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Lupe Fiasco
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[Intro]
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(Charlie Wilson): What's up, this is Charlie Wilson, a.k.a. your uncle Charlie.
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I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2008. Still fighting;
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not a winner, not a looser. I'm gonna win the battle.
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That's right, cancer free
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(Greg): What's up, this is Greg and I beat kidney cancer. True story
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(Michael): My names Michael, I'm a lung cancer survivor four years in remission
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(Bernadette): My names Bernadette and I beat stage 1 breast cancer
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(Angela): I'm Angela, I'm 50 years old, and
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I've been through 9 surgeries in 3 years.
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Fuck you cancer. You may have taken my breasts and uterus, but you can never take my heart
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(Ann): My names Ann Marie, and I'm living with stage 4 lung cancer
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(Kourtney): My names Kourtney and I beat thyroid cancer
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[Bunch of mashed up talking about beating cancer]
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(Kathy): This is Kathy Phillips and I beat the living shit out of breast cancer.
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You definitely picked the wrong bitch to mess with.
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Fuck you cancer! I'm a survivor baby!
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(Charles): Hey my name is Charles Porter, and I had stage 4 hotchkins lymphoma.
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I went through a year of strenuous chemo,
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then I had a bone marrow transplant where they gave me salvage chemo, and 5 days twice a day, full body radiation to basically bring my immune system down to nothing.
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I literally died to stay alive umm"¦ come April I'll be in my 3rd year remission and it was a team effort. All the friends and family I had came together
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And uhh"¦ I had to keep that mental strong, but umm..
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We got through it uhh"¦ some fallen soldiers went as
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I fought uhh"¦ but they'll always be heroes. Peace!
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[Hook]
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If I had a dollar for every time they counted me out
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And my back was up against the wall
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I could have died but I came out fighting, fighting
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Could have died but I came out fighting
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Could have died but I came out fighting
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Could have died but I came out fighting (yeah)
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Could have died but I came out fighting (uhh)
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[Verse 1]
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With a breast full of lungs she ain't no pun
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She gonna ride on it like a chopper in a trunk
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Pink ribbon women she gonna live forever
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Even though the doctor say she only get a month
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Said it's my life and you only get it once
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Once these flowers smell too damn good to be living in the funk
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So I finna get it in and I finna get a crunk and I finna get the living (a-a-ah)
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On remission from the jump
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Breast cancer can't hold me back
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That's the answer when they told me that
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It can knock me down but I'm gonna be back
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Strong, down for whatever exceptional and I don't know how to quit
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And I never said never you can have that hair cause real talk bitch
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I think I look better let's do it (do it)
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[Bridge]
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Fighter, with everything inside ya
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Reportin' live from Death Row
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Drop the charges see the lifer
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Cell phones and your lighters
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Need you to put them up higher
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So when the candles on her birthday cake
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Might set the on fire, hey
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[Hook]
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If I had a dollar for every time they counted me out
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And my back was up against the wall
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I could have died but I came out fighting, fighting
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Could have died but I came out fighting
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Could have died but I came out fighting
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Could have died but I came out fighting (yeah)
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Could have died but I came out fighting (uhh)
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[Verse 2]
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Yeah, seven years old with stage four
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This what champions were made for
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Only so much fun raises [pain for]
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So I guess the rest is all on me
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That will to live against what's out here
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Killin kids' well kiss my ass it ain't killin' me
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Got things to paint
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Got places to go
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Got things to see
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Wanna see my moma grow up
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Hold up, hold up
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Wanna see my daddy grow up
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Hold up, Hold up
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I'm bald headed and brave hearted, I'm small
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But I'm a hundred feet tall, try to stop me
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Biopsy after biopsy
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Chemo, but I'm a king though
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I shake everything off me
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Lymphoma can't hold me back
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It can knock me down but I'm gonna be back
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Throw some SpongeBob in my hot wheels track
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I'm a made man, made wishes
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I ain't scared, I ain't flinching
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Sorry momma but I gotta say it
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But where I'm from they don't make bitches
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Let's do it
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[Hook]
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If I had a dollar for every time they counted me out
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And my back was up against the wall
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I could have died but I came out fighting, fighting
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Could have died but I came out fighting
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Could have died but I came out fighting
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Could have died but I came out fighting (yeah)
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Could have died but I came out fighting (uhh)
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[Verse 3]
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Went undiagnosed and untreated
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When they finally found it told em
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It too far along and he couldn't beat it
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But he couldn't see it
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Miss me with that dead talk
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Miss me my legs walk
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My heart beats and my wife witness
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So fuck cancer my life with me
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And if I died it'd die with me let's do it
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[Bridge]
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Fighter, with everything inside ya
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Reportin' live from Death Row
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Drop the charges see the lifer
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Cell phones and your lighters
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Need you to put them up higher
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So when the candles on her birthday cake
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Might set the on fire, hey
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[Outro]
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Might set that thing on fire, yeah
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Yeah we might set that thing on fire, yeah
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Yeah we might set that thing on fire
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Set that thing on fire, set that thing on fire, yeah
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If I had a dollar for every time they counted me out
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And my back was up against the wall
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I could have died but I came out fighting
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Could have died but I came out fighting
Lupe Fiasco - The Show Goes On
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