(feat. Ingrid Smalls)
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[Ingrid Smalls]
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Na na na.
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Hoooooooooooh-oooooooooh-ooooooooh, no no no
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[Royce Da 5'9"]
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Yeah.. uhh, uhh
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I done been in this game for years, it made me an animal
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I learned that nobody else can be held accountable
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but you for your career, not your manager, face it
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Even he can fuck up a relationship
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I learned it don't matter who's spittin better
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While these rappers kill each other, them Jews they stick together
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like glue; and generate more money than FUBU
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For somethin made 'for you by you'
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Every hip-hop nigga listen and wishin he had your style
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to go against you if you rip him and pass him by (yeah)
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A mastermind is somebody who's actually kind
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to everybody, and try to see every autograph is signed
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The humblest way to look at your career
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is every nigga in here is one hit away
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Yeah, whatever goes around in rap
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happens to not come back to me, and I ask you
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[Chorus: Royce + (Ingrid Smalls)]
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(If I was to die today
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Wouuuuuld you pick me up because I'm down and out, na na na)
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"T" - represents the 'time' when my hope, fades
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"O" - is just a sign 'on' my mind on my broke, days
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(Hoooooooooooh-oooooooooh-ooooooooh)
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"D" - is for the 'dangerous' way that the flow, stray
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"A" - represents the, 'answer' to the question I'm askin (no no no)
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"Y" is it today I should (DIE!)
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[Royce Da 5'9"]
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Damn, right after one quick summer
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Am I Young MC or a one-hit wonder?
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Is it a following that supports me
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BET, MTV, or "E! True Hollywood Story"?
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Can I hold my own
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and rap without havin to go back to Pharrell or Poke & Tone?
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Can a married man still appeal to broads
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knowin everything he's spittin from here on in gon' be raw?
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Can a nigga simply spit that real shit
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just for niggaz that feel me, or will the system kill me? (uhh)
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If I drop this album and it sells
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and the next one don't top it, will it be considered a failure?
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If I had to drop outta the limelight for a while
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Would you still mob me? Hell naw!
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You would not give a fuck about me
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If I worked a regular job, I don't even gotta ask y'all
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[Chorus]
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[Ingrid Smalls]
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We just wanna see you survive
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Anytime you wanna talk, maybe either one of y'all
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Wanna give a holla this way (yeah)
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Every lady involved, is rootin for the underdog
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You don't let him die today, no!
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Oh no - we ain't tryin to see
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You go - I want you here beside me
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I don't want it to change - don't DIE!
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[Royce Da 5'9"]
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Now as far as my weaknesses
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I have a hard time competin the chart and on SoundScan
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The media base, I respect Dre for teachin me that
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Money is easy to make, but hard to keep
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As far as my nigga 'Los, I love him
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He showed me you can do a dope album with no budget
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Yeah, with lethal rhymes - they get that
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he brought you into the game, he can take you out outta people's minds
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Yeah (DIE!) Those who feel my career will die
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Those who choose to leave me behind
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Are confused cause they don't hear me cry; rather ya ears
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is ready or not, I know you can hear me now like Mary J. Blige
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I will take the shit
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I will burn yo' bridges and I ain't talkin 'bout our relationship
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What goes around comes around with every person
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Rather it's life or rap whatever, "Death Is Certain"
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[Chorus]
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[Ingrid Smalls]
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Hoooooooooooh-oooooooooh-ooooooooh
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No no no..
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T.O.D.A.Y.
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Royce Da 5'9'' |