| It’s another day
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| And I’m tryin' to keep my beadie lit
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| Thinkin' I should quit
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| A thought I swiftly forget as I’m proceeding up the block
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| Right past the bus stop
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| Where this fool tried to mug me
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| A trendy ass punk, I could tell from his rugby
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| With no idea on what a real thug be
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| I mean, it’s a nice day it’s just the people that’s ugly
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| Stroll straight into the store
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| Where I’m greeted by the clerk who used to treat me like a jerk
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| Until my brother damn near snatched him up by his shirt and now he’s speakin'
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| out of fear
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| Step into the rear
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| Grab an ice cold juice, really wish I had a beer
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| Give him the change like, «Here.»
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| Thinkin' it’s only a year till I can purchase my own Bud
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| Weiser/wiser than I was when every other word out my little mouth was, «Cuz»
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| Thought that I could rule the world
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| Dickies and jheri curl
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| Not to mention
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| This snake skin belt
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| But had to put the nightmares back on the shelf
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| It don’t take a genius to figure out that gang bangin'
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| Ain’t good for your health
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| But shit, neither is the liquor
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| Keep 'em both in moderation
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| The trials and tribulations of a Mid-City nigga
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| I walk the streets
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| Wonder what’s on the horizon
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| For life is but a game through these eye’s I’m analyzin'
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| Realizin' one truth
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| That everything should change
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| Enjoy it while you can, cause nothin' stays the same
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| It’s another day
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| Still tryin' to keep this beadie lit
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| The smog is way thick
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| Just breathin' in L. A
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| It’s mandatory you inhale at least a pack a day
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| On my way to the Dell
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| When I hear this fool yell
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| «Do you know where I can get a sack?»
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| The fuck kinda question is that?
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| I don’t know you from Jack
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| Yet, I’m supposed to take you to my homie so he can get caught up with it
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| I mean, I know you lookin' for it
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| But I’m not the one to stress on your mission to get lifted
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| Just like them base heads who keep askin' me for work
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| When I’m only tryin' to kick it
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| Only makes the block hot
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| Now I can’t go a day without speakin' to the cops
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| What’s your name, where you goin', where you been, where you from?
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| I knew addition to my problems
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| Can’t calculate the sum
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| And can’t stand the rain of Avalon as I travel on yet another mission
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| Minus the umbrella
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| My story’s Cinderfella
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| The one you least expect to live happy ever after
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| Seein' only hope after ruins of disaster
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| Is the curse and the blessing of a Mid-City bastard
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| The curse and the blessing of a Mid-City bastard
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| Yes another day
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| But fuck all of that beadie shit
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| I’m really gonna quit once I put my mind to it
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| Hard times, I rhyme through it
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| So it’s yours to borrow
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| As long as some of what I say helps you make it through tomorrow
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| Hard to deal with the sorrow
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| But what’s life without it?
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| You can’t enjoy the good times without the struggle
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| Can’t appreciate the whole picture minus the puzzle
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| You didn’t ask for the challenge
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| But go ahead and do it
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| Inside we got the talent, just need the courage to use it
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| This one, I had to lose it
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| I should have wrote it down
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| I guess I’ll misquote it now but day to day
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| I hold it down tryin' to make this music timeless
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| The call and the duty of Mid-City's finest |