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Life's a confusing search |
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From birth till you lay in the cold, black earth |
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And your soul is reunited with the universe |
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Supreme peace, all a nigga ever knew was hurt |
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It's like every colored child in the womb is cursed |
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To be labeled as a ****ing criminal or worse |
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And it pains me to see anguish in me |
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Explained in a paragraph, laid in a beat |
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I epitomize a rough life, hoping the judge might |
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Show compassion, we were moving crushed white |
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My man got caught with a four that wouldn't bust right |
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Plus marked money, you could say he had a rough night |
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Who laws' enforced when you standing in court, remanded |
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The D's seized a ki and half of that vanished |
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Life is deeper than you'll ever understand it |
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Sometimes I wonder how the **** I ever manage |
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This is the other side, often glorified |
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But never lived, I know what it is to fall and rise |
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Shorty's life was no joke |
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He never met his father and his mama was on dope |
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Then she took an overdose and died, you know how it goes |
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Left shorty alone with no home, stone broke |
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Now he in the game at fifteen years old |
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Enduring the winter nights till his feet get cold |
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Frequently on the phone, his girlfriend was beautiful |
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With goals, so they argue 'bout his lifestyle as usual |
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Time goes on and she eventually left |
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Sick of him going to jail and near brushes with death |
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She gave him an ultimatum but she knew he would choose |
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To return to a game with ever-changing rules |
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And when she stayed in school, now he resting in peace |
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And the crack is still selling where he bled in the street |
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This is the other side, often glorified |
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But never lived, I know what it is to fall and rise |
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My appetite was destructive, I swallowed my pride |
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When the connect suggested it's best if I just rhyme |
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Ultimately, we both knew the choice was mine |
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Coulda hit me with that ki, but he want me to shine |
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I could see sincereness in his eyes |
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We both was still here and our man just died |
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He told me park my V and we went for a ride |
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Then he said he's yet to hear lyrics realer than mine |
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His words froze my soul as if suspended in time |
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My conscience and greed were prepared to collide |
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He told me if I need currency, he will provide |
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And he would rather give me money than give me consignment |
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The choice is mine, I could use my voice to rhyme |
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Or pursue exploits in crime while trying to e-void time |
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It's deceiving, meaning it ain't always on your side |
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Yet the answer came easy when my daughter arrived |
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