[sample of Monk Higgins' "A Good Man is Gone"]
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"If he had left here in a natural way
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I would feel better when I hear me, say
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A good man is gone"
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[Joell Ortiz]
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In a natural way, then what? Haha
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What? Uhh, uhh
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A half a G and E&J out in the big park
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When it got dark we occasionally let the fifth bark
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You was a hustler, I was a rhyme writer
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You would serve customers, I would ignite cyphers
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We rode around, try and get ass in a white Mazda
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'til one day you just disappeared like my father (hey)
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'Member you talkin 'bout that out-of-town dough
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You was drunk, most of the time I ain't think you'd be out yo
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You was drunk, most of the time I ain't think you'd be out yo
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Sure did, took your wife and your kid out to P-A
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Right around my B-day; guess you had it mapped out
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Always knew the crack route
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Had them kids in that small town shook rollin dice with your gat out
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I visited time to time, I had to check my dude
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You had the hoes on a string, they always blessed the crew
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A shotgun shell turned my man flesh to stew
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Damn Jizz, we miss you
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[Chorus: Joell Ortiz]
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A good man is gone {"A good man is gone, gone, gonnnne"}
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Gone, a good man is gone {"A good man is gone, gone, gonnnne"}
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A good man is gone {"A good man is gone, gone, gonnnne"}
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A good man is gone {"A good man is gonnnnne"}
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Gone, gone, gone {"A good man is gone"}
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[Joell Ortiz]
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Uhh, I met you at Sue's Rendezvous on a Tuesday
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Flex spinnin, I see it like it was today
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Block Royal emblem on your Polo tee
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Handsome nigga, no homo B, you had that glow though see
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I 'member you asked why I'm so low-key
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With such a fire mixtape I need a promo V
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You introduced me to the family, took it out to Jers'
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Studio in the basement when I pronounce the words
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Studio in the basement when I pronounce the words
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I 'member you goin crazy, "Told you he get his flame on"
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Right after that's when you introduced me to Akon
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We 'posed to get a track that was nuts like acorns
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Years since you gone I'm still gettin my wait on
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Anyway, your boy gettin his fame on
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Aftermath gang, got my Eminem and my Dre on
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Still rep B-R, know I carry the name on
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Damn Screw, we miss you
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[Chorus w/ minor variations]
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[Joell] Uhh!
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[Interlude: Joell Ortiz]
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This is for anyone who's ever took a loss
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In bed, lights out, you just turn and you toss
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It wasn't they turn, it wasn't they turn
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Listen, we all got somethin to learn
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[Joell Ortiz]
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Two things is certain, you live then you die
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And I'ma do a lot of livin 'fore I get to the sky
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'Fore I sit with that guy and repent for my sins
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On my knees hands together and I pray to get in
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On my knees hands together and I pray to get in
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But until then (what) man I'm playin to win
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I came in this game po', I'ma say YAY at the end
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You ain't super duper nice don't be displayin your pen
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I'll expose it, none of your friends'll claim you again (who?)
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Joell Ortiz is the name I defend
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In the streets, on beats, on every stage I attend
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I'm official! God forbid I'll die by that pistol
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Say YAOWA, we miss you (word)
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[Chorus]
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[Interlude]
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[Outro: Joell Ortiz]
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A good man y'all, a good man is gone
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I know you lost somebody
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This is for you, and you, yeah
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Keep 'em alive y'all, keep 'em alive y'all, keep 'em alive y'all...
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Keep 'em alive y'all, keep 'em alive y'all, keep 'em alive y'all...
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A good man is gone
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Good Man Is Gone
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Joell Ortiz |