[Verse 1]
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All I ever wanted was somebody to hear me
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And all I ever wanted was somebody to feel me
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And everybody wanna tell me that Im out of my head
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When Im on the mic, thats fine, but that dont scare me
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Its been a long time, but Im back now
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Rap pow, welcome to the rap house
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Rap pow, will live til I pass out
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Blackout, blackout, everybody keep on wonderin if I still rap now
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Are you serious?
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Anybody out there hearin this?
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Yo, I came in the game as a lyricist
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And Ima leave like that, period
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You sniff lines, I write lines
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Youve now entered in my mind
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And you better get ready cause you might find
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Im from a different place, and my kind
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Its a little bit different than yours is
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Quit snoring, hip-hop isnt dead
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Its just been in mournin
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From the moment I quit recording
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Quick, record this
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Listen, Im warming up and youre misinformed if
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You think that Im slipping up, this aint sick enough
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Then Ill skip the chorus
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Ive been here, aint nobody heard of me?
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Yeah Ima turn this beat to a murder scene
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I dont live for the world
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I live for the King, I live for the King, focus
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Wrote this with emotion
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Its hard to get a break when the doors aint open
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Its hard to get a shot when the gun aint loaded
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And its hard to make a living when nobody wanna notice, hold it
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What am I insane maybe? Plain crazy
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You put me in a room with a mic you will not restrain me
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You do what you wanna but you cant contain me, lazy
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Is not a character trait of mine, dont wait in line
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This is the current condition of my state of mind
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[Chorus]
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Dont tell me that this isnt real
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Dont tell me this aint how I feel
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This is all I have, all I have
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[Verse 2]
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All I ever wanted was somebody to get this
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All I ever wanted was somebody to play this
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Yeah, take my song, put it on their playlist
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And get goosebumps every time they play it, rate us
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If thats my calling or not, Father, maybe I should just not bother
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Go back to that nine-to-five, but I am not a quitter so quit that
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I never been a killer but I guarantee I kill tracks
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Put them in a coffin, lost in, rip that
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Tryin to make an impact in rap, is that insane?
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Well, I guess so
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Rap though, better give me that pencil
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And you aint ever gonna make it, its all mental
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I am in a place where I cant let go, agh!
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I still work a job and do this, and yall know whats stupid?
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I thought all you had to do was get a record deal, and, your things start moving
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But thats not the case, because most of the times—the artists you hear
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You keep on thinking that artist is new, but that artist has prolly been at it for years
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Yeah, in the back of my mind thinking, am I wasting my time dreamin?
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And I aint got no money in my wallet, but I guarantee there aint no way that I am gonna leave this
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I need this, I swear to yall, I need this
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And this hip-hops in my veins, if you cut me Ima bleed it
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And, yo, what you think I write raps for? No reason? No
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Take my pain and I put em in a song—ever since them pills, they took my mom
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Ive been a different person, dont try to predict my verses
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What youre hearing now is me whether Im in front or behind that curtain
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I stand behind these words and, Im a Christian but Im not perfect
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Dont tell me to calm down, Im calm now, listen, Im just working
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Yeah, it might take a minute to get it, but once you get it everything will be crystal clear
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I dont think they see my vision here, I dont think they see my vision here!
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[Chorus]
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Dont tell me that this isnt real
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Dont tell me this aint how I feel
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This is all I have, all I have
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Dont tell me that this isnt real
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Dont tell me this aint how I feel
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This is all I have, all I have
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Dont tell me that this isnt real
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Dont tell me this aint how I feel
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This is all I have, all I have
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All I have
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Dont tell me that this isnt real (this isnt real, this isnt real)
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This is all that I have, this is all that I have