| And if heaven got a ghetto then I’m visitin' Pac
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| Cause the world down here so cold to my eyes
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| And my first piece of work got sold when I was nine
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| And I didn’t realize what I was doin' was wrong
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| Mom Duke was smoked out and my pops was gone
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| I got a big brother Shawn, I don’t see him a lot (Nope)
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| Even though we fight yo I still love him a lot (Still love him a lot)
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| My uncle Carl just died and I couldn’t even cry
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| I couldn’t even sleep, couldn’t even get high
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| My girl catch me eight in the mornin' sometimes writin' rhymes
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| Pain trapped inside like I got something to hide
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| It’s enough to make a grown man cry (Cry)
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| When you gotta sit back and watch a grown man die (Man die)
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| The pot of gold ain’t promised at the end (Uh uh)
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| But I’d do it all over if I had to again (If I had to again)
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| If I had to again
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| Would you do it again? |
| (Uh)
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| Would you do it again? |
| (Uh)
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| Cause I gave my all
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| And ain’t nobody give me a damn thing
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| I had to go out and get it mayn!
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| Get that dough!
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| It ain’t all about the money
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| But ain’t a damn thing funny when you hungry
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| Hard times come
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| But I ain’t the one to run
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| I stay in the trenches until the job is done
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| I will not fail
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| Ayo I’m playin' to win
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| And if I had to I’d do it again
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| Me and my mom at the same time doin a little bid (Doin' a little bid)
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| I was dumb keepin' coke in the crib (Damn)
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| I had to learn not to stash where you live (Nah)
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| But I was up makin' money from her friends
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| I wanna live
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| Cause back then we wasn’t doin' too good (Wasn't doin' too good)
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| But I did what I could to get my mom out the hood
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| I grew up in the ghetto but she raised me right
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| Even though I was young staying out all night
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| Made some money on my own, so I thought I was grown
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| Hennessy kept me warm, I’ma sleep on the floor
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| Believe in the lord, better yet, believe in yourself
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| It might be nobody there when you need some help
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| Hard times back then made me stronger within
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| And I’d do it all over if I had to again (If I had to again)
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| And I’d do it all over if I had to again (If I had to again)
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| Cause I gave my all
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| And ain’t nobody give me a damn thing
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| I had to go out and get it mayn!
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| Get that dough!
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| It ain’t all about the money
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| But ain’t a damn thing funny when you hungry
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| Hard times come
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| But I ain’t the one to run
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| I stay in the trenches until the job is done
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| I will not fail
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| Yo I’m playin' to win
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| And if I had to I’d do it again (Uh huh)
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| I ask myself sometime do I deserve all this?
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| Ask myself sometime is it worth all this?
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| Ask myself sometime do they feel my pain?
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| Ask myself sometime is it really a game?
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| Ask myself sometime is there a future in rap?
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| Some cats get jealous wanna shoot me in my back
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| Ask myself sometime do I really got homies?
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| Would anybody care if I wasn’t gettin' money?
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| Ask myself sometime can I last in this?
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| Ask myself sometime can I master this?
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| Ask myself sometime would I do do it again?
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| But that ain’t even a question I’m a soldier to the end (To the end) |