| That’s why I wake up every morning
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| I grind, stand up and sun down
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| Wake up knowing that people expect me to lead ‘em to a win
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| When times is tough they look at me for answers
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| Hoping I can lift ‘em off from their fears and progress
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| So I grind, Sunday to Monday
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| Cos they ain’t no role models
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| They ain’t no true leaders left
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| So it’s up to me to make sure the world knows that I’m that new guy
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| I’m that new inspiration
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| Ivy League. |
| SarkCess Music… Ace Hood. |
| uh
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| I’m the new guy
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| I made it from the slums back in Africa where most of my niggas committed
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| suicide
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| Every story got a two-side
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| T-shirt tryna make it to the suit and tie
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| You know a nigga gotta survive, it’s do or die
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| We gotta make it and it’s really up to you and I
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| Started from the bottom, nigga really did a lot
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| So tell me who am I?
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| Obi su frɛ ne Nyame na boys ngyina hɔ
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| Nti yɛ a mo ma m’asum ndwo me na me pɛ m’anim akɔ
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| M’apromise me fans sɛ kanea na a ɛwɔ m’akyi n’asɔ
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| Sɛnea me yɛ ne daa no T. B Joshua yɛ ne synagogue
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| M’arappe ama me jacket akyi ayɛ duduudu, n’akyi n’afɔ
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| ɛfam awo, nan so still a metwɛn ama nsuo n’atɔ
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| Rappers ɛnmovie me nowadays, shutouts to Senavoe
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| Rap no firi m’anum, pagagagagaga. |
| sɛ teabɔfrɛ
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| M’aspeedie flow no from kilo to tonnes
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| Rap firi America but it truly belongs to the blacks, so I’m free to curse on a
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| song
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| Fuck around with me na me de spanner bɛchukie wo lungs
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| Hwan na se rap nyɛ den, we started from 97
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| ɛtɔ da bi a anadwo 11
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| Me ne m’adamfo bi Kevin
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| Me no no we be disturbing the neighbourhood, Tema community 9
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| Still a me me hu me hood no heaven
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| Rap no vim ne wom
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| Starte me track ne mmom
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| Checke me st&ne bom
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| Droppe me Sark no nnwom
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| Na sette me trap no bio
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| Obidi style nni dwom
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| Dawge na time nni krom. |
| uh
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| 24/7 yɛde me rap no bɔ akutia
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| I no bore cos it comes with it
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| Came from the ghetto, deɛn na mo bɛ kyerɛ me
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| Me yɛ pabene, my people dey call me Obidiponbidi
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| That’s why I wake up every morning
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| I grind, stand up and sun down
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| Wake up knowing that people expect me to lead ‘em to a win
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| When times is tough they look at me for answers
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| Hoping I can lift ‘em off from their fears and progress
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| So I grind, Sunday to Monday
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| I’m that new guy
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| Yeah, The beast of the South, on my worstest behaviour, don’t make me angrier
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| Couple shots all in ya dome and that turn ya shit to a stadium
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| Dr. Martin Luther King gotta had a dream nigga
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| Twenty bitches in my bed naked counting cheese nigga
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| Black man in a fuckin' beamer
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| Got a tipper toeing like a ballerina
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| Diamonds water water like aquafina
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| Serving bitches like the new subpoena
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| Only pieces on my cuban chain
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| Sell ya soul and get the birth of fame
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| Bought some waters with a broad damage in the stores, damn, not a thing change
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| Protesters is another lesson
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| Prison cells are getting too congested
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| Righteous living, fuck a suicide
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| New guys wearing suit and ties
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| Bossing up instead of talking nice
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| Shooting guys, prison time
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| Stacking money, build an enterprise
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| Be the one who niggas idolize
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| Counting money till my palms hurt
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| I remember they was way worse
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| Momma praying everyday at church
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| Being broke in every second hurts
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| Tryna shine boy you gotta grind, and just wait on time
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| That’s just how it works
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| Good in the hood with my street tithes
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| I can’t say the same for you new guys
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| That’s why I wake up every morning
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| I grind, stand up and sun down
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| Wake up knowing that people expect me to lead ‘em to a win
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| When times is tough they look at me for answers
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| Hoping I can lift ‘em off from their fears and progress
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| So I grind, Sunday to Monday
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| I’m that new guy
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| Ace… Lemme take you to Africa
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| My people they love you
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| I came here, you showed me some love and I promise to build you a statue, uh!
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| Ace Hood akwaaba
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| And Sark is a hell of a nation
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| M’asigne wo din wɔ Kumasi, m’apem so, nyɛ adeɛ a wobɛhia confirmation
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| Uhh… Sark medaase
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| I’m the new Pac in the projects
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| Welcome Sarkodie, the United States where they selling narcotics
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| It’s a pleasure my nigga
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| Now let’s go and get the money bags
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| Haters hating, they will never last
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| Came too far and we ain’t looking back
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| That’s why I wake up every morning
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| I grind, stand up and sun down
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| Wake up knowing that people expect me to lead ‘em to a win
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| When times is tough they look at me for answers
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| Hoping I can lift ‘em off from their fears and progress
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| So I grind, Sunday to Monday
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| I’m that new guy |