Yo, Big Will in the place to be, mic check...mic check..
Would you love me in the shack in a shanty town
Would you love me if my pants was hand me downs, huh?
Yo, yo,
Often times I hear a phrase when I´m out & about
8 to 80, all walks of life be shouting it out
Usually, when its time for a encore I hear it
Or when I did something hot, evoking the spirit
It´s weird, its like a double edge sword when ya´ll applaud
It´s kinda wild, a peace sign, a smile
How do I respond to the phrase, "I love you Will!"?
Kinda heavy when I hear it, I´d be like damn for real?
In a way it makes me wanna stay strong and moral
But history say I could be gone tomorrow
& though my future looks floral
I feel like I´m hoping for much pain
When people stop shouting my name
& doubting my game & liking others better than me
Writing letters to him instead of to me
A veteran ´B´, I know the game, but do me this here,
In your heart be clear before you bless my ear
Come on..
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Could you love me if I lived in a shanty town
Could you love me if my pants was hanging down
Could you love me if my wrist ain´t bling
If I wasn´t on TV & I ain´t sing, huh?
Could you love me if my whip wasn´t chrome fitted
Would my name be easier to forget it, huh?
Could you love me if wrist ain´t bling
If I wasn´t on TV & I ain´t sing, huh?
I pray before I sit with a pen & a pad
A birth of a thought occurs & it calls me Dad
To the universe an idea released from me
Just a CD, nah man, a piece of me
What you can´t see is when you be dancing ´B´
Is I asked you a question, that´s how you answer me
So when you don´t dance, it be like I´m choking from cancer
Like I wrote rancid rhymes, I can´t survive
Sure, I rationalize like, oh, I see..
But if you don´t like my cut, its like you don´t like me
Some stuff works, some works not so well
Its like you work so hard, still get hurt like hell
Yo, it could tear you apart
But don´t let your wins go to your heard
Your losses go to your heart
& if we ever get the pleasure to meet
Be clever with it, measure what you yell in the street
Come on...
