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man i remember before i say that wait let me issue this statement |
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no way should reflection be mistaking for glorification |
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now i remember so vivid me and my niggas was living |
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sub-standard condition still handling business |
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still laughing and tripping still having the bitches |
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im rapping now reminiscing and god damn it we made it |
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from trapping standing and pitching with rich we stand in the kitchen |
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splitting it eight ways flipping it 8 days |
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thought that while in a room it was just the way to behave |
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kept the weight and the yey for most the paper we made in all dimes |
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i aint lieing the pleasure was all mine |
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have big work to move but we served the small time |
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i always outshined the niggas with small minds |
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who would of thought we would be arguably the greatest of all time |
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around here we developed such a sound down here |
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but duplicate it off the steel it can only be found here |
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only listen to gs that other shit i dont hear |
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shit they so far in the rear how would i even care |
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im too busy being a player staring at niggas careers |
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but talk about it for years and now we finally here |
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i used to dream (i used to dream) oh whoah |
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about the money and the cars and girls (and the girls) |
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but now i sing (now i sing) oh whoah |
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because im sitting on top of the world (the whole world) |
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and now i sing sing sing sing cause im sitting on top of the world |
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and now i sing sing sing sing sitting on top of the world |
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they say what goes up must come down but i aint reached my cruising altitude |
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take a look at what i did but can you imagine what im about to do |
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the places im bout to go and the money im bout to see |
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gave bill gates some binoculaurs and said look out for me |
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and see these expectations even at def jam |
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cause i married the streets and atlanta has been my best man |
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my momma quit her job and now she works with six figures |
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cause im a self-made nappy-headed rich nigga |
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private planes help me travel in peace |
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to four cities in one day and four countries in one week |
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cause i work for myself and no one else cause im too smart too |
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put one of my partners right through culinary art school |
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now he my personal chef so that bread he get it |
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put them all in houses cleaned up all of my friends credit |
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and now they witness all the glitz and the glamour |
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catch us eating at straits atlanta with women with table manners |
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order in singapore and lobster |
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celebrating coming from nothing to winning grammys and rappers winning oscars |
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and they say rappers shouldnt act nahh suckers |
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i used to dream (i used to dream) oh whoah |
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about the money and the cars and girls (and the girls) |
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but now i sing (now i sing) oh whoah |
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because im sitting on top of the world (the whole world) |
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and now i sing sing sing sing cause im sitting on top of the world |
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and now i sing sing sing sing sitting on top of the world |
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i know them haters dont stop plotting and wish you would fall |
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cause im standing on top looking down at it all |
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i see you down there to yall this aint like i got it all |
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homie i aint get enough im still trying to triple up |
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so all we got is street cred and a cool building up |
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say im doing too much shit i say i aint did enough |
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remember saying damn if i could just get to a million plus |
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triple that on my bun thanks to bigs and run |
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but nevermind what ive been through just look at what i become |
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all the shit ive avoided what i done for my sons |
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hand dollars and momma just call her |
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i sold dope and dropped out of school seems its all they can see |
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they dont notice none of my family did that since me |
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i broke that cycle now my family live a life of |
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mandatory minimals but not when the judge sentence them |
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cousins in college where you think they get tuition from |
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jeffrey standing around wishing huh |
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and while you standing around looking dumb |
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i make it happen taking action over time got damn good at it |
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i used to dream (i used to dream) oh whoah |
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about the money and the cars and girls (and the girls) |
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but now i sing (now i sing) oh whoah |
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because im sitting on top of the world (the whole world) |
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and now i sing sing sing sing cause im sitting on top of the world |
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and now i sing sing sing sing sitting on top of the world |