I don't know where th...But I really missed your smile it's been too long ...I got so much to say that I don't know where to...As I recall it was you that said goodbye ...Now you're asking me to give it one more try. ...Only time will tell ...If you're gonna stand beside me thr...I want to know that you're behind me ...Only time will tell ...at we have together gonna last forever more ...And so my friend I hope you understand ... to put my trust in you ...'Cause i'm afraid you'll leave me again ...I want to believe tha...That you miss my love and you want to make it rig...But only time will tell ...If you're gonna stand beside me thr...I want to know that you're behind me ...Only time will tell ...at we have together gonna last forever more ...' what the future's gonna bring ...So I'll just listen to m...lied to me and what I left to be ...Only time will tell if you're gonna stand beside me ...oth heaven and hell I want to know if you're behind me ...Only time will tell ...at we have together gonna last forever ...o time will tell do you believe in me? ...Only time will tell if we're gonna be together woa' ...I wanna love that last forever

Chapter one alright go yeah y...Haha one two this is what i...Only the survivors survi...like they're gonna do things and alway...You know exactly what i...You know exactly how it's gonna be (ha) haha (you'll n...ons five chapters, I'ma start ...How you gonna make a couple dolla...When you roam in zones fille...l your canning, all you do is flash nigga (...I can tell, fool, you'll never get paid ...'Cause niggaz like you ain't got no real g...ll them niggaz that you got by your side ...You learned by yourself that the only way to ride ...I'ma put you up on (game) ...I roll with my girl a...sees with loot like I'm flipping keys ...I heard niggaz gonna catch me on a slipp...But I knew from the giddy...I got... ...Once you realize you'll never live witho...cture like needles, I always take care of...With no one to help us ...I'll leave you crying for help and...I saw a view through ...One time, on time ...t to me all, 'cause I want it all ...t to me all, 'cause I love to brawl ...t to me all, 'cause I want it all ...One time, yeah I love to brawl ...One time (give it up), one time (give it up) ...How you gonna make it to the next...If one second you're broke, the next ...Now you got the police plan...If it was me, I'd move silently ...Lou is too flashy, new clothes...He had too many hoes knowing w

Chapter one alright go yeah y...Haha one two this is what i...Only the survivors survi...like they're gonna do things and alway...You know exactly what i...You know exactly how it's gonna be (ha) haha (you'll n...ons five chapters, I'ma start ...How you gonna make a couple dolla...When you roam in zones fille...l your canning, all you do is flash nigga (...I can tell, fool, you'll never get paid ...'Cause niggaz like you ain't got no real g...ll them niggaz that you got by your side ...You learned by yourself that the only way to ride ...I'ma put you up on (game) ...I roll with my girl a...sees with loot like I'm flipping keys ...I heard niggaz gonna catch me on a slipp...But I knew from the giddy...I got... ...Once you realize you'll never live witho...cture like needles, I always take care of...With no one to help us ...I'll leave you crying for help and...I saw a view through ...One time, on time ...t to me all, 'cause I want it all ...t to me all, 'cause I love to brawl ...t to me all, 'cause I want it all ...One time, yeah I love to brawl ...One time (give it up), one time (give it up) ...How you gonna make it to the next...If one second you're broke, the next ...Now you got the police plan...If it was me, I'd move silently ...Lou is too flashy, new clothes...He had too many hoes knowing w

