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I remember how it all began |
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I used to sing dirty raps to my East side fans |
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Back then I knew you couldn't stop this rap |
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No M.C. could rock like that |
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Then the new style came, the bass got deeper |
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You gave up the mike and bought you a beeper |
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Do you wanna rap or sell Coke? |
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Brothers like you ain't never been broke |
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People wanna say it's just my time |
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Brothers like me had to work for mine |
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Eight years on the mike and I'm not jokin' |
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Sir Too Short comin' straight from Oakland |
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California, home of the rock |
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Eight woofers in the trunk, beatin' down the block |
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Short Dog, I'm that rappin' man |
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I said it before and I 'll say it again |
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Life is too short, too short |
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Life is too short, too short |
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Life is to some people is unbearable |
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Committin' suicide and that's terrible |
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Was it much too much or nothing' big? |
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If you live my life, you'd be fightin' to live |
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Life is to me my main asset |
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I be doin' all right and keep it just like that |
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Chill out at the house and pump that bass |
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I'm tryin' to get rich as I rock the place |
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Everybody's got that same old dream |
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To have big money and fancy things |
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Drive a brand new Benz, keep your bank right here |
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Never hear me stutter once 'cause I talk real clear |
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It's on you, homeboy, watcha gonna do? |
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You can take my advice and start workin', fool |
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Or you can close your ears and run your mouth |
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And one day, homeboy, you soon find out |
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Life is too short, too short |
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Life is too short, too short |
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Life is too short, would you agree? |
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While I'm livin' my life, don't mess with me |
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It's been a long time, baby, since I first got down |
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But I still keep makin' these funky sounds |
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'Cause I don't stop rappin', that's my theme |
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I make a lot of money, do you know what I mean? |
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Like this, complicated you must stay up |
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You asked a simple question boy, don't say, \"What?\" |
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You only live once and you callin' it hell |
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Policeman tryin' to take you to jail |
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You could give a man time but you don't know |
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In a matter of time, I'll be runnin' the show |
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Now another young buck wants to be on top |
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Makin' big money, slangin' hop |
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The task force tryin' to peel your cap |
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Turn around, homeboy, you better watch your back |
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Life is too short |
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Life is |
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You can take back all the things you give |
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But you can't take back the days you live |
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Life is to some people who've been on earth |
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Livin' every single day for what it's worth |
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I live my life just how I please |
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Satisfy one person I know, that's me |
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Work hard for the things I achieve in life |
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And never rap fake when I'm on the mike |
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'Cause if a dream is all you got, homeboy |
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You gotta turn that dream into the real McCoy |
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No time to waste, just get on that case |
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You can't be down 'cause you need to taste |
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A good life livin' like a king on a throne |
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Gettin' everything you want and tryin' to have all your own |
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So life, don't be stupid though |
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'Cause when you waste it, you'll know |
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Life is, life is |
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All right, that's it |
