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| So just remember now
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| (It'll all be over)
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| So just remember now
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| (It'll all be over)
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| So just remember now
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| (It'll all be over)
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| Back in the days, I let my pants sag
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| JanSport bag and a .44 mag
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| XXL used to be my favorite mag
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| Used to use the word 'fresh' way before 'swag'
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| I seen Money Boss pull up in his new Jag
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| Shaq in his E-Class taught me about street cash
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| Belly had me rocking bow ties, playing both sides
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| Pushing bean pies, living la vida loca
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| I couldn’t take it anymore, long nights, cold weeks
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| No heat, hand-me-downs, torn sneaks
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| Take a break from the routine
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| Try and see where you’ve been, where you’re at
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| And right where you need to be
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| Instead y’all CB4, y’all got low cash
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| Limousine, Rolls-Royce as I rose past
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| From Shields Ave. to Rosecrans
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| Where gun control means to use both hands
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| Just waking in up in the morning, gotta thank God
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| I’m not the reason that your momma got her bank robbed
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| If I wasn’t rhyming, probably be smuggling diamonds
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| Or juggling jobs for pay, hustling chronic
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| But I would make the decision to make it out
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| Took the road less traveled, yeah, my favorite route
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| Prepared for the worst, and hope for the best
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| I let my tires taste the road to success
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| Memories of the projects, bopping to an older cassette
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| Fantasizing about unloading a Tec
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| I had a lot of rage bottled in at a young age
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| I smoked haze, swallowed gin, jot on a page
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| Til' Planet As' sat me down, so did Aren, yes
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| They was preparing the prince, it was apparent
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| That my struggles would only be temporary
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| No need to sit and worry, I felt rich already |