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Produced by: Nottz |
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<Intro - Sample from "Pretty Flower" by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes> |
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It's the end of a day |
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And I made it this far |
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But what will tomorrow, bring for me-eeeee? |
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<Verse 1> |
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Further than they ever thought |
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I made it this far learnin what they never taught |
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Fingers is permanently curved, they forever crossed |
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The cloud said I'm not alone if I ever walk |
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But it's easy to fall victim, harder to brush it off |
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When any dream you dreamed will probably run along |
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Time flies when you starin at the stars |
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But time dies when you clear away your heart |
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And **** seein facades, none of that is payin |
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Neither is complainin, just thank God you made it |
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But what if you didn't make it? What if this whole time |
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Everything that you made, was a product of closed eyes |
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And by the time you wake, the time that you had prayed |
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Will still be on your side, took the time to fly away |
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And before you even get to reflect |
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The minute hands is walkin and you missin your steps |
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Huh, it's ironic ain't it? You could try to wait it |
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But there ain't enough colors for you to try to paint it |
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So tryin to explain it to anyone'll get 'em lost |
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And points don't exist if they don't ever get across |
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Mama said it's up to me to keep the lights on |
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I said "cool, long as God keep the mics on" |
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I could speak the right song or sing the right poem |
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And I could find a way to light home |
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<Hook> |
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I maintain, I maintain, I maintain |
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I just maintain |
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I maintain, I maintain |
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As long as I could open my eyes, I maintain |
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I maintain, I maintain, I maintain |
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I just maintain |
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I maintain, I maintain |
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As long as I could open my eyes, I maintain |
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<Verse 2> |
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The sacrificial lamb, the carrier of loads |
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Who showed no pain 'til he was carryin 'em home |
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Who showed no gain but if you added up his growth |
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It would show, that it was off balance from the go |
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And from the go, chance wasn't nothin that he knew |
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Nothin that he was given or nothin he could have blew |
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And the road was too dark that he wanted to lead |
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But he said he saw better when his son was asleep |
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So he starts footsteppin and he saw another set |
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On the right and then he saw another on the left |
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And every night, he's judgin off a coin toss |
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Clearin the way so that nothin throw the coin off |
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When a decision is decided, he's either tryin to hide it |
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Or lookin for somebody that he could ride with |
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Slow breathin, goin for evens tryin to break the odds |
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So close to a murder he could taste the charge |
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But, people's lives depended on what he scribes |
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So now his pen move differently and in time |
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The pad may fill but the pen'll never drive |
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So as long as there's a wall, he could penmanship his mind |
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It sort of like coppin |
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You only get half of what you wanted when you asked but you can't seem |
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To stop it |
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I told 'em it's just the problems we face |
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Sittin on a stoop, starin up at God everyday |
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But I felt like I was talkin to someone who couldn't hear me |
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Until I looked up and I saw that the one near me |
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Who was lookin for advice was in common |
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I just wasn't lookin at 'em right and his problems |
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Was similar, too similar, way too familiar |
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Lookin into his eyes, was lookin into a mirror |
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Tryin not to break it, along with who I be |
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Saw that the whole time I was arguin with me (*echo*) |
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<Hook> |
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I maintain, I maintain, I maintain |
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I just maintain |
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I maintain, I maintain |
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As long as I could open my eyes, I maintain |
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I maintain, I maintain, I maintain |
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I just maintain |
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I maintain, I maintain |
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As long as I could open my eyes, I maintain |
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I maintain, I maintain, I maintain |
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I just maintain |
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I maintain, I maintain |
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As long as I could open my eyes, I maintain |
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I maintain, I maintain, I maintain |
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I just maintain |
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I maintain, I maintain |
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As long as I could open my eyes, I maintain |
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<Outro - Sample from "Pretty Flower" by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes> |
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It's the end of a day |
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And I made it this far |
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