Tonalidad: A major
Verse 1
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Bm
Em
Shawn Carter
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was born December 4th
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Weighing in at ten pounds, eight ounces
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He was the last of my four children
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Em
The only one who didn't give me any pain,
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when I gave birth to him
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And that's how I knew,
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that he was a special child
Verse 2
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"Hi baby, what's wrong? You look like,
you've lost your best friend
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Tell me, is it something
that I've done again?
you've lost your best friend
Tell me".
Verse 3
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They say they never really miss
you 'til you dead or you gone
D
So on that note I'm leavin
after this song
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See you ain't gotta feel no
way about Jay so long
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At least let me tell you why I'm this way,
hold on
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I was con ceived by Gloria Carter
and Adnus Reeves
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Who made love under
the sycamore tree
Which makes me,
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a more sicker MC and my momma would claim
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At ten pounds when I was born
I didn't give her no pain
Am
Although through the years I gave
her her fair share
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I gave her her first real scare,
I made up for birth when I got here
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She knows my purpose was on purpose,
I ain't perfect, I care
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But I feel worthless cause my shirts
wasn't matchin my gear
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Now I'm just scratchin the surface
cause what's buried under there
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Was a kid torn apart once
his pop disappeared
I went to school, got good grades,
could behave when I wanted
But I had demons deep inside that
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would raise when confronted
Bm
Shawn was a very shy child grow
Verse 4
Em
ing up
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He was into sports, and a funny story is
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At four, he taught himself how to ride a bike
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Em
A two- wheel at that, isn't that special?
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But, I noticed a change in him. when me and my husband,
Verse 5
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Now all the teachers couldn't reach
me and my momma couldn't beat me
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Hard enough to match the pain of
my pop not seeing me SO!
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With that disdain in my membrane
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Got on my pimp game, fuck the world,
my defense came
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Then the Haven introduced
me to the game
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Spanish Jose introduced me to
'caine; I'm a hustler now
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My gear is in, and I'm in the in- crowd
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And all the wavy light- skinned
girls is lovin me now
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My self- esteem went through the roof,
man I got my swag'
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Got a Volvo from this girl when
her man got bagged
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Plus I hit my momma with cash
from a show that I had
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Supposedly - knowin nobody
paid Jaz wack ass
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I'm gettin ahead of myself,
by the way, I could rap
D
That came second to
me movin this crack
Give me a second I swear,
I would say about my rap career
'Til ninety- six came,
Verse 6
niggaz I'm here - goodbye!
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Shawn used to be in the kitchen,
Bm
Em
D
beating on the table and rapping
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And umm, into the wee
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hours of the morning
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And then I brought him a boombox
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And his sisters and brothers said that
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he would drive them nuts
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But, that was my way to keep him close to me,
and out of trouble
Verse 7
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game all the spoils,
the adrenaline rush
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Your blood boils, you in a spot,
knowin cops could rush
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At you in the drop, you so easy to touch
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No two days are alike,
except the 1st and 15th pretty much
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And trust,
is a word you seldom hear from us
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Hustlers, we don't sleep,
we rest one eye up
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And a drought could define a man
when the well dries up
D
You learn the worth of water
Without work you thirst 'til you die - YUP!
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And niggaz get tied up for product
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And little brothers ring fin
gers get cut up
To show mothers they really got 'em
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And this is the stress I lived with
D
'Til I decided to try this
rap shit for a livin
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I pray I'm forgiven - for every
bad decision I made
D
Every sister I played - cause I'm still
paranoid to this day
And it's nobody fault,
I made the decisions I've made
This is the life I chose,
or rather the life that chose me
Verse 8
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If you can't respect that,
Bm
your whole perspective is whack
Em
Maybe you'll love me when
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I fade to black
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If you can't respect that,
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your whole perspective is whack
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Maybe you'll love me when
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D
I fade to black
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Now if you can't respect that,
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your whole perspective is whack
Em
Maybe you'll love me when
D
I fade to black
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If you can't respect that,
Bm
your whole per spective is whack
Am
D
Maybe you'll love me when I fade to black.
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