| Cause it was all meant to happen
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| It was all meant to happen
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| No wonder why you kept walkin' my way
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| Cause it was all meant to happen
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| It was all meant to happen
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| No wonder why you kept walkin'
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| My mom was 18, waiting for her prom date
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| Which was my father, yes, this night’s gonna be beyond great
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| Two years prior they both created Aaron Yates
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| So the bond straight with two fine mates, so mom waits
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| And waits, in the upstairs window watchin'
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| For my pops and it was shockin' that he never ever came knockin'
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| Just left her, in her prom dress and that’s the eve
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| Where all the stress hit aggressively, she had her first epileptic seizure
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| And kept havin' them, doctor, help the sick lady
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| Medicine with the quickness, just maybe it’ll stop
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| 'Member this, in '80 I was, nine
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| Asleep and I heard somethin' collapse
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| Hopped up with nothin' but tighty whitie
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| Saw my mom just fell and slapped the floor
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| She shakin', I’m scared, I ran out the house in my underwear
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| «Help my mama» is all that’s comin' out my mouth
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| A neighbor came to help so mama wouldn’t die
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| As a little kid, watchin' the ambulance take her away, I’m thinkin' «Why?»
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| Cause it was all meant to happen
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| It was all meant to happen
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| No wonder why you kept walkin' my way
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| Cause it was all meant to happen
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| It was all meant to happen
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| No wonder why you kept walkin'
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| '92, I was 21
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| Sellin' rocks for my auntie was plenty fun
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| And yes she loaded the house with many guns
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| She got me a TEC-9 for my birthday, «No more trippin' from anyone»
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| Is what I’m thinkin', Boone’s Farm’s what I’m drinkin'
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| Singin' Jodeci loaded, we exploded, these chicks I’m binkin'
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| Daily, nightly, the ladies like me, I’m baby Ikie
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| Maybe slightly, I’m crazy might be
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| Really shady, sheisty not like this though
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| I’m sleepin' again, this dude breaks in with a pistol
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| I heard his bullet whistle, so I had to roll of on this flo'
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| Heard a struggle then my auntie scream, I’m feelin' for my piece
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| Then, just my luck, my birthday gift that I got wasn’t in my reach
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| The gunman busted in my room lookin' for somethin'
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| Found me hidin', pointed the gun right at my head, my heart was pumpin'
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| Then he turned and ran away then with a blink of an eye
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| He was gone, I found my auntie shakin', hidin' in the closet, I’m thinkin' «Why?
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| Cause it was all meant to happen
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| It was all meant to happen
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| No wonder why you kept walkin' my way
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| Cause it was all meant to happen
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| It was all meant to happen
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| No wonder why you kept walkin'
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| Dear Darkness, you’ve been with me for so long
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| I never understood, 'til now in this slow song
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| Been in some shaky situations, but life goes on
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| But still, a lot of things you showed this kid was so wrong
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| But what’s so right, this pain and strife that I go write
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| People go buy it, they think that my flow’s tight
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| Got a cold mic, they got me a million sold twice
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| Not a low-life anymore it’s always sold-out show nights
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| After K.O.D. |
| you scared me, so I ran from you
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| Then accepted you on Seepage, then saw the fans come through
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| Just when I thought I took everything I can stand from you
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| I kept writing and then we watched the Strangeland come true
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| So now I see, these stories in my life
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| I was meant to share my darkness within my light
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| People say it helps them to see me fly
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| From the bottom, that’s motivation for them all, now I see exactly why
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| Cause it was all meant to happen
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| It was all meant to happen
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| No wonder why you kept walkin' my way
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| Cause it was all meant to happen
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| It was all meant to happen
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| No wonder why you kept walkin' |