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Started off in the streets |
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We would take collection from the fiends |
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People dyin' all around me |
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So I gave you my testimony |
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We were down from the beginnin' |
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When the world wasn't listenin' |
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Now that I got your attention |
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Let us end with the benediction |
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We are gathered here today |
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Paying our respects to bein' broke, hope he's in a better place |
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Cause life out here ain't sweet, oh no |
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I would close my eyes to sleep but didn't dream no more |
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So I had to make a way for my home, you know |
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Now I'm in a place where I ain't gotta scheme no more |
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The good life, I'm done with the hood life |
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I did what I could didn't always do what I should and I was misunderstood |
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So many nights I tried |
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To hide how I felt, I would cry inside |
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And I ran through the streets till my feet got tired |
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Cause I ain't wanna have my shoes on them power lines |
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But I made it, and it made me |
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I know I did wrong, I pray to God he forgave me |
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Cause I made it, it didn't kill me |
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So it made me stronger, I pray to God that you feel me, that you feel me... |
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Started off in the streets |
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We would take collection from the fiends |
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People dyin' all around me |
| [01:42.710] |
So I gave you my testimony |
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We were down from the beginnin' |
| [01:49.840] |
When the world wasn't listenin' |
| [01:53.100] |
Now that I got your attention |
| [01:56.320] |
Let us end with the benediction |
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Our father who art in heaven |
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I pray you free me from my demons and keep me level |
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I know you kept my out of prison where I was headin' |
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When I heard someone killed my brother, one-eighty-seven |
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I hope he made it to your presence, for me he was a blessin' |
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At least I know he's restin' and he ain't out here stressin' |
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Tryna get to the good life, and out of this hood life |
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I pray that my step-pops lay off that crack pipe |
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So mama could sleep at night, I know it's been hard on her |
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I was ripping through the streets, it was hard for her |
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Now I'm up in hotels on the ocean shore |
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When I was sleepin' on the floor at the corner store |
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But I made it, and it made me |
| [02:40.690] |
I know I did wrong, I pray to God he forgave me |
| [02:43.680] |
Cause I made it, it didn't kill me |
| [02:47.070] |
So it made me stronger, I pray to God that you feel me, that you feel me... |
| [02:52.730] |
Started off in the streets |
| [02:55.670] |
We would take collection from the fiends |
| [02:59.010] |
People dyin' all around me |
| [03:01.820] |
So I gave you my testimony |
| [03:05.590] |
We were down from the beginnin' |
| [03:08.920] |
When the world wasn't listenin' |
| [03:12.260] |
Now that I got your attention |
| [03:15.480] |
Let us end with the benediction |
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Bottle after bottle, snatching Belaire out the bucket |
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Rightin' all my wrongs for these homies out here thuggin' |
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Pray for benediction, pretty women on my premise |
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Condo out in Cabo, screaming "GABOS" to my nemesis |
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Gold around my neck I'm ballin' for these final minutes |
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Nothing lasts forever, for these sins I seek repentance |
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Shots fired, another gone, I feel that man's pain |
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Daddy sat me down and said: "that came with the game" |
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Shake my head, roll up the window, turnin' up the music |
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So much anger in these songs for these soldiers that we losin' |
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A mastermind is one who's feedin' others off his talent |
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I owe it to my city but it's time I pay my balance |
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I'm in Holyfield's estate, I started with a pallet |
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I made my first tape, I gave that shit to Khaled |
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Thankful for my supporters, everyone that ever bought us |
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Grateful for every lesson these by any streets taught us |
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Started off in the streets |
| [04:14.840] |
We would take collection from the fiends |
| [04:17.780] |
People dyin' all around me |
| [04:20.950] |
So I gave you my testimony |
| [04:24.020] |
We were down from the beginnin' |
| [04:28.080] |
When the world wasn't listenin' |
| [04:31.280] |
Now that I got your attention |
| [04:34.680] |
Let us end with the benediction |
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