| Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, la, da-da, da (
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| Big Queens, NYC
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| Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, la, da-da, da
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| Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah (
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| Uh
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| ), la, oh, oh, ooh
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| Ooh-ooh (
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| Yeah
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| ), oh, ooh-ooh (
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| Hit-Boy
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| [Verse 1: Nas &
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| Charlie Wilson
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| They called me «Babyface» in eighty-eight
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| On 40th and Broadway they made me stay and wait
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| Cab service, car eighty-five
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| Ten minutes, they back in the car
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| Not safe to drive, narcos are lookin' (Woop, woop, woop)
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| No secret compartments in the ride, so keep pushin'
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| We get stopped, hide it between the seat cushion
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| Either that, or just tuck it inside your boot
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| Don’t throw it out the window yet, son, that’s all our loot (Not yet)
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| See? |
| They turned, they wasn’t after us, my nigga with me laughin' (Yeah)
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| He clutchin' his gold Lazarus, made it home and he baggin' up (What up?)
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| I’m just a lil' nigga smokin' weed (Fried)
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| I’m just tryna figure out who to be (Nas)
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| Horse and Dula touchin' paper (Uh-huh)
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| Plus, Spud and Wallet Head, a lot of bread
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| And I was talkin' to Tia
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| I went to her block, I was just happy to see her
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| And low was how she did me (
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| Ooh
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| She moved from Queens to Co-Op City (
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| Ooh-wee
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| She said, «Visit me, that’s if you really miss me» (I did), show proof
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| Ten niggas outside her buildin', that’s what I go through (Damn)
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| 1989, my baby mind was advancin' (Yeah)
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| Nike Air Trainer 3's, two fingers on her hand, son (Ooh)
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| I’m losin' her slowly (Uh)
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| Plus my other girl is startin' to move on the homie
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| Hop in eighty-five, roll with me (
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| Oh-oh
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| [Chorus: Nas,
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| Charlie Wilson
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| Both
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| When I used to slide
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| I used to call
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| car eighty-five
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| Don’t want no other driver on the job (Nah)
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| Only
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| car eighty-five
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| Yo, take me uptown to that smoke shop I like (
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| Ooh
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| Car eighty-five
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| All blacked out tint (
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| Running for my life
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| Everywhere we went, we took car eighty-five (
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| Yeah, yeah
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| [Interlude: Nas &
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| Charlie Wilson
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| We gon' ride
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| Put that tape on I like
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| You know that tape I like, turn that shit up (
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| Oh, yeah
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| We gon' smoke and ride (
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| Ooh-ooh
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| Go to Times Square, we take it from there
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| Just ride (
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| Ridin' with car eighty-five
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| It’s Friday
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| It woulda been a good night to pick up shorty, but she on some other shit (
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| Ooh-wee, ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah
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| [Verse 2: Nas &
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| Charlie Wilson
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| In my peripheral view
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| Nothin' trivial 'bout me, just witness the truth, I’m certified
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| That’s been verified
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| My mere presence got other guys terrified (Woah, ooh)
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| Slap oxygen out your esophagus (Ooh-ooh)
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| I survived with stick up kids, was droppin' shit (
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| Ooh-ooh
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| The rotten apple’s the tabernacle
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| That’s NY, White Castles at midnight
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| Fish sandwiches, forty ounces and fistfights (
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| Oh, ooh-wee
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| They even used car eighty-five to pull robberies
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| Use 'em as a getaway car and paid him properly
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| Next year the whole town strung out
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| Swept the block where they hung out
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| Look how far we’ve come now (Amen)
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| Grab the duffel and run out
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| Seven fiends in one house, hustle sun up to sundown
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| What up? |
| Summertime in NY
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| In the back seat of car eighty-five (
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| Oh-oh, oh
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| [Outro: Nas &
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| Charlie Wilson
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| The whole hood was tryna call car eighty-five
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| Any car like that, any number that had that system
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| Or that cool ride (
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| Yeah
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| You know that’d make your whole day
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| Just bein' able to get up and go
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| To this day, I just like to ride
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| Lot of thoughts come to mind (
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| Ooh-wee, oh, oh, ooh |