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Say man ay ushers, deacons, lock the do' |
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I love, to give you light |
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Geah, first of all, givin' honor to |
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God and all the ministers on the pulpits |
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Ushers, deacons and my lovely choir |
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They sound so beautiful, don't you agree? |
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Sing it sister yeah, we'd like to welcome y'all inside this |
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R and GThe |
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Masterpiece such a, heavenly experience |
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Alchemist, break it down for me nephew |
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Let me preach to 'em one time, chuuch |
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In the beginning as a child, |
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I was chosen |
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Though not knowin' the reason while still my eyes opened |
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Whatever the purpose, |
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I surfaced above the fog |
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Love was given to all, outside livin' the ball |
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As an adolescent, one black child, |
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I had a message |
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To reach teachin' the masses, |
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I wrote my first passage |
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It was jotted down, created in the form of a rap |
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I'm young, livin' in the city of jackers and gangbangin' |
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And dope dealin', cold feelin' to be a product of niggaz around you |
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Once you get on top they down you |
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But the temptation got me, streets caught me watchin' |
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I found myself grindin' on the streets quite often |
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With a blue rag, bangin the dub, fo'-fifth coffin |
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At the spot, 61st, 40 blocks from the |
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EastsideWhere most of the big homies had a glock and flossed the |
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G-rideNiggaz throwin up hands but it wasn't no peace signs |
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Never fo' a second did |
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I think to let my light shine |
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Hardheaded, thought |
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I was grown, messin' up |
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Disrespectin' my home, not carin 'bout what moms what sayin' |
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And then I found out that mom wasn't playin' |
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Today, I love you for it, back then, |
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I couldn't understand |
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Get my life right, step it up, nigga be a man |
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Never be a victim, of what the system might hit you with |
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Through the stripes still gotta shine my light |
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I've grown, to comprehend the game my name is |
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Big Snoop |
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Boss Dogg just a block and a phone call away |
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I've reached the status, of a modern day |
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John Baptist |
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I'm preachin' just what |
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I practice |
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To each and all, |
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I got a word from the beach to acros the globe |
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Man woman young and old |
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Don't gain the world, lose your soul to spite |
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Many circumstances |
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Doggy gon' shine my light 'cause |
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I love you |
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I love, to give you light |
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And the people that is locked up, locked down |
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And the people that's locked down |
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Also God, should purchase the new, |
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EscaladeOn 24's, with the spinnin thangs, ha ha |
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I need you to, right now, look at your neighbors' |
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Cause a lot of y'all think, y'all goin' to heaven, huh |
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And you ain't gon' go, so |
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I need you right now to, look at your neighbor |
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And say neighbor, say neigh-bor, you ain't goin' you ain't goin' |