[Intro: A friend's voicemail to Dave]
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Dave, whattup man?
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It's me
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Umm.. just callin to see, if possible, if you have any
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time today or within the next couple of days
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If, if, you're in the studio.. or if you're at home.. or car, whatever
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That song.. that.. it's called trying or something, Mase
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was tellin me that I needed to hear?
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He said it was amazing
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Whoo.. the way he was talkin.. man I wanna hear it!
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[Dave]
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Am I just another lost in the pack?
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We for shack ship, you know laugh it off
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Years just blow by
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My eyes stay fixed but the picture's kinda outta focus
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I cry a lot but admit to it
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Enjoyin life now but I've been through it
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Sometimes I wish that I can go back
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No bills no kids just getting tore back
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I want a wife, I love women
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How could I front like I don't be in love wit em?
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A li'l man that I can teach
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A li'l sand but not the beach
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I figure excess'll only bring an excessive amount of fussin
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So when I'm gone, make sure the head stone reads, "He did it for us"
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I'm like your modern day Jesus
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I cherish warm thoughts like a gray goose
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And float soft kisses to my baby
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(yo ain't that Dave's little girl?)
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Yeah, respect her for that
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She gon be somebody
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Instead of somebody-baby-mama
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You see young minds are now made of armor
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I'm tryin to pop a hole in your Yankee cap
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Absorb me
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The skies over your head aint safe no more
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And Hip Hop aint your own
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And if it is then you fuckin up the crib son
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You make life look like I don't wanna live one
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You might as well hold your breath until you die in a
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corner somewhere bent over in the crevice
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This God Theory overcomes the worst of weathers
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As long as you willin to try, you on a good start homie
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.. you on a good start.. see nigga tryin
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[Chorus: Dave & Children]
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[Dave] People are you ready?
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[Children] Yes we're ready!
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Are you really ready?
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We wanna be ready!
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Ready for the change that may approach you?
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Yes!
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Follow down the path that you supposed to?
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Yes!
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People are you ready?
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Yes we're ready!
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Are you really ready to try?
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We wanna try harder!
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You know mistakes are trials that we learn from?
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Yes!
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I order to live life, you must earn one?
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Yes!
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People are you ready?
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[Pos]
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Throughout my change to grow, Some of my people got left behind
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They didn't listen for the gun, as I leaped from off the line
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Thirteen years deep in this marathon I'm runnin
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Paid dues and still got bills to pay
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When I came back around the way
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Old friends gave me dead eyes
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and fake smiles, half wide
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We were supposed to rid the world of danger
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These days we nod heads and small talk like polite strangers
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It's natural to fall off, just land close to the tree
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I'll be there if they need me to be
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and I know all my local shorties
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cuz they all know who I am
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and latey wanna flip grammar instead of grams
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Like that's the only choice they got
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They tell me how they gonna shake up the game
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but came to me to see if I could give em guidance for change
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Shit y'all, I need guidance myself
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and I chisel right words to make gems
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Got fans around the world, but my girl's no one of em
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And my relationship's a big question
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Cuz my career's a clear hindrance to her progression
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Said she needs a man and our kids need a father
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I'm not at all ready to hear her say don't bother
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And break
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And this I know I can't take
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but uhh
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C. Smith said to hold on
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My brother Luck said to hold on
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My nigga Dave said to hold on
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My nigga Mase said to hold on
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Yo, Maseo, we need to hold on
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Eh, yo, y'all we need to hold on
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[Chorus: Pos & Children]
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[Pos] People are you ready?
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[Children] Yes we're ready!
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Well, what you wanna be?
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We wanna be ready!
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Do you wanna lose hate for love?
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Yes!
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Do you wanna see these gates above?
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Yes!
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I said people are you ready?
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Yes we're ready!
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But are you willing to try?
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We wanna try harder!
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Do you really wanna carry some weight?
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Yes!
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Are you ready to design your fate?
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Yes!
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Yo, people are you ready?
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Yes we're ready!
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Well what you wanna be?
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We wanna be ready!..
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[outro: AOI computer honey]
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Operation comp |