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Dave, whattup man? It's me |
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Just callin' to see, if possible, if you have any time today |
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Or within the next couple of days |
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If, if, you're in the studio or if you're at home or car, whatever |
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That song, that, it's called trying or something |
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Mase was tellin' me that I needed to hear? |
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He said it was amazing |
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The way he was talkin', man, I wanna hear it |
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Am I just another lost in the pack? |
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We for shack ship, you know laugh it off |
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Years just blow by |
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My eyes stay fixed but the picture's kinda outta focus |
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I cry a lot but admit to it |
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Enjoyin' life now but I've been through it |
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Sometimes I wish that I can go back |
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No bills, no kids, just getting tore back |
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I want a wife, I love women |
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How could I front like I don't be in love wit 'em? |
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A li'l man that I can teach |
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A li'l sand but not the beach |
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I figure excess'll only bring |
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An excessive amount of fussin' |
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So when I'm gone, make sure |
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The head stone reads, 'He did it for us' |
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I'm like your modern day Jesus |
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I cherish warm thoughts like a gray goose |
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And float soft kisses to my baby |
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(Yo ain't that Dave's little girl?) |
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Yeah, respect her for that |
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She gon' be somebody instead of somebody-baby-mama |
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You see young minds are now made of armor |
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I'm tryin' to pop a hole in your Yankee cap absorb me |
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The skies over your head ain't safe no more |
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And Hip Hop ain't your own |
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And if it is then you fuckin' up the crib son |
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You make life look like I don't wanna live one |
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You might as well hold your breath until you die |
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In a corner somewhere bent over in the crevice |
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This God theory overcomes the worst of weathers |
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As long as you willin' to try, you on a good start, homie |
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You on a good start, see nigga tryin' |
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People are you ready? |
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Yes, we're ready |
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Are you really ready? |
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We wanna be ready |
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Ready for the change that may approach you? |
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Yes |
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Follow down the path that you supposed to? |
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Yes |
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People are you ready? |
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Yes, we're ready |
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Are you really ready to try? |
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We wanna try harder |
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You know mistakes are trials that we learn from? |
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Yes |
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I order to live life, you must earn one? |
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Yes |
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People are you ready? |
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Throughout my change to grow |
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Some of my people got left behind |
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They didn't listen for the gun |
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As I leaped from off the line |
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Thirteen years deep |
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In this marathon I'm runnin' |
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Paid dues and still got bills to pay |
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When I came back around the way |
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Old friends gave me dead eyes |
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And fake smiles, half wide |
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We were supposed to rid the world of danger |
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These days we nod heads and small talk like polite strangers |
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It's natural to fall off |
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Just land close to the tree |
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I'll be there if they need me to be |
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And I know all my local shorties |
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'Cuz they all know who I am |
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And lately wanna flip grammar instead of grams |
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Like that's the only choice they got |
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They tell me how they gonna shake up the game |
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But came to me to see if I could give 'em guidance for change |
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Shit y'all, I need guidance myself |
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And I chisel right words to make gems |
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Got fans around the world but my girl's no one of 'em |
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And my relationship's a big question |
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'Cuz my career's a clear hindrance to her progression |
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Said she needs a man and our kids need a father |
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I'm not at all ready to hear her say don't bother |
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And break |
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And this I know I can't take |
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But C. Smith said to hold on |
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My brother Luck said to hold on |
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My nigga Dave said to hold on |
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My nigga Mase said to hold on |
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Yo, Maseo, we need to hold on |
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Eh, yo, y'all we need to hold on |
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People are you ready? |
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Yes, we're ready |
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Well, what you wanna be? |
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We wanna be ready |
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Do you wanna lose hate for love? |
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Yes |
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Do you wanna see these gates above? |
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Yes |
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I said people are you ready? |
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Yes, we're ready |
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But are you willing to try? |
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We wanna try harder |
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Do you really wanna carry some weight? |
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Yes |
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Are you ready to design your fate? |
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Yes |
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Yo, people are you ready? |
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Yes, we're ready |
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Well, what you wanna be? |
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We wanna be ready |
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Operation complete |
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Preparing for installment three |
