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You don't have to be afraid |
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You don't even have to be brave |
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Living in a gilded cage |
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The only risk is that you'll go |
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Yeah, this album is dedicated |
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To all the teachers that told me I'd never amount to nothin' |
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To all the people that lived above the buildings that I was hustlin' in front of |
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Called the police on me when I was just tryin' to make some money to feed my daughter |
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And all the niggas in the struggle |
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You know what I'm sayin'? It's all good, baby baby |
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It was all a dream, I used to read Word Up! magazine |
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Salt-n-Pepa and Heavy D up in the limousine |
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Hangin' pictures on my wall |
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Every Saturday Rap Attack, Mr. Magic, Marley Marl |
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I let my tape rock 'til my tape popped |
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Smokin' weed on Bambu, sippin' on Private Stock |
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Way back, when I had the red and black lumberjack |
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With the hat to match |
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Remember Rappin' Duke? Duh-ha, duh-ha |
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You never thought that hip hop would take it this far |
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Now I'm in the limelight 'cause I rhyme tight |
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Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade |
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Born sinner, the opposite of a winner |
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Remember when I used to eat sardines for dinner |
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Peace to Ron G, Brucie B, Kid Capri |
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Funkmaster Flex, Lovebug Starski |
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Your mind is on track |
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For games we play these days |
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With every path we take |
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You know you're safe, safe, safe |
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The only risk is that you'll go insane |
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And if you don't know, now you know, nigga |
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The only risk is that you'll go insane |
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I made the change from a common thief |
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To up close and personal with Robin Leach |
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And I'm far from cheap |
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I smoke skunk with my peeps all day |
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Spread love, it's the Brooklyn way |
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The Moët and Alizé keep me pissy |
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Girls used to diss me |
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Now they write letters 'cause they miss me |
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I never thought it could happen, this rappin' stuff |
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I was too used to packin' gats and stuff |
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Now honeys play me close like butter play toast |
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From the Mississippi down to the East Coast |
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Condos in Queens, indo for weeks |
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Sold-out seats to hear Biggie Smalls speak |
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Livin' life without fear |
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Puttin' five carats in my baby girl's ear |
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Lunches, brunches, interviews by the pool |
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Considered a fool 'cause I dropped out of high school |
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Stereotypes of a black male misunderstood |
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And it's still all good |
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And if you don't know, now you know, nigga |
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You'll go insane |
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And if you don't know, now you know, nigga |
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Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis |
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When I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this |
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50-inch screen, money-green leather sofa |
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Got two rides, a limousine with a chauffeur |
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Phone bill about two G's flat |
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No need to worry, my accountant handles that |
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And my whole crew is loungin' |
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Celebratin' every day, no more public housin' |
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Thinkin' back on my one-room shack |
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Now my mom pimps a Ac' with minks on her back |
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And she loves to show me off of course |
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Smiles every time my face is up in The Source |
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We used to fuss when the landlord dissed us |
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No heat, wonder why Christmas missed us |
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Birthdays was the worst days |
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Now we sip Champagne when we thirsty |
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Uh, damn right, I like the life I live |
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'Cause I went from negative to positive |
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And it's all… (It's all good, nigga) |
