'81 was the year shit hit the fan in a major way
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A sad day for aspiring artists
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Almost 20 years after the fact I'm still on my hustle
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Diggin' graves for aspiring artists
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Pushing daises up
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And never compromise the arts and make a crowd clap
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Shit's been on since the first show
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But we turn feces to fertilizer
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So when you diss it's just food for the flowers to grow
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Sold 15 plus out of backpacks, no trunks
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Too young to drive
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But live hip hop
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And the kids are upstate kids that thought rap was past tense, hence the last name
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Got the game for playing basements and such and making songs that our friends love
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And when the fish bowl got too small to hold the goldfish
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We filled our gills with water and *blooped!* that mother fucker like
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So take a step back
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And a breath in
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Let it out now
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Put your chin up
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You can do it tiger
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You a man now
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Your only dream, it's time to do the best you can now
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We bring ourselves down
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And build ourselves up with disappointment
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How fragile we are
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So fragile we are, we just don't show it
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We'll shake up this town
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And shoot down the stars we'll all enjoy this
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So sexy we are
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So sexy we are, we just don't know it
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This is what you wanted right?
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How many nights was spent pouring out your guts dummy?
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How many punishments endured for fucking up in school?
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How many teachers proved wrong by writing songs instead?
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My point exactly
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But you knew you had a spark, did you?
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Something conducive to the dreams your pop's dreams lent you
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Stay focused when nothing seemed to make sense
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You're still a person with that Cassius Clay confidence
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Sometimes you step in the shit, that's the McCoy in you
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You learn to be a man without losing the boy in you
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Just do your thing man
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So take a step back
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And a breath in
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Let it out now
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Put your chin up
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You can do it tiger
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You a man now
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Your only dream, it's time to do the best you can now
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So take a step back
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And a breath in
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Let it out now
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Put your chin up
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You can do it tiger
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You a man now
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Your only dream, it's time to do the best you can now
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We bring ourselves down
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And build ourselves up with disappointment
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How fragile we are
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So fragile we are, we just don't show it
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We'll shake up this town
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And shoot down the stars, we'll all enjoy this
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So sexy we are
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So sexy we are, we just don't know it
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We bring ourselves down
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And build ourselves up with disappointment
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How fragile we are
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So fragile we are, we just don't show it
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We'll shake up this town
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And shoot down the stars, we'll all enjoy this
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So sexy we are
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So sexy we are, we just don't know it
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So take a step back
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And a breath in
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Let it out now
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Put your chin up
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You can do it tiger
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You a man now
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Your only dream, it's time to do the best you can now
|
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We bring ourselves down
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And build ourselves up with disappointment
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How fragile we are
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So fragile we are, we just don't show it
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We'll shake up this town
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And shoot down the stars, we'll all enjoy this
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So sexy we are
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So sexy we are, we just don't know it
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2nd Period: Shoot Down The Stars
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| Gym Class Heroes |
