You are the woman that I've always dreamed o...I knew it from the st...I saw your face and that's the ...Last I've seen of my heart ...It's not so much the thi...It's not the things you ...It's how I feel each time you'...That keeps me close to y...It's not so much your pretty face I see ...It's not the clothes you...It's more that special way you loo...That always keeps me the...It's not so much your pretty face I see ...It's not the clothes you...It's more that special way you loo...That always keeps me the...It's hard to tell you all the love I'm feelin' ...That's just not my style ...u got a way of send my senses rellin' ...It's not so much your pretty face I see ...It's not the clothes you...It's more that special way you loo...That always keeps me the...I saw your face and that's the ...Last I've seen of my heart ...Of my heart ...Oh oh of my heart

baby, you know how I be feelin' ... baby, you know how I be feelin' ...I'm feelin' kinda high, my mind is gettin' haz...But when I think of you, I know just what to d... feel so happy when I'm feelin' blue ... a kiss, a touch o' your hand ...You're all that I want, you're everythin' I planned ..., you're the man o' my dreams ...My knight in shining armour, well, that's how it seems ...the rest of the day I'm on cloud-nine ...tasy, but to me, it's real ...And I could trust my emotions 'cause I know what I feel ...ave is special, and that it will last ...rts beat as one, it's pumpin' blood real ...And I thank God ... sun shines down on your body ...I know we're really m... sun shines down on your body ...I know we're really m...ow baby, baby, when I first saw your face ...I saw you had flavour and I wanted a taste of t...But now there's so much more ...'Cause everyday I'm thinkin' about what my baby has in store ...'Cause I used to have a dream girl, but now I found her ...And she's by my side, she's my pride, my all ...Ten foot tall, that's how I feel, I never fall, I never fell ...h... what the hell, I'll admit it - love ...So as I watch you sleep in ...You open your eyes and I know it's so right ... makin' me feel, it's like you're sent fr...Your touch, your smell, your face, a unique bree...It's only love but it's all that I need ... sun shines down on your body ...I know we're really m... sun shines down on your body ...I know we're really m... sun shines down on your body ...I know we're really m...I'm glad that I been found, always ...st for words, yeah, I know how that sounds ...Now I been to many places and I seen many things ...But nothin' that I know can ever make my heart sing like you do ...It's like a voodoo, you know what I'm sayin'? ...Baby girl, I ain't playin' ...I'm glad that I'm one to rock your world ... sun shines down on your body ...I know we're really m... sun shines down on your body ...I know we're really m... sun shines down on your body ...I know we're really m... sun shines down on your body ...I know we're really m

usand million times I've seen your face in laughter ...I sensed what you wer...glance , you killed my pride ...You held my life in your hands ...Too many looks in your eyes , breaking my heart ...And I don't want to start fighting with words that somebody heard ...oo many thoughts on your mind ...And it's easy to see , you'r...Too many looks in your eyes ...I've often thought of things I'd do if I had money ...But money's always been my dream to me ...But ev'ry time I saw that face , those riches neve...And I had always felt a little lost in your love with no way th...Too many looks in your eyes , breaking my heart ...And I don't want to start fighting with words that somebody heard ...oo many thoughts on your mind ...And it's easy to see , you'r...Too many looks in your eyes ...glance , you killed my pride ...cond tear, you held my life in your hands ...Too many looks in your eyes, breaking my heart ...And I don't want to start fighting with words that somebody heard ...oo many thoughts on your mind ...And it's easy to see , you'r...(repeat last verse and fade out)

