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American Boy
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Jay-Z
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Poor me, dad was gone, finally got my dad back
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Never that he wouldn't live long, they snatched my dad back
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Guidance I never had that, streets was my second home
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Welcomed me with open arms provided a place to crash at
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A place to study math at, matter fact I learned it all
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Burnt it all this music is where I bury the ashes at
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Flash back not having much, not having that
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Had to get some hollerest you can holla back at
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Holla that my Jewish lawyer do enjoy the fruit of within my cash stack
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Just in case a nigga got to use his rat-ta-ta-ta-tat
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Own boss own your, masters, slave
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The mentality I carry with me to this very day
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F**k rich lets get wealthy who else gon' feed we
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If I need it imma get it however god help me
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(and I don't need no hook for this shit!)
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I'm so for sure is known for sha
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Stay out of trouble, momma said as momma sighs
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Her fear her youngest son being victim of homicide
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But I got to get you out of here momma or imma---die
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Inside---and either way you lose me momma so let loose of me
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I got the rain our direction'll soon change
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To live and die in .y. in the hustle game
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Hustle cane, hustle clothes, or hustle music
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But hustle hard in any hustle that you pick
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Skinny nigga toothpick but, but I do lift
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Weight like I'm using roids Rolls Royce
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Keep my movements smooth while maneuvering
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Through all the manuers in the sewers that I grew up in
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Choi-ces we make trying to escape
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(and I don't need no hook for this shit!!!)
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This is not for commercial usage
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Please don't categorize this is music
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Please don't compare me to other rappers
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Compare me to trappers I'm more Frank Lucas than Ludacris
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And luda's my dude I ain't trying to diss
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Like Frank Lucas is cool but I ain't trying to snitch
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Imma follow the rules no matter how much time imma get
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Imma live and die with the decisions that imma pick
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So fuck the haven for cave in, thats why we don't speak
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Made men ain't supposed to make statements
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End of the story I followed the code cracked the safe
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Other niggas ain't in the game so they practice hate
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Leave that boy Hov alone why don't ya
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You don't have to if you don't want to but don't say I didn't warn ya
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Oh (and I don't need no hook for this shit!!!)
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