| «what ya gotta"speak the truth for real
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| «you might want to say ?""you got to understand»
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| We trying to tell you the deal from our perspective
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| The J5 collective will wreck cuz you
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| «You got to understand"keep it together and try
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| «you might want to say ?"but you «you got to understand»
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| We’re more than meets the third eye, words fly
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| Reppin' from the bird’s eye view
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| I ain’t hating I just heard better
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| Up the ante on the game and apply the pressure
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| Understand I was a fan
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| Before I was a member of your favorite rap band
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| Understand that I’m still a fan
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| And you can keep playing after the fact
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| Related to the game and came after crack
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| Cuz every nigga I know is out ta get a plaque
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| So why you wanna go and do that, huh?
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| I don’t know man cuz we see fiends who dream c.r.e.a.m
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| Reppin' the west through special effects and green screens
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| And it seems you need to be the one to flash that cannon
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| Or sign the autographs till the last cat’s standing
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| Brother pass that action, and your trashin' is real
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| Your only way of coming up is probably inking a deal
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| While your thinking the skills, some are thinking the mills
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| In a never-ending quest ta get the house on the hill
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| AND THAT’S REAL
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| I need some understanding in this world between me and my girl
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| She want the diamonds and the pearls to be a part of my world
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| Twenty four-sev, but love don’t pay the rent
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| So love me when I’m home and cherish the moment
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| Uh-Huh
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| Cuz some of you women are men’s mirrors
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| I know some women who dodge balls like Ben Stiller
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| Please understand, it’s not to offend or seem bitter
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| But every queen, need a king wit her
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| Ms. Thing I don’t know, but ever I leave you ready to go
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| My Momma told me about how it flow
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| But I didn’t wanna listen but she told me so
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| Now if it ever came to the bank account
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| Who’d ya pack ya things and get up and bounce
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| These the type of things that I be thinking about
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| To all my other fellas «you got to understand»
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| And all the times I tried ta do? |
| what this wanna god do?
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| It’s cuz I see the world from the Artist eye view
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| You live life the next part is you die, too
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| And there’s no one on this earth it doesn’t apply to
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| Now that’s true, cuz every single day I live
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| I’m obligated just ta say it like it T-I is
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| And I ain’t gon talk about no cat whose decision is poor
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| Trust me man my hand is just as dirty as yours
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| Either they like you, or they hype you, it’s a cycle
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| Choices that we make in the vi-tal
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| Cuz in the blink of an eye it can all go awry
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| And the next man will quickly take your title
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| Yeah, between me and myself and all of these things
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| Understanding is a theme when we doing our thing
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| From the job to my queen and chasing my dream
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| The whole world needs a little understanding |