| Persecuted by the world, all I want is my baby girl
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| In my arms, braided up on pretty curls
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| Keep the fame and the fortune, I don’t need it
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| There’s too many out there wanna see me bleeding
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| As I awake I feel stuck in time
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| In this place, people lose they fucking mind
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| I see shadows in the night of demons dancing
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| Most penitentiaries overseen by klansmen
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| Stay strong even though it’s hard
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| Keep my head up and stay close to God
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| I see friends I knew back in school
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| They ain’t the same, covered up in tattoos
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| In the land of the free I’m forever known
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| Look up at the sky and pretend I’m home
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| Dear lord, I know you’ve got a plan for me
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| But I’d rather be at home with my family
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| If I die, mamma don’t lose your mind
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| Stay strong — the world don’t accept my kind
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| I was born hate free, always been different
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| It’s hard to stay alive when you’re brown and gifted
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| I understand that in due time my life is gon' slide behind
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| The curtain of uncertainty, the pearly gates are defied
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| Cause I’m a rambling man, a gambling man
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| So when the shit hits the fan my plan is to stand as a man
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| My canvas is bland, painted the perfect picture but my tears made the paint run
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| I need an eraser but shit it ain’t one
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| The critics lookin at my picture say it feels dark
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| But you critiquing my art, baby it’s still art
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| I know some people that respect me for me
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| I know some people that neglect me for me
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| And so it pans out
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| Now when I pass and the last of my breath has been breathed
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| Mamma don’t cry for me, I’m watching over you
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| I’m still doing the same thang your son’s supposed to do
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| So if you love me love me and everything is fine
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| We gon' reuinite in the sky in due time
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| If I die, Mamma don’t lose your mind
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| Stay strong — the world don’t accept my kind
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| I was born hate free, always been different
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| It’s hard to stay alive when you’re brown and gifted
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| I tried to tell you that these motherfuckers wanted my soul
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| Hate me 'til I’m dead and gone but in love with my dough
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| As they listen to my CD, they got from somebody
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| 'I can’t believe that he sayin' this in custody
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| Doesn’t he realize we got him right where we want him?'
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| I was warned by a prisoner- 'they'll be coming'
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| Can you imagine life without rats that
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| Backstab their own to try to get where they at?
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| I made millions but felt I was never rich
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| How can greed make people be so devilish?
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| I wrote a book entitled 'They Can’t Stop Me'
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| Took about 20 pens and alotta coffee
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| They hit me up with some years and a small fine
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| It’s gonna be the greatest comeback of all time
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| And all I got left is true fans
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| Cause my horoscope said that my bitch found a new man
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| If I die, Mamma don’t lose your mind
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| Stay strong — the world don’t accept my kind
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| I was born hate free, always been different
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| It’s hard to stay alive when you’re brown and gifted |