And I am ...sk me, they ask me, I tell them ...I take my chain, my 1...Rocafella's only niggas that help ...Won't you please stop talking...I'll have a buzz bigg...'Til the night I almost killed mysel...m Kwa-li or Kwe-li, I put him on songs wi...I'm the Gap like Banana...Nice as Bun-B when I met him at the Sour...And I was almost famous, ...I'm almost Raymond' ...ar shoppin my demo, I was tryin' to shine...fucker told me that I couldn't rhyme ...Now I could let these dre...I use it as my gas, so they say that I'm gassed ...But without it I'd be last, so I ought to laugh ...So I don't listen to the...You niggas wear suits 'cause you can't dress no more...You can't say shit to K...I rocked 20,000 people, I was just on tour, n...I'm Kan, the Louis Vuit...I ain't play the hand I was dealt, I changed my cards ...I prayed to the skies and I changed my stars ...I went to the malls and I balled too hard ...I turned around and replied, why yes but I prefer the term ...back on his hustle, you know what I've been up to ...naise colored Benz, I push Miracle Whips ...eat for Beanie. And I was in the session ...I had my demo with me. You know, like I always do ...I play the songs, he'...I'm like "It's me." He'...And I'm thinking he's tryin...old him, "look man, you want to mess with K...You need to tell him that you like the way he rap...[No ID:] "Yo, you want to sign him, tell him you like how he rap" ...I was all, I dunno if he was gas..."I'll sign you as a producer and a...I'm like oh shit ...I was messing with, u...But that's how I got in the game. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't be here ...So you know. After they pi...I was figuring I was gonna do some more work ...ping off like that. I was stayin in Chica...I had my own apartment, I be doin' like, just be...I made this one beat where I sped up this Hal Me...I played it for Hip o...So I went and um, I was listening to Dr...And really I just, like picked t...pped on 'This Can't be Life.' ...I could say that was ...You know, I got to come in and ...I was still with my other management. I really wanted to ro...Hip hop, cause I, I just needed some fresh air, you know what I'm ...Saying, cause I been there for a while, I appreciated what th...For me, but, you know there's a time...level. And that day I ...Came and I tracked the beat and I got to meet Jay-Z a...You a real soulful dude...s verse by the time I got ...To the studio, you know how he do it, one take. And he said ...s out, tell me what you think of this, righ..."tell me what you think of this." And I heard it, and I was thinking ...Like, man, I really wanted more like of the simple type Jay-Z, I ain't ... he asked me, "what you think of it?" ..."so what you thinkin?" ...And I was like, "man that...You know what I'm saying, man what I'ma tell him? I was on the train ...Man, you know. So after that I went back home. And man I'm, I'm just ...In Chicago, I'm trying to do my thing. You know, I got groups. I got ...Acts I'm trying to get on, a...t should have been. One of my homeys that was one ...Company. So, like I'm just straight holdi...ave my company. And I got evicted at ...The same time. So I went down and tracked the beats from him, I took ...all my shit up in a you-Haul, maybe about ...Ten days before I had to actually get out. So I ain't have to deal ...Newark, New Jersey. I hadn't even seen my...I remember I pulled up ...I unpacked all my shit. You know, we went to IKEA, I bought a ...Bed, I put the bed together myself. I loaded up all my eq...The first beat I made was, uh, 'Hear...um at that time, so I came up ...matter of fact, and I ...e seven beats. And, you know I could see he's in t...ats that he wanted, I did nothing like al...then Jay walked in. I remember he had a G...Hat on. I remember it like, l..."yo play that one beat for him." And I played 'Heart of th...Really I made 'Heart of the City,' I really wanted to gi..."No I think Jay gon' like this one right here". ...And I played another beat, and I played another beat. And I remember that ...r his face and made one of ...OH.' Two days later I'm in Baseline and I seen ...ame didn't know who I was and I was like "yo what's up I'm