[Intro: Robert Shipp & Lil Durk]
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(Banger)
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What up, nephew? Man, you know what it is
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I wanna start this jawn up by sayin Im so proud of you, man
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But after that, its all about a second chance (The Melody)
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And everybody, especially the real niggas
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Real people from the hood, man, from the trenches, they deserve a second chance
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‘Cause a lot of us got caught up in the motherfuckin math (DJ on the beat, so its a banger)
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With these people, man, just tryna lock us up for nothin, you hear me?
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So here we arе now, I remember back, back, not too long ago
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Mе and your daddy was in the belly of the beast
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And on our paperwork, it said, as our outdate, it said, “Deceased, deceased”
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They thought we was gon die in there
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But look at us now, we out here thrivin, livin
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Now you out here, its your second chance too, nephew (Bang, bang, bang)
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[Verse 1]
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You know, money and power got the trenches united
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Got some members indicted over money and violence
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I was raised in the jungle with snakes, rats and some lions (Yeah)
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Leather Pelles for winters, dope boys and giants
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Daddy took over the streets, Larry Hoover was my age
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When weed was so cheap, sellin drugs off MySpace
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Im a gangster at heart, could stop a war with my face
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Mama, I said Im sorry for puttin you through the mind games, sorry
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Only The Family the Navy (Yeah)
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3-double-0 is the army (Yeah)
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Tell em re-open Barneys (Yeah)
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A hundred fifty on Marni (Yeah)
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A double cup full of lean (Yeah)
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I need to drink some Dasani (Yeah)
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‘Cause my piss back yellow (Yeah)
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But my President white (Damn)
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Plus, my ‘Rari was white, my Rollie face was just white (White)
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My uncle had his own crib, but he stay with the white
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Im in a phase of my life, I cant be praisin the mice
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My auntie prayed to the Christ (Christ), I made a way through the night (Yeah)
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Regret I gave her a flight (Flight), my brother stayed with a pipe (Pipe)
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He just aint have it that night (Dang), I hate he played with his life (Dang)
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His killer paid for his price (Bang), I brought it straight from the dice (Yeah)
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Racketeering his charge, I wish he took my advice
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[Chorus]
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Money is the root of all evil (Yeah)
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Smurk, I mean Durk, be in the trenches with his people
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Cursed, I mean hurt that they just takin all my people
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Chh, baow-baow, aint beat his case cause he aint legal
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[Verse 2]
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Back in 2010, I went to school with a Desert Eagle (Trenches)
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Sean John hoodie, with Shawn Carters in my Evisus
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Family treat me different, I had to walk round like Im see through
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Niggas treat me like family, I just told you what the streets do (Damn)
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Young age, I used to run the streets cause Im a bad boy (Damn)
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Trap house my Waffle House, I trapped right off an Android (Brr)
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Never duck no niggas or no 12, just the landlord
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Didnt have my rent, I left my bitch and she was payin for it (Bitch)
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Love brodie to death, he hit that dope, but I cant stand for it (Dope)
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I took over the trenches for a century, Im the man to em (Im the man to em)
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Label said, “Dont make none for the streets, just make some dance music” (Cha, cha)
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Said, “I cant, I gotta make shit for the streets, Im the man to em'” (Nah, nah)
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Money over bitches, some reason Ill tend to em (Yeah)
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I aint never listen, like fuck permission, I carry a Gen4 (Gen4)
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Family in the streets, my relationship, I got a handful (Yeah)
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Count a million cash, I swear to God, it had my hand sore (Sss, ahh)
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Fuck her from the back, I had her scratchin up the headboard (Yeah)
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Nutted on her lashes, I aint gotta ask her what she mad for (Smurk)
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Baby, what you sad for? Baby, what you sad for? (Huh?)
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The Brabus truck, the one that, hmm, I paid a bag for it (Hmm)
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I paid cash for it, a duffel bag, boy (Yeah)
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But too much cashll have em paranoid
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[Chorus]
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Money is the root of all evil (Yeah)
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Smurk, I mean Durk, be in the trenches with his people
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Cursed, I mean hurt that they just takin all my people
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Chh, baow-baow, aint beat his case cause he aint legal
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Money is the root of all evil (Trenches)
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Smurk, I mean Durk, be in the trenches with his people (Yeah)
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Cursed, I mean hurt that they just takin all my people
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Chh, baow-baow, aint beat his case cause he aint legal
