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(Intro: sample) |
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It has been said that man can create anything he can imagine |
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(Last Emperor) |
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Every now and then, when I'm home alone |
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In my modern day hut made of iron and stone |
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I pull out my imaginary microphone |
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And weave tales of adventure that are on my own |
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This is you're opportunity to listen in |
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If ya coolin' by yourself or maybe with some friends |
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From the young bucks up to senior citizens |
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I make 'em get up and feel like kids again |
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But if you don't wanna stand then take a seat |
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As I take you to the land of make belief |
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Mr Gray has come to display his greatest feats |
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You wanna snap, well relax cause your in for a treat |
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What I write comes to life so people can get busy |
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And live on well after these same people forget me |
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Your attentions surrendered by The Great Pretender |
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Come on and say it with me |
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Y'all better stop playin' with me |
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(Last Emperor) |
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Check it, check out the number one style |
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From a small town where imaginations run wild |
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And if this is a race I should pick up the pace |
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So the line between reality and myth is erased |
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Like a Grand Prix driver or a traffic cop |
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Or a deep sea diver or an astronaut |
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More than a player, I'm like the ultimate team mate |
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For girls that care, I'm the ultimate dream date |
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Who goes by the name of The Great Pretender |
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I don't discriminate cause of race nor gender |
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A high siege pirate with the weary frame |
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And if I don't float ya boat I'll retire me name |
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Or play the roll of a politician and run for the senate |
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Fill a lifetime of rhymes into a couple of minutes |
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See, Prince Paul's taken on another apprentice |
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Who fights for hip hop better than a public defendant |
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Who got sick and tired of skits that the others were writing |
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I couldn't take it and replaced it with something exciting |
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With my own imagination I made it in show biz |
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It's The Great Pretender, y'all know what it is |
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(Last Emperor) |
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Outside the boundaries of time and space |
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Were the most bizarre things are now common place |
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Alongside the producer who provides the bass |
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Stands a lone pretender who's known to rock the place |
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And told great stories that you can take witcha |
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Remembered as an artist who painted great pictures |
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To be a great speaker as well as a great listener |
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So someday I hold the stories the angels might whisper |
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So tell the great Kings and peasants as well |
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From the mountains that they conquered to the valleys they dwell |
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Don't let life's greatest book be pulled from the shelves |
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The G.P. signin' off, take care of ya selves |
