[Intro: Bizzy]
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Ha ha ha ha, they say start it all over again
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Whatever you goin through it's somebody goin through somethin worse
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Let's do this
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[Chorus: Bizzy Bone]
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And that's life in the city kid
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Everybody ain't gon' make it out the hood (out the hood)
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You wanna flow like Bizzy did
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Just keep the faith, and it's all to the good
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[Bizzy Bone]
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Your girl is cheatin on you, you finna go to jail
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Now you just lost yo' job, yo' house is up for sale
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Your friend just passed away, before you said goodbye
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Your son goin to war, and you still don't know why
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Yo' mom contracted AIDS, and right before she died
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She couldn't speak a word, but she can blink her eyes
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See she was paralyzed, and you so scared to cry
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You wanted to show her your strength, and tell her the Lord provides
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The church is takin money, sellin granny a dream
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She wanna go to heaven, think she can get it with green
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Yo' cousins gettin rich, off of a triple beam
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You see him losin weight, it started off with 'Premes
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It elevated to rocks, and now he's on the pipe
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He used to ride 22's, now cousin ride a bike
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Yo' momma got a man, her man he got a temper
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So he beat you right up, gets drunk and don't remember
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As soon as you go to school, yo' teacher asked "What happened?"
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Your peers they know the story, you say "Ain't nuttin crackin"
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Yo' money's runnin low, and it ain't no welfare
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Remember 'Pac said, "Who in the hell cares?"
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But Bizzy cared for ya, see I can only stare
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These are the muddy waters, that I can see and hear
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See and hear, see and hear, see and hear, see and hear
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See and hear...
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[Chorus - 2X]
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[Bizzy Bone]
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You had you four friends, and y'all grew up together
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On the corner swiggin wines, singin about the ghetto
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Breakin bread, stealin cars, and stayin in trouble
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House parties with the homies and then watchin 'em rumble
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But soon yo' friendship crumbles, as you grow up in life
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You reached the age of 30, and soon forget yo' plight
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What if they blew up, and became the biggest group EVER?
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I guess we'll never know; that's just the way it goes
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Havin high school dreams of turnin pro
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Catch an injury and now the scouts ain't 'round no mo'
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Studyin to be a doctor but get pregnant in school
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You decided to keep yo' child, now you must provide the food
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At the tender age of 50, reachin your golden years
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These are the muddy waters, that I can see and I hear
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Bizzy cared for ya, but baby I can only stare
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These are the muddy waters, that I can see and I hear
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[Chorus - 3X w/ minor variations + ad libs]
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[Outro: Bizzy]
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This for my momma, this for my children
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This for my sister, and Eazy-E
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'Pac, Biggie, Big Pun, Aaliyah, Left-Eye
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Capo rest in peace nigga
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Muddy Waters
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Bizzy Bone |