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So what you gonna do when you get outta here cat daddy? |
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I don't know dawg, just trying to live it one day at a time, you know |
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I hear you talking man, live it one day at a time |
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There are a number of things, you know bro |
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Yeah I hear you [Incomprehensible] |
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Well, let me get up outta here man my ride outta here from |
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Aight cat daddy, take it easy, babe |
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Stay up peace |
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He greets his father with his hands |
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Rehabilitated slightly, glad to be the man's child |
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The world is different since he's seen it last |
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Out of jail been seven years and he's happy that he's free at last |
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All he had was his mother left |
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Now she's gone and he's gotta make a change and make it for the better |
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But he's black so he's got one strike against him |
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And he's young plus he came up in the system |
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But he's smart and he's finally makin' eighteen |
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And his goal is to get on top and try to stay clean |
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So he's callin' up his homie who done came up |
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Livin' large, now they dealin' with the same stuff |
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And had that attitude that who he was was worth it |
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And with that fucked up attitude he killed his first man |
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Now it's different, he who did dirt |
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And realized killin' men, meant comin' up but it still hurt |
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And can't nobody change this |
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It's 1994 and we up against the same shit |
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I never understood why |
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I can never seen a man cry, 'til |
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I seen that man die |
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Man cryImagine life at it's full peak |
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Then imagine lyin' dead in the arms of your enemy |
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Imagine peace on this earth when there's no grief |
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Imagine grief on this earth when there's no peace |
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Everybody's got a different way of endin' it |
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And when your number comes for service then they send it in |
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Now, your time has arrived for the final test |
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I see the fear in your eyes and hear your final breath |
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How much longer will it be 'til it's all done? |
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Total darkness and ease be at all one |
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I watch him die and when he dies let us celebrate |
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You took his life, but his memory you'll never take |
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You'll be heading to another place |
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And the life you used to live will reflect in your mother's face |
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I still gotta wonder why |
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I never seen a man cry, 'til |
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I seen that man die |
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I hear you breathin' but your heart no longer sounds strong |
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But you kinda scared to die and so you hold on |
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And you keep on blackin' out and your pulse is low |
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Stop tryin' to fight the reaper just relax and let it go |
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Because there's no way you can fight it though you'll still try |
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And you can try it 'til you fight it but you'll still die |
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Your spirit leaves your body and your mind clears |
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The rigormortis starts to set, now you outta here |
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You start your journey into outer space |
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You see yourself in the light but you're still feelin' outta place |
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So you standin' in the tunnel of eternal light |
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And you see the ones you never learn to love in life |
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Make the choice let it go but you can back it up |
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If you ain't at peace with |
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God you need to patch it up |
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But if you ready close your eyes and we can set it free |
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There lies a man not scared to die, may he rest in peace |
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I still gotta wonder why |
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I never seen a man cry, 'til |
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I seen that man die |
