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[VERSE 1]Damn if i be some slave again |
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Got no fake ass friends no timbs or rims |
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Sure nuff dont know no designer names |
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And i never played no video games |
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I aint got no diamond rings |
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No bling, bling, no minks |
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No 2 earrings |
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No pimp glasses mugs |
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Or cups and things |
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Or whatever the hell they be |
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CarryinDont treat my highs too high |
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Or my lows too low |
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You wont see my soul souled on no video |
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Bdont need no checks to get no chicks |
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Or be some hypocrite to get you on my |
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So let the young sing and rap to the young |
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As long as yall dont think freedom |
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Is free to be dumb[VERSE 2] |
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Its suicidal to think im your american idol |
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Hypnotic trapped in a 3000 mile box |
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Chicks bobby sox today be botox |
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Now that hip hops the new so called rock |
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Parents dressin the outside |
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Of their kids |
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An what they wear |
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Instead of stressin the inside |
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Way back , my peoples gave me pride |
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Now in 2004 i aint gotta hide |
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If you cant afford it just leave it to the side |
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Cause you looking real stupid with that tear in your eye |
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Gotta a 1994 hear you talkin |
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But its damn sure better than walkin |
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It might be old, it sure aint gold |
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Better than stylin in the cold |
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It aint no rolls,so wont get stoled |
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But you wont see me walking on no side of the road[VERSE 3] |
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At the age i am now |
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If i cant teach |
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I shouldnt even open up my mouth begin to speak |
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I need some radio |
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To help me reach |
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But i heard they get their money on |
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By makin you weak |
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Drowning in the sea of |
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Some big dose of now |
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No past no future |
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Let the young grow wild |
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Aint gave em nuttin |
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Some done robbed the child |
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From substance |
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Dont currr , fill em up wit style |
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Like hip hop started on trl, like wow |
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Took the game and made it a gdamn shame |
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Hell wit history you dont even |
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Know my name |
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I aint the same damn thing |
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That yall used to playin |
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Im non stop rocket |
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Headin to your brain |
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Now thats what im sayin[VERSE 4] |
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I may not got no flow |
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But i aint pimped by no negro |
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Backed by some |
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Cracka wit |
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His ass by the door |
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ThereforeI can never be poor |
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Cause my mind , body, and soul |
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Cannot be sold |
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PricelessSo i avoid the trifelin |
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Worms in my cipher |
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Stuff yall cant get enough off |
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Gots no time for |
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Somebodys jail |
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My time is just like the |
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US mailMy time is richer |
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Than them new astro pitchers |
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I be damn if my face |
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Be under some picture |
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Where you heard the nword |
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So save your liquid |
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Pe we just here to flip it |
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Find somebody new to get wit |
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The next time you hear a |
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Cat who cant |
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Stand or even look in the mirror |