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Growing up |
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I've seen a lot of shit in my time |
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I've seen hunger, hunger, pleasure, pain, violence and crime |
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I have learned from the mistakes of my friends that have died |
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And from those who have gone down in life just never tried |
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Life is just too short |
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I realize that now |
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I'm gonna get my shit together and try to make it somehow' |
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Cause one thing that |
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I have learned is that you only live once |
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So now I'll take life by the balls and squeeze until they crunch |
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Knowledge of the streets, a valuable tool |
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Type of education you can't get in school |
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Many hard times, losing friends, getting burned |
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Nobody to teach me, |
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I just learned |
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A man like clay molded by his surroundings |
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He starts taking shape from the beating and the pounding |
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Assembly line that |
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I've been through |
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A hard motherfucker with a bad attitude |
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Maybe it's just the times we live in |
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Maybe it's just urban discipline, urban discipline |
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Urban discipline of another world |
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There ain't no fucking proof, ooh |
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The ways of urban life are not as they seem |
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Standing up and fighting is what living here means |
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In order to survive you've got to earn your respect |
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The only lessons that you learn are from things that you regret |
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Things that you regret |
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Motherfucker |
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Knowledge of the streets, a valuable tool |
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Type of education you can't get in school |
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Many hard times, losing friends, getting burned |
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Nobody to teach me, |
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I just learned |
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A man like clay molded by his surroundings |
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He starts taking shape from the beating and the pounding |
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Assembly line that |
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I've been through |
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A hard motherfucker with a bad attitude |
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Maybe it's just the times we live in |
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Maybe it's just urban discipline, urban discipline |
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Brooklyn, |
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Bronx, Manhattan, |
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Staten Island and |
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QueensStanding up and fighting is what living here means |
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In order to survive you've got to earn your respect |
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The only lessons that you learn are from things that you regret |
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RegretUrban discipline |
