Quick question...
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You ever felt like the realest nigga alive?
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Felt too pretty or powerful to die?
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Tell the truth...
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You ever felt ugly enough to cry?
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Have you ever begged for mercy?
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Have you ever wished you died?
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Tell the truth...
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Have you ever taken pride in the crime?
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Been too hungry to break down or hide?
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Felt low down dirty? Or super duper high?
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Or contemplated murder, robbery, or suicide?
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Tell the truth...
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Taken medicine for trouble in your mind?
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Or taken down a number? For taking up a scheme?
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I made her wild, beautiful take her 'til she skeet?
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Take her to the penthouse or take her to the skreet?
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Tell the Truth...
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So the waterman he take it to the beat
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And I take it to the 'mic
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So we takin' what we like
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Take it to your neck
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We gon' take it to the bank
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Triple X, Killa K
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Black we take it to your face
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Like, G..."BANK BANK"
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[Chorus]
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Gangsta, birth sign is danger
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It's like thug is the drug
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That make 'em fall in love
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When love don't love nobody
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BANK, BANK
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Gangsta, star sign is danger
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It's like thug is the drug
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Ready rock, steady pump
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Man they leanin' and they fiendin'
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Cuz they can't get enough...
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The Dee-Jay play this song in the dance
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And every buggy on the block got the tune on blast
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The TV is like the radio with visuals too
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So shiny, so gutter, mean moody and cool
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Tell the truth...
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They might be doing things that you wanna' do
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You fantasize as they be living it through
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The big home with the beautiful view
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You have a swim in the pool, and get fresh
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And take a spin in the coupe
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Tell the truth...
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You probably want to feel the world in your palm
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While hold a gun in your hand
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And make 'em know you a star
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Tell the truth...
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And there's those who probably already are
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They well known in they zone
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Or they town or they block
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Tell the truth...
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Then there's the rest who are usually not
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And the heavy dose of thug feel like all that they got
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So they ready to rock...R-r-rock...
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Ha, ha, heh
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[Chorus]
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Gangsta, birth sign is danger
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It's like thug is the drug
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That make 'em fall in love
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When love don't love nobody
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[Gunshots, screaming]
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Gangsta, star sign is danger
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It's like thug is the drug
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Ready rock, steady pump
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Man they leanin' and they fiendin'
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Cuz they can't get enough...
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[beat rides out]
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Thug Is A Drug
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Mos Def |