[Intro]
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Yeah
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I dont work this hard to be around people I don’t like
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Uh, yeah
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[Chorus]
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Gotta be a special type nigga to deal with my life
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Gotta be a special type nigga to feel what I write
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Special like my classics
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Special like my listeners who have attachments to my old style
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Wont let me pass it
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[Verse 1]
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I dont see the point with weak sayings like
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“All them niggas on top be blocking,” or never help, man, stop it
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It’s hard watching brothers who smart but think they not
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I need them to realize what they got is a fresh start
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That brother that you claim so powerful
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The one you said he has a whole lot of pull
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Probably already tried to pull his brothers up
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And got betrayed, got snaked, got played
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Meanwhile he balance his challenges, hard to keep himself paid
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Its so hard for him, even though his talent is God-given
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Pardon him, stop putting your faults on him
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What he did to you now?
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The man in him is bringing the kid in you out
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You kid him, he still playin the victim, you weirdin me out
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Thats what my perspective is, maybe cause Im a specialist
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Sippin mixed liquor beverages
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Six figure checks are big, but eight figure checks and you rich
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The Nas enthusiasts thinkin’ they know what’s best for me
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More than I know whats best for me, no rest for me
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[Chorus]
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Gotta be a special type nigga to deal with my life (Yo, yo)
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Gotta be a special type nigga to feel what I write
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Special like my classics
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Special like my listeners who have attachments to my old style
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Won’t let me pass it
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[Post-Chorus]
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Special (Yo, yo)
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Yeah, its a privilege, VSOP shit (Yo)
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Special (Yo, yo)
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Very special (Yo)
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[Verse 2]
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Hit, turn up the sample, we makin magic
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This thing is bigger than I could ever imagine
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Duckin the flashes from the cameras, leave out the back
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Jump in a spacecraft, we can’t tell where we at
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Chauffeur drivin like a high-speed chase, trunk full of smack
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Tallest buildin in Manhattan, sippin on Manhattans
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Listen to The Manhattans, Queens to Brooklyn, oh what a feelin
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I shoulda had Grammys when Ol Dirty said “Wu for the children”
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Shoulda did that remix verse on Gimme the Loot for Biggie
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Me, Jay, and Frank White is like Cole, Drizzy, and Kenny
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One girl for the rest of your life, is that realistic?
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Some had told me they like when you call em all types of bitches
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Ran through a few of them, some gangsta, some Christian
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Some with a heart full of hate for me, even with a new nigga
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They label me a sinner because I left with they soul
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Theres really no other feelin havin that type of control, nigga
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[Chorus]
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Gotta be special type woman to deal with my life
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Gotta be special type woman to feel what I write
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Special like my classics
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Special like my listeners who have attachments to my old style
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Wont let me pass it
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Gotta be a special type nigga to deal with my life
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Gotta be a special type nigga to feel what I write
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Special like my classics
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Special like my listeners who have attachments to my old style
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Wont let me pass it
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[Post-Chorus]
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Special
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Yeah, its a privilege, VSOP shit
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Special, very special
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[Outro]
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Rest in peace ODB, Tahim, Virgil
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The queen Jacqueline Avant
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Special people
