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look through my eyes, see what i see
do as i do, be what i be
walk in my shoes, hurt your feet
then know why i, do dirt in the street
burnin in hell, but don't deserve to be (uh)
got niggas i don't even know that wanna murder me
just becuz they heard of me, and they know that the dark is for real
the bark is for real (arf), when you see that spark it'll kill
beep, pop out, park it and chill, take it over there, walk wit it
from Y-O to cali, to baltimore, back to new york wit it
come through flyin, up 1 to 9
up the school street cuz i come through mine (yes!)
bark at my dogs, get at me nigga
arf arf arf, get at me nigga
what the deal is, never forget what real is (uh)
them cats that used to say X is the best know he still is (what?)
can't help, feel this, puttin goosebumps on your arms
take it there if you want, but i lose chunks wit the bomb
then the calm, before the storm
dr. jekyll and mr. hyde, and it's gettin warm
feel me yo
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yes!
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i can understand why y'all niggas is scared of me
and why the big dogs never wanted to play fair wit me
cuz i leave blood, where ever i go, where ever i flow
where ever i blow, niggas'll know, i can go, feel me yo
what is it about the dark (uh)
that gets niggas where they about to spark, about to bark (arf)
take it to the heart, cuz it's real like that
give em chills (what?), how do i make em feel like that
shit is real (what?), what you don't know is gonna get ya
wit the steel (what?), what you don't know is gonna slit ya
i can blaze tracks, make niggas play raps and raise stacks
"payback's a bitch!" didn't you used to say that? (c'mon)
play around in dirt, you get mud
cuz you know, i can either spread love or shed blood
and bloodshed turns the mud red, real sticky (what?)
or i can hit you from the roof (ahaa!), make it a quicky
for real
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yes!
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i bear my soul, niggas wouldn't dare, my role?
gives a nigga heart of gold, but wit a hole (uh)
lost all control, my shoulders hold a lot of weight
just like first time sold an eighth, but told us not an eighth (c'mon!)
but then it's out of state, and it's too late, for changes to be made
that's what i get for fuckin wit strangers in the shade
this is it, ya'll nigga's got to give me a plate
for the same reason that fate chose to give me the wake
take away hate, now i'm supposed to love the one that cursed me? (uh-huh)
the one that wouldn't give me a cup of water when i was thirsty? (uh-huh)
it was always him verse me, but now i gotta teach him (what?)
personal feelings put aside cuz, now i gotta reach him (c'mon!)
what i'd like to do is turn my head, like i don't know him
but it seems like i've been called on to show him, so i'ma show him
and if you never met me, then you've no right to judge me
i've got a good heart, but this heart can get ugly (yes!)
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yes!
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feel the pain, feel the joy
of a man, who was, never a boy
for real
arf arf, arf arf arf
