[Intro: Jay-Z & Too $hort]
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Uh-huh
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Thats right
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It was all good just a week ago
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Uh-huh-uh, it was all good just a week ago
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Last week I had everything
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Uh, uh-huh-uh, had this all good just a week ago
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I had the money… had the cars, the bitches
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Uh-huh, yeah, it was all good just a week ago
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And the jewelry…
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And then my motherfuckin niggas started snitchin
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Uh-huh, uh uh, yo, yo
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Beatch!
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[Verse 1: Jay-Z]
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Growin up in the hood, just my dog and me
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We used to hustle in the hood, for all to see
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Problems–I called on him, he called on me
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We wasnt quite partners, I hit him off my P
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Let him unlock doors off my keys
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Yeah, we spoke, much more than cordially
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Man, he broke bread with me, my business spread swiftly
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The Feds came to get me, we both fled quickly
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Wasnt quick enough to jump over the hedges with me
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Got caught, and thats when our relationship strayed
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Used to call me from the joint, til he ran out of change
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And when he called collect and I heard his name –
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I quickly accepted, but when I reached the phone
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Hes talkin reckless, I can sense deceit in his tone
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I said, “Damn, dog! What, nine weeks and youre home?”
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He said, “Main man, you think shits sweet cause youre home”
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I just sat, spat no more speech in the phone
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Them crackers up there bleachin your dome
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Youre reachin – I said, “The world dont stop, I got to keep, keep on”
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From there, I sensed the beef was on
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I ran to the spy store to add some more features on my phone
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To see if I had bugs and leeches on my phone
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Cant be too safe, ‘cause niggas is two-faced
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And they show the other side, when they catch a new case
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Its on
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[Chorus: Too $hort & Jay-Z]
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It was cool when you had hella weed to smoke
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And you bought a new home, where you could keep the folks
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I dont see how this side of you could be provoked
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Uh-huh, uh-huh, it was all good just a week ago
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Funny what seven days can change
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A stand up nigga, now you sit down to aim
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Used to have a firm grip, now you dropping names
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It was all good just a week ago
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[Verse 2: Jay-Z]
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Like I put the toast to your head and made you sell
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We both came in this game, blind as hell
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I did a little better, had more clientele
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Told you “put away some cheddar,” now you cryin for bail
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Seventeen, and Im holdin on to around a mill
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I could bail out, blow trial, and come around on appeal
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Had niggas thinkin I was from Uptown for real
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I had so much hustle, plus I was down to ill
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Like a Brooklyn nigga, straight out of Brownsville
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Down and dirty, down to fight to round 30
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Freezin on them corners, still holdin my crack
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Lookin up and down the block, “the fuck is the dough at?”
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Came from flat broke to lettin the dough stack
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You tell them Feds I said, “Im never going back”
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Im from Marcy, and Marcy dont raise no rats
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You know the consequences of your acts, you cant be serious
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[Chorus: Too $hort & Jay-Z]
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It was cool when you had hella weed to smoke
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And you bought a new home where you could keep the folks
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I dont see how this side of you could be provoked
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Uh-huh, uh-huh, it was all good just a week ago
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Funny what seven days can change
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A stand up nigga, now you sit down to aim
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Used to have a firm grip, now you dropping names
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Shit was all good just a week ago
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[Verse 3: Jay-Z]
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The lawyer I retained you, said you leakin some things
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All this after a week in the bing
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Im mad at myself, cause I didnt spot the weakling
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I wouldve bet the house you wouldnt speak a thing
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Nigga, this was the oath – to the top or broke
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Even pricked our finger, anything that got between us
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We supposed to cock the ninas – what happened to that?
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Instead you copped out to a misdemeanor
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Fuck it, the same thing make you laugh, make you cry (Thats right)
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The same game that make you math could make you die
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(Thats life) Its a dice game, and sometimes you crap
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Who wouldve thought youd get popped one time and rat?
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Now you know thats bad when your sister is mad
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And your son gotta grow up, like, “This is my dad?”
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The labeling of a snitch is a lifetime scar
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Youll always be in jail, nigga, just minus the bars
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[Chorus: Too $hort & Jay-Z]
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It was cool when you had hella weed to smoke
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And you bought a new home where you could keep the folks
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I dont see how this side of you could be provoked
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Uh-huh, uh-huh, it was all good just a week ago
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Funny what seven days can change
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A stand up nigga, now you sit down to aim
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Used to have a firm grip, now you dropping names
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It was all good just a week ago
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[Outro: Too $hort & Jay-Z]
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Shit is crazy, man
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All these niggas out here snitchin
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We was one step away from takin this crack money
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And recyclin it through the ghettos
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And buildin back up our own hoods
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Now all you niggas start snitchin on each other
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I got partners doin 15-20
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Wouldnta been doin shit
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If you didnt snitch, beatch!
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Its about time yall check that shit out, man
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It aint all good, shut your mouth
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Just watch the game
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And dont snitch
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Wed sure go a lot whole further
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Believe that, baby
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Jay-Z, Short Dawgs in the house, mane
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You know I got it
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Got it goin on
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We got the money
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Aint got nuthin to do with crime, baby
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But Im recognizin
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You rat bastard!
