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This is for those who didn't believe |
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That me, myself they said |
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I couldn't achieve |
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My goal or even get to my destiny |
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To be the s-k-b-i-z |
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It was a rough road, for me to pursue a |
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Career in rap to make you say hallelujah |
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For those who did, |
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I'm not talkin to you |
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Cause I couldn't be there with-out you |
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Everytime |
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I see you they always say |
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I knew you was gonna make hits someday |
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But then when |
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I was strugglin hard, word |
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A peep of help from them was never heard |
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I always knew that, |
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I was gonna make it |
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No matter how much beef and aggravation |
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I take itAnd if you try to hold back me and my crew |
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Remember, |
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I told you.. |
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I told you.. |
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I'ma give you one incedent from my past |
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When I had short money, goofy pants off my ass |
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I used to go to block parties my cousin had served |
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And see how people who made it, kicked others to the curb |
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And then I said if |
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I was in their spotlight |
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I would treat everybody, equally right |
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To get where |
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I'm at now, |
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I used to hand out flyers |
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From school to school, for new york and l.i.ers |
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It was me and mike from ike and then they used to do it |
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He said if you wanna be like them you gotta keep to it |
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So I kept at it, cause it was hard work |
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I told em |
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I was makin a record, they gave me a smirk |
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Like if I was incapable of doin the deed |
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Or virtually impossible for me to succeed |
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You must be crazy if |
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I wouldn't pursue |
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Only thing that |
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I can tell you is |
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I told you.. |
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I told you.. |
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Now now now this is how it's endin |
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Just like any other story, it is splendid |
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I said to ty if you let me come out with a cut |
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They will never ever stop shakin they butts |
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So I came out with "make the music with your mouth biz" |
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An introduction to me, and told it like it is |
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Some said it was beginner's luck, with this record |
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Then I showed em with "nobody beats the biz" and got respected |
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I threw em off with my song "pickin boogers" |
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It was acquired taste, for different kind of sugars |
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I got international like twin skyscrapers |
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With my album "goin' off" and my single "the vapors" |
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Since I produced my own, they said it would end |
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Cause it took a year and half to come out with "just a friend" |
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It went platinum, my album went gold |
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Altogether it was one point five records sold |
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So don't ever try to hold back me and my crew |
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Only thing that |
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I can say is, |
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I told you.. |
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I told you.. |
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So when anybody try to, mess with your head |
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Just go for what you wanna go for in life, aight? chill |
