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If I only knew then what I know now |
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shit would be so wild |
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mind of a man, soul of a child |
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no clouds could rain on me |
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no cuts or scrapes could leave blood stains on me |
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just imagine |
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how to side step the critics, understand my own limits |
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embrace the fire when I'm thrown in it |
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move with supreme confidence, through every team in the conference |
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reconcile dreams of common sense, dominant |
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no fears or insecurities, appreciate the impurities |
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build on that, never second guess it, never neglect the lesson |
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on every endeavor I bless the session, man |
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y'all dont know the half of it, trying to make my renditions accurate |
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hoping I can capture it for y'all, but now it's like today is my four walls |
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yesterday... |
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yesterday is gone... |
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{*cuts from Nas "One Mic"*} |
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no time for lookin back... |
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no time for lookin back... |
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no time for lookin back... it's done |
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yo, put my best foot forward, took two steps, toward the opposite |
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back and forth with things, saw a lotta shit |
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and I was under pressure, now I'm on top of it |
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so now I'm taking all I can get |
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my getaway hit the fork in the road and took the scenic route |
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'tween me and you, it brought the phoenix out of me |
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so partner you can hate me or love me, cause I might have been wrong |
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but my heart was pure, still, I cant say I dont have regrets |
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made mistakes I that wont soon forget, expectations I haven't met |
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and yet, I wouldn't trade this moment, pray for atonement |
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take me for what I am, a romantic but I'm not hopeless |
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writing my magnum opus, either you're high pysch, or lose focus |
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if you let it, some of y'all will never get it, holding on to... |
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yesterday... |
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yesterday is gone... |
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{*cuts from Nas "One Mic"*} |
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no time for lookin back... |
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no time for lookin back... |
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no time for lookin back... it's done |
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I guess that you could say we got a history together |
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so I can never forget her, not bitter |
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matter of fact sometimes I still hit it |
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seduced by the way that she call to come hither |
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but I found out the first time I did her |
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I'll never fall in love with her, she gone break your heart |
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make a mark, leave, and never come back |
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and its hard to say goodbye to her, nobody knows her like I knew her |
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to some, she's not pretty, to me she's beautiful |
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cause she made me what I am and taught me to be strong |
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so even when she's gone, her memory lives on |
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and over time eventually we lost contact, despite that |
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I gotta admit, I'm still attached, but I can't take her back |
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cause who I'm talking about is... |
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yesterday... |
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yesterday is gone... |
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{*cuts from Nas "One Mic"*} |
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no time for lookin back... |
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no time for lookin back... |
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no time for lookin back... it's done |
