Kunci: A major•
Verse 1
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was born December 4th
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Weighing in at 10 pounds 8 ounces
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He was the last of my four children
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The only one who didn't give me
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any pain when I gave birth to him
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And that's how I knew that he was a
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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They say "they never really miss
you til you dead or you gone"
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So on that note I'm leaving
after this song
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So you ain't gotta feel no
way about Jay, so long
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At least let me tell you why I'm this way,
hold on
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I was con ceived by Gloria Carter
and Adaness Revees
the Sycamore tree
Which makes me
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A more sicker emcee than
my momma would claim
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At ten pounds when I was born
I didn't give her no pain
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Although through the years I gave
her her fair share
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I gave her her first real scare
I made it from birth and I got here
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She knows my purpose wasn't purpose
I ain't perfect I care
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But I feel worthless cause my shirts
wasn't matching my gear
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Now I'm just scratching the surface
cause what's buried under there
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Was a kid torn apart once
his pop disappeared
I went to school got good grades could
behave when I wanted
But I had demons deep inside that
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would raise when confronted
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Shawn was a very shy child grow
Verse 3
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ing up
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And a funny story is
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At four he taught his self how to ride a bike
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Isn't that special?
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But, I noticed a change in him when
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me and my husband broke up
Verse 4
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Now all the teachers couldn't reach me
And my momma couldn't beat me
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Hard enough to match the pain
of my pop not seeing me, so
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With that disdain in my membrane
Fuck the world my defense came
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Then Dahaven introduced
me to the game
me to cane
I'm a hustler now
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My gear is in and I'm in the in crowd
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And all the wavy light skinned
girls is loving me now
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My self esteem went through
the roof man I got my swag
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Got a vocal from this girl when
her man got bagged
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Plus I hit my momma with cash
from a show that I had
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Supposedly knowing nobody
paid Jaz wack ass
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I'm getting ahead of myself,
by the way, I could rap
me moving this crack
Gimme a second I swear
I will say about my rap career
Til '96 came niggas I'm here
Good-bye
Verse 5
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Shawn Shawn use to be in the kitchen
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Beating on the table and rapping
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And then I bought him a boom box
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And his sisters and brothers said
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that he would drive them nuts
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But that was my way to keep him
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close to me and out of trouble
Verse 6
the adrenaline rush
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Your blood boils you in a spot
knowing cops could rush
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And you in a drop your so easy to touch
No two days are alike
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Except the first and fifteenth
pretty much
you seldom hear from us
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Hustlers we don't sleep we rest
one eye up
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And a drought can define a man,
when the well dries up
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You learn to work the water without working,
of thirst you'll die yup
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And niggas get tied up for product
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And little brothers ring fin
gers get cut up
To show mothers they really got 'em
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And this was the stress I
live with til I decided
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To try this rap shit for a living
I pray I'm forgiven
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For every bad decision I made
Every sister I played
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Cause I'm still paranoid to this day
And it's nobody fault I made the
decisions I made
This is the life I chose or rather
the life that chose me
Verse 7
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If you can't respect that your whole
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perspective is wack
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Maybe you'll love me when
Verse 8
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If you can't respect that your whole
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Maybe you'll love me when
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I fade to black
Verse 9
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If you can't respect that your whole
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perspective is wack
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Maybe you'll love me when
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I fade to black
Verse 10
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If you can't respect that your whole
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per spective is wack
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Maybe you'll love me when I fade to black
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