[ti:Nothing For Nothing]
[ar:Cradle Orchestra]
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[00:13.39]Yeah, these cats still don't get it, know what I'm saying? Tell em like this.
[00:21.35]Lights out, it's over, can't push this boulder
[00:23.96]Jaded and faded is this concrete soldier
[00:26.62]Rhymes getting deeper now as I get older
[00:29.80]And fate is the weight bearing down on my shoulders
[00:32.15]Everyday I ponder life and time
[00:34.44]Amazed how fast the movie passes by
[00:36.87]It was like yesterday when I was on my block
[00:38.90]With my boys on the corner trying to beatbox
[00:42.24]It was like last week when I got my new bike
[00:44.72]Jumping hills on my dead end until we lost sunlight
[00:47.63]See I knew I'd be special in life
[00:49.73]Cause I'm a father to sons, husband to a wife
[00:52.49]But my passion still be the beats and mics
[00:54.83]See I'm in college on the weekend, the studio at night
[00:57.59]Writing on breaks, jotting down my mistakes
[01:00.24]Successes and all else that takes place
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[01:04.90]This world gives you nothing for nothing
[01:07.51]Gotta stand tall, stand for something
[01:08.56]When it comes down it goes around
[01:10.94]It's hard to keep your feet on the ground
[01:12.58]
[01:13.93]But I stay right, no shame, self-made
[01:16.28]Going on seek my page
[01:18.31]Reminisce on days past
[01:21.17]Holding on but it just won't last
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[01:24.13]This world gives you nothing for nothing
[01:26.01]Gotta stand tall, stand for something
[01:28.53]When it comes down it goes around
[01:31.12]It's hard to keep your feet on the ground
[01:32.68]
[01:34.22]But I stay right, no shame, self-made
[01:36.94]Going on seek my page
[01:38.84]Reminisce on days past
[01:41.40]Holding on but it just won't last
[01:44.14]Yo not much dough but this cat still flows
[01:46.55]Been down and out and spent some time in the last row
[01:49.12]Persistence, it be my middle name
[01:51.99]No shame in my game in the pursuit of fame
[01:54.54]You take shorts? You end up short
[01:56.56]So recognise ain't no lies when you look into my eyes
[01:59.48]Dressed proper, well-schooled like a doctor
[02:02.04]Golden-aged hip hopper, nine-to-five show stopper
[02:04.64]Grown-ass man doing what he can
[02:07.26]Dreams shattered by years working for the man
[02:09.79]Been knocked down but always got up
[02:12.41]Been myself but still got labelled like a product
[02:14.92]Most stay down until you hit a cliff
[02:17.58]Some rich people still think life's a *****
[02:20.12]Get busy dying or work on how you live
[02:22.68]See life through my kids, stay doing it ya dig
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[02:25.35]This world gives you nothing for nothing
[02:27.88]Gotta stand tall, stand for something
[02:30.44]When it comes down it goes around
[02:33.02]It's hard to keep your feet on the ground
[02:35.44]
[02:36.18]But I stay right, no shame, self-made
[02:38.88]Going on seek my page
[02:40.85]Reminisce on days past
[02:43.34]Holding on but it just won't last
[02:45.19]This world gives you nothing for nothing
[02:48.51]Gotta stand tall, stand for something
[02:51.04]When it comes down it goes around
[02:54.03]It's hard to keep your feet on the ground
[02:56.31]But I stay right, no shame, self-made
[02:59.53]Going on seek my page
[03:01.44]Reminisce on days past
[03:04.01]Holding on but it just won't last
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[03:06.77]The saga seen back and wait for it had happen
[03:09.20]And when I look over it seems like everybody's laughing
[03:12.16]Remember high school when people asked where you see yourself in five years?
[03:15.02]Your type of career? A doctor, a lawyer, maybe a cop
[03:19.62]A CEO if you're the type to try to make it to the top
[03:22.07]Work for the state and not go to college
[03:24.74]And try to get by on this real world knowledge
[03:27.14]Join the army to pay for school
[03:29.66]But see anything that you avoid just ain't cool
[03:32.25]Now it's CL baby and everything is gravy CL：
[03:35.34]Been around for a minute now you can't phase me
[03:37.62]Life is love so love your life
[03:40.07]Once a lifetime doesn't happen twice
[03:42.66]Live today because today we live
[03:45.25]Live to love and love how you live
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[03:48.25]This world gives you nothing for nothing
[03:50.41]Gotta stand tall, stand for something
[03:53.08]When it comes down it goes around
[03:55.53]It's hard to keep your feet on the ground
[03:57.98]
[03:58.83]But I stay right, no shame, self-made
[04:00.80]Going on seek my page
[04:03.29]Reminisce on days past
[04:05.87]Holding on but it just won't last
[04:07.19]
[04:08.50]This world gives you nothing for nothing
[04:11.05]Gotta stand tall, stand for something
[04:13.56]When it comes down it goes around
[04:16.20]It's hard to keep your feet on the ground
[04:18.53]
[04:18.95]But I stay right, no shame, self-made
[04:21.42]Going on seek my page
[04:23.95]Reminisce on days past
[04:26.49]Holding on but it just won't last
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[04:30.32]Yo man, this world gives you nothing for nothing
[04:33.39]No fronting
[04:34.79]Go out and get yours, know what I'm saying?
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