[Intro: Napoleon Hill]
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"I want to describe my discovery in the simplest terms possible
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because it will reveal to you why it is true
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that whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve
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regardless of how many times you have failed in the past
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or how lofty your aims and hopes may be"
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[Kendrick Lamar]
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Go getter, with no cheddar
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Just a white tee and a swap meet sweater
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My life is likely to see great endeavors
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But I can't win if I can't get it together
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What I gotta do in order to see success?
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Having the world's best to call me the best
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Pull up at the Grammy Awards as best-dressed
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with an address next to a beautiful actress
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A dollar and a dream, I feel J. Cole
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Word to the hole in my pocket and the hoes
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that don't wanna fuck with a broke nigga with ambition
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But the last I checked, y'all was broke bitches
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Make a name for myself
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then bubble like the ass of Buffy when she wearing a tight belt
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The homies on the block can say whatever they say
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I don't wanna be a killer, I wanna be a Gates
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[Chorus: Ash Riser]
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Take your time, it'll come
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Just stay focussed and humble my son
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Show and prove, prove you're the one
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It's not about who's dope, it's who wants it the most
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So just go out and get it
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Go out and get it
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Go out and get it
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Go out and get it
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[Kendrick Lamar]
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What I gotta do in order to see success?
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Having the world's best to call me the best
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Pull up at the Grammy Awards as best-dressed
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with an address next to a beautiful actress
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Do I gotta run in your spot and blasting?
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Better yet, rob the nearest Nix Check Cashing
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Hear a hustle from a nigga that's constantly bragging
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Catch him at the light, snatch him out his Jeep wagon
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Or maybe I gotta hook up with Jose
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Cop five bricks of the yay, head to the Bay
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Area, or carry the birds to the gate
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Let the clips distribute the work all day
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Then come back home
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Every three weeks, flip three-to-six zones
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Homies on the block can say whatever they want
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I don't wanna be a dealer, I wanna be a Trump
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Donald that is
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[Chorus]
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[Kendrick Lamar - over chorus]
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And when I do it, I do it again, then I go back
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When I do it, I'll do it again, then I go back
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Thug it out, but for now I'm willing to dug it out
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I gotta grind, grind
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[Kendrick Lamar]
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So welcome to the story of my life
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See I'm tryna get right off the shit that I write
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Make a fortune, buy some Porsches for my momma and the wife
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Pop's engine in this old school run tight!
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But as you listening to K. D-O-T
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Me and my girl split the bucket at KFC
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She listening to Drake and all I can say
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Damn, these niggas that much better than me?
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Baby, I don't think this is meant to be
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cause I'm always losing self-esteem
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She paused the iPhone, then said huh
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I repeated what I said, then she replied shut up
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You know you the best boy, you gotta keep doing it
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But don't forget when you do, just keep you in it
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And never listen to what the industry say
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Don't be a typical artist, be more like Jay
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Russell, Barry Gordy, Quincy Jones
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Bob Johnson, Sean Combs, L.A. Reid
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Young black entrepreneurs did what it took to succeed, yeah
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So I gotta see success
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I gotta make it off them Rosecrans steps
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Rising to the top like a soda shook up
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Bout to pop, and I'll pop on whoever's in my way
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[Chorus]
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[Kendrick Lamar - over chorus]
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Yeah, I swear to God I don't wanna do it, just live man
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I wanna live good
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Just wanna make my momma proud, y'know?
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I don't wanna be hard, I don't want the most stripes
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I got lil' brothers and sisters man, I'm the oldest nigga
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I just want it, I just want it
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and I'ma get it
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Determined
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Kendrick Lamar |