| I’ve been thinkin' about us lately
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| Relationships they float in many ways
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| The distance never seemed so crazy
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| It’s just the way the cards had to be played
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| I played my hand you played your hand
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| A father had to be a man, a son just wanted to be loved again
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| And I do think about it daily
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| The way we were back then, no
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| I’ve been runnin' 'round for a minute
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| Been growin' my own soul
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| Been lookin' up at an image
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| I never could control
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| Been pushin' things to the limit
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| I think I might implode
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| It ain’t got to be this different
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| We could pick it up and just go, yeah!
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| I know this world is takin' you
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| To a place you ain’t approve, well
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| I was just hoping
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| That we could take it back a few
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| And do the things we used to do
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| I’m sayin' let’s go back to Oakland
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| You’ve been underneath the mood
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| Everything you see is blue
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| I just want to take it down to Oakland
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| I know that what I saw in you
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| Had a vibe, it had a groove
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| And I just want to go back to Oakland
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| And it felt so nice
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| What kind of paradise is hidden in this concrete?
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| I was a child but I was old enough to know that
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| Cali air brought you some peace
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| And I remember it, I remember it
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| Like it was yesterday
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| It was a simple time, a simple place
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| It seemed since then things have got complicated
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| I’ve been runnin' 'round for a minute
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| Been growin' my own soul
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| Been lookin' up at an image
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| I never could control
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| Been pushin' things to the limit
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| I think I might implode
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| It ain’t got to be this different
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| We could pick it up and just go, yeah!
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| I know this world is takin' you
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| To a place you ain’t approve, well
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| I was just hoping
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| That we could take it back a few
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| And do the things we used to do
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| I’m sayin' let’s go back to Oakland
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| You’ve been underneath the mood
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| Everything you see is blue
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| I just want to take it down to Oakland
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| I know that what I saw in you
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| Had a vibe, it had a groove
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| And I just want to go back to Oakland
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| I seen you regularly then, yeah
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| I seen you regularly then, yeah yeah yeah
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| I seen you regularly then
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| We were regular then
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| We were regular, we were, we were, we were…
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| We, we, we should go back to Oakland |