Kanye." ..."Yo, you that kid, Kanye?" ..."You that kid that gave ...You know I ain't talking shit....I'm like "oh shit." And all this time I'm starstruck, man. I'm ...ill thinking 'bout, you know I'm picturing these nig...treets is Watching, I'm looking, these were...And they still are, you know. So, Jay came ...These songs like in one day, and in two days, I gotta bring up one ...Thing, you know, come back to the story, the day I did the 'Can't be ...ife' beat on track, I remember Lenny S, h... Hip hop was there, I think Tata, John ... a bunch of people. I didn't know all the...as in the room, and I said, "yo Jay I could rap." And I ... rap that said, uh "I'm killing y'all nigga...naise colored Benz, I push miracle whips." And I saw his ...Eyes light up when I said that line. But you know the West, the ...That was it. You know, I ain't get no deal t...rst hit single. And I just ...With KwelI I think was one of the best ones to... a rapper. Because, you know, of course lat...tour with him. Man, I appre-- I love him for that. And a...This time, you know I didn't have a deal, I had songs, and I had ...They'd call me up, I'd play them some be...Like Jay-Z." You know, they dick riders. Whatever. So I'll play them ...r whatever and then I'll play my shit. I'll ...Be like, "yo but I rap too." Hey, I guess they was look...'cause you know, 'cause I ain't have a jersey... there listen here. I played them 'Jesus ...Didn't sign me. You know what happened,...ike the heads, it'd be somebody at the ..."Man, you niggas is stupid if...I'm not gonna say nothing to mess...id". Let's just say I didn't get my deal....that was behind me, I mean, ...asn't even a nigga, you know? ..."We gonna change the game, bu...Dame was like, "yo you got a deal with Cap..."you gotta make sure it'...Then one day I just went ahead and played it, I wanted to ... some songs, 'cause you know Cam was in the...was in the room. So I played, actually it's a song that you'll ...ver hear, but maybe I might use it. So, i..."I go to Jacob with 25 thou, you go with 25 hundred,...I got eleven plaques ...You got your first gold...t bite that chorus, I might still use it....I play that song for ..."I ain't gonna front, it's kinda h...Like a rapper. And I'm sure Dame figured, ...Save the album, you know. So uh Dame to..."you don't want to catch...You gotta be under an umbrella, you'll get rained on. ...I told Hip hop and Hi...That I was still about to ...ship with 3H. 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Yeah, I'm Chinese and what? ...Yeah, you know who this is, J...Let me tell you this ...Ya'll gonna learn Chinese ...Ya'll gonna learn Chinese ...Ya'll gonna learn Chinese ...Ya'll gonna learn Chinese ...Ya'll gonna want to be Chinese ...Ya'll gonna learn Chinese ...I know a bunch of crypts that love Redman ...Stop, the chinks be all over the game ...is ain't Bruce Lee, I watch too much TV ... game of death when I aim for your chest ...Too much sex got me see...at's the commotion, you never seen me? ...You don't want to step ...attle of the gun is gonna make you speak another langu...And amigo I ain't talking about...This one goes out to those t...In the hood, you think this is all g...I wish you would come to China...Eyewitnesses, you must be crazy ...And the only po-po we know is th...ime they harass me, I want to explode ...I ain't ya 50 Cent, I ain't ya Enimem ...I ain't ya Jigga Man, I'm a chinaman ...You know what's next? S...I'll be damned if I sleep in the flesh ...king Chinese:] This one sounds good. Let's ...Mr. Jin, you are the sexiest man...Mr. Jin, I love the way you do your things ([Ji...Mr. Jin, you are the sexiest man...Mr. Jin, I love the way you do your things ...I know you think he's fam, but...I saw his name on the...If they think you'd save me the bulle...Me, I'm just Jin just doing...ere beef everywhere I go? ...I'm drunk skewing, can'...Ya'll gonna learn Chinese ([Wyc...Ya'll gonna learn Chinese ([Wyc...Ya'll gonna learn Chinese ...Ya'll gonna learn Chinese ([Jin...Ya'll gonna learn Chinese ([Jin...Ya'll gonna learn Chinese ...The game will never be the same ([Jin speaking Chinese:] I already played the ... speaking Chinese:] I already played the

