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Comin hard for ya |
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We doin this right here man |
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Givin it back |
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Alotta thugs in the street, |
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can't even do this right here man |
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But you know how we do |
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Hold it down, get it right, keep it tight |
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And most of all.. |
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We thank God |
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[Eightball] |
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For my three sons, for my mom |
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For waking me up and breathing air into my lungs |
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For health and wealth and lots of love for myself |
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The chances in life to take the right steps |
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I done popped that thang, and I done been popped at |
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Stole, cheated, and lied |
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Survived when I could have died |
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Or somewhere locked up, my niggas locked up |
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That's why I pray to you, say what I say to you |
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Thank you for Swizz Beatz, to him you bring the heat |
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He brought the heat to us, we burn the streets up |
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Thank you for family and everyone that stuck with us |
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Gettin it crunk, and layin it down, and gettin to buck with us |
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Thank you for not lettin material things make me |
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Thank you for givin me the talent that my peoples see |
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Thank you for lettin my niggas live after gunplay |
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Thanks for forgiving me, cuz I don't do this every day |
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[Chorus] |
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[SB] |
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I thank God! |
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[EB] |
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For lettin me make it out the club |
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That night all that fightin and shootin jumped off |
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[SB] |
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We thank God! |
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[EB] |
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For lettin me make my money on the block |
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And get away when it get hot, uh |
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[SB] |
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We thank God! |
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[EB] |
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For them babies with them mommas who don't love 'em |
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and they have to grow up, fast |
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[SB] |
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We thank God! |
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[EB] |
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For everything, all them little things |
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For givin me my dreams, know what I mean? |
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[MJG] |
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I thank God for havin a mother and a father |
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To rely on for guidance when circumstances got harder |
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I'm a part of a whole race who thank God |
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For being able to be free and leave the plantation yard |
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And, I thank God for givin me the understandin to acknowledge him |
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Notice his footsteps and follow him |
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I'm walkin today, I'm talkin today |
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I'm feelin today, but on top of that I'm livin today |
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And, I thank God because he gave his only child |
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Would you give your only child? Think about that for awhile |
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And, I thank God for givin me my baby daughter |
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A roof over her head, and fresh clean drinkin water |
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And, I thank God for not being afraid to love |
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So all the love I give, I get back major love |
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And, I thank God for givin me all the blessings |
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To put a little piece of what we all think into this message |
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[Chorus w/ MJG instead of Eightball] |
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[MJG] |
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For all the times I thought I was in the worst situation |
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that I could be in |
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God helped me see in, them cloudy times |
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Them, "I wanna get rowdy" times |
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One of them, "They tried to bring the devil out of me" times |
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I thank God, for keepin my mind solid |
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And I respect my elders, if or if not they went to college |
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And, thank you Lord, for makin my bin and I swored |
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And I'm glad I don't feel like I have to kill to pay the bill |
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[Eightball] |
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I was blessed to be a story teller, CD seller |
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My niggas be them shady fellas, chasin yella |
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Greedy with they eyes beady, lives easy |
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Dispise those who rise easy, talkin freely |
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Thank you for them tricks who be, talkin down |
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Hatin me and think that I don't, get around |
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The rumors and the talkin all it do is bore me |
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Trick I done been through a true Holly-wood story |
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[Chorus w/ Eightball] |
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[Eightball talking] |
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Yea, Eightball, MJG |
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Swizz Beatz |
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Know wha'm sayin |
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Just wanna thank God |
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Simply, with the talents |
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That he blessed us with |
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Thank him, for the good things we celebrate |
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For the bad things that make us strong |
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Yeah |
