| I ain’t goin back again to that state of mind where i was ignorant and it was
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| war time
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| And i thought i could save all of us if i wrote one line yaknow the right line
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| And gettin by wasn’t gettin by we had to steal and lie and some of us died
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| We were on borrowed time and the clock was tickin and theyre lookin at me and
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| the move was mine
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| Fuck it just tellem the truth
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| Tellem no man can take nothin from you
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| Tellem your skin is too thick and youll die about this
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| They dont possess the spirit you do
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| Tellem your city is countin on you
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| If you go home with nothin theyll probably kill you
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| And this ain’t life or death for them
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| Close your eyes and count to ten
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| Honestly this is as honest as ive been
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| So ill try speaking to the public like were friends
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| Truthfully i wish the very best for men
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| But you think freedom is money well money has an end
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| I ain’t goin back again
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| I ain’t goin back again to that dope house where we slept together cuz it was
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| cold out
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| We had one jacket amongst all of us so we would take turns when we would go out
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| And the open oven heated the whole house and the mattress on the kitchen floor
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| With an AK 47 and 3 hand guns but we swore we needed more
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| Cuz we were at war
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| Where wed haul water by the bucket back to our home
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| And wed heat the water and wed talk for hours cuz we didn’t have no phones
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| And wed dream together about a better life and houses and cars and clothes
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| And wed laugh and joke as we all showered from the same pan on the stove
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| Fuck it just tellem the truth
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| Tellem no man can take nothin from you
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| Tellem your skin is too thick and youll die about this
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| They dont possess the spirit you do
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| After all the shit weve been through
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| Id kill myself before i turn on you
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| And this ain’t life or death for them
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| Close your eyes and count to ten
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| I ain’t goin back again to the time we thought that a record deal could save us
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| Where we were unapproachable and desperate and we were dangerous
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| Where our city would love us and think highly of us not hate us
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| Cuz it didn’t change a thing
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| I’m still David
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| I’m still KING |