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I was born and raised in the ghetto |
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Talk with me and you'll know |
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I wasn't satisfied, with living on the side |
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I started looking around, for a possibility |
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Listen to my story, of what became of me |
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I met a businessman |
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Who said he had some friends back east |
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So why don't you come along |
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Well we can help you at least |
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We'll make you into a big star |
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By playing your guitar |
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But the joke was on me |
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They left me flat to see |
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Going back west |
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Yes I know |
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I'll make out alright |
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Going back west |
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Where my music's playing all night |
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Going back west (going back west) |
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I think I'll do alright |
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Going back west |
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Yes I know |
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I'll make out alright |
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Going back west |
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Where my music's playing all night |
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Going back west (going back west) |
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I think I'll do alright |
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Struggling for recognition, identity and respect |
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I got a lot of promises |
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They told me not to fret |
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So we will stand by you |
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If the going gets rough |
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But when I started thinking |
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They didn't even bluff 'bout a year has come and gone |
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And left me standing here |
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Thinking how it could have been |
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For still |
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I ain't nowhere |
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They surely took me for a ride |
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Trampled on my pride |
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But I hold my head up high |
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Got no more tears to cry |
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Going back west |
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Yes I know |
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I'll make out alright |
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Going back west |
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Where my music's playing all night |
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Going back west (going back west) |
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I think I'll do alright |
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Going back west |
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Yes I know |
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I'll make out alright |
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Going back west |
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Where my music's playing all night |
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Going back west (going back west) |
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I think I'll do alright |
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Going back west |
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Yes I know |
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I'll make out alright |
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Going back west |
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Where my music's playing all night |