[00:12.69]As I walk through the corners of Cooley High
[00:16.22]I gotta be thankful that I'm still alive
[00:18.85]I have a lot of thoughts like who the hell am I
[00:21.72]What is the truth and what is a lie?
[00:24.47]But I think about my life and everything is okay
[00:27.59]I gotta pave the way to a brighter day
[00:30.16]Cause it's really plain and simple when it came to me
[00:33.11]There's a lot of people just like me (like me)
[00:36.02]There's a whole lot just like me (like me)
[00:41.42]And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
[00:43.67]Little boy blue and the man in the moon
[00:46.54]When you comin home, I don't know when
[00:49.86]We'll get together then, you know we'll have a good time then
[01:01.70]1964, uhh! Here we go, aiyyo
[01:04.75]The child was born it was a beautiful day
[01:09.95]It was 1964, the 31st of May
[01:12.89]The girl gave birth to a baby boy
[01:16.01]He's not a burden, he's a bundle of joy
[01:18.76]She was just a young girl in her youth
[01:21.31]And her parents tried real hard to hide the truth
[01:24.52]Is there a chance for the baby to live?
[01:27.60]
[01:33.65]And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
[01:37.88]Little boy blue and the man in the moon
[01:40.76]When you comin home, I don't know when
[01:43.99]We'll get together then, you know we'll have a good time then
[02:00.11]It was 9 whole months inside of the womb
[02:04.10]Another long month in the hospital room
[02:06.95]Facin doom in a tomb cause the kid is alone
[02:09.73]But somebody came along and they took the kid home
[02:12.87]He came into the world like we all do
[02:15.77]But he never ever knew how he came through
[02:18.67]Do the best you can do if this happen to you
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[02:28.95]And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
[02:31.95]Little boy blue and the man in the moon
[02:34.85]When you comin home, I don't know when
[02:37.99]We'll get together then, you know we'll have a good
[02:45.74]Father is, the mother and the father is..
[02:49.58]Yo, the mother and the father is all that he knows
[02:58.50]They give him lots of love and you know that it shows
[03:01.32]He's livin really well he has all that he needs
[03:04.14]He came into the world and he's gonna succeed
[03:07.10]It is a blessing to live in the light
[03:09.97]If nothing is wrong then something is right
[03:12.96]They say that life is a mystery
[03:15.81]And I just wanna know my history
[03:18.68]Understand that life is good to me
[03:21.64]That's the way it is so (let it be)
[03:24.48]My life is complete, everything is alright
[03:27.57]Life is good to me, I'm in paradise
[03:30.44]Understand when I'm rappin, no pain and sorrow
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[03:40.82]I'm alright ma
[03:44.42]I'm alright pa.. na na na
[03:46.48]And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
[03:49.50]Little boy blue and the man in the moon
[03:52.43]When you comin home, I don't know when
[03:55.76]We'll get together then, you know we'll have a good