| You were there from the start
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| Taught me to be aware of the sharks and prepare for the dark
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| You kept a secret you practiced what you were preaching against
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| Your inner demons were praying I’d tear apart
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| You won’t admit but you competed just a little bit
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| I could tell, you’d be heated over little shit
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| Telling me to quit trying and get real
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| I got a little shine you was like big deal
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| I was pursuing dreams, steady doing my thing
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| You wasn’t doing the same, you wasn’t doing a thing
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| From my truest to a Brutus to a Judas
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| To who knew that this could happen
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| But the fracture was brewing it seems
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| I should have seen, mistaking smoke for a little steam
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| It turned to fire you burned me, trying to ruin me
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| I won’t even mention your name in my bars
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| It’s too close to the scars, but I’m sure that
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| You know who you are
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| You know who you are
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| I ain’t gotta name names
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| You know who you are
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| I ain’t gotta name names
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| You know who you are
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| I ain’t gotta name names
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| You know who you are
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| You know who you are
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| You were there from the start
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| You told me what ever I’m doing to do it from the heart
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| I was pursuing a dream that was cloaked in the cloth of the uncertain
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| Making money, music, and art, and it wasn’t perfect
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| You told me whatever’s worth it was worth hurting
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| Double edge seemingly sharp, rather unnerving
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| Still, you believed in a brother
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| I was starving as an artist, you was feeding a brother
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| You could see in a brother what I couldn’t see myself
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| When I couldn’t see myself needing help
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| One reason or other I was trying through it all
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| Lot of ways to fail, that’s the fastest way to fall
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| And through it and after all, you was with me not against
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| Cheered me from the bench, now you’re with me as I ball
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| And that meant, I ain’t even mention your name in my bars
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| You know you’re close to my heart
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| I’m sure that
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| You were there from the start
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| Before you were even aware of the plan you were part
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| Of the scheme grand, as it could seem at the top
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| Man can only go so high before he reaches where he can’t breath
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| But you know your limitations, you walk patient
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| While everybody start running for their plan B
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| Like a fire escape, but you stay in the kitchen
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| Let them sleep on they dreams, you stay lying awake
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| You stay eyeing the cake, they say you getting greedy
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| And then they turn their side against you like they getting sleepy
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| Try to convince you but you ain’t into what they about
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| Get in your mental prevent you to take the way out
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| Please, let 'em try, let 'em fail
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| Let em tell lies on you, let 'em be
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| Let em see you prevail
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| Let em bail on they attempt to stunt a star
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| In any event be sure that |