You act so precious and...Tell her I'm nothin' special at ...And here I am tryin' to tell you again ...But you just don't understa...That we could be somethin' special I know ...If you'd only let go -- take a ch...But we're only -- we're only foolin' ...You know that we are -- we're only foolin' ...Tell me what are you gonna do ...out a fool who's in love with you ...What are you gonna do ...Feel like I'm stringin' along ...I ask you where are we going ...You know but you're not lettin' on b...Well you know but you're not lettin' on ...You tellin' me I'm too serious babe ...And one of use is gonna get hurt ...Why do I always get hurt ...But we're only -- we're only foolin' ...You know that we are -- we're only foolin' ...Tell me what are you gonna do ...out a fool who's in love with you ...What are you gonna do

Sometimes when I think about it, it ...I mean I'm alive and plan to be for yet another sev...Time waits for no one ...We're only immortal for a limi...omeone said we were only born to die ...I love the world and I barely believe that I will leave it for good one day ...n't try to say that you are not afraid ...I refuse to let the a...I have already learne...he big sleep is the only thing that is for sure and we're all gonna face it ...I love my life and it's so hard to hear that one day all I am will disappear ...I have seen grief and what it does to you ... day will come when I will lose what I was made of ...I try to imagine what that would be like but the though...I'm so afraid that I won't have the chance to tell the ones I love how I really feel inside ...I hide my emotions for far too long ...I am so afraid to lose you all that's the esse...Am I the only one to think that hell is to be left alone ...Have you ever seen the dying...Touched the fading one ...The last time I saw the Queen of no...Time waits for no one ...meone said it might be true what they say ...Someone said I will be able to freeze the frame of what you are today ...I have no wish to be young forever ...I just don't wanna di...I say the only one that I wanna be is me ...I refuse to let the a...I have already learne...he big sleep is the only thing that is for sure and we're all gonna face it

You keep on accusing me...You wanna be my friend, well it's too late ...My love for you has turned to hate ...And I think that it's a p...You say you wanna make the peac...I can't put myself in...Now I'm willing to accept t...You and me just can't c...Is the only thing that keeps us...Is the only thing that lasts fo...ON the surface I'm a mild-mannered per...That's until you scratch the animal ...Then you bring out all my an...I gotta hatred for you that is never gonna die ...Is the only thing that lasts fo...Is the only thing that keeps us...Love and peace instead o...You and me accept reali...At least you and I know where we stand...We can't be friends, walk hand ...My hostility for you defies description ...Is the only thing that keeps us...Is the only thing that lasts fo...Hate's the only thing we have in co...scape, we'll always be this way ...'cause we're gonna be this way till our d...If you keep on putting me ...I'll drag the dirt all over town about you ...And if you spread the filth on...I'll only have one remedy ...I'll spill the beans, you'll see I've got a mouth, too ...Why don't you just drop dead and ...I'm the mirror to your ...You hate me and I hate you ...tred, hatred is the only thing that lasts, w...Is the only thing that lasts fo...Is the only thing that lasts fo

He said, I've been watching everything that you did ...I know what time you came in last night,...ike all the company you keep ...And you need someone who will see that you're all right ...and you make me feel so mad...You're gonna be sorry, 'cause I'm not going to take t...and you know that its not t...I wish nothing bad on...I could be your heaven too ...he said, though I met you only once ...We were meant to be together ...No one could love you like I do ...And when you want to get away ...You know that you're the only one that I will fight for ...I would die for ...you don't know how you make me feel ...How can I make you believe ...If I can't have you no one will ...but you know that its not t...I wish nothing bad on you ...I could be your heaven too ...Come and find you where you are ...I could be your heaven too ...he said, I've been calling eve...I can see there's som...So I wrote you a letter ...can't think of all I need to say ...But when I do I'm gonna sit back down and start writing you another, ...And you'd better answer ...you'd better hear me when I say ...Don't you ever turn away ...'cause if you do I'll make you pay ...but you know that its not t...I wish nothing bad on you ...I could be your heaven too ...Come and find you where you are ...I could be your heaven too ...I could be your heaven ...Let me be your heaven ...I could be your heaven too

