[Chorus]
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Papa was a rollin stone
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But I wanna be the cover of a rollin stone
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Only I know that I can't do it alone
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Only I know that I can't do it alone
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August 6 1981
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I took my first breath
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They said I smiled and cried till it was none left
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I guess I knew what I was in for before hand
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Miniature grown man haha
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Third of three sons
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Big bird and squirt guns
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Aunt tamey dressed up like a clown
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When I turned one
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Scared the shit outta me but
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Thanks for tryin
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Sittin in my high chair
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Throwin cake and cryin
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I remember everything
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Every single detail
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Clingin on to daddys leg
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Like don't leave I'll be good
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I promise
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I'll do anything dad honest
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But he had to go to work and bust his ass for them dollars
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Now it all makes sense
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Back then I wasn't havin it
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Obsessed with he man
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So young and so adament
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More concerned with castle grayskull than baseball
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Then I learned if I worked a little I could have it all
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All my friends got allowances
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I had a paper route
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And when no one was lookin I threw the papers out
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Got caught made dad furious
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Said if you gonna do somethin do it right
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That's what earnest it
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[Chorus]
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Papa was a rollin stone
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Workin hard while I'm home at alone
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With some mcolly caulken shit
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So be it
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Little man had a plan
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Followed through with it
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But moms was so inconsiderate
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Illiterate nope
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I read the dictionary daily
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Gift of gab of rap
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And set sail
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And step mom brought the whoop end of the stick
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Nothin new to me
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Don't act like my momma cause my dad bought you some jewelry
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O the tom foolery
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I sat back and watched pops play the ladies
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Like just check mates
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Six sibilings
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Three diffrent moms
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Can you imagine
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Simply seein your pay check
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Broken down to fractions
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Papa was a pimp
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Married four times
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Indecisive tryin to strike a gold mine
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Siftin through the sand
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Somethin like a 49er
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Numb to the point that my chest become a coal mine
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But women come and go
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And I'll be here till the bitter end pop
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I'm just lettin you know
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I never understood temptation
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I guess we both got a little david rough in ms
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Everybody sing it with us now
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[Chorus][2x]
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Like Father, Like Son (Papa`s Song)
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Gym Class Heroes |