[00:05.81]When you were growing up  I missed the laughs  I missed the fun
[00:09.50]Every time you left heading to ATL  I felt undone
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[00:12.08]Sometimes I wanted to talk  but hustlin' took its toll
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[00:16.64]Damn near gave the streets my soul
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[00:19.09]I will never be able to replace the time lost
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[00:23.68]Bein' a daddy and not a father is a hell of a cost
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[00:27.76]A big piece of me is you
[00:29.90]
[00:31.01]As I reflect the man in the mirror  he gets so clearer
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[00:35.65]He wants to pull me in to start over
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[00:39.03]Black Ops this is not
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[00:41.26]This is something inside deep from your pops
[00:45.53]Shit get better with time
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[00:49.48]You ever heard me say one lie in my rhyme
[01:11.35]Been doing a lot of thinking and a whole lot of praying
[01:13.53]It's my only way to vent  what the hell is you saying
[01:15.69]Feel like I got a lot of people that's depending on me
[01:17.85]Built a solid foundation  put the building on me
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[01:20.05]You remind me of myself so why you tripping on me
[01:22.17]I remember how it felt when my tank was on E
[01:24.50]I remember how it felt when the money was low
[01:26.61]Dirty dishes in the sink  mouse traps on the floor
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[01:29.07]Need to buy a bakery  the way I'm after the dough
[01:30.98]Wonder why the hating me  I just practice and go
[01:33.09]One thing I learned  time don't wait for nobody
[01:35.21]Love the feeling I can finally tell my momma I got it
[01:37.45]Love the feeling I can finally take a look in my wallet
[01:39.62]See some hunnids in that mothaf**ka  maybe I'm wilding
[02:00.46]R I P  aunt Randie  I got something to say
[02:01.94]Keep ya head up unc  trust the lord and your faith
[02:03.94]Momma just told me grandma ain't doing too well
[02:05.91]Ever sicne she gave me hope  I've been giving them hell
[02:08.01]Back then with the juice jugs shooting the cans
[02:10.19]Where I come from  from niggas shooting they mans
[02:12.41]Where I come from  nigga  nobody safe
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[02:14.36]Where I come from  like no other place
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[02:16.80]And I love that I'm just trying to be around where the love at
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[02:20.35]Niggas beefing over bitches  we above that
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[02:22.10]I ain't smoked all day  where the drugs at
[02:24.25]Shawty tryna go some rounds  where my gloves at
[02:26.32]Even though you wasn't around  I can't blame you
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[02:28.55]You is who you is  I can never change you
[02:30.13]Life lessons that will show me what the game do
[02:32.93]It made me who I am so I got to thank you
[02:52.85]Shit get better with time
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[02:56.37]I said shit get better with time
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[03:01.42]Shit get better with time
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[03:05.53]Shit get better with time
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[03:09.43]Let's go
[03:10.49]Hold up  wait can't believe they want more
[03:11.93]30 cent bag of chips on the corner store
[03:13.71]Doing 'bout a hunnid  youngin' always on go
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[03:16.11]Say you getting pussy  why you stressing 'bout a ho
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[03:18.72]Nigga pay attention  I'm the man on the low
[03:20.80]F**k that shit  I'm the man on the high
[03:22.72]Last time I checked  the only time I got fooled
[03:25.02]When R Kelly told me he believed he could fly
[03:28.64]I knew how passionate he was (forreal)
[03:31.00]You know  he used to write every day
[03:32.49]He'd go downstairs  stay down there for hours
[03:34.86]That's all my house was  a studio
[03:36.09]When you find the one  that he stays up all night for
[03:39.08]That's the one that you need to get behind and push him
[03:41.97]He's been consistent since day one