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1. |
LET ME KNOW FT. NAS-T
04:30
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You told me that you loved me
And I find that hard to believe
Actions speak louder than words
And there's a lot that I don't see
Sometimes hours pass before you respond
Can't reach you at night you say your DND is on
I'm all for giving you your space
But somethings telling me I'm getting played
I just wanna know
If you're playing me just tell me so
Cuz my mind can't take it anymore
If you're creepin me just tell me so
I just wanna know
Oh oh oh
I should have noticed sooner
The red flags were all so clear
I must have been blinded
Trying to focus on my career
Is it my fault for not giving you enough attention
And leaving you lonely wasn't my intention
So why didn't you speak up
tell me to step up
huh
Now I just wanna know
If you're playing me just tell me so
Cuz my mind can't take it anymore
So if you're creepin me just tell me so, so, so
I just wanna know
Oh oh oh
I just wanna know
Ho ho ho
I just wanna know
Now i know that he
Ain't better than me
He was just in the right place
In your time of need
Think you're better off that way
Gone and do your thing don't worry bout me
Put Lookout on your phone so I know when you moving
Cameras in the house so I know what you doing
Clocked all my attention little time like I'm losing
So much love feel like u playing me for stupid
Lit your wrist, expensive gifts, them bottles that I'm buying
I gave u everything and I don't care that u crying
I bet its client they close don't even try it
You said its no one else but I know when u lying
Supported u financially emotionally
Who went thru more test than me
Getting more text than me
Eating you like its dinner time
Who bringing the best than me luxury you see
I try not cuddle to you just to let youu breathe
You want a ring on it dope house SUV
Baby not conceive, cold shoulder x the sleeve
If someone else is the quest you seek
It's best u leave
Now I just wanna know
If you're playing me just tell me so
Cuz my mind can't take it anymore
So if you're creepin me just tell me so, so, so
I just wanna know
If you're playing me just tell me so
Cuz my mind can't take it anymore
So if you're creepin me just tell me so, so, so
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Once Upon a Time she was so fine tried to make her mine but she chose somebody else
Then she got comfortable started to let herself go but when things didn't work out she decided to take control
Break up
Bounce back
Body
Let's go
She was with this guy for quite sometime
And she got a little comfortable
He started acting up but she didn't wanna give up
Cuz she put in her heart and soul
Tried to convince him to stay but he left anyway
She thought she lost her mojo
She took control and self consoled
Next thing you know
Shes got that break up bounce back body ooooo
Tapped back into her prime fine
Shes got that break up bounce back body ooooo
Out her livin her best life
Alright
When she's at the gym it ain't bout him
She's just trying to better herself
With meditation and inspiration
And keeping junk food off her shelf
No need to block him
She wanted him to see
All the things he used to have
Better off without him
No more dead weight
Now who's got the final laugh
Shes got that break up bounce back body ooooo
Tapped back into her prime fine
Shes got that break up bounce back body ooooo
Out her livin her best life
Alright
Everybody needs some motivation
From time to time
It's alright
It's ok
Whatever it takes
Even heartbreak
Shes got that break up bounce back body ooooo
Tapped back into her prime fine
Shes got that break up bounce back body ooooo
Out her livin her best life
Alright
Shes got that break up bounce back body ooooo
Tapped back into her prime fine
Shes got that break up bounce back body ooooo
Out her livin her best life
Alright
Shes got that break up bounce back body ooooo
Tapped back into her prime fine
Shes got that break up bounce back body ooooo
Out her livin her best life
Alright
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3. |
SAME ENERGY
03:34
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Keep that same energy
When you deal with me
Don't try to change
When i expose your game
Keep that same energy energy energy
Keep that same energy energy energy
Keep that same energy energy energy
Keep that same energy energy energy
Now everybody's talkin bout
What you said
And everybody's talkin bout
What you did
But I ain't seen or heard not a thing when i come around
I just see you nod
and I see you smile
You love to cross the line
When there's something to hide behind
But when you come face to face
You hesitate and things ain't quite the same
Keep that same energy
When you deal with me
Don't try to change
