I was born and raised in the ghetto
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Talk with me and you'll know
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I wasn't satisfied, with living on the side
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I started looking around, for a possibility
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Listen to my story, of what became of me
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I met a businessman
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Who said he had some friends back east
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So why don't you come along
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Well we can help you at least
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We'll make you into a big star
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By playing your guitar
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But the joke was on me
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They left me flat to see
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Going back west
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Yes I know I'll make out alright
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Going back west
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Where my music's playing all night
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Going back west (going back west)
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I think I'll do alright
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Going back west
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Yes I know I'll make out alright
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Going back west
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Where my music's playing all night
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Going back west (going back west)
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I think I'll do alright
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Struggling for recognition, identity and respect
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I got a lot of promises
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They told me not to fret
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So we will stand by you
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If the going gets rough
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But when I started thinking
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They didn't even bluff
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'bout a year has come and gone
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And left me standing here
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Thinking how it could have been
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For still I ain't nowhere
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They surely took me for a ride
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Trampled on my pride
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But I hold my head up high
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Got no more tears to cry
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Going back west
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Yes I know I'll make out alright
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Going back west
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Where my music's playing all night
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Going back west (going back west)
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I think I'll do alright
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Going back west
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Yes I know I'll make out alright
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Going back west
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Where my music's playing all night
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Going back west (going back west)
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I think I'll do alright
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Going back west
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Yes I know I'll make out alright
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Going back west
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Where my music's playing all night
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Going Back West
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| Boney M |
