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Please do not run too fast, stay off of the leaves |
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Do not play in the grass or climb the trees |
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You can't breathe, let alone you get stung by bees |
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Lord Jesus, you're chest just might freeze up13 months old with a lung disease |
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That almost took my life twice, brought me to my knees |
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A system not designed for you to achieve |
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Police squeeze, library lies, a teacher deceives |
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But I rose to the top of my class like cream |
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I'm like the |
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Lakers in the 80's, so worthy |
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I'm Kareem |
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Not MTV but my |
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Sweet 16sMarried the mic, a love supreme |
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I'm clear it was a miracle, the way |
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I wetted the rhythm |
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Spiritual looking back at it - a lyrical exorcism |
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A half of the |
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Afro-American dream |
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The rap, or quaterback for a professional team |
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I'm still standing... |
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Yeah, I'm still here! |
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I'm still standing![Chorus x2]: |
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Still standing |
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I'm still here |
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Standing, yeah, still standing |
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Still standing |
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I have no dead bodies to claim, never been a trigger man |
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Crack never peddled that, opposite of |
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Jigga ManDoubled my expectancy, can you believe it? |
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Look, no bullet wounds, not paraplegic |
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Still standing like the |
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Pledge of |
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Allegiance |
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Moves made, both promotional and strategic |
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My heart disintegrated in a million pieces |
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Listen, that's life, deal with it |
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Press reset, download pain, write a thesis |
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Perform for millions, |
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Brazilian visas(I got) transcontinental indigenous divas |
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That speak multiple languages for unspeakable reasons |
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And still, there are places that |
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I've never been |
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Like the Statue of |
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Liberty, my knees will never bend |
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Except for when |
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I'm speaking to |
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GodIt feels like half-time, |
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I'ma reach for the stars |
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I'm still standing[Chorus x2][Jill Scott]: |
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Now I have seen some conflict in my life |
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And some burdens almost broke me down once or twice |
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But I learned to hold on to my faith |
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And I would never change a thing that brought me here today' |
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Cause it helped me grow, and it helped me know |
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Which way to go, and which way to not go |
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And I'm so grateful, |
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I'm so grateful |
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I'm still... |
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I'm still...[Chorus x2] |