And I am ...sk me, they ask me, I tell them ...Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky ...This is the last call for alcohol, f...So get your ass up off the wall...I take my chain, my 15 seconds of fame ...They expected that College Dropout to ...Rocafella's only niggas that help ...My money was thinner than Sean Paul's goatee hair ...p talking about how my dick head is ...I'll have a buzz bigg...It's funny how wasn't no...'Til the night I almost killed mysel...m Kwa-li or Kwe-li, I put him on songs wi...I'm the Gap like Bana...Nice as Bun-B when I met him at the Sour...And I was almost famous, ...I'm almost Raymond' ...Last year shoppin my demo, I was tryin' to shine...otherfucker told me that I couldn't rhyme ...Now I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem ...Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams ...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...I rocked 20,000 people, I was just on tour, n...I'm Kan, the Louis Vu...Bought my mom a purse, now sh...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 ...'Oh my god, is that a black card?' ...I turned around and replied, why yes but I prefer the term ...Your boy back on his hustle, you know what I've been up to ...lin y'all niggaz on that lyrical shit ...naise colored Benz, I push Miracle Whips ..."Last call for alcohol, for my niggas" ...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's like "Who that spitting?" ...I'm like "It's me." He's like "Oh, well okay...And I'm thinking he's trying to get into ...he was friends with my mentor, No ID ...ou need to tell him that you like the way he...I was all, I dunno if he was gas...But he's like he want to man..."I'll sign you as a pr...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 .... After they picked that Truth beat ...I was figuring I was gonna do some m...nt popping off like that. I was stayin in Chica...I had my own apartment, I be doin' like, just...get a TechnoMarine, that's what we wore back t...I made this one beat where I sped up this Hal Me...I played it for Hip over the phone, he's like "oh, yo that shit is crazy ...And at that time, like the drum...So I went and um, I was listening to Dre Chronic 2001 at that time ...And really I just, like picked t...sampled, and now it's kind of like my whole style ...And that was like, really the first beat of that kind that was on the Dynasty ...I could say that was the, the resurg...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...but, you know there's a time in every man's life where he ...the next level. And that day I ...Came and I tracked the beat and I got to meet Jay-Z a...s verse by the time I got ...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 ...ted rhy- or the, in my ...And I was like, "man that shit tight" ...You know what I'm saying, man what I'ma tell him? I was on the train ... 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,...d have been. One of my homeys that was one ...Of my artists, he got sig...My production company,...Company. So, like I'm just straight hol...News that dude was tryin' to leave my company. And I got evicted at ...The same time. So I went down and tracked the beats from him, I took ...That money, came back, packed all my shit up in a you-Ha...Ten days before I had to actually get out. So I ain't have to deal ... landlord 'cause he's a jerk. Me and my mother drove to ..."Come on, let's just go" ...Newark, New Jersey. I hadn't even seen my apartment. ...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 equipment, and ...The first beat I made was, uh, 'Heart of the City.' ...ing on his album at that time, so I came up ...matter of fact, and I ...eats. And, you know I could see he's in the zone ...ready had the beats that he wanted, I did nothing like al...That time. But 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 the City.' And ...Really I made 'Heart of the City,' I really wanted to give that beat to DMX. ..."No I think Jay gon' like...And I played another beat, and I played another beat. And I remember that ...ike put it over 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 all them beats...You know I ain't talking shit....I'm like "oh shit." And all this time I'm starstruck, man. I'm ...ing 'bout, you know I'm picturing these n...treets is Watching, I'm looking, these were superstars in my ...y, and in two days, I gotta bring up one ... 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 ...Spit this rap that said, uh "I'm killing y'all niggas on that lyrical ...naise colored Benz, I push miracle whips." And I saw his ...Eyes light up when I said that line. But you know ...l wack and shit, so that's all the response. ...He said "man that was tight." ..."That, that was cool. That was hot." ...That was it. You know, I ain't get no deal t...int, H to the Izzo, my first hit single. And I just ...Took that proudly, built relationships with people. My relationship ...With KwelI I think was one of the best ones to ever happen to my ...tour with him. Man, I appre-- I love him for that. And at ...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 beats. "Gimme a beat that sound ...iders. 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...se you know, 'cause I ain't have a jersey... there listen here. I played them 'Jesus ...ed, it was some A&R's that fucked ...Company that'll say "naw." Like, Dave Lotti fucked with me, my ...I'm not gonna say nothing to mess my promotion up ...gas is stupid". Let's just say I didn't get my deal. ...The nigga that was behind me, I mean, ..., just make sure it's not wack." ... gotta make sure it's not wack." ...Then one day I just went ahead and played it, I wanted to ...was in the room. So I played, actually it's a song that you'll ...ver hear, but maybe I might use it. So, it's called 'Wow.' ..."I go to Jacob with 25...I got eleven plaques on my walls right now ...You got your first gold single, ...us went. Don't bite that chorus, I might still use it....I play that song for him, and he's like "oh shit" ... "Oh shit it's not even wack." ..."I ain't gonna front, it's kinda hot." ..."it's actually kinda hot....Like a rapper. And I'm sure Dame figured... the office, and he's ...I told Hip hop and Hi...That I was still about to ...table and 'cause of my relationship with 3...Know, 'cause I told him I was gonna do it, and I'm a man of my word, I ...onna roll with what I said I was gonna do. Then, you know, I'm ...ple told me, "oh he's just a producer ...Rapper" and told 3H that told the heads of t...The day I'm talking about, I planned out everything I was gonna do ...Man, I had picked out clothes, I already started boo...Sessions, I started arranging my album, thinking of ...Man I was ready to go. An...And, you know I told them that Rocafella was inter...And I don't know if they thought that was just something I was saying ...ice up or whatever. I went up... I ...Called G, I said, "man, you think we could still get that deal with Rocafella

Have you seen my son?...Carrying his last dream...I can feel the pain...But I don't know gone wit...If I could reach the sky...I'd bring him right back to your arms...Though I haven't seen your son, he's forever in my life...Have you seen my little girl?...She's got curly black hai...Last I saw her over there...Then I heard a plight of s...I watched these tears...A father's last attemp of being a r...Though I can feel the pain...But I don't know gone wit...If I could reach the sky I'd bring her right back to your arms...Though I haven't seen your girl, she's forever in my life...And have you seen my faith?... mend this breaking heart of mine...That keeps on loving lif...Though I can feel the pain...Look into my eyes...But I don't know gone wit...If I could reach the sky...I'd try to turn the w...So that we could see the face of forever

