There was a man, his paper much longer
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Whose house is in order
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Livin' on a whole 'nother level than you
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Ain't gotta get material things from chicks
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Frontin' like you get it, the credit couldn't get it
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In and out the district, failed to pay child support
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For your own kids and you don't even give a ish
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Hey Mister, you a misfit
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Once I got your digits, I got you out my system
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I know your number when I discovered
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Lost all respect for you as a man, forget a lover
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I need you to understand
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That, baby, there's a better man, better than you
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What you talk, he can walk in his shoes
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I need you to understand that
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Baby, there's a better man who's better than you
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The sad thing about it is you could be like him too
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There is a man whose decisions are much wiser
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Always there when I need him
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Never fronts for outsiders
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But you wanna be arrogant, ignorant
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Do and say the worst things
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Like I don't remember it
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You probably won't remember this
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'Cause you're selfish
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You're your own worst enemy, damn, you're helpless
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Take advantage of your loved ones
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Baby, you're the lost one
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Might win some but you just lost one
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And it ain't even gotta be like that, no
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I can't believe you wanna be like that, no
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I need you to understand
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That, baby, there's a better man, better than you
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What you talk, he can walk in his shoes
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I need you to understand
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That, baby, there's a better man
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Who's better than you
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The sad thing about it is you could be
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I thought that you would see me do my evolution
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But I guess I'm starin' down your layers with pollution
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You say I'm trash and I always put you last
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Not fast and furious, I'm just young and curious
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So don't blame me 'cause you tried to tame me, crazy
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You know I ain't tamable, us that got inflammable
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Thought I was permanent but now I'm interchangeable
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Guess she wasn't right and now with all the foolish things I do
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Now you say I'm the worst but I had you at first
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It took a minute for you to say you was finished
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It ain't your fault 'cause I did it, I pushed it over the limit
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But thanks for the privilege of having you was part of my village
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Umm, part of my image but I don't mean to look like
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To take your heart crook tight, I'm still trying to get right
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So I'm eating my spinach though I know that we're finished
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I'll just do better the next relationship that I get in, get it?
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I wanted to be your partner
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But I couldn't go any further
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Couldn't ride the tide but you passing germ
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While I crashed and burned in the flame
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And I can't make it change
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You stringin' in a group now
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When you are your own man
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Is a waste of time for me
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'Cause I can't make it better if you don't wanna be
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I need you to understand
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That, baby, there's a better man, better than you
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What you talk, he can walk in his shoes
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I need you to understand that
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Baby, there's a better man, better than you
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The sad thing about it is you could be like him too
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Baby, baby, now tell me, why, why don't you wanna be better?
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Why don't you wanna be better?
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Yeah, ooh, baby, ooh, baby, baby, ooh
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What you, what you talk, he can walk in his shoes, yeah
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What you talk, he can walk in his shoes, yeah
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Ooh, baby, oh, you can be a better man, a better man
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Better man, better man
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Better Man
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Vivian Green |