[Bridge]
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If you could look at me now
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[Beanie Sigel]
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[Verse 1]
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My hair was knotty then
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Nose- snotty then
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sweats, no pockets then
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sweatin', no problems then
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facts? Off the potty then
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News? Watchin karate then...
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Muddas playin double dutch,
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she was hop-scotchin' then
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Me- Girl watchin' then
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Crooked little eye. (eye)
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hump-back, tryna hump that
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yes I (I)
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Couldn't play because I'm poo
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They thought I was mockin them
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Gramz-
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Said I was devilish
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Been knew I was rotten then
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School-
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Been dropped out,
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neva really clockin' in
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Popz-
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Been dropped out,
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Neva really stoppin' in...
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Momz-
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tryna lock me out
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Cops-
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Tryna lock me in
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Damn, Devilish one with Pellet-guns,
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Grew from,
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Sling-shotin' them, (uh)
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To sling-shootin' them
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Dice all day,
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Kept hook shot-
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Nice all day
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Right hook fight
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Nice all day
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Nigga left for a night
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To keep money Right all day
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Break a night all day
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[bridge]
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If you could look at me now x2
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[Beanie Sigel (background)]-
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If you could look at me now
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Let me smoke with you young'in
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[Verse 2]
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Yall was pop-lockin' -Then
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Card-board boxin -Then
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Me-
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I was up the center
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3-D-
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lockin' in
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Strong-arm-
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Robbin then
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Started car-
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Poppin' in
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ME-
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Skinny toots, Telly boots, Marley Park and them
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Got in trouble with Passyunk
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Wilson park n them-
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Other Jacks, diffeferent sets
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Started sparkin him-
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I had the four-teen gauge,
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My nigga Larken then
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How it made front page,
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-He caught a spark from them
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He got gauged in his leg,
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Still was walkin' then
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8-toss, shook it off
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Kept sparkin' them
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All heads aint help,
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-We had more heart then them
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We squashed that war,
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Got some wall,
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-Stayed apart from them
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Down in Iraq, they give me dap,
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I'm takin' pounds from clowns,
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You shake my hand like a grown man (grown man)
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Ya aint see it like Tony and old man,
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Mob-style ferreal,
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This is my life-style ferreal.
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(bridge)
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Beanie Sigel (background)-
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If you could look at me now
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Verse 3
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...Now its big buisnesses,
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You see them big bentley-skids
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You see them Bee's on those shiny-ass
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Rims of his,
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You can't find him in the woods,
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With his kids with his
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Mob cookin breakfast with no S.W.A.T.
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A good day this is.
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You could bull-shit with rap if you want,
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I pull the bull-shit to the back
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And put rap in front.
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Now I'm State-Prop flickin' it
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State-Prop stitchin' it.
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I'm paper soldier yall,
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Your boy gettin' rich
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I see a kids hair -knotty now..
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They nose -snotty now
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So what I do,
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I try to turn they frown around
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I make 'em smile a day
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If only for a -while a day
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I give them dollar-day
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That's my ghetto -holliday
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I must say for myself
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I'm feelin proud today,
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My life is shaped
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Like I run about a mile a day
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I dedicate this to the one's that
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counted me out
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And looked at me down
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Just look at me now.
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[speaking]
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I know yall see me
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Look at me now man
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I'm killin this shit
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Sheed, check your boy out man
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Your boy got buisnesses man
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I done came up on my own nigga
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I'm a ceo nigga
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Clothing line... cartoons, movies, name it nigga
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Bullshit with rap if you want,
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...I'm a big-boy-toy driver nigga
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with unlaced airforce 1's with no license-
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Holla at me nigga.
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Yall can't tell me shit,
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look at me now.
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Look At Me Now
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Beanie Sigel |