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ver thought he'd be like this ...You were supposed to be...When you say that you want me, ... just don't believe it ...But what if I need you baby...Would you even try to save me...Or would you find some lame excu...at if I said I love you ...Would you be the one to run t...Or would you watch me walk away ...I could trip and you'd let go like that ...Cause you don't know the good...n I say that I want you ...You know that I mean it ...But what if I need you baby ...Would you even try to save me ...Or would you find some lame excu...t if I said I loved you ...Would you be the one to run t...Or would you watch me walk away ...Every time I speak you try and stop me ...You say your noticing but you never see ...ho I really am that you can't leave ...If it's me you'll leave without ...Or would you change your mind ...What if I need you...But what if I need you baby...Would you even try to save me ...Or would you find some lame excu...t if I said I loved you ...Would you be the one to run t...Or would you watch me walk away ...baby what if I need you (what if I need you...need you, what if I you ...What if I need you ...What if I need you ...Oh what if I need you...What if I need you...Need you, you, you

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it I wanna say that you're the one...You're the only, the on...And I'm open even though I, I can be ...And it's really not, not at all about anything that you do...It's even hard for me to unde...It's something I just ...I knew that there would be days like this...Feeling like a man over my head... won't let the days like this...nge my feelings for you...r the changes I put you through...not include hurting you... me that any excuse would do...(Just would do)...l get through this, it just takes sometime... a single word, put you arms around me...he time that I love you the most...I knew that there would be days like this...Feeling like a man over my head... won't let the days like this...nge my feelings for you...I knew that there would be days like this...Feeling like a man over my head... won't let the days like this...nge my feelings for you...I knew that there would be days like this...Feeling like a man over my head... won't let the days like this...nge my feelings for you...I knew that there would be a day like this...(Days like this)...I knew that there would be a day like this...I knew that there would be a day like this...(Days like this)...I knew that there would be a day like this

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And it's hard...Life was beautiful like the colors of a rai...Would I be the same prim ...And free you can't beat it...Who can you blame my world is like a picture and the f...What if you was on the other en...a killer wanna pull it would it seem like...Or would you run real slow like I ran in my dream like...ed to be a hero but it wasn't the side of ...Or maybe it just wasn't the time to be but if the shoe had to fit then I would be...n' the part I bring it all into the light ...What if you had to live under t...t that and the deed you did the first thing...Oh yes you did and I ain't even tryna choke your ch...And I ain't even tryna fuck with your head and I ain't even tryna sweat this sh...se I'm blessed with it...What if you had the chance to be able to switch hands with me or anyone you see...And if you really wanna take it deep this shit not ...And when you get up they seem to hold you down

Trying to be like $hort motherfucker, you know what I'm sayin...Get in where you fit in, fool ...You was a mark up at th...Now you're hardcore like CB4 ...Biting, what you want to be me for? ...It's your life, you wish it was a Too $hort rap...But you gots no game, and y...You need to quit, rappi...itches, that's what you always be ...Like the other young bit...I run all up in it but this ain't no r...I pull it out and shoot it right in her face ...You probably wine her a...nd get jealous when you can't find her ...You're nothing but a ma...I bet you get your ass kicked...You'd better watch your...Before you get jacked by a nig...t, I'm In the House like that ...n I see ya, and act like I don't know ya ...I'm like Missouri, cause I c...is my shit so funky it stanks? ...You outta pocket trying...You might of just learned, but it ain't nothing new ...d to your funk, did you lose it? ...Or did you get juked by Danger...Done you like a hoe and then sent...Would've never been shit ...ay "I'm sorry" when you're funny ...I'm like Bennett, I ain't in it ...You'll get more from a ...Get in where you fit in, punk ...It's what life is all ...that get it? (Yeah, you got him) ... Wait, it's the end? (Bitch-a... You like that shit? (Hell yeah) Damn, you like that, nigga! ... You a fool (Tore his ass up!) Banks you a fool for that! ...Crew, nigga, you can't hang with thi...way tighter than you man,you old want to...So you'd better pop back, ...Cause niggas lay you on your back fast ...So you'd better grab a gat...erfuckers know that you ain't taking no shi...I mean you gotta be a nut, foo...And you can't give a fuck, you can cut nigga, fuck...use that shit don't even last long ...Don't ever go out like another sucker ...You gotta show everybody that you the baddest motherf...Show them niggas you the biggest boss ...You eating the cunt and she sucking your dick and you ...Don't be shit when you're old, nigga fuck ...You want to be somebody, I tell your ass you can't ...You little bad motherfu...That's how it is in the Oaktown ...You want to follow in m...I'm bout to tell you how a true player h...You can't keep me calm,...Sit in the range, you'll get maimed, I do... bad plan, thinking like a mad man ...ab my dick and suck it ...You stepping, pack your...Fuck it, it's just another nigg...to Bad-N-Fluenz and you know you in double trouble ...And I don't even like fucking with no alc...lique talking shit, it's your clique I'm a...gerous, and I ain't even mad yet ...ith couch and watch you bounce like a bad check ...om the hood come if you would but you might end up dead ...making cash is what it's about ...ystem but I dropped it ...game and can't stop it ...You want more of me, co...the drink every day like winos ...Cause I would never tell a hoe ho... slugs just to make it ...I'm in the game and it's real and a nigga can't fake it ...I know it's sad what I'm doin...Nigga you think you got the shit in? ...You gotta get in where you fit in, bitch ... Motherfucker, you outta pocket, punk-...l-ass motherfucker, you can't fuck with the...You need to get in where you fit in ... You stupid-ass bitch

