[ti:The Curse of the Gifted]
[ar:Wale]
[al:The Gifted]
[offset:0]
[00:01.49]The Curse of the Gifted - Wale
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[00:57.98]Life’s better when you look good
[00:59.92]And yo mama straight dope
[01:01.04]Honestly still lookin forward
[01:02.78]Some type of battles cuz the status got me jah trippin
[01:05.47]Cuz I like my bitches
[01:06.71]But I love these dickers on my getting spitting
[01:08.53]Tell me what you feelin different
[01:09.84]No one used the bread winner
[01:11.52]And it’s red you have
[01:13.40]They say your gang feel you
[01:15.20]But it is like you dope just not dope enough
[01:17.32]And the closest you’ll be probin you to open up
[01:20.32]And to do so you must roll one up
[01:22.04]And it’s lonely at the top
[01:23.42]They say me that they feelin me
[01:24.54]I eat this game and shit this out
[01:26.23]My dirty draws got winning streaks
[01:27.72]I’m in too deep  this industry is sayin to a nigga
[01:29.85]Got change like them
[01:30.78]Just but ain’t changed like them bruh bruh
[01:34.03]
[01:34.84]The only shit on my old shit cuz I’m on shit
[01:37.39]But I was pumpin in ’06 with the slow shit
[01:39.89]Now my dreams is nothing more than minimal thoughts
[01:42.45]Machine gon fluctuate those speakers to God
[01:46.20]And I’m tired though
[01:48.19]And I’m high too
[01:49.32]But it’s like my music made these niggas
[01:50.93]Turn they pride to fool
[01:52.50]Yea  yall don’t even gotta love us
[01:54.80]But you better respect this motherf**ker ah
[01:56.03]
[01:57.09]You don’t know shit
[01:59.90]Set aside the suckers
[02:02.84]Set aside the suckers
[02:05.21]And yall don’t even gotta love us
[02:07.14]But you will respect this motherf**kin hustle
[02:09.08]Real shit
[02:09.64]See life better when you know you real
[02:11.76]I know some niggas is winnin
[02:13.07]But ain’t been home in years
[02:14.76]Pray to not know the feeling
[02:16.06]Sitting on a couple million
[02:17.44]Sipping pretentious liquids
[02:18.81]Ease with they money
[02:20.12]When hella finding is on the trippin
[02:21.68]Like you were flowed
[02:23.18]I bet yourself that you worth 60 mill
[02:25.11]So we keep that circle small
[02:26.11]And never let no squares in there
[02:28.05]It’s double M G  I hope they know the set
[02:31.05]Don’t you come for second whip
[02:32.54]Unless yo mama out today
[02:33.48]Shout out to my girls in Bola
[02:35.16]Be home in a minute yep
[02:36.54]My nigga’s at the rivers correctional
[02:38.53]That’s me in that vent
[02:40.21]They thought I wasn’t winning
[02:42.09]The crew full of troubles
[02:43.15]But I do  I shit the game
[02:44.58]And came out a gold rapper
[02:46.31]
[02:46.94]I should be loving my accomplishments
[02:49.06]But a brand new Maserati
[02:50.31]Got me plottin on another hit
[02:51.62]
[02:52.73]Success is like a neverending battle
[02:54.42]Well whoever at the top
[02:55.97]And if that’s you you who you tryna hear
[02:58.85]The top of my last shit  it’s all that I ask er
[03:01.78]I pray you forgive me if I don’t bask in this chapter
[03:04.40]I’m a legend
[03:05.40]I chose to talk about rappers
[03:07.08]Cuz in this establishment
[03:08.77]You ain’t never established
[03:10.89]Set aside the suckers
[03:13.95]Set aside the suckers
[03:17.13]And yall don’t even gotta love us
[03:19.13]But you will respect this motherf**kin hustle
[03:21.00]Real shit
[03:23.98]Set aside the suckers
[03:25.92]Set aside the suckers
[03:29.10]And yall don’t even gotta love us
[03:30.97]But you will respect this motherf**kin hustle
[03:32.91]Real shit
[03:34.35]
[03:36.53]This is the story about the price of fame
[03:39.40]But the love for the dollar
[03:41.02]Is because they cannot change