[Intro]
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Knockin doors down, showin parts around
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Ima come through and show my wood pine
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Knockin— knockin doors down, showin parts around
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Ima— Ima come through and show my wood pine, Ima— Ima come—
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Knockin doors— knockin— knockin doors down, down
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Knockin doors, knock— knock— knock— knock— knockin doors down
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Ima—Ima come through— Ima— Ima come— down
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Ima come through— Ima— Ima come— down (Yeah)
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[Verse 1]
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Paper chasin on occasion
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West Deer Park, thats my location
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Life and death what we was facin
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Boy, gotta get that motivation
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Back in the basement
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Look at my idols, Im feelin adjacent
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Doin the shit that I wish I was doing, Im feelin impatient
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Throwin parties and catching cases
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Thats the life, but that shit basic
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Ive cooked crack, I cant erase it
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If I could, would not replace it
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Grew up all alone
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Had to teach myself to tie my laces
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Whats the deal?
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Ima play the field
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Rattpack, we keep it real
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Nothin but love for the people that paved the way
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So a brother like me, he can get it today
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Antoine, Erykah and 3K
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Cant forget those aint here today
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R.I.P. JD and Pimp C
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Payin respect, so dont hold it against me
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Devil he callin me, he love to tempt me
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God exempt me, why you sent me here?
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What I think about year to year
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What Ive been through these people only see through a peephole, yeah
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Not a single one got an idea
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So I write it down on this page
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Feel like Im 35 times my age
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Look in the mirror dont know what to say
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But Im happy the man I is
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[Verse 2]
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Yeah, yeah
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I said Im happy the man I is
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And Im proud of the man Ive become
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Im proud that Im from a slum
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And never got cold, I never got numb
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Except for the wintertime and then some
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I transcend and I transform
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Poetic vision in rare form
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Growing up, nobody there for him
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I promise when I have a family Ima be there for em
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I love hip-hop
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Hatin motherfucker, go kick rocks
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No matter what happen I never gon stop
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Like Cole said, if they dont know yo dreams
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Then they cant shoot em down
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But Ima let the world know
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‘Cause Im too high up to hit the ground
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This shit right here is like therapy, spit it verily
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I aint perfect, I got problems, I got issues like People magazine
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Shoot from the hip and reload the magazine
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I wish I could just go on forever, forever, ever and ever
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But this rhyme
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Ill as it is divine
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Gon be cut short today cause Im out of studio time
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Only thought I was recording these horns and not no rhyme
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What can I say? Inspiration hits at any time
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So I guess Ill have to conclude all my thoughts another time
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Another rhyme
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Another— Ano— i— wo— a— rhyme
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[Outro: Thalia]
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Anime such as Cowboy Bebop
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Trigun, and Samurai Champloo
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Were in constant rotation
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During the making of this album
