| Philly
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| Take em back to the block, Meek!
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| Middle of the summer
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| Middle of the summer
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| In the middle of the summer
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| I used to play the block all night til the sun came up,
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| Everybody got they gun game up
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| In the middle of the summer
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| Middle of the summer
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| Middle of the summer
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| Stack all winter just to stunt in the summer,
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| Ridin in my new camaro, sometimes I wonder
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| Will it take me under or will it make me stronger
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| Thinking the times when I was broke it only gave me hunger
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| Shorty walking through the block it only made me wonder
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| My homies was sellin dope and doin jay-z numbers,
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| Niggas smoochin wrist was cold and throwin a.c. |
| numbers,
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| They on it was from the zone, used to say we youngins
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| But we was ready though,
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| Around the time when all the rap was on the radio
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| Me and my niggas on the block with hammers heavy though
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| I used to put it in my hand ain’t wanna let it go
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| Ain’t wanna let it go, no
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| The work was low the numbers was right
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| Used to play the summer league a couple youngins was nice
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| They ain’t make it to the league cause it’ll fuck up your life
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| In the middle of the summer when you fucking with white
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| Middle of the summer
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| Middle of the summer
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| In the middle of the summer
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| I used to play the block all night til the sun came up,
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| Everybody got they gun game up
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| In the middle of the summer
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| Middle of the summer
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| Middle of the summer
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| Charlie nix marching through screamin stop the violence,
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| He had will smith with him tried to stop the wildin
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| But as soon as they left the hood, man shots was fired,
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| Ambulances rushin somebody mama cryin
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| They say the good don’t make it here,
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| Ain’t no fightin hammertime and they gon take it there
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| North rushin, cops lock you like jamaican hair
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| Young boul, sixteen, and got eighty years
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| Middle of the summer, people cooking out
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| Oldheads lookin out
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| Rest in peace, tears for the soldiers that got tooken out
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| I was in the streets, momma told me to be in the house
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| Ten o’clock I was on the block, moving in and out
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| City of brotherly love, I was only thirteen, I seen a puddle of blood,
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| Grown man lying there, he got one in his mug,
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| His grandma screaming, 'told you about selling them drugs! |
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| Middle of the summer
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| Middle of the summer
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| In the middle of the summer
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| Middle of the summer
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| I used to play the block all night til the sun came up,
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| Everybody got they gun game up
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| In the middle of the summer
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| Middle of the summer
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| Middle of the summer
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| It was the middle of the summer, but it was feeling like the winter,
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| July was feeling like december
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| We ball hard to the finish (uh)
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| They say I’m cold cause I’m a winner,
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| We had a quarter brickies
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| Half of birdies
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| Stash box ride super dirty.
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| Tryna get that money
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| Ziplocks, nose candy
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| Back to back in them black caddies
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| And we said this is our summer, and we taking it there
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| I’m all up in this mirror, like look at this audamir
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| Standing in my rear while starin at this painted mirror
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| Still tryna get it square
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| Super fly how we live
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| Aw knocked out lights comin, knocked out mean a bike’s comin
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| Smellin two stroke
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| These philly streets will make you lose hope
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| Her son was murdered now she use coke
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| It was the
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| Middle of the summer
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| Middle of the summer
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| In the middle of the summer
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| I used to play the block all night til the sun came up,
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| Everybody got they gun game up
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| In the middle of the summer
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| Middle of the summer
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| Middle of the summer |