| What is time?
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| Time is when a man is trying to make time with your woman
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| But you’re doing time behind bars and your time is standing still
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| Yo, Frost, kick it to these people for real you know what I’m saying?
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| Time, sifts through the hourglass, through night and day
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| And I watch as the games people play
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| It’s like do unto others than split
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| And if you can’t back up what you say then you ain’t shit
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| (Yeah)
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| I’ve seen the manifestations of the street
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| So I can manifest what I see on a drum beat
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| Like just last night
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| (Yo, what happened?)
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| I watched these two vatos get in a crazy fight
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| One of them was quick to pull a knife
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| He stabbed him in the heart and now he’s doing life
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| In prison at the age of 21
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| (Yeah)
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| Living on death row cause he couldn’t let go
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| Caught in the web of violence
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| (Damn)
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| Roll deep when they creep and move in silence of the lambs
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| (Yo)
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| A tattooed tear dropped as the iron gates slam
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| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine
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| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine
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| Ain’t no sunshine, anytime, hey
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| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine
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| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine
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| Ain’t no sunshine, anytime
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| Damn, damn ain’t that a shame?
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| You lost, so pay the cost, shouldn’t of played the game
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| Should’ve listen to the Frost when I was trying to come across to you
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| But no you didn’t think
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| (Sucker)
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| You just keep getting yourself more deep until you sink
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| So there’s no one else to thank but yourself
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| So go ahead take bow for a job well done
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| But you’ll never see the day of the sunshine or the fun times
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| Just the old days and your old ways
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| Corrupt and wicked
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| Out there doing dirt, instead of just kicking it
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| Pow pow, bang bang and all that noise
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| (Yeah)
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| Yeah, you and all your homeboys
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| Take time to read between the lines
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| Cause ain’t no sunshine
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| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine
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| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine
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| Ain’t no sunshine, anytime, hey
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| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine
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| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine
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| Ain’t no sunshine, anytime
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| (Yo, Kid)
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| I know about being macho
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| Calling the shots the big time head honcho
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| (Yeah)
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| But here’s something even more gacho
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| One of my homeboys is your old lady’s Sancho
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| Yo, shit happens
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| A number lights up on his beeper right as I’m rapping
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| While you sit in a cell writing a letter
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| Saying when you get out, your things will be better
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| (Right)
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| But man she couldn’t wait so she’s going out on a date
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| With every Tom, Dick and Harry
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| And if you ask me, your shit’s getting scary
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| So how you gonna handle this
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| When your ho’s in Los Angeles, acting so scandalous?
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| Yo, you can’t blame her you didn’t take the time
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| And now, ain’t no sunshine
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| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine
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| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine
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| Ain’t no sunshine, that’s for you, '92
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| You know what I’m saying? |
| Anytime, yeah
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| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine
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| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine
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| Ain’t no sunshine, anytime, damn
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| So if you don’t wanna do no time
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| You better take time to try to draw the line
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| You know what I’m saying?
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| Or you’re gonna be the next fool in line doing time
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| You know what I’m saying? |
| Like my man said
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| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine fool
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| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t nothing happening up there
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| You know what I’m saying? |
| Ain’t no sunshine, anytime
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| Yo, me and Frost is out of here, peace
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| There just ain’t no sunshine |