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So this is it... |
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This is what I wished for |
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Just isn't how I envisioned it |
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Famed to the point of imprisonment |
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I just thought the shit'd be different |
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But something changed |
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The minute that I got a whiff of it |
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I started to inhale it |
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Smell it |
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Started sniffin' it |
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And it became my cocaine |
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I just couldn't quit |
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I just wanted a little bit |
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Then it turned me (in) to a monster |
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I became a hypocrite |
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Concert after concert |
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I was raking in the dough |
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Rolling in green |
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Had the game hemmed up |
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Like a sewing machine |
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But I was losing my freedom |
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There was no where for me |
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To not go and be seen |
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And just go and be me |
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And there was no in-between |
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You either loved it or hate it |
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Every CD critics gave it a 3, then 3 |
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Years later, they'd go back and re-rate it |
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And call the Slim Shady LP the greatest |
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The Marshall Mathers was a classic |
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The Eminem Show was fantastic |
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But Encore just didn't have the caliber to match it |
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I guess enough time just ain't passed, yet |
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A couple more years, that shit'll be ill-matic |
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And eight years later, I'm still at it |
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Divorce, re-married |
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A felon |
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A father |
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Sleeping pill addict |
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And this is real talk |
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I feel like the Incredible Hulk |
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My back has been broke, and I can still walk |
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So be careful what you wish for |
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'Cause you just might get it |
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And if you get it then you just might not know |
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What to do wit' it, 'cause it might just |
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Come back on you ten-fold |
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I said |
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Be careful what you wish for |
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'Cause you just might get it |
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And if you get it then you just might not know |
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What to do wit' it, 'cause it might just |
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Come back on you ten-fold |
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I got a letter from a fan, that said |
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He's been praying for me |
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Every day and for some reason |
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It's been weighing on my mind heavy |
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'Cause I don't read every |
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Letter I get, but something told me to go ahead and open it, but |
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Why would someone pray for you when they don't know you? |
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You didn't pray for me when I was local |
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And as I lay these vocals |
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I think of all the shit I had to go through |
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Just to get to where I'm at |
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I've already told you at least |
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A thousand times in these rhymes |
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I appreciate the prayer, but I've already got |
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God on my side |
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And it's been one hell of a ride, hasn't it? |
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Just watchin' it from an opposite standpoint |
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Man, boy's got to look |
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Nuts |
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And that's the only word I can think of right now |
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On how |
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To describe the shit |
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This is like a vibe you get |
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Go ahead and bob to it |
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Just watch what you wish for, 'cause I got the shit |
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So be careful what you wish for |
