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If I ever had a reason to sign a dotted line |
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Would only be to see my father's Ford Econoline |
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Retire from driving inspire survivor for living giving |
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Replace it with a Jaguar surrounded by ribbons |
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Hand him a scissors to sever his ties from this hard living |
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Say to utilize all your talent that's God-given |
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Lawd it's hard driving folks feeling chauffeured |
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It's written religious while I don't attend church |
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I'm immersed in prayers so many people curse with fear |
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For the worst you could never prepare a verse |
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That put you in a limo a hearse |
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In the church |
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Immersed in the medium 'tween the tedium and mainstream |
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And the rhymes would always seem to speak of how the day seem |
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I know it used to be a daydream |
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But I refuse to be awake until I take it to the top scene |
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With the ability to change things |
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C A L I B E R and Quartermaine this is a critically acclaimed thing |
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This is a critically acclaimed thing |
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C A L I B E R and Quartermaine we definitely came to change things |
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Torch-bearers for the future |
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Get used to them rhymers that tryna shoot ya |
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We arrive with a different contribution |
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So many others say they're killin' them caps |
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The only thing we kill is the tracks |
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Entrepreneur from the first step |
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I followed my father's maneuvers from the bird's nest |
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Learned from the best how to use my time productively |
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True disciplinarian tried to toughen me |
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Left up to me a legacy of tenacity |
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So the pressures of the game will never flatten me |
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'Cause rapidly you see the rules change every day |
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Stay on your Ps and Qs is what he used to say |
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We used to lay up in the cut looking for food as prey |
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So choose your moves carefully avoid a fool's mistake |
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There's loot to make if you're treat each like your last |
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Days or dollars follow the teachers of the past |
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Not in your corner then ignore the treason of the mass |
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For they know no better don't let 'em lead you past |
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Be a front-runner number one to complete a task |
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But accuracy is more important than being fast |
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True indeed |
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Believing words impact my daily dealings |
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Feeling the anxiety of feeling down and depressed |
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Pounding my chest from stress much less |
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Won't let the ebbs or flows get me upset |
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My work ethic's a shrine for all that watch |
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I know the time even on the grind off the clock |
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As for style I took a grip off my pops |
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My father's son can't deny this chip off the block |
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True indeed |
