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Root of All Evil -Paris |
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Who is it |
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The mothaf**kin'D-O-G |
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Still spittin'game over tight-ass beats |
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Get the money 'cause the fame ain't nothin'to me |
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I be the tightest one servin'but it's never for free |
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I seen many die on these streets fo'sho' |
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Over money wrong looks c*****e and ho |
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Where friendship blows in the wind like dust |
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See they used to be yo homies but they ready to bust |
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You can't trust no man but some might try |
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See them come see them go see them drop like fly |
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How many of them fail just a few succeed |
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Where fantasy is real and what's real is a dream |
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And I been in this game and I done dirt too |
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Still down for the struggle but I can't be fooled |
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Every brother ain't a brother |
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Ain't a d**n thing new |
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Need to take your million man march a*s to school |
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And tell |
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See it's the root of all evil the story is told |
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And you never really know |
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If they your friends or foes |
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So cold up on these streets |
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I seen the evil that men do |
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Will money be the reason that the murder continue |
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See it's the root of all evil the story is told |
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And you never really know |
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If they your friends or foes |
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So cold up on these streets |
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I seen the evil that men do |
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Will money be the reason that the murder continue |
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They say change is the only thing that stays the same |
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Take a look around and see how many remain |
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I'm a vet up in this here still ten years deep |
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Gettin'cash spittin'game over tight-ass beats |
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Everybody nowadays wanna come up quick |
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Young soldiers hit licks who can suck on dicks |
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But dirt gun in the dark comes the light |
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Young n***a got aids 'cause the kitty was right |
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Now what you know and what you see |
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And where you from and who you be |
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'Cause everybody got skeletons in the cut |
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And peace to the homies in the pen locked up |
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I said it's like a jungle sometimes it made me wonder |
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How I keep from going under who gone be the one the |
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Change things 'cause it seem ain't no hope |
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Scratch his name off the list if he come up short |
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And tell |
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See it's the root of all evil the story is told |
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And you never really know if they your |
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Friends or foes |
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So cold up on these streets |
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I seen the evil that men do |
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Will money be the reason that the murder continue |
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See it's the root of all evil |
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The story is told |
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And you never really know |
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If they your friends or foes |
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So cold up on these streets |
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I seen the evil that men do |
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Will money be the reason that the murder continue |
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They say the world keep turnin'and life goes on |
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Some others start slippin' |
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While some stay strong |
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The old pain goes away with the passage of time |
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P-dog is on the mic still spittin'the rhyme |
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And if you ask me you know |
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I couldn't be much help |
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Real n***as understand gotta do for yourself |
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'Cause ain't nothin'comin'if you don't apply |
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And don't nobody really care |
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If n***as'livin'or dyin' |
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I fold up them up like a crease breeze |
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Through the weak fleas |
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On my sack gets scratched now |
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Who's who in this rap game |
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Late pass on my haters 'cause I still blitz them |
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Shoulda kept ya mouth shut 'cause you got it twisted |
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Real soldiers don't die we just re-adjust |
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While some might try they can't touch this |
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Street soldier with a capital S |
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P-dog sayin'f**k the rest |
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Tell me is it really real |
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See it's the root of all evil |
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The story is told |
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And you never really know if they your friends or foes |
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So cold up on these streets |
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I seen the evil that men do |
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Will money be the reason that the murder continue |
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See it's the root of all evil |
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The story is told |
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And you never really know |
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If they your friends or foes |
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So cold up on these streets |
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I seen the evil that men do |
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Will money be the reason that the murder continue |
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See it's the root of all evil the story is told |
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And you never really know if they your friends or foes |
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So cold up on these streets |
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I seen the evil that men do |
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Will money be the reason that the murder continue |
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See it's the root of all evil |
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The story is told |
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And you never really know if they your friends or foes |
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So cold up on these streets |
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I seen the evil that men do |
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Will money be the reason that the murder continue |
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See it's the root of all evil |