[Produced by Eminem and Luis Resto]
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[Intro]
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Woo! Geah, geah (Young) geah
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Uhh, turn the music up, turn the lights down, Im in my zone
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[Chorus]
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Thank God for granting me this moment of clarity
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This moment of honesty
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The worldll feel my truths
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All through my Hard Knock Lifetime, A Gift and a Curse
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I gave you Volume after Volume of my work
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So you can feel my truths
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I built the Dynasty by being one of the realest niggas out
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Way beyond a Reasonable Doubt
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Yall cant fill my shoes
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From my Blueprint beginning to that Black Album ending
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Listen close, youll hear what Im about
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Nigga, feel my truths
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[Verse 1]
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Pop died, didnt cry, didnt know him that well
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Between him doing heroin and me doing crack sales
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With that in the eggshell, standing at the tabernacle
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Rather the church, pretending to be hurt wouldnt work
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So a smirk was all on my face
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Like, “Damn, that mans face is just like my face”
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So Pop, I forgive you for all the shit that I lived through
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It wasnt all your fault, homie, you got caught
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Into the same game I fought (Ugh), that Uncle Ray lost (Ugh)
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My big brothers and so many others I saw
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Im just glad we got to see each other
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Talk and re-meet each other
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Save a place in Heaven til the next time we meet forever!
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[Chorus]
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Thank God for granting me this moment of clarity
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This moment of honesty
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The worldll feel my truths
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All through my Hard Knock Lifetime, A Gift and a Curse
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I gave you Volume after Volume of my work
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So you can feel my truths
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I built the Dynasty by being one of the realest niggas out
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Way beyond a Reasonable Doubt
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Yall cant fill my shoes
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From my Blueprint beginning to that Black Album ending
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Listen close, youll hear what Im about
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Nigga, feel my truths
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[Verse 2: Jay-Z & Eminem]
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Music business hate me ‘cause the industry aint make me
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Hustlers and boosters embrace me and the music I be making
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I dumb down for my audience and double my dollars
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They criticize me for it, yet they all yell “holla”
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If skills sold, truth be told, Id probably be lyrically Talib Kweli
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Truthfully I wanna rhyme like Common Sense
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But I did 5 mill – I aint been rhyming like Common since (Woo!)
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When your cents got that much in common
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And you been hustling since your inception
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Fuck perception! Go with what makes sense
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Since I know what Im up against
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We as rappers must decide whats most important
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And I cant help the poor if Im one of them
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So I got rich and gave back, to me thats the win-win
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So next time you see the homie and his rims spin
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Just know my mind is working just like them (Rims, that is)
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[Chorus]
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Thank God for granting me this moment of clarity
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This moment of honesty
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The worldll feel my truths
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All through my Hard Knock Lifetime, A Gift and a Curse
~#**************#~
I gave you Volume after Volume of my work
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So you can feel my truths
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I built the Dynasty by being one of the realest niggas out
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Way beyond a Reasonable Doubt
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Yall cant fill my shoes
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From my Blueprint beginning to that Black Album ending
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Listen close, youll hear what Im about
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Nigga, feel my truths
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[Verse 3]
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My homie Sig was on a tier where no tears should fall
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‘Cause he was on the block where no squares get off
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See, in my inner circle, all we do is ball
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‘Til we all got triangles on our wall
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Aint just rapping for the platinum, yall record
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I recall, ‘cause I really been there before (Woo)
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Four scores and seven years ago, prepared the flow
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Prepared for war, I should fear no man
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You dont hear me though, these words aint just paired to go
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In one ear, out the other ear, no! (No)
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Yo, my balls and my word is alls I have
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What you gonna do to me, nigga? Scarsll scab
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What, you gonna box me, homie? I can dodge a jab
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Three shots couldnt touch me, thank God for that
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Im strong enough to carry Biggie Smalls on my back (Sup Big?)
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And the whole BK, nigga, holla back! (Cmon)
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[Chorus]
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Thank God for granting me this moment of clarity
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This moment of honesty
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The worldll feel my truths
~#**************#~
All through my Hard Knock Lifetime, A Gift and a Curse
~#**************#~
I gave you Volume after Volume of my work
~#**************#~
So you can feel my truths
~#**************#~
I built the Dynasty by being one of the realest niggas out
~#**************#~
Way beyond a Reasonable Doubt
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Yall cant fill my shoes
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From my Blueprint beginning to that Black Album ending
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Listen close, youll hear what Im about
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Nigga, feel my truths