When i expose your game
Keep that same energy
You want attention
Well I'm gonna give it to ya
It didn't go as planned
Oh man oh man
Got too hot in the kitchen
And now you're missin
You got no conviction
No conviction
I know nothings permanent anyway
So why expect consistency from you day to day
And I don't even think you know what you're truly after
Thinking that you winning when you know it's a disaster
Keep that same energy
When you deal with me
Don't try to change
When i expose your game
Keep that same energy energy energy
Keep that same energy energy energy
Keep that same energy energy energy
Keep that same energy energy energy
Keep that same energy
When you deal with me
Don't try to change
When i expose your game
Keep that same energy energy energy
Keep that same energy energy energy
Keep that same energy energy energy
Keep that same energy energy energy
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4. |
STANDBY
03:56
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I've never been so shy
I've never been so high
It's like I melt when I see you
I really wanna meet you
But every time you come around
My mind shuts down
I've never been so shy
Your beauty knocks me off my feet and
I've never been so high
It's like I melt when I see you
I really wanna meet you
But every time you come around
My brain goes on standby
Standby standby standby
Standby
Everyday I say this is the day
And I'll be ready when you come my way
And when you come my way I'll seize the day
I'll seize the day and sweep you away
Sweep you away with my display
And with my display I'll make your knees sway
Make your knees sway from the words I say
Then you come my way and it's not the day
I've never been so shy
Your beauty knocks me off my feet and
I've never been so high
It's like I melt when I see you
I really wanna meet you
But every time you come around
My mind shuts down
I've never been so shy
Your beauty knocks me off my feet and
I've never been so high
It's like I melt when I see you
I really wanna meet you
But every time you come around
My brain goes on standby
Standby standby standby
Standby
It's not that I don't know what to say
Your beauty gives me what to say
Like dancing and rain puddles
Being near you takes my cares away
Like the sun your eyes chase the clouds away
Like beyond reasonable your smile takes all doubt away
Not that I don't know what to say
It's just your beauty seems to take my words away
I've never been so shy
Your beauty knocks me off my feet and
I've never been so high
It's like I melt when I see you
I really wanna meet you
But every time you come around
My mind shuts down
I've never been so shy
Your beauty knocks me off my feet and
I've never been so high
It's like I melt when I see you
I really wanna meet you
But every time you come around
My mind shuts down
I've never been so shy
Your beauty knocks me off my feet and
I've never been so high
It's like I melt when I see you
I really wanna meet you
But every time you come around
My mind shuts down
I've never been so shy
Your beauty knocks me off my feet and
I've never been so high
It's like I melt when I see you
I really wanna meet you
But every time you come around
My brain goes on standby
Standby standby standby
My brain goes on standby
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5. |
I'M SPRUNG
04:12
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I'm sprung
Dog, she got me
Got me doin' things I'll never do
If you ain't been, I'm tellin' you
I'm sprung (I'm sprung)
Dog, she got me
Got me doin' things I'll never do
If you ain't been, I'm tellin' you
You do (you do)
You do (you do)
You do (you do)
You do (you do)
(You do) do do do
(You do) do-do-do do do
(You do) do-do-do, do-do do-do
Ooh
She got me doin' the dishes
Anything she want for some kisses
I'm cookin' for her when she gets hungry
All she doin' is actin' like she want me
She cuttin' off all my homies
Even all my other ronis
She ain't even my main lady
See I been thinkin' bout it lately
Man she really don't deserve me
All she wanna do is hurt me
So I gotta get away from her
But now I'm leaving quickly
Before she come and try to kick me
And I'm takin' everything with me
Well, it all come down to how
I'm sprung
Dog, she got me
Got me doin' things I'll never do
If you ain't been, I'm tellin' you
I'm sprung (I'm sprung)
Dog, she got me
Got me doin' things I'll never do
If you ain't been, I'm tellin' you
You do (you do)
You do (you do)
You do (you do)
You do (you do)
(You do) do do do
(You do) do-do-do do do
(You do) do-do-do, do-do do-do
Ooh
So we went our separate ways
It's been a couple of days
But now I'm doin' what I want to
With nobody tellin' me what I'm gon' do
And I'm feelin' so free
With nobody but me, uh
Now I can handle all my business
All of my fellas, can I get a witness?
