[00:04.82]Hey Casey where you about to go
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[00:06.99]I'm about to go to the studio man
[00:08.91]Man nigga you know we got practice
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[00:11.09]Bro I ain't going to practice today
[00:13.17]Man you miss practice again dad gon' f**k you up
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[00:17.15]Oh well I'm tryna do this music man
[00:19.80]Shit you tripping but f**k it bro be safe nigga
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[00:23.86]Like any parents would we wanted our son to have more than we did
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[00:28.19]So we pushed for him to use basketball and academics to get out the hood
[00:31.13]
[00:35.78]Picture me on my side of town with the top down and I'm riding
[00:39.17]Ac on cause it's hot outside got a bad one beside me
[00:42.11]We done came up
[00:43.21]It's been a long time coming I'm still getting excited
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[00:45.76]Foreign whips exotic trips my whole family got a pot to piss
[00:49.02]See I'm the one to put the blame on
[00:50.81]I grew up getting my fame on
[00:52.35]They hear me but don't see my name on it
[00:54.26]You took my swag shame on you
[00:55.74]If you knew better then lil nigga you'd do better
[00:58.63]My mind right my whip clean
[01:00.33]My money match my new sweater
[01:02.33]Who better they slept on me we taking this to a new level
[01:05.00]I be over shit
[01:06.26]I dropped her off and I got right back into the cheddar
[01:08.84]Nigga this my city and I run it like usain bolt
[01:12.16]I been on tour not the videos and I always see the same hoes
[01:15.52]Every track I spill my pain on it nothing been the same for me
[01:18.91]Wake her up in the morning and
[01:20.59]I make her tat my name on it like
[01:22.49]After a while my little man gained a strong will and different plans
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[01:25.86]It was then that he picked up a mic
[01:28.02]I knew about the rap game and the last thing I wanted him to do
[01:31.00]Was lose focus
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[01:32.47]He didn't not only did he make the honor
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[01:34.74]He had several acceptance letters to colleges
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[01:37.41]And a mixtape so compelling he was buzzing everywhere
[01:40.63]He won my respect and he was allowed to pursue his dream
[01:44.05]Now today when I listen to his music there is no bigger fan
[01:47.49]I'm big joe Casey's father watch it work
[01:50.12]A lot on my mind I'm trying to show ya
[01:51.68]That's part of life you live and you grow
[01:53.04]She sucking me slow
[01:53.72]Making me feel I'm on top of the world and I'm letting her know
[01:56.34]I'm a young man shit I'm getting manners
[01:57.88]I just get this feeling I don't understand it
[01:59.30]I'm high off life and she faded off me
[02:01.02]Love is a drug and I'm bout to od
[02:02.92]I can tell shit gon' change
[02:05.13]The crazy things she would for them diamond rings
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[02:08.62]Baby girl got her own she can be my main
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[02:11.75]I wonder if she all the way so that she wanna stay
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[02:14.97]The good ones go no I can't let her down
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[02:18.74]I can't wait for it no I need it right now
[02:21.69]She tryna lay me down know she a turn around
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[02:25.12]My mind go to different places when I spend time alone
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[02:28.54]It's sounding like la-la-la-la-la-la
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[02:32.11]La-la-la-la-la-la-la
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[02:35.29]What's on your mind I want you to tell me right now
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[02:38.63]Lately I been feeling down and she go down
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[02:42.15]Go down go down
[02:45.43]Baby do it so good she deserve a crown
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[02:48.50]And I'm the king
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[02:52.71]Aw man aw man aw man
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[03:02.72]Aw man aw man aw man
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[03:12.77]Aw man yeah
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[03:18.03]It took a long time for Casey to get here
[03:20.36]The trials and tribulations of life the things that turn a boy into a man
[03:24.44]The things that made my son live and grow
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[03:27.69]I know you waited patiently for this album I hope it was worth the wait
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[03:31.79]I hope you see his vision I hope you see his vision