| You ever heard the phrase
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| «The First Shall be Last, The Last shall be first»?
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| Thats just the way it works
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| Living on this earth, for twenty long years
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| Just now realizing the reason I’m here
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| Whats the word, huh?
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| Is it money? |
| Is it Power?
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| Papers or Blunts?
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| Roll one, twist up, problems ignore them
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| It can get exhausting
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| Ive been working non stop, I get sick often
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| My moms miss me, and my girl supports me but…
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| She be tripping, because she don’t get to see me much
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| My dad hits me up, more than ever now
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| Family coming around, that was never 'round
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| Was 19, balling with the big dogs
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| Raw talented kid with big hit songs
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| Anticipated, what you’ve been waiting on
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| A lot to say and this project what I’mma say it on
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| Freshman On Varsity
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| Never taking no days off
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| Just waiting for my plane to take off (I feel like)
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| Man I can’t wait til it pays of
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| Til then I’m just playing in Play off’s (I feel Like)
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| Varsity, Im on Varsity Im on Varsity (I feel like)
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| Im repping for our City, for our City, for our city (I feel like)
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| A Freshmann on Varsity (I feel like)
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| A Freshmann on Varsity (I feel like)
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| A Freshmann on Var…
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| In the zone, mixed feeling about being on
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| Is it worth what comes with it, is this really what I want
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| Do I want to be at home or do I want to be on the road
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| In all these studios, chilling with these groupie hoes
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| Who truly Knows?
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| I do, that answer is «Oh Yump»
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| How is that not what a west LA nigga don’t want?
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| Don’t front, I would be crazy not to
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| Try to understand please baby I got you
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| Its not YOU, I’m just not super human
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| Im still trying to figure out what I’m doing
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| This is so new to me baby
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| I need you to promise to stay true to me baby
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| I got you
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| The young Man doing the impossible
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| Making sure my future is prosperous and profitable
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| Im sorry if I’m putting all of my problems on you
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| This is just some of the shit that I be going through
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| This ain’t no typical rapper shit
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| Dont feel bad for him, I ain’t get famous on accident
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| I asked for this, and don’t regret asking for it
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| I got an expensive habit need a lot of cash to support it
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| But I would only be giving half of the story
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| If I didn’t mention what I go through half of the time
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| I consider this an art, took a while mastering mine
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| I get so wrapped up being Mann its hard to Get Back to Dijon, Uh
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| Forgetting to let my momma know when my plane landed
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| Im so damn independent and she can’t stand it
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| Growing up leaving her alone Momma I ain’t plan this
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| But I’m working to get you everything you wanted on this planet
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| Just know thats the goal momma
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| Restored honor to my supposed to be role models
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| But they wasn’t to my cousins who lost your momma
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| Big Cousin gone put all ya’ll through college, I promise
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| And Thats why
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| Mann, a name given to me because of the characteristics I had as a kid
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| For as long as I can remember I’ve been told I carry myself like I’ve been here
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| before
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| Or I was told I was ahead of my time, shit I was just being me
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| Walking in my purpose, Acknowledging that I was here for a reason
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| Some say I’m just hard working, some say they see it in me before I even open
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| my mouth to speak
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| Whatever it is, I thank god for it everyday. |
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