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I had a partner named |
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CourtneyDead, pulled by a van, blood gone from his head |
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I had another partner named |
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TerryDead, he tried to flee the scene before they hit 'em wit the left |
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My grandma always said |
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When it rains it pours |
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So they're dying like flies |
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Got me kinda scared to go outdoors |
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I had a cousin named |
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AntDead, they say the young man only died by the head |
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The streets all we got it |
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Boys gon' be boys, me in ya hype |
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Teach your son to like guns with toys |
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Now what we supposed to do |
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When you know you gotta get ya kid enrolled in school? |
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So you start hanging 'round with the local crew |
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Have a smoke or two |
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Start kicking 'em a joke or two |
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Tell me what the parent's supposed to do? |
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Go tell momma(Go tell momma) |
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To go ask daddy(To go ask daddy) |
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That since when was the last time |
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We were a family |
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Like we supposed to be |
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Brothas and sistas(Brothas and sistas) |
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Achi cousins |
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I love you(Achi cousins I love you) |
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And sometimes we as family |
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We don't do what we supposed to |
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So I sayFamily, yeah, family |
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Family, yeah1979 that's when my momma had me2006, her oldest son is a daddy |
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Check it, |
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I got two daughters of my own |
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They say I degrade women |
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But they degrade they self |
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They didn't have help, growing up |
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She had a dead beat momma |
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And a dead beat dad |
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She go and shake, shakes quick in the club |
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Drop it like it's hot |
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I tell my kids what to do |
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And what to do not |
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I'm a grown and |
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I gotta feed my kids |
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So I teach them the right |
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And wrong way to live |
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If you feel bad |
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You need to stop shaking, shaking |
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And your parents won't be so mad |
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Might smile at you |
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If you keep shaking your *** in the club |
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Ying Yang gon' show you love |
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Listen, I keep stressing to my daughters stay in school |
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Learn all you can, yes, |
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I'm a real family man |
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Go tell momma(Go tell momma) |
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To go ask daddy(To go ask daddy) |
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That since when was the last time |
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We were a family |
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Like we supposed to be, family |
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Brothas and sistas(Brothas and sistas) |
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Achi cousins |
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I love you(Achi cousins I love you) |
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And sometimes we as family |
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We don't do what we supposed to |
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So I sayFamily, yeah, family |
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Family, yeah |
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Check this out |
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I wanna break the music down for a minute |
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I wanna say something to us |
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You know I say us 'cause we are a people |
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We all are equal |
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If you love your sister, your brother |
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Your father, your mother |
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Clap yo' hands |
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Clap yo' hands |
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Clap yo' hands |
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Clap yo' hands |
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Family, family |
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Family, family, family |
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Go tell momma(Go tell momma) |
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To go ask daddy(To go ask daddy) |
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That since when was the last time |
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We were a family |
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Like we supposed to be |
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Brothas and sistas(Brothas and sistas) |
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Achi cousins |
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I love you(Achi cousins I love you) |
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And sometimes we as family |
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We don't do what we supposed to |
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So I sayFamily, family |
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Family, yeah |
