[Soul sample cut]
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"You might wanna say it" Testing "O, Ya got to understand"
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[Chorus]
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"what ya gotta" speak the truth for real
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"you might want to say ?" "you got to understand"
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We trying to tell you the deal from our perspective
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The J5 collective will wreck cuz you
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"You got to understand" keep it together and try
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"you might want to say ?" but you "you got to understand"
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We're more than meets the third eye, words fly
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Reppin' from the bird's eye view
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[Akil]
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I ain't hating I just heard better
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Up the ante on the game and apply the pressure
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Understand I was a fan
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Before I was a member of your favorite rap band
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Understand that I'm still a fan
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[Soup]
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And you can keep playing after the fact
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Related to the game and came after crack
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Cuz every nigga I know is out ta get a plaque
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So why you wanna go and do that, huh?
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[Chali 2na]
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I don't know man cuz we see fiends who dream c.r.e.a.m
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Reppin' the west through special effects and green screens
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And it seems you need to be the one to flash that cannon
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Or sign the autographs till the last cat's standing
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[Marc 7even]
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Brother pass that action, and your trashin' is real
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Your only way of coming up is probably inking a deal
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While your thinking the skills, some are thinking the mills
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In a never-ending quest ta get the house on the hill
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AND THAT'S REAL
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[Chorus]
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[Akil]
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I need some understanding in this world between me and my girl
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She want the diamonds and the pearls to be a part of my world
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Twenty four-sev, but love don't pay the rent
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So love me when I'm home and cherish the moment
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[Chali 2na]
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Uh-Huh
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Cuz some of you women are men's mirrors
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I know some women who dodge balls like Ben Stiller
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Please understand, it's not to offend or seem bitter
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But every queen, need a king wit her
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[Soup - singing]
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Ms. Thing I don't know, but ever I leave you ready to go
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My Momma told me about how it flow
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But I didn't wanna listen but she told me so
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Now if it ever came to the bank account
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Who'd ya pack ya things and get up and bounce
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These the type of things that I be thinking about
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To all my other fellas "you got to understand"
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[Chorus]
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[Chali 2na]
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And all the times I tried ta do ?what this wanna god do?
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It's cuz I see the world from the Artist eye view
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You live life the next part is you die, too
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And there's no one on this earth it doesn't apply to
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[Soup]
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Now that's true, cuz every single day I live
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I'm obligated just ta say it like it T-I is
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And I ain't gon talk about no cat whose decision is poor
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Trust me man my hand is just as dirty as yours
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[Marc 7even]
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Either they like you, or they hype you, it's a cycle
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Choices that we make in the vi-tal
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Cuz in the blink of an eye it can all go awry
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And the next man will quickly take your title
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[Akil]
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Yeah, between me and myself and all of these things
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Understanding is a theme when we doing our thing
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From the job to my queen and chasing my dream
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The whole world needs a little understanding
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[Chorus (w/ad-libs from Akil)]
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[cut sample until fade]
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Gotta Understand
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| Jurassic 5 |
