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Allow me, to break it down, ah |
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Yea, yea, yea, yea, yeah |
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Life |
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This is dedicated to all my folks |
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Diagnosed with a bad case of that proper upbringin' |
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And never took the time to fall in line or follow |
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Or swallow the thoughts |
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Of the recognized committees who lurk throughout ya cities |
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Ya hood, ya town, no matter which type |
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You from the same type of people try to hold you down |
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Just because you tailor made for bigger and better things |
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Never missed a chance to move ahead of things |
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And what does it bring? I tell you for me |
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It brought jealousy in back wounds from all the stabbin' |
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Cats posin' as my fan just to get grabbin' what's mine |
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I'm livin' in times where my daughters are found around |
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Kids who can't afford thinkin' caps |
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But always found drinkin' raps and eatin' off beats |
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Claimin' laws of the streets, but who made the laws? |
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Everybody playin' 'rebel' with no sign of a 'cause' |
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Well I, feel the world around me |
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I've found that others will bring you down just to be down |
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You've got to make up your mind where you wanna be |
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Where you wanna go with your life, with your life |
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Yo, I'm never singin' the blues but findin' the clues to maintain |
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And I been blessed to reign supreme over nearly every dream I had |
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And I made it come true, I'm an imperfect man |
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And I'm holdin' the clue to perfection |
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It doesn't seem to matter what direction I look |
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I find people settin' traps, tryin' to find the goal |
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Without havin' any maps, even friends of mine |
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Jumped on line just to become my adversary |
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They felt they were entitled to the dairy I made |
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They don't come to chill or behave |
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And they got, toast ready to burn |
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Not learnin' to live, but they yearnin' to take what you earn |
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Well I, feel the world around me |
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I've found that others will bring you down just to be down |
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You see, you've got to make up your mind, where you wanna be |
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And where you wanna go with your life, with your life |
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So quick to place blame and deny the shame |
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We bring upon ourselves so many names held |
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Accountable for my own account |
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When a large amount was weight that I made and shaped |
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When I climbed I found |
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It was hard to find others around to point my fingers at |
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Which made me realize the truth |
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The biggest suppressor could be your own ego |
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Lookin' for an excuse to plant roots, in a field of self sorrow |
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To sprout and follow the first thing you feel |
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Nourishes your hunger to be respected, it gets hectic |
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And when I'm watchin' the news and my daughter walks in |
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And choose to ask |
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"Why were all those people on the floor sleepin', covered in red?" |
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I told her that they were lookin' for God |
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But found religion instead |
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Well I, feel the world around me |
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I've found that others will bring you down just to be down |
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You see, you've got to make up yo' mind, where you wanna be |
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And where you wanna go with yo' life, with your life, with your life |
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I need my space to live |
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Well I, feel the world around me |
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I've found that others will bring you down just to be down |
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You see, you've got to make up yo' mind, where you wanna be |
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And where you wanna go with yo' life, with your life, with your life |