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[Jay-Z] It was all a dream
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[scratched simultaneously: "It was all a dream" - B. I. G.]
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[Faith Evans + (Jay-Z)]
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Last night I had a dream
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Thoughts was racin through my head (it was all a dream)
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Felt so real to me
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This is what was said..
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[Jay-Z]
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Had a dream I said, bout who he said?
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Bout B. I. G. I said, that's big he said
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Dig he said, proceed he said
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Indeed I said, so - breathe I did
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Don't repeat what I say I said, he said nothin
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He agreed with his head, he just nodded like this
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What I believe to be a yes I re-peated what was said
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It came to me like a.. Well as even I said
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"You feel playboy," was the greeting he said
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First thing I wanted to know, what's the reason he was dead?
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"More money, more problems, better believe it," he said
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"Careful what you wish for you might receive it," he said
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I see I said, jealousy I said
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Got the whole industry mad at me I said
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Then B. I. Said, "Hov' remind yourself
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Nobody built like you, you designed yourself"
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I agree I said, my one of a kind self
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Get stoned every day like Jesus did
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What he said, I said, has been said before
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"Just keep doin your thing," he said, say no more
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[Faith Evans]
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Was it all a dream - tell me
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Was it all a dream, was it a dream
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Was it all a dre-eeee-eeeee-eeam
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I gotta know ("It was all a dream")
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Was it all a dream - was it a dream
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Was it all a dream, a dream
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Was it all a dre-eeee-eeeee-eeam
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[Notorious B. I. G.]
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It was all a dream, I used to read Word Up magazine
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Salt''Pepa and Heavy D up in the limousine
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Hangin pictures on my wall
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Every Saturday, "Rap Attack," Mr. Magic, Marley Marl
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I let my tape rock 'til my tape popped
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Smokin weed and bamboo, sippin on private stock
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Way back, when I had the red and black lumberjack
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With the hat to match
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Remember Rappin' Duke? "Duh-ha, duh-ha"
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You never thought that hip-hop would take it this far
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Now I'm in the limelight cause I rhyme tight
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Time to get paid, blow up like the ("World Trade")
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Born sinner, the opposite of a winner
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Remember when I used to eat sardines for dinner
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Peace to Ron G, Brucey B, Kid Capri
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Funkmaster Flex, Lovebug Starsky
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I'm blowin up like you thought I would
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Call the crib, same number same hood, it's all good
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Uhh, and if you don't know, now you know, nigga
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[Faith Evans]
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Was it all a dream - tell me
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Was it all a dream, was it a dream
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Was it all a dre-eeee-eeeee-eeam
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I gotta know ("It was all a dream")
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Was it all a dream - was it a dream
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Was it all a dream, a dream
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Was it all a dre-eeee-eeeee-eeam
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("It was all.. a dream")
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("It was all..")
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("It was all.. a dream")
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("It was all a dream")
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("It was all.. a dream")
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("It was all..")
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("It was all.. a dream")
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[the beat drops out and Jay-Z raps the next part acapella]
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[Jay-Z]
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I see I said, jealousy I said
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Got the whole industry mad at me I said
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Then B. I. Said, "Hov' remind yourself
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Nobody built like you, you designed yourself"
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I agree I said, my one of a kind self
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Get stoned every day like Jesus did
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What he said, I said, has been said before
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"Just keep doin your thing," he said, say no more
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