Over and out, I got your message ...A holiday dream I paid for in cash ...Going for broke, my spine has collapsed...e sun right down on my life ...I can't believe I've fallen again, no...I know I've seen this movie before, ...ds. Me, myself, and I ...I gave you every inch of my heart ...very little inch of my heart ...I can't believe you t...very little inch of my heart ...I gave you every inch of my heart ...very little inch of my heart ...ll always give back your face ...Last night I saw the world in your face ...And all that was abstract turns ...Over and out I got your message ...Over and out I get the message ...I can't believe I've fallen again, no...I know I've seen this movie before, ...ds. Me, myself, and I ...I gave you every inch of my heart ...very little inch of my heart ...I can't believe you t...very little inch of my heart ...I gave you every inch of my heart ...very little inch of my heart ...Going for broke my spine has collapsed...e sun right down on my life ...I got your message ...Over and out I get the message

distant future, the last generation of plane...Oh, it's a token, the circle...d her out. The king's beloved is no more....Now she's gone. ...Her eyes so blue, my hate relents. ...Her destiny is in my hands. ...I let her go and I do not know where t...And in her eyes I see a light is shin...I feel that there is hope for a...Unholiness and all that's unblessed appeared ...Her soul's inhaling all the li..."Live my words, oh, sacred c...Then what awaits me my lord?" ..."Trust me my child, your wishes shall not be...Now you must use your power. Show the hum...So let your heart stop beating beneat...Their last caress was your knife in their hear...Showing its face of hate and disgrac...what they had seen. ...is no escape, there's no entry to her sac...nes mind, make sure that no one will find ...s are closing in to your sanctuary. ...So use your imagination to end ...wards the queen the last of the brave ones w...uncontrolled that had wasted a thousa...ed by demons is the heart of all evil pos- ...Then she's just the child you ...She saw her enemies for the last time ...We saw the return of innoc...that eternally preserves

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It's wishful thinking ...It's always wishful thin...It's wishful thinking ...It's always wishful thin...I used to know this g...ery time she smiled my way like honey to m...I would hold my heart as well as my hopes back ...If I was to express how I was attracted ...And every time I would see her ever-...But I kept my mouth shut ...I figured putting mys...So in the dark I stood ...Skylarking I would ponder on wha...If I wasn't so chicken-s...hese matters of the heart ...But that's all in the past and...She's gone leaving me gas...I wonder if I'll ever have anothe...Wonder if I'll have another dan...A change in my circumstance ...While I was in line ...I moved our conversat...I looked into her face and saw my future was less tha...Either that or the attic ...My mind mapped out the...onsuming each other's thoughts in the din... be hung in the kid's room ...olours and feelings I've only seen in ...I felt all of this ...Catalogues that come with no index,...We agreed that our time shared was...And that we should rendez-vo...I attached the idea o...So again I could see her ...I was blinded by her ...Now I had expected a no-s...hecking the time on my wrist-match ...When I turned around and s...I was too shocked ...All blocked up in my voice-box ...I just stood there an...She took my hand, manoeuvred me...I hung on like a chil...That's a security blanket ...acted her to me was my aura ...the exact words but I said the same ...I told her about my music ...I said I wanted to use it to...d the world sharing my views on such and s...point in time where I could say that I was happy ...the exact words but I said the same ...quickly arrived and I had to go ...It was the last day of the festival...e said she was glad I came ...I supplied the paper ...I remember them vividly in my memory ...a mouthful of words that ...I said let's make a wish on that reddish one ...She was like "Fool, that's Mars!" ...But I substituted my wish for hope ...And my wish turned hope th...And my time was too short ...ck countdown was to my disadvantage ...And I'm not the type to c...So my game's ? ...In her eyes I was tucked away and...And all my plottin' to win thi...And so now all I have to treasure is my wishful thinking

Yeah just like I was sayin ...yo yo I makes green backs o...it seems that life ain't nuttin b...I wouldn't want to di...and lonely, no joke I'm only ... from 30, gotta get my hands dirty ...if I want to see cash that's gon last ...I hit you wit a blast, straight from the heart ...where's the math, gotta go ...that's what cream mean, do...the heart to try to step to, ...mess wit, your desperate, stop bul...h like Pillbury and I still bury ...k rappers in 96 kid I feel very confident its my year to ...and my tongue will tear yo...in in dough and son I hear you ...t you gonna do when your mind gets old) ...ou a buck but nigga that shit is luck ...solidify your cash, your the biggest guy ...now who's got the g's ...in your world wife and kids... and dollars become your priority ...stage frontin as if your mic makes all your cream ...off the sandman and saw your dream ...'cause I did it, and never g...ize Corleone style, I know some niggas de... Sauk, yo Ace, what's up wit money over t...your world revolved arou...the wake up call, face off the jail bully ...takin your man hood, thought y...come home seen your man, now the lies a...tellin your man you was fightin niggas twice your size ...your conscious is feelin...mental swollen and your manhood stolen