Joe Budden - Better Me lyrics
rate me[Amalgam Download Bonus Track]<br />
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[Intro: Joe Budden]<br />
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I hear what nigga's sayin'.<br />
Nigga's gonna' talk to me like...<br />
Like when I come on the plane an' shit, Louie's on.<br />
When I sit out in front of the muh'fuckin' plane wit' the daily news wit' my legs crossed an' shit.<br />
Wanna' act like I ain't earn my seat, when I'm watchin' muh'fuckas walk to the back an' shit, when it's Coach.<br />
You Pat Riley in that shit, nigga.<br />
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[Verse 1: Joe Budden]<br />
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Look here,<br />
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Look, look...<br />
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I get a ghetto gospel<br />
Only right considerin' the ghetto was my hostile.<br />
Memory is gone, but I'm recallin' all through highschool<br />
Even at my lowest, I was sittin' on my highstool;<br />
That's what bein' high do.<br />
If I couldn't do shit, was always able ta' toke<br />
They tol' me that a nigga die 'fore I was able ta' vote.<br />
'Prolly 'cause me an' my constituents<br />
An' all the shit we did<br />
The MRI couldn't tell you what the issue is.<br />
Wit' my treason came a cause that I believed in<br />
Is it really wrong if a nigga got a reason?<br />
At times I had ta' take doe<br />
Nigga did whatever for a peso<br />
Bein' from the hood'll be my scapegoat.<br />
A can it be, 'cause I wasn't born into a canopy<br />
Maybe I was prone to fallin' in love wit' vanity<br />
Tell me shit'chu reap is the shit'chu sow<br />
Tell God I'm better than the shit I show<br />
I gotta grow, c'mon.<br />
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[Hook]<br />
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[Verse 2: Joe Budden]<br />
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Whoa...<br />
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Now look...<br />
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Now niggas say I floss too much<br />
So... has he changed?<br />
'Cause I don't think that thousand-dollar T cost too much.<br />
All they should say is that he strong<br />
Came out the fire unscathed, ye', I carried on<br />
Lu Vuitton carry on.<br />
[??] wit' my blessing's at a delay<br />
Now ta' lace my chick in [??] is sorta' clich?.<br />
Plane ain't gonn' ever land, less it's in the Netherlands<br />
Twenty on that goldface, Breitling wit' the leather band.<br />
Ask for a better hand<br />
I tried collidin' wit my problems, ye', I never ran<br />
That'll make me less a man.<br />
I ain't go from not havin' it ta' bein' arrogant<br />
I dreamt, went grabbin' it, jus' bein' passionate.<br />
Some niggas get complaints an' why...<br />
Dude's is newborn birds, jus' afraid ta' fly.<br />
If you're foot's on the breaks, can't ride.<br />
Me, I spread my wings, inhale an' embrace that high!<br />
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[Hook]<br />
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[Verse 3: Joe Budden]<br />
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Give it away, give it away, give it away now [x3]<br />
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Look, look, look...<br />
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Part of me was gruesome<br />
I ain't changed, I grew some<br />
An' if I did change, I welcomed that shit to come.<br />
Dudes that smoked trees wit' me<br />
Dudes that used ta' be wit' me<br />
They say I switched up on 'em an' did a three-sixty.<br />
'Cause I don't burn it down<br />
But to me it's commonsense -<br />
You wann' see the otherside, gott' turn aroun'.<br />
Show 'em your game face -<br />
I tell 'em we was on the same track, but wasn't runnin' that same race.<br />
Weighin' in the same space, but I ain't gonn' change pace<br />
Some' won't let me slowdown, I can't explain fate.<br />
So don't say I went from broke ta' booshie<br />
I'm far from highend I jus' know what suits me, muh'fucka.<br />
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[Hook]<br />
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(Thanks to Thoro'Bred for these lyrics)<br />
