| And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying
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| Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed
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| And enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me
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| And that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me!
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| And God granted him that which he requested
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| I’m sittin' here watchin' my daughter being born
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| Feel like I should thank God that nothin' went wrong
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| Back in my days I was headed straight for the graveyard
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| Runnin' from school cause enemies never stay far
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| Wear my colors watchin' Colors
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| Chasin' after my older brothers
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| Cause they was always into shit
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| Good thing we had different mothers
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| Playin' football in the streets with the homies
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| And local drug dealers kickin' back makin' money
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| Cause the crack fiend was always there
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| So I start sellin' that cane cause nobody never cared
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| Mama at the post office workin' that late night shift
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| Takin' care of my sisters cause my daddy wasn’t shit
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| Sweatin' over the stove and on a school clothes
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| Open the refrigerator like where did the food go
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| Tryin' to do whatever I can to be a man, hope you understand
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| Even when shit goes wrong it’s part of God’s plan, Amen
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| Now I lay me down to sleep
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| I pray to Lord my soul to keep
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| Wake me up before I’m dead
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| Don’t bury me with monsters in my head (Yeah)
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| Monsters in my head, with monsters in my head
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| Underneath the bed, underneath the bed
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| Layin' here staring at this Doggystyle poster on my wall
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| Bangin' Snoop Dogg spinnin' this basketball
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| What the fuck is going on
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| In a nigga head
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| All of my homies gone to jail or they end up dead
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| Got my first tattoo tear when I was nineteen
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| Chasin' a pipe dream
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| Crenshaw boulevard chillin', that was the night scene
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| And like the movies, niggas act a fool
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| When you pushin' a Beamer, who gives a fuck about a school
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| Mom’s set a curfew, but I was breakin' all the rules
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| Kicked a nigga out the house so I started forming my crew
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| Gettin' a little bigger on my own
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| In the twelfth grade Crips schemin' on me
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| Cause they know my trap self made, tryin' to get by or getting high
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| That’s how I survived, be a leader not a follower
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| That’s how them coward’s die
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| Pay 'em no mind but keep my chrome to the end of time
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| Feeling like no nigga can see me I think they’re going blind
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| Seemed like just yesterday a nigga was only 21
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| Showing the little homies how to use a fucking gun
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| Now look what I become, nigga was on the run
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| From the Compton slums, they right, like father like son
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| But I’m missing them days when I couldn’t roll up a blunt
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| Bust the windows out of cars just to only drive it once
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| Yeah them was the days but now a nigga getting paid
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| Pouring down rose for my niggas in the grave
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| My nigga Big Will and my homie P D
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| Feel like yesterday we was just running in the streets
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| And I swear to God funny how the time fly
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| And the only thing certain is that we all die
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| So let your soul fly |