| «Busy hanging curtains
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| Children in the way
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| Whoaaaa! |
| That’s what the future holds with me
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| Don’t you want to stay?»
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| Back in the days on the boulevard
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| I use to take small steps cuz the hood was hard
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| Use to walk down fifth to anoint the street
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| Use to play rock this funky joint in my sleep
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| Always wanted low sweats Addidas stripes
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| Use to chill conversate wit all the thieves at night
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| I done been thru a lot, dun seen a whole lot
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| Done cracked many jars and put food in the spot
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| Seen my grandfather get buried in a box
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| Dun seen pop cry, seen shots fly
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| Nigga I came up raw, living wit these stains and scars
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| My parents separating was hard
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| I don’t speak on it much, it’s nobody’s bidness
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| But I don’t eva lose touch, I maintain my pivot
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| I been thru the scrabbling, lost all gambling
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| Selling CD’s like I’m poor panhandling
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| I walk street wit a chip on my shoulder
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| Cuz I know life’s hard and I can only get older
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| I remember what a wise men told us:
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| Fight back like you drunk but think straight like you’re sober
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| (Sample) Bill Withers — «Don't You Want To Stay»
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| I wanna know what the future hold?
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| Will I be subject to numbers? |
| Will I lose my soul?
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| Will I lose those who love me as I move the globe?
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| If I’m gon' on the road will I lose my home?
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| I made my sacrifices gotta deal wit the devil
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| On the verge of losing my mind I let it settle
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| I seen it all thru the eye of a needle
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| I came across niggas who murdered their own people
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| I talk to an Angel she told me to be peaceful
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| There’s a lil man at home and in life he will need you
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| I’mma break the cycle on the outside looking in
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| Trying to contain the Beast that rages within
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| Trying to seize the grieve that races within
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| Trying to release the pain that cages us in
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| You ain’t nobody till somebody hates you
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| And if word gets around it’ll probably make you
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| Here comes a black cloud they no longer escape you
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| You had some brighter days so you praying to Jesus
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| You get one life; |
| I only wish I could take two
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| And turn back time and realize what these snakes do
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| (Sample) Bill Withers — «Don't You Want To Stay» |