But I'm feelin' kinda lonely
On top of that, I'm kinda horny
Man, I gotta get back to her
But now I'm leaving quickly
Before she come and try to kick me
And I'm takin' everything with me
Well, it all come down to how
I'm sprung
Dog, she got me
Got me doin' things I'll never do
If you ain't been, I'm tellin' you
I'm sprung (I'm sprung)
Dog, she got me
Got me doin' things I'll never do
If you ain't been, I'm tellin' you
do do do
(You do) do-do-do do do
(You do) do-do-do, do-do do-do
(You do) ooh
(You do) do do do
(You do) do-do-do do do
(You do) do-do-do, do-do do-do
Ooh
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6. |
GROW
04:23
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Check 1 2
You might be a fool to think everything revolves around you
You can't believe that everybody's always going to agree
You need to think twice if you think folk are always going to play nice
Can you comprehend that everybody ain't gonna be your friend
It takes all different kinds to make the world go round
Plants don't grow just from the Sun they need the rain to come down
And when trees grow older they develop thicker skin
So they're not easily swayed by the changing wind
Grow older grow wiser grow stronger grow better
Grow older grow wiser grow stronger grow better
Grow older grow wiser grow stronger grow better
Grow older grow wiser grow stronger grow better
Do you listen or just wait for your chance to talk
Do you enjoy the scenery or do you just hurry up and walk
Do you wait patiently or do you rush to get ahead
Do you give to others or are you are taker instead
Sometimes you gotta ask yourself the important questions
In order to gain some of life's greatest lessons
Open up your eyes and ears
Open up your heart and mind
Focus breathe hold release and look beyond the line
Grow older grow wiser grow stronger grow better
Grow older grow wiser grow stronger grow better
Grow older grow wiser grow stronger grow better
Grow older grow wiser grow stronger grow better
Grow older grow stronger grow wiser grow better
Grow older grow stronger grow wiser grow better
Growth ain't just physiology
It deals with psychology a dichotomy of our being you see
Some chart growth on walls some chart growth from falls
Due to flaws which can result in a loss
Or gains depends on how you gauge
The lessons that stem from the growing pains
A wise man knows perfection doesn't exist
So it doesn't make sense to keep on chasing it
However imperfect perfection albeit an oxymoron
Gives you more to build on that's one to grow on
So if you feel broken cast those emotions in the ocean
That your tears just cried bask in the sunlight
Use those rays to raise you up
Begin to regenerate from those fragments
And escape the shadows of being stunted in stagnant
Like a concrete rose I suppose
Please excuse my prose if I went astray
I was dreaming when I wrote this point is regardless of the play
Grow a little more each day
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SNAP BACK TO REALITY
02:43
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Check 1 2
You might be a fool to think everything revolves around you
You can't believe that everybody's always going to agree
You need to think twice if you think folk are always going to play nice
Can you comprehend that everybody ain't gonna be your friend
It takes all different kinds to make the world go round
Plants don't grow just from the Sun they need the rain to come down
And when trees grow older they develop thicker skin
So they're not easily swayed by the changing wind
Grow older grow wiser grow stronger grow better
Grow older grow wiser grow stronger grow better
Grow older grow wiser grow stronger grow better
Grow older grow wiser grow stronger grow better
Do you listen or just wait for your chance to talk
Do you enjoy the scenery or do you just hurry up and walk
Do you wait patiently or do you rush to get ahead
Do you give to others or are you are taker instead
Sometimes you gotta ask yourself the important questions
In order to gain some of life's greatest lessons
Open up your eyes and ears
Open up your heart and mind
Focus breathe hold release and look beyond the line
Grow older grow wiser grow stronger grow better
Grow older grow wiser grow stronger grow better
Grow older grow wiser grow stronger grow better
Grow older grow wiser grow stronger grow better
Grow older grow stronger grow wiser grow better
Grow older grow stronger grow wiser grow better
Growth ain't just physiology
It deals with psychology a dichotomy of our being you see
Some chart growth on walls some chart growth from falls
Due to flaws which can result in a loss
Or gains depends on how you gauge
The lessons that stem from the growing pains
A wise man knows perfection doesn't exist
So it doesn't make sense to keep on chasing it
However imperfect perfection albeit an oxymoron
Gives you more to build on that's one to grow on
So if you feel broken cast those emotions in the ocean
That your tears just cried bask in the sunlight
Use those rays to raise you up
Begin to regenerate from those fragments
And escape the shadows of being stunted in stagnant
