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It's funny how the Earth rotates, man you never know what's |
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going to happen, ya know mean? |
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All I said was "Aiight, I got this chiki bang bang dang da dang" |
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Then it all got it started for me, man |
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Yo, man I'm just getting back from the tour, man |
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What it be like, man? |
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Yo, bust it, turn me up |
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Somebody told me if you can make in New York City, man, you can |
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make it anywhere else, man |
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Somehow I believe that shhhh |
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[Chorus] (Wyclef) |
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Oh, what a night |
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Late December, 1993 (what happened?) |
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Who thought he would rule the industry? |
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What an MC on the grind |
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[Wyclef] |
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Yo, I ain't always have whips, I ain't always have yachts |
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I ain't always have chips, I ain't always have rocks |
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Matta fact I was a grimey little negro |
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Who said if music didn't work, I'd sell diesel |
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What cha'll thought, I wasn't raised in the projects? |
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First of the month waitin for that PA check |
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Lived on the first floor |
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Were so poor that if you rung the buzzer the roaches would answer the door (who is it?) |
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I went from boy to man in one night |
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When I saw my life flash like light from poltergeist |
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What made it worse, I couldn't speak English |
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But from his facial expressions, he wanted my Adidas |
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So hurry up and come out and play |
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I'll be damned if I leave bare-footed in this hallway |
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And I got big plans, so beg your pardon |
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Cause next year this time I'ma sell out the Garden |
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[Chorus] |
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[Wyclef] |
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Yo, yo, I ain't gonna brag and boast and say I did it all |
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But I'm the only rapper to play Carnegie Hall |
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The first rap group, video cost a million |
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First rapper to ever rep for the Haitians |
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And sa fa say, na boolay |
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Grammy night, we took 3 away |
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22 million sold, I can't believe this |
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There's still ain't a rapper alive who could achieve this |
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But I ain't satisfied, when back to my home contemplating |
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How could I become the next Quincy Jones? |
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That's when Jerry hit me up on the horn and said |
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"Clef, your on the cover of |
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the cover of The Source by The Rolling Stones" |
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No more struggling, good life we loving it |
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You could live it too, if you only publish it |
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So here we go, so what's the scenario? |
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I own so many cars that I'm renting 'em for videos |
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[Chorus] |
