Key: F major
Verse 1
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Hardback, stern face
Ab
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Play your position and know your place
Ab
Eb
Only move when the money's callin?
Take my advice, you'll be ballin?
Verse 2
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You need a hardback, stern face
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Eb
Play your position and know your place
D
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Ab
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Only move when the money's callin?
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Take my advice, you'll be ballin?
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First up,
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it's important that
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you keep your shit original
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Try an d keep that copycat shit
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to a minimal
People want somethin? that
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they never heard before
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If it's been done, leave it,
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they don't wanna hear no more
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Secondly,
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here's another
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clever thing that you can do
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Find yourself a good manager
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who's really got a clue
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'Cause there's so many to choose from,
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they all look the part
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But it's difficult to come across
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the ones that's really smart
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And can stand
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firm and steady
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when the label's talkin? shit
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Will respect, it keeps it gangsta
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but does everything legit
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And dependable,
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you can trust to handle your biz
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And can really make you sure
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of what the situation is
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Next up, find
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a record label
that ain't full of pricks
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One that let's you breathe artistically
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but makes you come with hits
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Congratulations now you've got your deal,
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you're set to go
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Lemme fill you in on just a couple
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things you need to know
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You need a
Verse 7
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D
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hardback, stern face
Cm
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D
Play your position and know your place
Eb
D
Only move when the money's callin?
Cm
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D
Take my advice, you'll be ballin?
Verse 8
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You need a hardback, stern face
Cm
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Play your position and know your place
D
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D
Only move when the money's callin?
Eb
D
Take my advice, you'll be ballin?
Cm
Next up,
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change your number
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Change your phone and
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change your chip
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'Cause there's gonna be a lot of people ringin?,
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talkin? shit
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Whether bredrens wantin? money
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'cause now suddenly you're rich
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Or some dumb hatin? fassies tryin?
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to take you for a bitch
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Yeah, I know it's
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minor and you can handle it,
it's nothin?
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But eventually you're really
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gonna wanna do somethin?
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And that's counter- productive,
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beefin? over bullshit
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You can never stop them dumb
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bredrens tryin? to bullshit
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Plus you're in the limelight,
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well- paid verbalist
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Which leads me onto my next subject,
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journalists
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These are the people that
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could put your name about
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So be careful what you're sayin? when
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you're talkin? out your mouth
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And avoid bein? ignorant,
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tone down the thug- shit
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Come to interviews buzzin?,
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tone down the drug shit
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Keep your eye on the ball, mind on the job
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And before you know you'll have
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the whole world on your knob
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You need a
Verse 13
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hardback, stern face
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D
Play your position and know your place
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D
Only move when the money's callin?
Cm
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D
Take my advice, you'll be ballin?
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You need a
Verse 14
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hardback, stern face
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Play your position and
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know your place
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D
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Only move when the money's callin?
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Take my advice, you'll be ballin?
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Here's
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somethin? that I shoulda
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stressed early on
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Don't go spendin? all your
money till it's gone
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'Cause the tax man's gonna
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want his paper when it's due
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And there's nobody above
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the taxman especially you
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And another thing,
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buy your house before you buy your car
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Don't tell no one where you are,
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even better if you're far
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Everybody knows you're gangsta
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and that Porsche looks great
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But do you really want it sittin? on
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that council estate?
Verse 17
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Differently, watch where you
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choose to socialize
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Keep an eye out for trouble,
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watch for devils in disguise
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And please don't be fooled
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by no pretty females
Play it safe,
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never let 'em know your full details
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I ain't sayin?
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be para', I'm
just sayin? be sure
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You can never know if that bitch
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will be braggin? what she saw
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And aside from makin? money,
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keep lovin? what you do
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I ain't saying nothin? more
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because the rest is up to you
Verse 19
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I got a hardback, stern face
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Play your position and
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know your place
D
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Only move when the money's callin?
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Take my advice, you'll be ballin?
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D
You need a
Verse 20
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hardback, stern face
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D
Play your position and know your place
Eb
D
Only move when the money's callin?
Cm
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D
C
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Take my advice, you'll be
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C
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ballin?
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