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[Intro: Dom Kennedy] |
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Back when I was 17 |
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Back when I was 17 |
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Back when I was 17 |
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Yeah... |
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Check |
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[Verse 1: Dom Kennedy] |
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Back when I was 17, I had a notion |
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That I would see the whole world across the ocean |
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My dad be workin' hard but he get no promotion |
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And he there every day, shit that's devotion |
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I never had a chance to be in the U.S. Open |
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I used to collect cans for them U.S. tokens |
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It's that time of the month? girl, we use that lotion |
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Before the president was black, shit I wasn't votin' |
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I used to believe a dollar bill was all I needed |
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Why you keep lookin' in the mirror if you not conceited? |
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Don't pack them Air Jordans, boy you not gone need em |
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On Burnside with my niggas, and them tacos screamin' |
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[Hook] |
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If I told you what I saw, you would not believe it |
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If I showed you how I ball, you would not believe it |
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If I told you what I make, you would not believe it |
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Look how niggas did Ma$e, I cannot believe it |
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[Verse 2: Dom Kennedy] |
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I had the Craig Mack tape with that one single |
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Lotta niggas back then had one single |
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Tell her pop that ass trick and I'mma drop some singles |
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And real niggas fuck with Jodeci, not The Beatles |
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Lotta women in my phone, cause I'm ridin' chrome |
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West Side till I'm gone, Ima die alone |
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Never runnin' out of strong, I might buy a zone |
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Have her comin' home blown, smell like my cologne |
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Who you talkin' to nigga?, better watch yo tone |
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She used to call me every day, 'til you blocked my phone |
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I used to dream one day that I would shop in Rome |
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That ain't the life for me nigga, the block is home |
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Now I'm back with my people and I'm never leavin' |
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Don't do it for yo' self kid, it's better reasons |
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It get lonely at the top and its hella freezin' |
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I was here in '92 when it all fell to pieces |
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[Hook] |
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If I told you what I saw, you would not believe it |
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If I showed you how I ball, you would not believe it |
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If I told you what I make, you would not believe it |
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Shit we used to dub tapes, I cannot believe it |
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I cannot believe it |
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I cannot believe it |
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I cannot believe it |
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I cannot believe it |
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[Outro: Female Radio Host] |
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Latest news off the street. The OPM Boys made it to first |
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But the inside word is the odds have stacked against them |
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Be careful out there boys, real careful |