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Soon You'll Understand
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Jay-Z
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(Let him hold you, let him touch you)
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You don't understand now because you're cryin', and you hurt
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(Soon you'll understand)
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You'll understand soon enough, soon enough
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You're my best friend's sister, grown woman and all
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But you see how I am around girls, I ruin 'em all
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Plus your mom call me son, around you since I was small
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Shit I watched you mature, nah, this ain't right
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But still when your boyfriend ditched you, life's a bitch you cried
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Over my right shoulder, I told you to wipe your eyes
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Take your time when you likin' a guy
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'Cause if he sense that your feelings too intense, it's pimp or die
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I bought you earrings on your birthday
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Drove you to college your first day
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It must be sad, though it hurts to say
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We could never be a item, don't even like him
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You deserve better, this is ugly, Gina, please don't love me
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There's better guys out there other than me
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(You need a lawyer or a doctor or somebody like that you know)
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Like a lawyer or a doctor with a Ph.d.
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Think of how upset your mother and brother would be
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If they found that you was huggin' me
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My conscience is fuckin' with me
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Let him hold you, let him touch you
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Soon you'll understand
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Man, I look in the eyes of a
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(Let him hold you, let him touch you)
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This, a kid that stole life and me together
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(Soon you'll understand)
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We're tryin', really tryin' to make it work
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I'm young, and I ain't ready, and I told you
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It ain't like, I ain't tell you from day one, I ain't shit
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When it comes to relationships, I don't have the patience
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Now it's too late, we got a little life together
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And in my mind, I really want you to be my wife forever
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But in the physical it's like I'm-a be trife forever
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A different girl every night forever, told you to leave
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But you're stubborn and you love him and
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No matter what despite all the fuckin' and the cheatin'
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You still won't leave him, now you're grievin'
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And I feel bad, believe me
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But I'm young and I ain't ready and this ain't easy
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Wasn't fair to tell you to wait, so I told you to skate
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You chose not to, now look at the shit we gotta go through
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Doin' a fight, throw in a fuss, you the mother of my baby
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I don't want you to hate me, this is about us
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Rather me, I ain't ready to be what you want me to be
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Because I love you, I want you to leave, please
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Let him hold you, let him touch you
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Soon you'll understand
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Mm, listen ma
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(Let him hold you, let him touch you)
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I mean, I seen you workin' two or three jobs
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(Soon you'll understand)
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Daddy left I, I thought I was makin' things better
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I made it worse
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Dear ma, I'm in the cell, lonely as hell
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Writin' this scribe, thinkin' 'bout how you must feel inside
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You tried to teach me better, but I refused to grow
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God damn I ain't the young man that you used to know
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You said, "The street claim lives", but I wanted things like
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Bling bling ice I was wrong in hindsight
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Shit we grew apart, try to blame it on your new spouse
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I know it hurt like hell the day you kicked me out
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But your house is your house, I ain't respect the rules
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I brought crack past your door, beefed with rival crews
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And who wants to be the mother of a son who sold drugs
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Co-workers saw me on the corner slingin' "Larry Love"
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Meanwhile, you workin' hard like, two or three jobs
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Tryin' to feed me and my siblings, makin' an honest livin'
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Who am I kiddin' I, call myself easin' the load?
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I made the load heavy, I need money for commissary
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Try to understand, please
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Let him hold you, let him touch you
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Soon you'll understand
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Let him hold you, let him touch you
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Soon you'll understand
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Let him hold you, let him touch you
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Soon you'll understand
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Let him hold you, let him touch you
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Soon you'll understand
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Let him hold you, let him touch you
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Soon you'll understand
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Let him hold you, let him touch you
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Soon you'll understand
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