[Intro: Big Sean]
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They used to tell me
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Used to tell me
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[Chorus: Big Sean]
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I hope you learn to make it on your own
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And if you love yourself, just know youll never be alone
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I hope that you get everything you want and that you chose
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I hope that its the realest thing that you ever know
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Hope you get the pretty girls thats pretty at everything
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Million-dollar cribs, havin million-dollar dreams
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And when you get it all, just remember one thing, remember one thing
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That one man could change the world
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That one man could change the world
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[Verse 1: Big Sean]
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All I, all I wanted was a hundred million dollars and a bad chick
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Imagined it so much, some nights, it felt like that I had it
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Back on the mattress
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Starin at the ceilin tryna connect the dots, but its hard makin those attachments
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Im talkin dreamin so hard, some nights, it felt like draft day, you know
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My, my stepbrother used to flip them bags outside the crib like it was trash day
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No Kim K, but he bagged yay (Yay)
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But when youre gettin fast money, slow down, dont crash
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With all the drive in the world, swear you still need gas, look
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Think about it, close your eyes, dream about it
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Tell your team about it, go make million-dollar schemes about it
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Success is on the way, I feel it in the distance
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Used to look up at the stars and be like, “Aint too much thats different”
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I be shinin, they be shinin, get your one shot, dont you miss it
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What you know bout wakin up every day like you on a mission?
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[Chorus: Kanye West]
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And I hope you learn to make it on your own
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And if you love yourself, just know youll never be alone
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I hope that you get everything you want and that you chose
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I hope that its the realest thing that you ever know
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Hope you get the pretty girls thats pretty and everything
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Million-dollar cribs, havin million-dollar dreams
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And when you get it all, just remember one thing, remember one thing
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One man could change the world
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One man could change the world
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[Verse 2: Big Sean]
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My grandma told me, “If you write your name in stone, youll never get the White-Out”
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I grinded out that black hole, then performed up at the White House
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Standin next to Jim Carrey, we traded stories, then laughed
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I said, “You not the only one I know got rich wearin masks”
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Where Im from, I swear they broke, they need way more than a cast
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We need more than what you have and then we need more than that
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But how Im supposed to say Im tired?
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If that girl from West Virginia came up in conditions that I couldnt survive?
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Went to war, came back alive
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On top of that, became a female Black captain when, bein Black, you had to extra-extra try
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Way before James Brown made us proud
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She bought a crib on the same street as Marvin Gaye right there on Outer Drive
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And she taught me how to drive
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And she raised her kids, then her kids kids, and she did it right
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Taught me how to love, taught me not to cry
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When I die, I hope you teach me how to fly
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All my life, youve been that angel in disguise, and I
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[Chorus: John Legend]
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I hope you learn to make it on your own
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And if you love yourself, just know youll never be alone
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I hope that you get everything you want and that you chose
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I hope that its the realest thing that you ever know
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Hope you get the pretty girls thats pretty at everything
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Million-dollar cribs, havin million-dollar dreams (Oh)
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And when you get it all, just remember one thing, remember one thing
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That one man can change the world
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That one man can change the world
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[Outro: Big Sean]
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Thank you for callin me and thinkin about me
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Its all good, I love you, grandma
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Bye
