| I can see the plan now
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| God, I see it all laid out
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| You can’t keep a good man
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| You can’t keep a good man—
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| Mm
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| epic1
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| Mm, mm
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| Walked in the label and gave 'em two weeks notice
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| Yeah, looked at me back and they told me «Do stay focused
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| You’ll take flight if it works, just go write a new verse
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| We gon' make it together, we are right on the verge» (Verge)
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| No, y’all clippin' my feathers, I try to fly and it hurts (Pew)
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| Count me change for the money, I’d rather lie in the dirt (Lie in the dirt)
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| I go poppin' my verse, you applaudin' my verse
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| I put God in my verse, you don’t nod at my verse (Never)
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| I was silent at first, I would lie in my bed
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| I didn’t get any sleep, I was all in my head (I was all in my head)
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| They think the only way to sell out is through cursin' and sex
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| You could sell out screaming Jesus while securin' the check (Yeah)
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| Used to chase the ticket sales, I can’t do it no mo'
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| What good is sellin' out the show if you sellin' your soul?
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| But I’m still sellin' out the show, 'cause the fans want the real
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| I had to say what I feel, I had to get out the deal, look-
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| Walked in the label and gave 'em two weeks notice
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| Yeah, looked at me back and they told me «Do stay focused
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| You’ll take flight if it works, just go write a new verse
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| We gon' make it together, we are right on the verge»
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| Okay now
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| We are right on the verge, we are right on the verge
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| We are right on the verge, we are right on the verge
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| We are right on the verge, we are right on the verge
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| We are right on the verge, we are right on the verge
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| We are right on the verge, we are right on the verge
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| We are right on the verge, we are right on the verge
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| We are right on the verge, we are right on the verge
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| We are right on the verge, we are right on the verge
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| Yeah, yeah, uh
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| I can’t be a slave
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| Just to have my place
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| I must break these chains
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| I must run my race
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| I can’t be a slave
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| Just to have my place
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| I must break these chains
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| I must run my race
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| Yeah, walked in the label and gave his two weeks notice (Mm)
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| Yeah, he was impatient, I told him «Duly noted» (Mm)
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| But communication is all we needed this time (Mm)
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| «I mean we got you the placements, you bought the lease on my dime
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| And you’re a beast with the rhymes!» |
| Right then, I gave him a smirk
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| «Every relationship takes some patience to make that thing work
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| Let’s not blow this apart, you’ll be your own A&R
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| Yeah, we’ll own all your music, but you’ll control all the art»
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| He was silent at first, there were lies in his head
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| I could tell he didn’t sleep, 'cause his eyes were all red
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| He think I want him to sell out to put a plaque on the shelf
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| He don’t know that if I could, I would just back him myself
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| So I backpedaled and told him that the fact that he’s ventin'
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| Makes sense to me and we don’t him to feel trapped, our intent
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| Was to grow the brand, but in the event that we actually didn’t
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| He should go on, be free, he told me that was his mission, yeah
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| I can’t be a slave
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| Just to have my place
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| I must break these chains
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| I must run my race
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| I can’t be a slave
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| Just to have my place
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| I must break these chains
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| I must run my race
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| I can’t be a slave (I feel like a man now)
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| Just to have my place (Ain't nothin' against me now)
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| I must break these chains (You can’t keep a good man)
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| I must run my race (You can’t keep a good man down)
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| I can’t be a slave (I can see the plan now)
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| Just to have my place (God, I see it all laid out)
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| I must break these chains (You can’t keep a good man)
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| I must run my race (You can’t keep a good man down)
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| Mm
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| Mm
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| Mm |