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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... |