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[Lady:] Ragtop records, may I help you? |
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[Fly:] Can I speak to Fo? |
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[Lady:] I moment please, he's around. |
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Yo, wassup? |
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[Fly:] Wassup, Fo? I know you finished that cut for the radio. |
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As a matter of fact Fly I just finished it baby boy, don't worry |
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About nothin, I'll be around. |
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Regardless if I'm chillin backstage or on tour |
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With my homie Young Fly even Al B. Sure |
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Never hesitate to call me whenever I'm done |
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Cause homie I'm real and I'm always true to my loved ones |
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Too many wakes and funerals full of tears |
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You say there's something on your mind well here I'm all ears |
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Cause nobody thinking about the funk that you're choosin it |
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A lot of my homies stuck in the pen for life for losin it |
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Call up your folks you keep thinkin about home |
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Recorder keeps a peep and there's a block on the phone |
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And all of this is enough to make a brother's nerves bad |
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Reminds me of a sitution that I once had |
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Spent that spent this endless relentless tremendous women on my jock |
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And don't nobody mindin business |
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He say she say throwin salt about it |
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And chooses to talk about you cause there's no one else to talk about |
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Talk about the show and the flow and all the clout |
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Then be real with yourself and talk about and turned it out |
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It's not hard to compete when his name is poppin |
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A scared man can never win that's why I stay clockin |
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Fools be huffin and puffin don't wanna see me about nothin I'm down |
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And if you ever need me Fly I'll be around |
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[chorus: sampled from the Spinners "I'll Be Around] |
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Whenever you call me I'll be there |
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Whenever you want me I'll be there |
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Whenever you need me I'll be there |
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I'll be around |
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[talking] |
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Cause I'll be around you know I love you boy |
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Life ain't based on peaches and cream |
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This new generation lost a whole lot of dreams |
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Future doctors, producers and mothers |
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The list goes on but now we killin our brothers |
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And if we killin our brothers that means we're killin our own kind |
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These kids is watchin now it goes to their mind |
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Rat tat a tat cause you got a gat |
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Then they want a gat you livin like that? |
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Moms ain't cookin she worked the week straight |
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If anything she's the one that deserves a hot plate |
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The ghetto the ghetto ain't nothin to dream about |
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Tryin to get out now that's somethin to think about |
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Fools might disagree but I'm a stay sucka free |
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Now I'm so black so strong they can't fade me |
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Blacks are blacks worst enemy there's still no remedy |
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You got me for a grip do you call yourself kin of me? |
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Jealousy envy I see it in your eyes |
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Tell me what's wrong with seeing a black man rise |
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I keep it funky it's pretty hard to miss it now is it explicit |
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A message for the mind and the moral of statistics |
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So I'm doin what we call a roll call |
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Talkin about the ones who won't rap then take a downfall |
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I spit the street life and then I go underground |
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You silly it's called versatility and I'll be around |
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[chorus] |
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[Talking] |
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Yeah all you bustas yeah I was down but I'll be around |
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Things are gettin crucial you gotta exercise your mind |
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Or learn about life before you're left behind |
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But how you gonna get it right when you're not doin right |
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When you get mad all you want is a gunfight |
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This tension causes a gang of madness |
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Now you want funk that results to sadness |
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Sadness results to a lot of revenge |
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And you're so called friends really ain't you're friends |
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So how do you know who you're able to trust |
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If you think about the past look what happened to us |
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I never trust no one I only trust myself |
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Or I would've been a victim like everyone else |
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In friendship or hardship whenever you need me |
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Just give me a call G I won't deceive thee |
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These fools be shakin best believe they're fakin |
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Just tryin to get a grip of all the money you're makin |
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This ain't race a mind is a terrible thing to waste |
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I drop the rap and J drops the bass |
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To the flow cause ain't nobody get with Fo |
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I'm a down young brother comin straight outta Frisco |
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Droppin a message out of love to your town |
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Love your brothers and sisters and I'll be around |
