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Natti: |
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Father figured he didn't wanna be a figure no more |
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But mama made sure as a kid I'd never knew we was poor |
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No worries about the bills and all the rigmarole |
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The food stamps were paper and they spent in the store |
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If the Kool-Aid was sweet then so was my life |
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And the life my friends lived was of a similar type |
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But as Mike Jack's face changed so did my needs |
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Let the Osh Kosh be gone now I needed some Lees |
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And when I fucked em' up she ironed patches on knees |
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And if it didn't bother her it wasn't bothering me |
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I thought cartoons came through the TV for free |
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But now that I'm grown I know every fee |
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And think back to how strong she had to be |
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Cus I was into everything like vitamin C |
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And I thought it was unlikely to come back to bite me |
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Til the Lord blessed me with a son just like me |
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Kno: |
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Those holes in my clothes, didnt think nothin of it |
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Huh, fuck ya'll we was broke and I loved it |
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Nothing but hopes and dreams off in the cupboard |
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Fresh baked humble pie, throw it in the oven |
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Income been much lower than the others |
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Grandmas boy cus I didn't know my mother |
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Didn't know my father, at least not sober |
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Forgive and forget though, now that it's over |
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And now that I'm older, I look at the past like |
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Rich folks look at dashboard cams on a Rover |
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Tryina back up like data on ya Motorola |
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While I'm dialin up the past |
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Living in the present like a puppy in a box |
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The Best I Ever Had was my stomach tied in knots |
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Hopin that my pops copped me some folded socks |
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And brand new draws, thanks Santa Claus, aw |
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Substantial: |
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First it was all about Anime, Kung Fu, Hide & Go Get It |
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Anything's possible the sky's no limit |
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Plan to be an MC athlete and architect |
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So you could see a player in the building cold rockin' it |
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See me copping shit like comics & cards |
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Long before I rocked watches times was hard |
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Before I had to find a job or been places |
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I was 11 pounds 10 ounces, Glenn Davis |
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'Fore I saw pops being put in a grave |
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I had broken heart before I murmured a phrase |
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Had my first fight |
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Grabbed my first mic |
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Before my man Ti said "Dag that verse tight!" |
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Like LL I grew to be bigger and deffer |
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No frontin' I'm Ben Button I only get better |
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Made hand me down sweaters look sharp as cheddar |
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A shame that them days didn't last forever! |
