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[Sample of Jerry Butler's "Whatever Goes Around"] |
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Whatever goes around, comes around |
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Every lifetime is a lesson, this is what I found |
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No matter who you are (It don't matter), gonna have your ups and downs |
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(Time to come up, baby, time to come up, it's whatever) |
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Whatever goes around, comes around |
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[Rapper Big Pooh - Verse One] |
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Uh, yo, uh...I walk, wit' a swag of a letterman |
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No amateur here, I'm a veteran |
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You couldn't find many more who is better than |
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Big Pooh when he rocking the mic |
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No games, no hype, just mind and skills |
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Pure determination and a heart full of will |
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My nigga Tiggalo held me down for real |
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But it's time now for me to ante up on the bills |
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Cause at the point when we signed our deal |
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I was three years young, now I'm five plus some |
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Write, to the beat of 9th's wonderful drum |
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Overhung by the snare and the bassline |
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It's face time, commentators they deface my - |
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Place I pick up the pace, cause I belong here |
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Marathon man, outlastin the chariot |
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I got a bone to pick and 'bout to bury it |
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[Hook] |
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This letter goes out to whoever want read it (whoever) |
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Please share it with the world cause I won't repeat it (I won't repeat it) |
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Believe me, I know who all need it |
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So for you, I wrote this letter (check it out) |
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I woke up, wit' an epiphany (Whaaat?) |
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It's like this feelin came over me (WHAAAT?!) |
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Cause right is where I'm 'posed to be |
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So for you, I wrote this letter |
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[Verse Two] |
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Uh, yo...I awoke wit' a lot on my chest |
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And every breath that I took wasn't gettin' any better, P |
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I swear, some niggas wish they could replace me |
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No bullshittin, I watched the rumors chase me |
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'til it had me in the corner, (back down) |
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I mean, my back against the wall yo, I thought I was a goner |
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I let the pressure get the best of - |
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I let words make a mess of what's left of my pride but |
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I refuse to hide, behind the silence and smiles |
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It's been a while though, you hearin me now |
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Remember every foul comment that you mother****ers spoke? |
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Well, I Rakim niggas now, No Joke |
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This is no hoax, back to bench scrubs like Tremaine Fowlkes |
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Coast to coast, please put up a toast |
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For the most, slept on! |
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Better open your eyes 'fore yo' ass get crept on, surprise.. |
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[Hook] |
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This letter goes out to whoever will read it (whoever) |
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Please share it with the world cause I won't repeat it (I won't repeat it) |
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Believe me, I know who all need it |
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So for you, I wrote this letter (check it out) |
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I woke up, wit' an epiphany (Whaaat?) |
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It's like this feelin came over me (WHAAAT?!) |
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Cause right is where I'm 'posed to be |
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So for you, I wrote this letter (uh, yo) |
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[Announcer] |
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"The Minstrel Show" is taped in front of a live studio audience |
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At Chop Shop Studios in Durham, North Carolina |
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Funding for "The Minstrel Show" is provided by the Atlantic Group |
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In association with ABB Records |
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Production design by Frank William Miller Jr |
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Executive producers: Lowest and Common Denominator |
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On behalf of everyone at the UBN Network |
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This is your announcer Pete Rosenburg saying thank you |
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For tuning in to the biggest colored show on earth |
