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Intro: |
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Hurt, to think that you lied to me |
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Hurt, way down deep inside of me |
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And it breaks my heart... |
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Verse 1: J. Cole |
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Get paid a pretty Penny for my thoughts |
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I'm Hardaway with grammar, I'm hot |
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They only care 'bout a ***** when he handle the rock |
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Or when he dishing the pill, or when he grippin' the steel |
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Bailing out my brother, tell the lawyer "get the appeal" |
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With the flick of the pen, write the check and he out |
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Two years later he be at my shows checking me out |
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Know he proud of lil bro and how my records be out |
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Flashbacks to childhood when he was deckin' me out |
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Now it's clear lil Maine is the best mc out |
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Hands down, flow water, can't drown |
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My flow father, go harder, Cole smarter |
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Shout out to fiends in Queens, I'm team no daughters |
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Pre-Hook: |
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I seen it all at this young age |
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The only thing left to do is die and hit front page |
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Should I knock on wood and pray like God forbid? |
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These hoes be poppin' pills, these ****** be poppin' ****, ***** |
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Hook: |
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Pac on the mic in his prime |
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They only care 'bout a ***** when he writing a rhyme, boy |
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Kenny Lofton, you feelin' my pace? |
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They only care 'bout a ***** when he stealin' the base |
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It's like I'm Wilt the Stilt, I'm ******* them all |
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They only care 'bout a ***** when he dunkin' the ball, mane |
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And it breaks my heart |
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The world's a stage, I'll just play my part |
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Verse 2: |
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Just caught fire like a young Richard Pryor with unforgettable quotes |
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They only care 'bout a ***** when tellin' a joke, or when he's sellin' his **** |
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They tell the reverend "Man, I rather get to heaven with coke |
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Then live in hell and be broke" |
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Shout out to black man who beat the odds by yellin' for hope |
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Today he asked if I could Twitter y'all and tell you to vote |
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My *****, how could I, knowing what I know |
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It's a game of charades, masquerade for the dough |
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Read the teleprompter these ****** is actors on the low |
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Yeah I voted for the ***** 'cause he got the best show |
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Like I got the best flow |
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On your mark, set, go |
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Mama got us out the hood but we still ghetto |
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Pre-Hook: |
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I seen it all at this young age |
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The only thing left to do is die and hit front page |
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Should I knock on wood and pray like God forbid? |
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These hoes be poppin' pills, these ****** be poppin' ****, ***** |
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Hook: |
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Pac on the mic in his prime |
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They only care 'bout a ***** when he writing a rhyme, boy |
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Kenny Lofton, you feelin' my pace? |
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They only care 'bout a ***** when he stealin' the base |
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It's like I'm Wilt the Stilt, I'm ******* them all |
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They only care 'bout a ***** when he dunkin' the ball, mane |
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And it breaks my heart |
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The world's a stage, I'll just play my part |
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Verse 3: Young Jeezy |
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I said, you wouldn't know the truth if it was right there in your face |
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See I can't explain the feeling when the feds surround your place |
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In that PJ Rose, I drink that **** by the case |
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Like somebody pray for me, Reverend Run, Pastor Mase |
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See I do this for my homie he got caught with a soft eight |
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When I say a soft eight, yeah that's two less than ten |
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If they let him out today he gon' do it all again |
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Say he lost the first time it won't stop until he win |
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Street life will have you drunk, I'm talkin Seagram's Gin |
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Yeah we screamin' Scarface, but we all know how that ends |
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Every word is like ****, you can snort it like lines |
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If I said it, then I meant it, they reciting' every line |
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If I had to write a book, it would be the Life and Times |
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Every verse is that work, you can weigh it like a nine |
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You see I lost a lot of ****** and it broke my heart |
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Life is staged, I just played my part |
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Haha, yeah |
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Hook: |
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Pac on the mic in his prime |
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They only care 'bout a ***** when he writing a rhyme, boy |
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Kenny Lofton, you feelin' my pace? |
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They only care 'bout a ***** when he stealin' the base |
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It's like I'm Wilt the Stilt, I'm ******* them all |
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They only care 'bout a ***** when he dunkin' the ball, mane |
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And it breaks my heart |
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The world's a stage, I'll just play my part |
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