*featuring The Product G&B
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[Big Pun]
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Yo yo Angie, come downstairs, the pub is open
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Hurry up ma! Put your socks, put your slippers on!
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C'mon ma hurry! (Alright then, I got it)
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[The Product G&B]
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Oooohhh Angie..
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Ooo-whoaaaa, yeahhh..
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Oooh yeah hooooo whoahhhh, ohhh-ye ohhhhh-yeah
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[Angie Martinez]
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Uh, yeah (ooh ooh ooh ooh)
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Uh (ooh ooh ooh ooh)
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Uh-uh-uh uh-ah uh-ah-uh-ah
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I started in Brooklyn, comin up in the game
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Everybody has a story mine wasn't the same
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Angela, delinquent, I thought I was grown
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I went through a lot things way before I was known
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See my moms, she never knew I would make it all start
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She was through with the bad grades, the late nights in the park
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Causin my mom pain, my life was in the dirt
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I played hooky all day while she was hard at work
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Sorry ma, know it was hard and my pops was a jerk
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She packed her shit and got us out of there before it got worse
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Moved the fam to Miami in hopes of changin my ways
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A big portion of my mind still remained in a daze
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It wasn't 'til we came back my life matured
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Success would be the only thing that I was fightin for
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I was determined to get there, and keep it hot
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Since that day my only goal was to reach the top
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[Chorus: The Product G&B]
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To every little girl, on every block
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That's comin of age tryin to reach the top
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I said no matter who you are, you can reach the stars
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But never forget, how fragile you are, cause a girl is fragile
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[Angela Martinez]
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It's crazy, when I think back, sometimes I have to cry
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Cause when you young, you don't see how life can pass you by
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You don't even really care if you gon' starve or not
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This go back to ninety-three when I got the job at Hot
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I used to answer the phones for Flex, do overnight spurts
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Back then, I was like, "Hey who knows? It might work"
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I wasn't satisfied, but it would just begin
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Cause in ninety-five, I was every day, six to ten
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I put in a lot of work so I could bring in my listeners
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I secured a fanbase, although some of them dissed us
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I was new at my thang, but I was doin my thang
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And I would never let nobody try to ruin my thang
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But of course, there were people couldn't stand where I was
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Cause although know I'm in, I wasn't made what I was
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Through the heat, kept it movin, throw the haters a smile
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What would they do if they knew her heart was fragile?
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[Chorus]
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[The Product G&B]
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Angela.. (uh-huh) Angela.. (hahahah)
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Angela.. (wooh!) Angela.. (uhh, uhh)
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[Angie Martinez]
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Overall, it's a rough business, it could stop even you
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There's people that's gonna say things that's not even true
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Like the one about me not bein down for my women
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And I hated the lesbian rumors that went around for a minute
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How bout the one that goes, 'Yeah, she goes with him.
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He bought her the car, the ice, the clothes and rims.'
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And I'm sure you all heard she caught one dead in the face
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It'd been different if she said what she said to my face
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As for men, who knows where my story will start
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I went through a relationship that nearly tore me apart
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So I'm chillin for now, it's all about me for the moment
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cause there's things that I wouldn't allow
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But I'ma be aight though, keep comin with tight flow
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Try to stay on the low while I'm watchin your hype grow
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Playin the role like nobody can cramp your style
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But I know, like you know, that you're fragile
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[Chorus]
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[The Product G&B ad lib to the end]
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Every Little Girl
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Angie Martinez |