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Yeah, I'm about to fill you all in on some things ya know what I'm sayin
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See what you don't know aint nothin but one big gamble
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It's like a big ol' roulette wheel you know what I'm sayin
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But peep this
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I'm abut to put you all up on this story
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It's about this youngster
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Strugglin, strivin, doing what he thought had to be done
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So Check this out
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(Verse 1)
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He was only a youngster
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Strapped between two foundations
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Father was a minister
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Mother worked for the board of education
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He had the will to do right but peer pressure took his grip
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A long trip down that dirty road he's about to flip
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School became unimportant so he dropped out
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Started following the wrong influences, he can't stop now
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Caught up in the hustlin, servin small time at first
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Started buyin jewels tryin to prove his self work
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His mom could only hang her head and pray for a change
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Dreadin the call that would say they found her son's remains
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You could see it in him, million dollar signs in his eyes
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His office was the drive, his bank was the ride
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Run-ins with the police of course you knew that would come
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He bought a strap, that's another youngster with a gun
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So now I guess this boy think he tough right
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He had some words with somebody, pulled his heater last night
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I guess he feels he gotta do what he gotta do
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Different situations call for different actions dude
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I hope for the best
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For his moms sake
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It would be a shame to see another youngster put in an early grave
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(Chorus)
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Life is a gamble
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We don't know what tomorrow may bring
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Life is a gamble
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Could today be the last we see
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Life is a gamble
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I've got to do the things that must be done
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Life is a gamble
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Cuz I have responsibility
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(Verse 2)
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He arises from his sleep unaware of the gal layin next to him
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All that bumpin last night got his mind ruined
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Still persuing the ultimate dream of getting his money right
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At anyone's expense on any given day or night
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Checks his pager to see what's popping on his block
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Just some pennies but his boy informs him of a plot
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Here's the scheme
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Take money from an institution
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We can get major bread in 20 seconds, just listen to me
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You'll drive the car and I'll run on in
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When I come out we'll have big wood to spend daddy
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Aight he's all for it, thinking of his kids
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It's been a drought for a minute so he's gotta handle his buiz.
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At the spot, his boy runs in ,demands the bread
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"Give me all the loot unless you want this teller dead"
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Out the door, to the car, hit it, then they speed off
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Unaware that the police ha already been keyed off
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About two miles down the street the cop slows in
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All this led to a five year sentence in the pen.
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I guess god said "enough's enough I'll slow his role some,
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Give him a little time to see what type of man he'll become"
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(Chorus)
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(Verse 3)
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Release date, a long bus ride home
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After four and a half long years a lot of his homies are gone
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Either dead or in jail but they aint there no more
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i guess it's true, we ?? what we saw
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He's got a little brother workin on his album now
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Gets to the crib, calls him up, "hey what's up pal"
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"Ya headin to the studio, well aight then"
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"Give me an hour to get my self together, I'll slide in"
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He had all this talent but never channeled it
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Could he go a starightened arrow or could he handle it
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His decision
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His brother asked him to drop a verse
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Sees his boy, "damn I see you're still puttin in work"
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The rest is history as they say "my oh my this kid has came along way"
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God decided he didn't have to die for his mistakes
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Just suffer a bit, to get his mind straight
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I guess some gamblers are worth it if in the end
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The big picture comes into focus, so you can win
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This kid has been blessed, in a major way
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The trip is, I see him in the mirror everyday
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(Chorus) X 2
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Life is a Gamble
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