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(Eminem Speaking) |
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you know people just don't see |
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how much work is really involved in this rap **** |
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I didn't know it |
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I didn't see it |
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I never saw it until I was actually in it |
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You really gotta be in it |
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To understand what its like |
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But you always gotta |
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People always gotta see your smile |
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You always gotta put on that fake |
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You know what I'm sayin |
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like no matter what you just been through |
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(B-Real)So you wanna be a rap superstar |
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And live large a big house |
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5 cars, you're in charge |
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Comin up in the world |
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Don't trust nobody |
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Gotta look over your shoulder constantly |
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I remember the days when I was a young kid growin up |
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Lookin in the mirror dreamin about blowin up |
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To rock crowds make money |
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Chill wit the honies |
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Sign autographs and whatever the people want from me |
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****s funny |
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How impossible dreams manifest and the games that be comin with it |
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Never the less you gotta go for the gusto |
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But you don't know about the blood sweat and tears |
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And losin some of your peers |
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And losin some of yourself |
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Through the years past gone by |
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Hopefully it don't manifest for the wrong guy |
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Egomaniac in the brainiac |
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Don't know how to act |
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Shits deep |
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48 tracks |
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Studio gangsta mack |
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Signs a deal, thinks he's gonna make a mil |
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But never will |
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Till he crosses over still |
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Feelin no hate |
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But fantasies come wit these |
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Shows the sacrifice it takes to make the G's |
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You wanna be a rap superstar in the biz? |
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And take **** from people who don't know what it is |
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I wish it was all fun and games |
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But the price of fame is high |
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And some can't pay to play |
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Trapped in what you rappin about |
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Tell me what happened when you lost clout |
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The route you took started collapsing |
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No fans |
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No fame |
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No respect |
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No change |
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No women |
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And everyone ****s on your name |
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(Chorus)So you wanna be a rap superstar |
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And live large |
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A big house |
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5 cars |
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You're in charge |
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Comin up in the world don't trust nobody |
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Gotta look over your shoulder constantly |
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To be a rap superstar |
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And live large |
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A big house |
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5 cars |
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You're in charge |
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Comin up in the world don't trust nobody |
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Gotta look over your shoulder constantly |
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(Noreaga Speaking)When you sign to a record label |
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You don't know you sign your life over |
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And these white boys don't care about you |
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'Cuz the minute you fall off |
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They'll find another Noreaga |
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And they'll find another Capone-n-Noreaga |
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And they'll find another B-Real |
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So you need to just keep |
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Stack your chips up |
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Do what you gotta do while your hot |
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And mo'****** get out the game |
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Stick to the drug game |
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And it's even worse than the the drug game |
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Because if someone jerks you |
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You can shoot em and kill em |
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But in this game if someone jerks you |
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You gotta be humble |
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(Eminem Speaking)No matter what you just been through |
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Shit has gotta be right |
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You gotta approach people |
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You gotta be on the up and up |
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And everything gotta be all good |
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When you see someone slap hands with em |
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You know what I'm sayin' give em a pound |
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Or whatever it is |
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But you always gotta act like it ain't shit |
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(Chorus)So you wanna be a rap superstar |
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And live large |
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A big house |
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5 cars |
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You're in charge |
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Comin up in the world don't trust nobody |
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Gotta look over your shoulder constantly |
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To be a rap superstar |
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And live large |
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A big house |
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5 cars |
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You're in charge |
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Comin up in the world don't trust nobody |
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Gotta look over your shoulder constantly |
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(B-Real)My own son don't know me |
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Sittin up in the hotel room lonely |
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But I thank God I'm wit my homies |
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But sometimes I wish I was back home |
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But only no radio or videos |
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Cuz they show me no love |
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The phony gotta hit the road slowly |
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So the record gets pushed by Sony |
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I'm in the middle like Monie |
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And the press say that |
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My own people disown me |
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And the best way back |
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Is to keep your head straight |
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Never inflate the cranium |
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Your crew worried about them honies at the Paladium |
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Who just wanna cling on and swing on |
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And so on and go on and fall off |
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The hoes fall off |
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To the next rap superstar |
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Wit no shame give him a year |
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And they'll be right out the game |
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The same as the last one |
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Who came before him |
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Gained fame |
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Started gettin ignored |
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I warned him |
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Assured him |
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This ain't easy take it from Weezy |
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Sleezy people wanna be cheesey |
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They talkin evil |
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(Chorus)So you wanna be a rap superstar |
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And live large |
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A big house |
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5 cars |
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You're in charge |
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Comin up in the world don't trust nobody |
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Gotta look over your shoulder constantly |
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To be a rap superstar |
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And live large |
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A big house |
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5 cars |
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You're in charge |
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Comin up in the world don't trust nobody |
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Gotta look over your shoulder constantly |
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