| Rules to the game, tools to the game
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| The wise gon' rise but a fool never change
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| Walk through the fire, emerge from the flames
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| E’ybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain (C'mon)
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| Stressin, the struggle is a blessin' (Blessin')
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| Everyday dealin' wit' one of god’s test’s (Gods testin' us)
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| It’s three doors, you get two guesses
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| One lead to the grave, one lead to incarceration (Carceration)
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| And th third door is for your imagination (Yeah)
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| It could be whatevr, life is what you make it (Make it)
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| You gotta take it, the world is yours (Yours)
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| Succeed or failure, the choice is yours (Choice is yours)
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| I know it’s hard it ain’t easy for none of us
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| But some of us choose to overcome what’s in front of us
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| And stay awake, (Stay awake)
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| The kind of people never got nothin' good to say
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| Drag you in the mud but they smile in ya face
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| All the time in his mind wanna take a nigga place (Place)
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| One of a kind I’m irreplaceable
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| We can’t erase the pain, it’s irrerasable
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| Some people shoot dope, some sniff caine
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| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain
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| Some stay busy just to keep it off the brain
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| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain
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| No matter what keep pushin, charge it to the game
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| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain
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| If you ain’t doin' nothin bout it ain’t nothin' gon' change
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| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain (C'mon)
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| As I sit and reminisce on kids I used to pick on, girls I used to kiss on
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| Back in elementary
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| My father would tell me that soon it’s gon' be memories
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| Never did I listen to what he was tryna kick and shit
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| That’s probably why I’m stuck in this position
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| Hung and on a mission
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| No Apollo thirteen space ship
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| If I ain’t got it then I’m finna go get it
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| True shit, and if I take it then you finna go snitch
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| And I ain’t ballin' but I’m Crys' and Mo sippin'
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| Sittin' low, grippin' on that P nine, oh nigga it’s no slippin
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| Foes itchin' to take it from me
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| Ho’s hopin' maybe I could fuck 'em, why?
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| So I can pay 'em for that baby monthly
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| Please, a real nigga don’t do that
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| Hustle like I’m Nino, but I’m far from a new jack
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| My city is the ground floor, I’m tryna move on up
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| To that penthouse and get my George Jeff on
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| Fake niggas I step on, to make it when I’m tryna go
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| Some people shoot dope, some sniff caine
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| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain
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| Some stay busy just to keep it off the brain
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| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain
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| No matter what keep pushin, charge it to the game
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| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain
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| If you ain’t doin' nothin bout it ain’t nothin' gon' change
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| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain (C'mon)
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| How much can he take?
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| Get locked up one more time and he livin' upstate
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| But yet he hustle like his record is straight
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| 'Cause them eviction notice gave me the motive to be sellin' that weight
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| I made a vow to get my family straight
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| Too many years of seein' my mommy tears runnin' down on her face
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| And I’m sick of it, why the fuck my daddy ain’t make a difference (Why)
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| Just feel if he was there in my life then things would be different
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| But I ain’t gonna cry on no bitchin' shit (Nah)
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| I’m just gonna grind out this predicament
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| I’ma get the house on the hill and count a couple of mils
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| I just wanna see the smile on yo' grill (Smile for me)
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| That’s why I’m up in the studio, givin' it my all
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| I’m just waiting patient on that moment I’ma ball
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| On dogs, ya struggle and my struggle ain’t the same (Nah)
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| I’m just tryna show you how I’m dealin' wit' the pain
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| Some people shoot dope, some sniff caine
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| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain
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| Some stay busy just to keep it off the brain
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| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain
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| No matter what keep pushin, charge it to the game
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| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain
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| If you ain’t doin' nothin bout it ain’t nothin' gon' change
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| Everybody got they own way of dealin' wit' the pain (C'mon)
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| Dealin' wit' the pain (Damn) |