It's a trap!
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[Jill Scott]
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Yo, they still be grindin', and runnin'
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Tryin' to get into somethin' or nothin'
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I remember them days, when the block got hot, bullets flyin' for the what
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It was, like, you ain't, really give a fuck
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I'm a sister, mother, I'm your daughter, I'm your lover and I'm
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Right here, and I'm sayin' that it's wack sauce
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Everything that you do tryna be the boss
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You ain't really really doin' it, (nah)
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I mean honestly pursuin' it
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Ca-cause, if you did you wouldn't be murdering, (your own people like)
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Oh ya see, it's a trap, (it's a trap, that's what it's called by the way)
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It's a trap
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[Verse 1: Young Jeezy]
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It's a trap night nigga, here we go again
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Jill left the door wide open, so I'm goin' in, (let's go)
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Through a bedroom I could see my momma tears, (tears)
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All I smell is Hennessy mixed with my momma fears, (yeah)
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Please momma don't cry, you know I hate cryin', (cryin')
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I try my best not to die, you know I hate dyin', (yeah)
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Three eighty for my thirteenth birthday, (birthday)
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I promised her I wouldn't let you motherfuckers hurt me, (yeah)
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So y'all get back, Jeezy got a automatic
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Every time I turn the TV on a nigga seein' static, (damn)
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Guess they forgot to pay them cable folks
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Them niggas in my first class got them cable jokes, (haha)
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Open up the frigerator see some old milk
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Shit been sittin' so long look like some old silk, (damn)
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I've been cursed since the day this earth birthed me
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I've been cursed since the day my mother birthed me, (yeah)
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And how did I get here in the first place
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Oh that's right, see the trap is my birthplace (haha, young)
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[Hook: Jill Scott]
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Said that I know you've been trapped, (trapped)
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Like you wanna move on, but they hold you back
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To face consequences, of what you did on some bullshit (yeah, wassup)
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Said that I know you've been trapped, (trapped)
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Like you wanna move on, but they hold you back, (ain't no way out)
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To face consequences, of what you did on some bullshit
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(What you know bout this homie, trap life, let's go)
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[Verse 2: Young Jeezy]
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Even though we had a will, we ain't have a way, (way)
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They just told us how to live, we ain't have a say, (say)
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All I know is the other side got some cuffs for ya, (for ya)
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Fresh khaki suit, nigga that's enough for ya, (yeah)
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Got ya spendin' all ya money on lawyer fees, (fees)
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Judge throwin' numbers at you like he speakin' Japanese, (oo-wahh)
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All cause a nigga out here playin' bakery, (bakery)
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I'm out here tryna get this bread, somebody pray for me, (haha)
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I'm always on the block so I rarely go to church, (church)
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Didn't wanna hear it from the preacher, cause the truth hurts
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And right now I'm so high, I should be scared of heights, (heights)
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A Town nigga I be on that kryptonite, (yeah)
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I got deadlines nigga no bedtime, (time)
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The only thing promised to ya is some fed time, (time)
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And how did I get here in the first place
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Oh that's right, see the trap was my birthplace (haha, Young)
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[Jill Scott]
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You ain't really really doin' it, (nah)
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I mean honestly pursuin' it, (not at all)
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Ca-cause, if you did you wouldn't be murdering, (your people like)
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Oh ya see, it's a trap, (it's a trap y'all)
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It's a trap (this the trap life, welcome to it, yeah, let's go)
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[Hook: Jill Scott]
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Said that I know you've been trapped, (trapped)
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Like you wanna move on, but they hold you back
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To face consequences, of what you did on some bullshit (yeah, wassup)
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Said that I know you've been trapped, (trapped)
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Like you wanna move on, but they hold you back, (ain't no way out)
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To face consequences, of what you did on some bullshit
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(What you know bout this homie, trap life, let's go)
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[Outro: Young Jeezy]
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Trap or cry nigga till the day I mothafuckin' die nigga
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Till you put me in that mothafuckin' couch and you put that dirt on me homie
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Goin, ain't no way out
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It's death or jail nigga
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I'm there
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Count me in
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Trap life
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Trapped
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Young Jeezy |