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[00:07.80]Make me feel it, uhhh
[00:08.96]It's in the heart man
[00:09.80]I can feel it right here
[00:11.29]It's in the heart man
[00:13.06]I can feel it right here man, it's real
[00:14.58](Every year about this time)
[00:17.57]Every year about this time, yessuh
[00:20.62](There's someone like me)
[00:23.42]There's always a dark cloud that lingers over the city
[00:25.67]There it is
[00:26.16]And I wanna preach about it, looka here
[00:27.34]Every year about this time I get to diggin up
[00:29.26]old school memories that I keep stored in the back of the head
[00:30.61]in the back of my mind that I always seem to find
[00:32.86]When I'm marinatin with my peoples, slappin bones and drinkin wine
[00:35.78]Just come home from Quentin, and all I know is strind
[00:37.76]Grind, time-uhh, dope game been gone it's either
[00:40.15]white collared crime or uhh, clickin da bones
[00:41.53]How can I make some sort of dividends
[00:46.44]How can I get my mathematics on how can I get in where I fit in
[00:50.10]How can I, get in get gone
[00:53.88]Every year about this time it's always, someone like me
[00:56.64]They uhh, handcuff and shackle, and uhh, throw away the key
[01:00.19]Every year about this time it's always, someone like me
[01:02.93]They uhh, handcuff and shackle, and uhh, throw away the key
[01:06.48](Every year about this time
[01:13.32]There's someone like me
[01:19.76]Every year about this time) About this time, uhh
[01:25.85](They lock us up, and throw away the key)
[01:33.06]Every year about this time-uhh, oh what a pity 'ater
[01:36.42]Spooky dark cloud lingers, over the city uhh
[01:39.55]Life and death does it, coincide
[01:44.63]Will that, scared man live to tell how, that brave man died
[01:46.62]A j-a-just the other day, coulda sworn I heard a brother say
[01:49.54]White folks kill they parents, but black folks kill each other
[01:52.50]You make the bed you lay in, if this is what you choose
[01:56.20]But if you choose to cross the game, then I'd have to break the news uhh
[01:59.31]Sky-ballin and doin dirt, not haulin dirt
[02:05.62]I'm used to fast cash and big bucks, fuck construction work
[02:07.13]And how can I make some sort of dividends
[02:08.49]How can I get my mathematics, how can I get in where I fit in
[02:09.98]How can I, get in get gone
[02:12.67]Every year about this time it's always, someone like me
[02:14.75]They uhh, handcuff and shackle, and uhh, throw away the key
[02:19.00]Every year about this time it's always, someone like me
[02:21.83]They uhh, handcuff and shackle, and uhh, throw away the key
[02:25.74](Every year about this time
[02:32.06]There's someone like me
[02:38.39]Every year about this time
[02:44.08]They lock us up, and throw away the key)
[02:51.40]You think I'll ever be able to turn some of this dirty money
[02:54.09]into some clean money?
[02:55.86]Get a bidness license maybe someday start a record company?
[02:58.64]Good intentions but I, never follow through
[03:00.99]I got good intentions but I, never follow through
[03:02.49]Systemized, a big nigga for my shoe size, trust me I'll fuck you
[03:06.53]You ain't from the hood nigga, so you ain't got a clue
[03:11.00]If I ever strike it rich UHH, I ain't gon never move
[03:15.06]Cause I'm a pistol packin weed smokin, nigga witta attitude
[03:18.59]How can I make some sort of dividend how can I
[03:22.97]get my mathematics on, how can I get in where I, fit in
[03:23.99]How can I, get in get gone
[03:25.24]Every year about this time it's always, someone like me
[03:27.60]They uhh, handcuff and shackle, and uhh, throw away the key
[03:31.41](Every year about this time
[03:37.99]There's someone like me
[03:44.11]Every year about this time
[03:50.02]They lock us up, and throw away the key)
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