But I feel like I already know you ...And if you need somebody I want to manage you ...I can tell that you been through ...'Cause I'm what you've been waitin' for...I want to be the gots ta be in your life ...Gots ta be the one that makes you sad ...Gots ta be the one you never had (Mmm, hmm...Gots ta be the one that you want so damn bad ...be, gotta be, gotta be your everything (Ev...Gots ta be the only one you fight ...Gots ta be the one that makes it right...Gots ta be the one you don't like half the...be, gotta be, gotta be your everything, ye...Girl, you just can't love anybody ...I tell you I'm the right one for you ...But you gots to believe me ...use everything that I tell you is true, yeah ...I want to be your mother, your f...her and your sister too ...Be the good, be the bad ...Be the gots ta love that you run to, girl ...I want to be the gots ta be in your life (Your ...Gots ta be the one that works your ner...Gots ta be the one you don't deserve (you ...Gots ta be the only one man you serve (That you serve) ...be, gotta be, gotta be your everything (Yo...Gots ta be the one to change your fate...Gots ta be the one you love to hate (You hate) ...Gots ta be the one you let eat off your pl...be, gotta be, gotta be your everything, ye...(Gotta be your everything ) ...Things ain't always gonna be, be so easy, girl ...And I can let you now for sure ...That I'm gonna always be right here for the ...I might make you mad you cuss me out, but you're still my girl ...And I promise that I will never put my h...I want to be everything to you, ...Gots ta be the one that you can't stand (Oh...)...Gots ta be the one you call your man (Ooh....Gots ta be the one to put a ring on th...be, gotta be, gotta be your everything ...(Gotta be your everything, yo...Gots ta be the one you can't forget ...Gots ta be the one you regret ...Gots ta be the one like you ain't never met (Ne...be, gotta be, gotta be your everything, ye...I don't want you to love nobody but me ...You and me can do almos...Gots ta be the one you want (Gots ta be the one you want) ...Gots ta be the one you flaunt ...You can't get mad at no...In fact I'm the only one you can receive ...Gots ta be the one you want (Oh...) ...Gots ta be the one you flaunt (Yeah...yeah...Gots ta be the one that make you sad (Gots ta be, ye...Gots ta be the one you never had (Oh) ...Gots ta be the one that you want so damn bad ...(Gotta be everything to you) ...be, gotta be, gotta be your everything ...(Girl, you don't rally underst...Gots ta be the only one you fight ...Gots ta be the one that makes it right...Gots ta be the one you don't like half the...be, gotta be, gotta be your everything, ye...Gots ta be the one you want (Gots ta be the one) ...Gots ta be the one you flaunt (Gots ta be the one) ...be, gotta be, gotta be your everything ...Gots ta be the one you want (Gots ta be the one) ...Gots ta be the one you flaunt (Gots ta be the one) ...be, gotta be, gotta be your everything, ye

Now that I've seen ya ...I know that I love ya ...But I don't want to move ...Your love is the love that I want to last ...So if I seem to hesitate ...It's not because I've changed my mind,...It's only because ...I don't want to lose ...It's gonna be ...One day at a time ...Ooh I'm gonna take you, yeah I'm gonna take you ...One day at a time ...Ooh I'm gonna make you, yeah I'm gonna make you mine ...Gonna make you mine ...First I'm gonna tell ya ...How much I want ya ...Then I'll show you that I need you more ...Give you time to think it over so you know for sure ...And when you say you love me, I'm never going to let you go, no ..., and watch our new love grow ...It's gonna be ...One day at a time ...Ooh I'm gonna take you, yeah I'm gonna take you ...One day at a time ...Ooh I'm gonna make you, yeah I'm gonna make you mine ...Gonna make you mine ...So don't you worry if I don't come on too strong ...I'm gonna take it nice and sl...It's gonna be ...One day at a time ...Ooh I'm gonna take you, yeah I'm gonna take you ...One day at a time ...Ooh I'm gonna make you, yeah I'm gonna make you mine ...Gonna make you mine

