[Produced by Kanye West]
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[Chorus: Kanye West & GLC]
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Ive been working this grave-shift
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And I aint made shit (Yeah, yeah)
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I wish I could (Me, too)
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Buy me a spaceship and fly (I swear I do)
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Past the sky, oh
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GLC feel you, Ye—I feel you, man
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Ive been working this grave-shift
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And I aint made shit
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I wish I could
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Buy me a spaceship and fly
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Past the sky (Man, man, man…)
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Oh, oh, oh
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[Verse 1: Kanye West]
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If my manager insults me again
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I will be assaulting him
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After I fuck the manager up
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Then, Im gonna shorten the register up
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Lets go back, back to the Gap
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Look at my check—wasnt no scratch
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So if I stole, wasnt my fault
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Yeah, I stole—never got caught
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They take me to the back and pat me
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Asking me about some khakis
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But let some Black people walk in
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I bet you they show off their token blackie
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Oh, now they love Kanye
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“Lets put him all in the front of the store”
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So Im on break
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Next to the “No Smoking” sign with a blunt in the mall
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Taking my hits, writing my hits
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Writing my rhymes, playing my mind
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This fucking job cant help him
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So I quit, yall welcome
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Yall dont know my struggle
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Yall cant match my hustle
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You cant catch my hustle
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You cant fathom my love, dude
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Lock yourself in a room
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Doing five beats a day for three summers
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Thats A Different World like Cree Summers
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I deserve to do these numbers
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“The kid that made that deserves that Maybach!”
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So many records in my basement
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Im just waitin on my spaceship, blaow!
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[Chorus: Kanye West, GLC, & Kanye w/ Choir]
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Ive been working this grave-shift
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And I aint made shit
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I wish I could buy me a spaceship and fly
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Past the sky, oh
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Ive been working this grave-shift
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And I aint made shit
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I wish I could buy me a spaceship and fly
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Past the sky
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Tryna tell you, man, way past the sky
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Oh, oh (Lets go, ugh)
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[Verse 2: GLC]
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And I didnt even try to work a job
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Represent the mob at the same time (Woo)
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Thirsty on the grind, Chi state of mind
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Lost my mama, lost my mind (Aww)
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Life, my love, thats not mine
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“Why you aint signed?” Wasnt my time
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Leave me alone, work for yall
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Half of its yours, half of its mine
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Only wanna ball, never wanna fall (Ugh)
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Gotta get mine, gotta take mine (Ugh)
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Got a Tec-9, reach my prime (Ugh)
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Gotta make these haters respect mine (Yeah)
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In the mall til 12 when my schedule had said 9
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Putting them pants on shelves
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Waiting patiently, I ask myself
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Where I wanna go, where I wanna be
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Life is much more than running in the streets
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Holler at ‘Ye, hit me with the beat
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Put me on my feet, sounds so sweet
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Yes, Im the same ol G
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Same goatee, stayin low-key, nope
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Holler at God: “Man, whyd You have to take my folks?”
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Hope to see Freddie G., Yusef G, love my G
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Rolly G, police watch me
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Smoke my weed and count my Gs
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Got a lot of people counting on me (Thats right)
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And Im just tryin to find my peace (Thats right)
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Shouldve finished school like my niece
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Then I finally wouldnt use my piece, blaow!
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[Chorus: Kanye West, GLC, & Kanye w/ Choir]
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Ive been working this grave-shift
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Aww, man, this pressure
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And I aint made shit
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I wish I could
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Buy me a spaceship and fly
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Past the sky, oh
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Ive been working this grave-shift
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And I aint made shit
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I wish I could
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Buy me a spaceship and fly
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Past the sky
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Oh, oh, oh
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[Verse 3: Consequence]
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I ‘member having to take the dollar cab
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Coming home real late at night
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Standing on my feet all damn day
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Tryna make this thing right
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And havin one of my coworkers say, “Yo, you look just like
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This kid I seen in an old Busta Rhymes video the other night”
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Well, easy come, easy go, how that saying goes
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No more broad service, cars, and them TV shows
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That all had got snatched from me, A&Rs and they faculties
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All turn they back on me and didnt wanna hear a rap from me
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So naturally, actually, had to face things factually
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Had to be a catastrophe, empty fridge is staring back at me
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‘Cause nothings there, nothings fair
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I dont wanna ever go back there
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So I wont be taking no days off til my spaceship takes off, blaow!
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[Chorus: Kanye West & Kanye w/ Choir]
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Ive been working this grave-shift
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And I aint made shit
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I wish I could
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Buy me a spaceship and fly
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Past the sky, oh
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Ive been working this grave-shift
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And I aint made shit
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I wish I could
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Buy me a spaceship and fly
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Past the sky
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Oh, oh, oh
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[Outro: Tony Williams]
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I wanna fly
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I wanna fly
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I said I want my chariot to pick me up
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And take a brother for a ride
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(Heaven knows, heaven knows)