Like a concrete rose I suppose
Please excuse my prose if I went astray
I was dreaming when I wrote this point is regardless of the play
Grow a little more each day
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8. |
CARDS YOU'RE DEALT
03:38
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You gotta play the cards you was dealt you can't choose
Sometimes you win sometimes you lose
Just play strategic
No matter the situation be wiser when you leave it
You gotta play the cards you was dealt you can't choose
Sometimes you win sometimes you lose
Just play strategic
No matter the situation be wiser when you leave it
Am I living my best life naw can't say that
But this the hand i was dealt so I gotta play it
It feels awful to have no books
Stuck with a hand full of possibles
But anything can happen if your play the cards right
So tonight I'll delight
In the fact that I gave it my best shot
Tomorrow's another day... I may win, I may not
Anything can happen if your play the cards right
So tonight I'll delight
In the fact that I gave it my best shot
Tomorrow's another day... I may win, I may not
You gotta play the cards you was dealt you can't choose
Sometimes you win sometimes you lose
Just play strategic
No matter the situation be wiser when you leave it
You gotta play the cards you was dealt you can't choose
Sometimes you win sometimes you lose
Just play strategic
No matter the situation be wiser when you leave it
You never know which way the dice'll role
You can bet it all and lose your soul
When them devils start talking be resilient
They never giving up they too persistent
Keep tryin if ya want I'm never gonna fold
Cuz I know all glitters ain't gold
I play my hand like a Vegas vet
Feel the table heating up so place your bets
You gotta play the cards you was dealt you can't choose
Sometimes you win sometimes you lose
Just play strategic
No matter the situation be wiser when you leave it
You gotta play the cards you was dealt you can't choose
Sometimes you win sometimes you lose
Just play strategic
No matter the situation be wiser when you leave it
Life ain't white & black Jack
Domino
You gotta spin the wheel of chance
Roulette
It'd been keen yo if you didn't crap out
It's you against the house baccarat
You gotta play the cards you was dealt you can't choose
Sometimes you win sometimes you lose
Just play strategic
No matter the situation be wiser when you leave it
You gotta play the cards you was dealt you can't choose
Sometimes you win sometimes you lose
Just play strategic
No matter the situation be wiser when you leave it
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9. |
WE REAL FT. NAS-T
02:59
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I walk around like I own the spot
Do what I want you mad cuz you can not
Bottle girls stay flowing our direction
Don't be mad take notes and learn lesson
We real so real
We real surreal
We real surreal
We real so real
Hey now hey now sippin my drink in the middle of the dancery
Got my squad and my fans with me
You livid cause this your fantasy yeah
I'm uplifted cuz I'm gifted
Now it's my time to shine find some shades or go blind
From the rage, we won't be upstaged
Just ordered 3 more bottles
Gotem em with no delays
Ladies flatter me with their anatomy I ain't gotta ask
And if I ain't got a shot I'm Steve Nash with the pass
Ally opp yeah you see it
You hate to watch me mvp it
But there's no jealousy between my team and me
And that's why we better than you'll ever be
I walk around like I own the spot
Do what I want you mad cuz you can not
Bottle girls stay flowing our direction
Don't be mad take notes and learn lesson
We real so real
We real surreal
We real surreal
We real so real
We real so chill the security know the deal
The bottles on the table ain't nothing but some bills
Models on the table only dropped couple bills
We ballers on the block spin move with no pill
I'm real
I'm not sure if get that
Pudding pop boy I ain't with at
So smooth kick stand gotta kick back
No chance rapper please get a kit kat
Hold up man brown or white man I'm trying to get some stock in it
Bottle service yeah rocks with it
You on IR ain't no props from it
We winning not a race
Diamond meter for the fake
Flow like water Jordan lake
You sub par man we the greats
We walking around they do the woah
2 step ladies hit the floor
Don't shoot because they cop a feel
This magic David Copperfield
I walk around like I own the spot
Do what I want you mad cuz you can not
Bottle girls stay flowing our direction
Don't be mad take notes and learn lesson
We real so real
We real surreal
We real surreal
We real so real
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A. Y. Lee Morrisville, North Carolina
Sandy A. Wiley was born and raised by his parents who were both enlisted in the Air
Force. As an only child, he could never
keep still due to having an early appreciation for music at the tender age of 4. This would later become one of
many seeds to launch a hobby into an evolving career paired with studying music at North
Carolina Central University.
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