[Verse 1]
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One, two
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She was only fifteen, in love with bad R&B
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She had to have vision because she saw the star in me
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Encouraged me to write about the drama in my life
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To most it seemed strange like something wasn’t right
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I used to fall a victim to them lunch room comedians
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Something like an Outkast, started smokin’ weed and then
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I sorta fell into my own
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Kinda felt at home when behind a microphone
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But on the bus ride home
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That didn’t mean a thang
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Harassed by thugs, on the corners they would hang
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I got banged on
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I got beat down
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Carrying a golf club, walking up the street now
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They respect me
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They call me crazy
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At least I’m not gettin’ punked out on the daily
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And when I look back I wouldn’t change a thing at all
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Where do you think I found the strength to be speakin’ to y’all?
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[Hook]
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I take everything
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Your hopes and your dreams and your hate and your lies
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Oooh oooh oooh, in this life
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I’ll join everyone
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From the old and the wise to the young, stay fly
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When I die
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[Verse 2]
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God is love
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Then hatin’ is Satan
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Cause in tight patience, got me sittin’ here waitin’
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On the day when it’s okay to love
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When black men won’t pretend that they are thugs
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When teachers and doctors are treated like celebrities
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You can get a job even if you got a felony
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Check out my melody
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Let’s live in harmony
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We in this together, no man has economy
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No man is an island
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Immune to the violence
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This rap race is no place to raise a child in
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What’s wrong with smilin’?
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What’s wrong with peace?
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What’s wrong with squashin’ beef before they label you deceased?
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Swallow your price before you choke on your issues
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I know you got family and folks that’ll miss you
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So don’t misuse this gift you’ve been given
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This life’s but a dream you are blessed to be livin’
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[Hook]
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I take everything
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Your hopes and your dreams and your hate and your lies
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Oooh oooh oooh, in this life
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I’ll join everyone
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From the old and the wise to the young, stay fly
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When I die
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[Speaking]
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And basically man, I’m just a dude who tries to do right
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You know I try to make my tomorrows better than my yesterdays
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Without hurting anyone else in the process
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Cause if you leave the world a better place than it was when you got here, we all win
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[Verse 3]
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Now, there’s birth and there’s death
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But there’s space in between
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Is where the journey takes place and you give it all meaning
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There’s waitin’ on us all, there’s no need to pretend
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No feet are in the feeling where you fear in the end
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All good things come to it
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Walk, don’t run to it
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At times you want to end it all yourself, don’t do it
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Be original
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Be different
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Be the one that stand up and shocks this system
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[Hook]
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I take everything
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Your hopes and your dreams and your hate and your lies
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Oooh oooh oooh, in this life
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I’ll join everyone
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From the old and the wise to the young, stay fly
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When I die
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Cause all men die
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Everything
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