| Yo, where you going?
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| Take me to, um, 32nd and 7th
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| Alright, hop on
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| Yo! |
| Ain’t you J-Live?!
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| Yes
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| Ma- what you doing driving a cab?
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| Man, you know that I gotta take the lights off, you know?
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| Yo, man, we were just listening to all your joints the other day:
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| Always Has Been, The Best Part, you know what sa- all the joints.
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| Yo, didn’t you have like a, uh, major record deal or something like that?
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| Yeah, yeah, yeah, something like that. |
| It’s a long story
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| So what went down?
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| Aight I’ll tell you. |
| Bust it
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| Yo, yo, eight years ago, 1995
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| Me and man from Bed-Stuy was down to do or die
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| Back then, I rode the train with a pad and a pen
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| But he had a whip and asked me if I wanna ride
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| He helped me out with a part-time job
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| Where I worked at a car service, even helped me learn to drive
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| And even though I was just getting to know the scene
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| I had my regular customers that he never seen
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| But see we made a good team
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| Hooked up with a plan to find a dispatcher who can make a small green
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| But I was green to the scheme
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| Contempt with trading in my gypsy cab status for a limousine
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| Little did I know the plan wasn’t quite complete
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| Cause now we had to compete with a whole fleet
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| Not to mention I was strictly on call
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| So I couldn’t even catch my on fares in the streets, that’s weak!
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| My man got more and more sheisty every day
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| Try to say I should hit him for a piece of my pape
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| But when he robbed the dispatcher and they tried to blame me
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| I had to cut him off in the worst way
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| I guess the moral of the story is
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| To be dollar van gloriest, you gotta know the biz
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| Cause it B’s like that sometimes
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| Even if you whip a fat rhyme, you’re still bound to have car troubles
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| Man, just when I don’t trust this record industry, man. |
| You don’t know if
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| people are tryna help you or hurt you. |
| But what’s so crazy is, I’m on my record
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| label right now! |
| We 'posed to discuss me getting a deal or something,
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| you know what I’m saying? |
| I just don’t know what to ask for, you know what I’m
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| saying? |
| I don’t how many whatev- there’s something about points? |
| Royalties?
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| You know what I’m saying? |
| But I need this deal bad!
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| Yeah, hmm, so you need a whip, wondering what kind to get
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| Coup sedan, mini van, damn, better yet
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| An SUV to run over your competition
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| First of all, slow down and analyze your mission
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| Who you rolling with, your girl, your crew, your fam?
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| You need the Knight Rider Kit or the 18 van?
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| Are you a soloist or down with a band?
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| Cause six in a two-seater's not a good plan
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| Five hundred, five thou, five hundred thou?
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| Will you settle for a hooptie or ride in style?
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| You want a dope car the fly females can see?
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| Or something simple to get you from point A to B?
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| And how your paying for it? |
| What you prepared to do?
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| You talking cash on the table, damn, scared of you!
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| If not you’re gonna have to finance
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| That means you’re in the bed but ain’t no romance
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| Yo, you gotta pay the cost to sit behind the wheel and shit
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| Most of your check going straight to the dealership
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| Not to mention a mechanic costs money
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| Cause getting stranded on the road ain’t nothing funny
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| And if you don’t keep it charged and gassed
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| Then that fast lane joy-ride ain’t gonna last
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| You need a whip that puts miles in the gallon
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| And got enough power for the uphill challenge
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| And I hope you know where you’re gonna go
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| Park in the wrong spot, you got jacked or towed
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| I ain’t tryna discourage or bust your bubble
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| But if you land a bad deal, you’re bound to have car trouble
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| Yo! |
| That’s a lot you’re putting me up on right there, man. |
| I didn’t know it was
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| that serious, man. |
| Yo, man I — *stutters*. |
| Maybe I should call these people and
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| cancel, you know what I’m saying. |
| I don’t think I’m ready for it. |
| You know what?
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| Bette- just stop right here. |
| Stop right here. |
| You know what? |
| I’m just gonna go
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| home and think about this, if not I’ll go and hop on the train, man.
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| Good looking out |