A quick story from rags to riches
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Comin' to you from Supernova (AKA Left Eye)
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Give it to 'em, give it to 'em, give it to 'em (ha ha)
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I'm goin', I'm goin' from rags to riches (ha ha ha ha)
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I'm goin', I'm goin' from rags to riches (ha ha ha ha)
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I started off as an army brat (Atten-hut!)
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Seven months old class act
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I was racing down the block
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As a matter of fact
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I could've been a track star (I guess I am)
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I stacked bars
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Comin' through your system in them phat cars (uh)
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Cross country isn't that far
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It's like I'm in the race, don't know who you cats are
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See one day I fell from grace, landed in this place
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My innocence erased from talkin' back to my momma's face
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Like I was lost in space
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Without a trace, cuttin' class, bein' Mrs. Fast Ass
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Gettin' blasted with my dad, got caught up in the flash
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My Nana goin' straight mad, had to make the dash
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Saw a fella through the streets
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Who would give anything for cash
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And anything to crash in anybody's path
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If everything I had
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Look at what I could grab (check it)
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And it was just a bunch of niggas
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I'm goin' from rags to riches
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From rags to riches
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I'm goin' from rags to riches
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I bet you I'mma be the richest
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I'm goin' from rags to riches
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From rags to riches
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I'm goin' from rags to riches
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I bet you I'mma be the richest
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I'm goin' from rags to riches
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From rags to riches
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I'm goin' from rags to riches
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I bet you I'mma be the richest
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I'm goin' from rags to riches
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From rags to riches
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I'm goin' from rags to riches
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I bet you I'mma be the richest
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Ding ding the bell ring, landlord causin' a scene
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Mama diggin' for her green, last dolla (dolla bill)
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To pay for the phone bill, electric bill, water bill
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How you feel when you make a mill?
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And move your mama to a house on the hill
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With picture framed TV's on the wall
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Hard and I'm pissed when she wanna ball
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A cell phone for when she wanna call
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She ballin' out of control
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With her own bank roll, I got her back though
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One for the money and two for the show
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Mama floors stayin' clean 600 green outside
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Showin' them the many ways that God provides in life
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Or who can see the bigger picture
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And tell a story from goin' dead broke to gettin' richer
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Knowin' I'm gettin' with you in this paper chase
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Rags to riches all up in your face
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I'm goin' from rags to riches
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From rags to riches
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I'm goin' from rags to riches
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I bet you I'mma be the richest
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I'm goin' from rags to riches
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From rags to riches
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I'm goin' from rags to riches
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I bet you I'mma be the richest
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I remember sellin' weed
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Can't believe that I was poisonin' my folk
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Now I let my throat be the antidote
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Always kept my hopes high
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Now mama don't cry, 'cause I'll be close by
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With the most high I was playin' Robin Hood (in the hood)
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Little Red Riding Hood
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Til' the barrel pointed where I stood (yeah, I stood)
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But walked away like I was absolutely positively sure I could
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Attitude on drugs
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A few dollars in the bucket
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And scheming steady dreaming
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For a chance to make some duckets
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Caused a little ruckus on the sideline
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From the alley way to Cali, on the Grammy day
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Went from disarray to mayday, mayday, mayday
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Ran away from the sickness with a quickness
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And went from rags to riches
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I'm goin' from rags to riches
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From rags to riches
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I'm goin' from rags to riches
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I bet you I'mma be the richest
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I'm goin' from rags to riches
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From rags to riches
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I'm goin' from rags to riches
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I bet you I'mma be the richest
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I'm lovin' everybody that's tryin' to get it from rags to riches
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From nuttin' to somethin' (ha ha right)
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You know what I'm sayin'
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I'm nuttin' but a quickie story from rags to riches
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To all my mournin' ghetto superstars out there
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Much love!
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I'm backin' everybody, East coast, West coast, the Midwest
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Everything you know what I'm sayin', it's all hip hop
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Much love!
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We all came from rags and went to riches
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And the ones that's still messin' with them rags
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You know what I'm sayin'
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Keep your head up (know what I'm sayin')
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Somethin' bound to happen
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For sure though...
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Rags To Riches
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Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez |