[Chorus: Jay-Z]
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Real niggas do real things
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Hanging with the honeys is the song I sing
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Real niggas do real things
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On the road to riches and diamond rings
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Real niggas do real things
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Bustin my toast off the roof, drinkin 90 proof til spring
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Real niggas do real things, check
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[Verse 1: Jay-Z]
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We started out makin, small time bacon
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Two little niggas bakin, talkin bout whippin cakes
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Get clothin and big cheddar, hopin it gets better
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We had no knowledge of this shit we just was with whatever
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In front of your building clockin, thought I was makin a killin
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Right in front of your children, eight-ball in my side pocket
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They was corrupt too, disrespectin the fiends I used to
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Look up to, take it or leave it, fuck you
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In different parts of the planet, Oakland to New York
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Im hollerin Lifetimes, he hollerin Lifes Too $hort
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Parallel lives and jew-els held high
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The Range or the rove, get exchanged, for your soul
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You know how the game goes, slang to get cheese
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And speak in Chinese, everybody gains the same dough
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Get your shit scarred fuckin with my sick squad
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From Marcy, to the Bay yall, we get large, bee-eeyee-otch
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[Chorus: Jay-Z]
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On the road to riches and diamond rings
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Real niggas do real things
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Hangin with the honies is the song I sing
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Real niggas do real things
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On the road to riches and diamond rings
~#**************#~
Real niggas do real things
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Bustin my toast off the roof, drinkin 90 proof til spring
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Real niggas do real things
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[Verse 2: Too $hort]
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So now you own a record label, I got one too
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We on a roll now, cant nobody stop our crew
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You can treat us like convicts, you know we got records
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On the shelf and on the charts the double decker
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The fat donkey house down the block, belongs to me
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You criticize the way I walk, you wanna see my bankbook?
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Im not a crook, I flipped the script and changed my ways
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So I can get paid, everyday
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I see the same old shit, I see in the streets
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I know you think Im sellin keys but I only sell beats
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Dopefiend music, its drug related
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You can buy it on the corner, get a radio and play it
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It always sounds better when you turn it up loud
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Rap music let these motherfuckers know what we about
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I know these gay ass record labels keep fuckin niggas
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Its just like in the streets mane, how much you get?
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[Chorus: Jay-Z]
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On the road to riches and diamond rings
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Real niggas do real things
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Hangin with the honies is the song I sing
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Real niggas do real things
~#**************#~
On the road to riches and diamond rings
~#**************#~
Real niggas do real things
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Bustin my toast off the roof, drinkin 90 proof til spring
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Real niggas do real things
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[Verse 3: Too $hort (Jay-Z)]
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Thats right, I been a hustler for a long time
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Always got the right beats, never sayin wrong rhymes
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I started off with nothin ended up with everything
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Now we sip Hennessy in first class on every plane
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Ask Jay-Z, he know what Im sayin
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Always see me at the bank and yes Im goin again
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There aint no dollar amount, that can make me happy
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Fine women, a big house, a truck and a Caddy (thats right)
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[Verse 4: Jay-Z]
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Now peep, how sweet, niggas lives can get
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Put beef aside, the East and Westside connect
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$hort Dawg, and Jigga with the, fo-fo flow
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I got love for yall motherfuckers yall just dont know
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I know yall got a thing for them rag six-fos
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I like the five speed drops pop the clutch then go
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If youre ballin, keep ballin, if you jealous, stop
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I want Biggie to rest in peace, as well as ‘Pac
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How real is that?
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[Chorus: Jay-Z]
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On the road to riches and diamond rings
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Real niggas do real things
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Hangin with the honies is the song I sing
~#**************#~
Real niggas do real things
~#**************#~
On the road to riches and diamond rings
~#**************#~
Real niggas do real things
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Bustin my toast off the roof, drinkin 90 proof til spring
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Real niggas do real things, check
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[Outro: Too $hort & Jay-Z]
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Beyotch! $hort Dawgs in the house
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Jigga
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Much love
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$hort Dawg, get your money mane
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All the way from the West coast
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Uhh, how real is that
