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I hide my tears, from the crowd... |
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By smiliiiiiiiing... |
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[The Alchemist - Verse One] |
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(Eh!) Gotta keep movin the weight |
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Winter, summer, spring to the fall |
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Gotta keep food on my plate, gotta keep plaques on the wall |
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Gotta keep proving I'm great, I'm so sick of it all |
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Gotta keep smile on my face, even if I slip and I fall |
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Gotta have mask for the pain, if you want to master the game |
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I was only after the props, really I was never after the fame |
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I was never after the Range, now I'm like a rat in a race |
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Always tryna catch up the chase, feelin like I'm trapped in the maze |
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Never let 'em see me when I'm down, never let 'em see me with a frown |
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Even when the game beat me to the ground, I get up and go another round |
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Lock it up and show another town, break it up and roll another pound |
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Change it up and go another route, flip and make a whole another sound |
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Like the way I did on "Hold it Down", yeah you know the kid'll hold it down |
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Never knew the name, you know it now, never knew the face, you know it now |
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Look at all this cake I'm holdin now, thinkin of a way to throw it now |
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Fuck it, everyday I blow it now, gotta get it where I know it now |
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[Hook 2X: Maxwell] |
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I'm even smilin for me |
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Smilin so you know why you cain't hurt me |
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Smilin for somethin, not hidin from fallin |
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Now what you know about what smiles are all about |
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[Twista - Verse 2wo] |
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Gotta get it how you gotta get it |
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That's what's up to family, I'm that committed |
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The only way that we can all get the cake |
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Is if we get up, how we got to split it |
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If you got a verse, you better spit it |
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If you see a job, you better get it |
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And if you can hoop, stay on yo' pivot |
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Cause the truth is this is life you gotta live it |
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Try not to travel down the wrong road, so that when your legacy is told |
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You was known to be a hustler who provided for his family and did it cold |
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Conquer obstacles and challenges |
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Make your competition bow to this |
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Spit it for my homey Alchemist |
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Hold up! Let me find another style for this: |
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Come-wit-the-energy-makin-me-wanna-erupt |
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Sippin-a-little-of-Remy-up-out-of-my-cup |
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Come-with-the-lyrical-kush-I'm-takin-a-puff |
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Alchemist-come-wit-the-rhythm-and-I'ma-be-fuckin-it-up |
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Rap-ain't-another-comparable, gonna-be-doin |
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The-shit-I-be-doin, I'm-killin-'em-breakin-'em-off-of-the-gwap |
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I-got-the-remedy-that'll-be-fillin-my-pocket-with-papers |
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And-I'ma-be-tellin-the-haters-I-don't-stop |
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Until I'm on top of the world, I stay focused |
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Until I'm gone, no one be ferocious |
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Make your body move like law, make the cane move like Moses |
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Make the waters move like a shark, trees move like a summer breeze |
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Smile in your face tell you to grind hard 'til you get you one of these |
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[Hook 2X] |
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[Maxwell - Outro] |
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Eh, you see... |
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Ehhh....ehhhh.... |
