Key: C# minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
thing promised to ya,
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Except living your life and dying one day,
I'm just being honest to ya,
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It take a whole lot just to get a little,
The answer to life riddles
never come that easy,
CD's, best believe me,
You see these calluses on my soul,
I pick you up when you're down
till I can't no more,
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My name sting in your mouth
like canker sores,
Been at war my whole life,
Cuz my work ain't finished on
Verse 2
God and family first, for real
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Somewhere in the heart of man,
There comes a time when he must understand,
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(when he must understand)
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The strong withstand, the weak will fall,
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Life ain't long it's more like a snap shot,
Verse 3
Never take a day I'm breathing
peace, understandin',
See when niggaz keep forcing my
Bringing out the soldier in
It's like trying to build a house on
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sand; you'll never get a solid foundation,
Yo I put that on all creation,
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Haitian, Jamaican, African, Asian, Caucasian,
Indian whatever your persuasion,
is of essence,
your blessings,
Lessons learned from the
deepest of pain,
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Its not a game, keep my name out of your mouth
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It's a shame, graduated to the rap game only to find out
crack and rap was the same thing, damn
Verse 4
There comes a time when he must understand,
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(when he must understand)
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The strong withstand, the weak will fall,
Verse 5
hussle,
who pay for their muscle,
Yo, it's all gonna come out in the wash,
With dirty wings,
work and sacrifice,
Was born twice through
the life of my seed,
Hitting home like ground zero,
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Move over now, peace to the real heroes,
still underground,
I put it down for the homies that can
too late to be straight,
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Once in a while I go back to the main strip,
doing the same shit,
And all I can do is increase the flow,
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Put it out, let it soak in and hope they grow,
Verse 6
C'mon
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Somewhere in the heart of man,
(somewhere within, somewhere)
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(when he must understand)
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The strong withstand, the weak will fall,
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(The strong withstand, the weak will fall)
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(tomorrow may not come at all)
Verse 7
(somewhere within, somewhere)
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There comes a time when he must understand,
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The strong withstand, the weak will fall,
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Cuz tomorrow may not come at all (tomorrow may
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not come at all)
Outro 1
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