[Verse 1:]
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If I Wasnt Rapping, I Probally Be Wrastlin
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Hand Ta Hand, Grappling, On The Coner Of Madison
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Or Realestating Tryna Sell You A Mansion,
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Or Rollerblading Doing 360 Flash Bends,
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Or Ill Prolly Be Flipping Da Burger, Attemptin A Murder, Paralized, Sipping On Gerber
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I Could Be Working At Jewels, Chain Snatching, Jerking Ya Jewels,
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Homeless, Working For Food,
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I Might Be Cleaning Ya Pool, Teaching Ya School, Preaching To Fools,
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Leaching, Smoking Weed To Be Cool
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At DMV's Holding Lines Up, A Whine Duck In Line Ups, Who Times Up
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Full Of Holes In A Whole In A Fine Tux,
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Out On Parole, Out Of Control, Holden Ya Dime Up
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I Could Be Lazy Sitting On Your Couch
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Or I Could Be Crazy Cussin Pidgeons Out
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[Hook x2]
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I Could Be Hustlin Bags,
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Struggling Bad,
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If I Wasn't Up In The Lab,
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Shit, I Just Might Be,
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Cutting Ya Grass
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Walking Ya Dog
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Pumping Ya Gas
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Or Nuttin At All
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[Verse 2:]
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Could Be Thanking The Academy,
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Friend Of The Family,
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Ya Man, Delivering Bail,
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Or I Could Be The Man That Delivers Your Mail,
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Or I Could Be Taking The Stand, Drinkin On L
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This Could Be My Third Life, Or My Third Strike Or My Third Wife,
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Been Garbage On My First Mic
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I Coulda Got Off Easy, That Nigga Deserves Life
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Orcan Man Searching For Termites
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I Could Be Sticking Up Conveniece Stores Or Twistin Up What You Fiendin For
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Or Gettind Bucked With The Meanest whores
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Been Giving Up, On Top Of a Building Leaning Forward, With No Wings To Soar It
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It Could Of Kidnapped My Daughters, Been Extorted For A Couple Of Porshes
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I Might Be Drunk From The Moe, Stombling Slow, Someone Ya Know,
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Running Da Show, Or Shoveling Snow
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[Hook x2]
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I Could Be Hustlin Bags,
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Struggling Bad,
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If I Wasn't Up In The Lab,
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Shit, I Just Might Be,
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Cutting Ya Grass
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Walking Ya Dog
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Pumping Ya Gas
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Nuttin At All
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[Verse 3:]
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I Could Be Starting Galding, Or Planting The Garden, Or Security Gaurding
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Or I Could Be Starving And Eating Out Ya Garbage
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And Found Stardom, Starring In Sitcoms Wit Martin
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I Coulda Been Marching Wit Martin, Handcuff,
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Nullface, Over The Face With No Comment,
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I Might Not Even Be Darkskin, I Might Not Even Be Conscious, Comatose from a Over Dose
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A R&B Singer Blowing The Notes, Tailor Sowing The Coats, A Sailor Rowing The Boat
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I Coulda....Boxed A Little, Fought For The Title, Lost,
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And Lost My Vitals On The Way To The Hospital
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I Could Of Lost My Business
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Won The Lotto And Lost My Ticket
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I Could Be The Last One To Cross And Finish It
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I Could Be You, I Could Be Him, He Could Be Me, We All Got A Job
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[Hook x4]
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I Could Be Hustlin Bags,
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Struggling Bad,
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If I Wasn't Up In The Lab,
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Shit, I Just Might Be,
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Cutting Ya Grass
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Walking Ya Dog
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Pumping Ya Gas
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Nuttin At All
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Coulda Been
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| Lupe Fiasco |
