[Intro]
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Ah-em
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[Verse 1]
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Sometimes I feel like I aint shit
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Sometimes a nigga feel like shit
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Talkin’ bout some real life shit
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Goodbye letter, “Dear Life” shit
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So if a nigga kill me, hope he mean it
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I just hope I die for a reason
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They probably wont miss me ’til they need me
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Have problems with admittin that they need me, Lord
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Im talkin bout some real life shit
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Goodbye letter, “Dear Life” shit
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Way too concerned to be conceited
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I live and I learn, then die tryna teach em, Lord
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Die tryna reach em
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They care more about how much I leave than
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Where I leave it
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I hope I leave more of an impression on my kids
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To be destined to have blessings to believe in, Lord
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Just got off the phone with my son
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Told him, “Youre a son of a gun”
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Just got off the phone with my daughter
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Told her, “I won’t hesitate to fuck a young nigga up”, Lord
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A few bitches left me, that only got a new bitch elected
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My old bitch was too disrespectful
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And only get my new bitch respected
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That’s power, yes, its now or next
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Can’t lie though, I tried though
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Ill die tryin, thats a common death
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We was such a team, we was chasin’ our dreams
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Then it stopped, now Im outta breath
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Now they try to tell me I need rest
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And Ill find love again, I aint find it yet
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Oh, but I guess it is what it is as it appears, oh shit
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The object in the mirror is more near than it appears, oh shit
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And sometimes I fear who in the mirror, that nigga weird
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He done died so many times but still here, why am I here?
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[Chorus]
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Dear Life
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What is my meaning? My reason?
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[Verse 2]
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Naked bitches really love ones
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Sometimes our loved ones dont love us
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Im fuckin more than Im makin love
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Sometimes I make my rubber wear a rubber
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I just tell my lady, “Nothings easy”
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Even though I make it look easy
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But understand looks are deceiving
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Lookin like Im lookin for some grievance
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‘Cause I been through way too much, dont wanna think about it
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Cranky bout it, gotta drink about it
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Gotta synchronize it, tranquilize it
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Doctor aint prescribin what he aint realizin
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Pain inside me got me thinkin bout me
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Tryna hang my body, sanctifyin
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Im a gangsta dyin cause all gangsters die
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I cant deny it, you cant tame my lion
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Im a angry lion hangin by a string, I cant describe it
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Feel like a anchor tied to my finger
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Got me sinkin to the bottom of my drink
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I know a lotta niggas think I got a lotta niggas
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Theres strength in numbers but its honor over strength
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I talked to God the other day, he say he got a nigga
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So, I look death up in her eye and then I wink
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Its way too real, the shit Im talkin way, way too real
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I hope it gave you chills
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The dirt under your feet could be the grave you fill
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You dont know how dead you feel til youre dead for real
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Gettin high after I paid the bill, lower than a Navy SEAL
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Show up with them Navy guns, I hope somebody prayin for em
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Price tags no mistakes, somebody payin for em
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Ice bath when my face numb, no expression
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Whats the life expectancy when you dont expect shit?
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Mama told me, “Fuck the world and be so aggressive
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Be self-fluorescent, watch these hoes cause they so obsessive
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Dont get too high to look over blessings
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Never come in second, make the most of your seconds
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They so precious”
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‘Cause if we could buy time, every store would sell it
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If you want me to read your mind, need correct spelling
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I keep it real, niggas better keep it copacetic
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Where the weed? I feel like Im gettin a sober headache
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Lookin in the mirror at the one that know me better
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I was too busy to talk, I wrote an open letter
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[Chorus]
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Dear Life
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What is my meaning? My reason?
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Thats the question I ask the reader, God bless the reader
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Dear Life, what is my meaning? My reason?
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Thats the question
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[Outro: Jacida Carter]
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You know, when he told me Toya was havin a baby, I say, “Yall young. You know yall young.” But I said, “Be the best father you can be,” you know. And truly, he is that.