hought that I'd see you out of control ...Even though, my penis wa...You should know between us we was like mates ...You was more so the sha...more shows, haunted you nights ... suppose that's how it goes, ...'s responsible when you get excited, explod...ie's grinning, then you invite that Obie's ...'s required is that you chill with all that...s I was right cause you just crossed the li... I never met a girl like you before ...ckin clue as to who you truly are ... far as introducing you to my daughters ...Till' you went as far as goin...d for the loop that you threw me for ...You used to say all you wanted was for me t... I ever wanted from you was a few booty cal...If you re-call I used to treat you like a groupie broad ...fucked I refused to even take my jewelery of...But it through me off the first time I called and you blew me off ...It was a shock, it struck me as odd but it turned me on ...You started gettin mood...And the ruder you got, the more beautiful you got to me ...And who'd even knew that, who would of even thought possibly ...It's true that I got s...But see, when you're in it it's to hard to see...Till' you pull up and see som...Before you make a decision tha...And just as you haul and you turn and you start to leave ...You hear them words ech...s I was right cause you just crossed the li...But you was different thoug...Even held your hand in p...Feed you the best of me I should have fed you piss(?) ...Would of stopped our grow...nd left her to kick it with me ...imented her, I said you had very nice lips ...l of imported shit, you know how I grind ...t to talkin, talkin like a oppourtunist too ...s I was right cause you just crossed the li

hought that I'd see you out of control...Even though, my penis wa...You should know between us we was like mates...You was more so the sha...more shows, haunted you nights ... suppose that's how it goes, ...'s responsible when you get excited, explod...ie's grinning, then you invite that Obie's ...'s required is that you chill with all that...s I was right cause you just crossed the li... I never met a girl like you before...kin' clue as to who you truly are ... far as introducing you to my daughters...'Til you went as far as goin...d for the loop that you threw me for...You used to say all you wanted was for me t... I ever wanted from you was a few booty cal...If you re-call I used to treat you like a groupie broad...fucked I refused to even take my jewelery of...But it threw me off the first time I called and you blew me off...It was a shock, it struck me as odd but it turned me on...You started gettin' moo...And the ruder you got, the more beautiful you got to me...And who'd even knew that, who would of even thought possibly...It's true that I got s...But see, when you're in it, it's to hard to see...'Til you pull up and see som...Before you make a decision tha...And just as you haul and you turn and you start to leave...You hear them words ech...But you was different thoug...Even held your hand in p...Feed you the best of me I should have fed you piss...Would of stopped our grow...nd left her to kick it with me...imented her, I said you had very nice lips...l of imported shit, you know how I grind...to talkin', talkin' like a opportunist too

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