[Intro] Through the wire To the wall All my rhymes is raw All these beats beats beats beats beats All of em coulda been lost I always got to floss I almost paid the cost So before I go... [Verse 1] Every sunset feel righter, sunshines feel brighter Please light ya lighter for the producer and the writer Feel like God wrote this, Im just here to quote this I dont know if you noticed, them accident pictures is bogus Doctor, doctor, would you please say somethin? I know I almost was the final destination I musta had a blessin from Pastor Mason Cause that trip to L.A. coulda been my last vacation And, man, I know I can Drop a down payment on that Porsche Cayenne But, what, I went along with the plan Paid for my own video, directed by my man I know God was holdin my hand Wouldnt let me go before I went before Def Poetry Jam Wouldnt let me throw in the towel fore I got to throwin some vowels Bout what we goin through now Out the blue girls got a crush on me like I did beats for Mr. Cheeks And since the accident, they tellin me that its the cheeks But if you look at history, the last rapper that almost died Sold 6.5 cept Im comin from the Chi [Hook] Through the wire To the wall All my rhymes is raw All these beats beats beats beats beats All of them coulda been lost I always got to floss I almost paid the cost So before I go to sleep sleep sleep Always thank the Lord For this mic and my keyboard Hecky naw that boy is raw [Verse 2] Now even though I aint wired up Wewewe fired up You aint seen my concerts lately, they be linin up You aint seen my girls lately, they be tryin to cut And they heard about my girl so I still chill Cause Monica Lewinsky already killed Bill And that girl that was with Kobe tried to go for the kill I think he put it in the wrong Holyfield Can I take a minute with yall to be totally real? Far as my jaw and all, it aint totally heal If I would have died, 1023 of last year That would have threw a monkey wrench in my whole career But me, I took the worst thing, turn it into the best thing Im from the Chi, I guess its just a Midwest thing Times like this make life interesting Times like this make me count my blessings Cause you could run around like King of the Chi But God could take that in a blink of a eye I remember CedarsSinai and all those cryin Mama, Im sorry for almost dyin Tell Alwe G and Hip Hop man Tell Don Ima John Monopolize the game Add on Benny Medina, we gon take em to the cleaners Im Kanye West, the college dropout slash genius [Hook] Through the wire To the wall All my rhymes is raw All these beats beats beats beats beats All of them coulda been lost I always got to floss I almost paid the cost So before I go to sleep sleep sleep Always thank the Lord For this mic and my keyboard Hecky naw that boy is raw [Outro] Now if the Roc is in the building say, Hell yeah! Throw your diamonds in the air If the Roc is in the building say, Hell yeah! Throw your diamonds in the air If the Roc is in the building say, Hell yeah! Throw your diamonds in the air Throw your diamonds in the air Throw your diamonds in the air Now keep em in the air Yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah We outta here College Dropout
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