[Verse 1: Sample - Talib Kweli]
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(Swim in the ocean
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And thoughts remain to sail on the sea, yeah
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What can I do, but what can I do)
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Yo, I try to get it here, get it there, everywhere
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(What can I do, but what can I do)
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So I spit it clear, persevere, interfere
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With the status quo the baddest flow throughout the hemisphere
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There ain't no pretenders here, only real men is here
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If you see a chick she down to ride like she wanna veer
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Better yet the Queen of Sheba, Aretha, Queen Latifah
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I'm the boss like Aneisha Reefa
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[female:]
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Boss? You ain't my boss? Baby
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You don't run shit up in here
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I don't know who the hell you think talkin to
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I'm gonna take that shit and bounce
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I don't know who the hell you think you are
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I ain't got no boss
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See I call her baby like she 3 years old
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When she fully grown so these dudes is pullin' on
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She in the club like a stone cover, fully blown
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Speaking in the girly tone even though you got a attitude
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I can't stay mad at you
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[Chorus:]
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(We'll have our quarrels,) word (and you will upset me,
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Tell me what can I do, but what can I do)
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Nothin', cause if I said that I don't need you I was frontin' so
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(What can I do, but what can I do)
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Nothing, every time you said you leavin' you was bluffin'
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[Verse 2:]
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Back in the days I had dreads like Lil Jon
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And got numbers armed with nothin' but a pen and a little charm
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Everything I'm saying be littered with observation
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So I stand up for the dudes with limited conversation
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You looking at a star, it's all in the constellation
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[female:]
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Haha. You ain't no star
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Haha you losing your mind
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I don't know who told you that shit
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She tried to tie me up but she can't tie me down
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She ain't never cried a tear but she cryin' now
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She tried to leave me, coming back 'cause she can't forget me
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I gotta be strong so she can't disrespect me
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[Chorus 2:]
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(We'll have our quarrels), word
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(and you will upset me, tell me what can I do, but what can I do)
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Uh uh uh uh yea
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(What can I do, but what can I do)
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Uh uh uh yea
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Let's, let's go uh
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Let's, let's go uh
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What Can I Do
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Talib Kweli |