[00:00.00]the game - angel(feat. common)
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[00:23.07]verse 1 - common
[00:23.21]i spent my day so,
[00:24.29]first i pray yo, then i lay low, looking for the halo
[00:28.40]or more yayo, my lil' angel, reminded me to stay playful
[00:32.91]faitful walks i take in the woods,
[00:35.16]thinkin whats good, things that i cant change i should
[00:38.64]things i cant, need to be understood
[00:41.23]th-this is the bliss, i used to drift from the hood
[00:44.59]for a second at least, i'm ressurectin the peace
[00:47.22]pipes the indians used to like, we called it chief, right
[00:51.14]stepping on the leafs right, to reach heights
[00:52.78]th-th-th-that i never seen, its so so evergreen
[00:56.06]some use it for medicine, or to write better things
[00:58.69]i was in amsterdam, man, bike pedaling
[01:01.55]to the nature spot, to taste the flavors they got
[01:03.91]my eyes drop, i like it alot.. yeah, an angel
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[01:07.09]chorus
[01:07.23]i wanna turn up the sound, and spread my wings because i'm riding with my (angel)
[01:12.48]going through the city of the chi, make me feel like i'm in the city of (angels)
[01:18.03]oooh, i wanna fly, fly away with my (angel)
[01:24.13]she takes me high, she will always be my (angel)
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[01:29.31]verse 2 - the game
[01:29.46]th-the way that i rhyme, loc, is mine
[01:31.36]like the first time you heard mary j and you were standing in line
[01:34.62]to purchase tickets to see her blow like chicago wind
[01:37.60]and i'm ridin with common looking for chicago zen
[01:40.25]and like chicago winds, i was once a street disciple
[01:43.16]rockin every jordan shoe, nike put out by michael
[01:45.89]that made me feel like i could fly, sometimes i wanted to die
[01:48.69]prolly cuz the angel dust was fuckin with my third eye
[01:51.58]so i start hip hop and i understand why common used to love her
[01:54.60]she got me open so i even had, had
[01:57.51]but i used the rubber, cuz she was married to rakim
[02:00.04]so i bought me a gold chain, pretendin that i was him
[02:02.95]so i can get close to the girl i loved the most
[02:05.46]but she left cali and went on tour with ne-yo and ghost
[02:08.41]big gave her one more chance, and she took big down
[02:11.11]i should've knew it, shot g, and 'pac told ya she get around
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[02:14.03](chorus)
[02:15.25]i wanna turn up the sound, and spread my wings because i'm riding with my (angel)
[02:19.43]going through the city of the chi, make me feel like i'm in the city of (angels)
[02:24.96]oooh, i wanna fly, fly away with my (angel)
[02:30.53]she takes me high, she will always be my (angel)
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[02:35.58]verse 3 - the game
[02:35.72](fly away, fly away)
[02:36.48]my love for her's not about jewelry or cars
[02:38.97]i love her cuz she love me, just for who i are
[02:41.44]who i is, who i am, resembles the rims on the lam'
[02:44.74]i shine like shyne when barington levy was sayin
[02:47.28]diddly whoa!
[02:48.29]i got love for the streets, peace to new york and every hood in the east
[02:53.38]before i was ducking cops, gunshots, i used to be an la dodger, now i'm a (angel)
[02:57.88]from the city of lost souls, impalas and polished gold
[03:01.35]between the car, and the rims, we got alot of chrome
[03:04.48]your hood not alone, they knockin, we not at home
[03:06.97]and when they bust in, we not cesar, but got it wrong
[03:09.67]cuz they tryna wire phones, i'm talkin verizon phones
[03:12.46]the ones they put wires on, they got us on tap
[03:15.13]but i put wires on, my bentley, in fact
[03:18.10]i spit it through the wires on a kanye track
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[03:20.81](chorus)
[03:21.12]i wanna turn up the sound, and spread my wings because i'm riding with my (angel)
[03:26.38]going through the city of the chi, make me feel like i'm in the city of (angels)
[03:31.80]oooh, i wanna fly, fly away with my (angel)
[03:37.92]she takes me high, she will always be my (angel)
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[03:45.25]outro - common
[03:45.54]yeah, it's the game and common
[03:49.13]spread your wings, follow your dreams
[03:53.29]things will be so serene, l-a and the chi as a team
[04:00.68]yeah, angel supreme, yeah, keep on
[04:07.39]yeah, its for the world boy, we do it forever, yeah
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