| Yeah, don’t be them
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| Don’t be Jigga, don’t be Nas, don’t be Kim
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| Don’t be them, don’t be 'Pac, don’t be BIG
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| Be yourself for real homie, you that kid
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| Don’t be Sheek, don’t be LOX
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| Don’t be P, don’t be Kiss, don’t be Fox'
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| Don’t be 50, don’t be Weezy, don’t be Slim
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| Be yourself for real homie, don’t be them
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| Aiyyo, now I ain’t gon' sit here and preach to y’all niggas
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| Like I’m all fucked up and I ain’t seeing no figures
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| But if I had the choice to tell niggas who to be
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| I’m just keeping it thorough, shit it won’t be me
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| All you see is the fake shit that’s on TV
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| You don’t be in the hood when niggas empty three
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| Court cases, no laces, orange dickies
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| Jewish lawyer helping you but he cost Gs
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| Drunk, tryna figure how the hell I’m getting home
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| Cause ain’t nobody left in this, just me and my chrome
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| D-W-Y'd, I already been tried
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| So I know the jake watching to see if I abide
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| Yeah, don’t be Swizz, don’t be Tim'
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| Don’t be N.O.R.E., don’t be Cam, don’t be Jim
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| Don’t be them, don’t be 'Pac, don’t be BIG
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| Be yourself for real homie, you that kid
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| Don’t be Wade, don’t be Moss
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| Don’t be Pun, don’t be Crack, don’t be Ross
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| Don’t be them, don’t be Common, don’t be Em
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| Be yourself for real homie, don’t be them
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| Aiyyo, now everybody got things that going on in their life
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| From their fake ass friends to their fake ass wife
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| Money problems, bills due
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| Niggas scared to turn on the news cause all you hear is who killed who
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| So you see us at the shows and think that we straight
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| Niggas tired, I don’t remember the last time we ate
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| Just drinking, smoking, jumping on planes
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| Trying to be careful of what chick give me brains
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| There’s AIDS out there, and blades out there
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| Niggas trying to cut you like fades out there
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| Everything pretty behind the scene
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| Until you find out your favorite rapper’s a fiend
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| Yeah, don’t be Luda', don’t be Tip
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| Don’t be 'Face, don’t be Usher, don’t be Flip
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| Don’t be them, don’t be 'Pac, don’t BIG
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| Be yourself for real homie, you that kid
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| Don’t be Sharpton, don’t be Jesse
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| Don’t be Kan', don’t be Melo, don’t be 'Bron
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| Don’t be them, don’t be Bush, please not him
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| But for real little homie, don’t be them
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| Aiyyo, this ain’t to down little rappers and crews
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| I’m just tryna tell niggas that we stressed out too
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| If you sick, we get sick nigga, flu is flu
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| You don’t know, I don’t know nigga, who is who?
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| Niggas think we just entertainers, and big complainers
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| You don’t know how much shit a day bring us
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| I’m just saying, ain’t no guarantees
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| Next single you drop just might freeze
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| You be hot for a minute then you cool on down
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| Look at rap for years, niggas been passing the crown
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| I’m just do you homie, don’t be him
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| Don’t be me either, fuck that, but don’t be them
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| Yeah, don’t be them
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| Don’t be Jigga, don’t be Nas, don’t be Kim
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| Don’t be them, don’t be 'Pac, don’t be BIG
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| Be yourself for real homie, you that kid
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| Don’t be Sheek, don’t be LOX
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| Don’t be P, don’t be Kiss, don’t be Fox'
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| Don’t be 50, don’t be Weezy, don’t be Slim
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| Be yourself for real homie, don’t be them
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| Yeah, don’t be Swizz, don’t be Tim'
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| Don’t be N.O.R.E., don’t be Cam, don’t be Jim
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| Don’t be them, don’t be 'Pac, don’t be BIG
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| Be yourself for real homie, you that kid |