Once I can understand it ...Twice I can let it be ...Three times is one too many now ...You'll have to do witho...omething in the way you ...ied to tell me that you only been ...lfriends doing what you do ...No way I'm buying that too ...Cause I can tell when you're lying ...And I'm so tired of trying ...To justify what you do when all you do is keep ...That you cheated on me with ... twice, three times one too many ...There will be no more lonely ...Hoping that you'll find the time ...To call me up tell you no more ...So let me make you a promise ...The love we had you're gonna miss ...Cause I know that this time will be ...Leaving you's the only way to deal with th... twice, three times one too many Once, twice, three times one too many ... twice, three times one too many [Repeat: x4]

Who'd never been in love before ...Just happened to be together ...We had one long crazy summer ...Guess you came along too soon ...I think we fell in love too fast ...I think we fell in love too fast ...I was workin' my way ...When you wrote and told me t...Said you were gonna have a baby ...Yeah, I knew my college day...You saw more of the kid...I guess I knew I failed you when ...You said that you'd rather be free ...You wanted to be free ...I think we fell in love too fast ...I think we fell in love too fast ...Well I heard you got away to Florida...I bet they think the whole world of you ...Just like I always did ...You were the only one I ever wanted ...But I know you can't be replaced ...If only we'd met a little l...I think we fell in love too fast ...I know it now ...I know we fell in love too fast, too fast ...I think we fell in love too fast ...I know it now ...I know we fell in love too fast, too fast

You tell me you're keepin' it real ...You tell me that I'm the only one ...You say you'll never leave me l...I never wanna see you...I don't even wanna be your friend ...Don't wanna be used by you again ...So I'm saying goodbye ...Girl, I know that you're thinkin' ...I'm just playing with y...And I know you been tossing ...Why I left you all alone ...Was it worth you giving up ...The greatest love you've ever known ...Baby, whatcha gonna do without me ...Whatcha gonna do without my love ...Whatcha gonna do when my love is gone away from you ...Whatcha gonna do without me ...And everything I used to do for you ...Whatcha gonna do when my love is gone away from you ...I never shoulda put my trust in you ...But I never thought you'd let me down ...It seems like you get a thrill out of...Cuz I was so blind I couldn't see ...I never really needed...I could do for myself...Girl, I know that you're thinkin' ...I'm just playing with y...And I know you been tossing ...Why I left you all alone ...Was it worth you giving up ...The greatest love you've ever known ...Baby, whatcha gonna do without me ...Whatcha gonna do without my love ...Whatcha gonna do when my love is gone away from you ...Whatcha gonna do without me ...And everything I used to do for you ...Whatcha gonna do when my love is gone away from you ...Baby, can't you see ...I want it for you more ...Than you want it for yoursel...Always there for you ...I was there for you, there for you ...What ever you needed ...You know what I've gone through for you ...I was saying bye-bye ...Now whatcha gonna do ...My love is gone, the money gone and the house too ...n' me just to visit you one more time ...I know you fine but I ain't gonna get distracted by y...I figure this is the beginning, you intended some harm ...you should get 10 point...t's the past tense, I was speakin' a then...You asking me 'bout tha...I had to catch myself before I tried to make her m...backfire then shoot you. ...I shake and shiver, l...Wondering will I make it with someon...Whatcha gonna do... ...Baby, whatcha gonna do without me ...Whatcha gonna do without my love ...Whatcha gonna do when my love is gone away from you ...Whatcha gonna do without me ...And everything I used to do for you ...Whatcha gonna do when my love is gone away from you ...Baby, whatcha gonna do without me ...Whatcha gonna do without my love ...Whatcha gonna do when my love is gone away from you ...Whatcha gonna do without me ...And everything I used to do for you ...Whatcha gonna do when my love is gone away from you

I am a vision of my m...I've got love enough for two ...Me, I'm getting older and I'm plain ...As plain can be ...That love would be the only thing ...Oh, I am the heart not ta...The one thought not worth b...I am the late bloomin...With only her mother's dream ...I'm gonna flip one more bottle cap up ...I've got an early cal...But, when I go inside I'm gonna let my back door sl...Mother, to tell you the truth ...I would trade your dr... to hear some loved one say ...I love you, too ...I'll say I love you to the moon ...And to my mother too