RE$IDUAL SELF-IMAGE

[00:01.00] Going off, going off, going off (going off)
[00:08.39] (Hey-ay-ay, oh, yeah) going off
[00:13.67] Forgive me, I'm goin' off
[00:15.38] For all the non-believers who were there when I started off
[00:17.97] Ever since I made it, I ain't hear not a word from y'all
[00:21.73] I know that you pray I fall, you need a new prayer dawg
[00:23.73] That's why I be going off
[00:24.97] Forgive me, I'm going off
[00:26.77] Fifty thousand for the night and I might just blow it all
[00:29.45] She riding with me for the night and I might just show her off
[00:32.86] They know when I arrive that I make the city small
[00:38.42] Yeah, yeah, yeah
[00:44.16] (Two and two) yeah
[00:46.88] Acknowledgment without the accolades
[00:49.66] Still I celebrate, 'cause any day could be the last time I hear this record play
[00:53.86] My heart is in a better place, my mind is in a different state
[00:57.64] So I don't even care how much the records made
[01:00.35] How many lives can this record save?
[01:02.20] How many minds can it liberate?
[01:04.28] Feeling like I'm liable to make a change
[01:06.14] Here I stand, center stage, as I take a leap of faith
[01:09.29] I let the music lead the way
[01:10.84] All that passion I put in the game
[01:12.68] All that credit that I never claim
[01:15.31] Yet I'm still amazed at how they're always finding ways to slander my name
[01:18.97] Life is a gamble, but like old people at casinos dawg, I'm here to stay
[01:25.96] They know when I arrive that I make the city small
[01:30.06] (Two and two) yeah
[01:33.92] This shit ain't a hobby, it's a lifestyle, niggas will tell you likewise
[01:38.36] I say niggas, referring mostly to my guys
[01:41.64] Nothing like those humble days when all I was to you is just nothing more than a lifeline
[01:45.93] Niggas think they're brave enough to take mine
[01:48.14] I ain't never been the type to take five
[01:50.00] Especially when I'm behind enemy lines, in position
[01:53.70] Minding my own business but niggas keep sniffing, impersonating a K9
[01:58.62] I keep telling my mother that I'ma make time
[02:01.23] Great things take time, I'm on a mission
[02:03.94] Total demolition, world domination, operation "Fuck the system"
[02:07.80] Niggas know we ain't kiddin' this side
[02:09.39] Niggas know ain't nothing killing the spirit this time
[02:12.37] Nigga just keep that in mind
[02:14.05] A nigga like me keeps getting harder to find
[02:17.90] Told her a nigga like me keeps getting harder to find
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[02:36.63] They know when I arrive that I make the city small
[02:39.34] Watch them hating, praying for my downfall
[02:42.87] Niggas catching feelings 'cause they know I walk tall
[02:47.89] They know when I arrive that I make the city small
[02:51.19] Watch them hating, praying for my downfall
[02:54.11] Niggas catching feelings 'cause they know I walk tall
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[03:06.49] ('Cause everyday feels so right)
[03:10.56] Is it really so hard to believe?
[03:13.15] Your clothes are different, the plugs in your arms and head are gone
[03:16.89] Your hair has changed
[03:19.69] Your appearance now is what we call "Residual self-image"
[03:25.54] (Hu-hu-hu-hu-hu-hu-hu, hu-hu)
[03:31.80] (Hu-hu-hu-hu-hu-hu-hu, hu-hu)
[03:34.96] Yeah, they tried to blackball me, but I'm still putting numbers on the boards
[03:40.59] You boys are only known for shaving points like Paul on the longest yard
[03:44.67] I know you ain't who you think you are
[03:47.60] You a bad liar, stop trying hard, quit talking like you got priors
[03:52.04] You don't wanna start an uproar with the men I stand before
[03:56.00] These niggas got pride like a group of lions, I'm in top form
[04:00.31] They won't admit I'm killing it on every platform
[04:03.80] You in the presence of a god, nigga hold your applause
[04:07.31] If you gon' put your hands together, you might as well send a prayer to the lord
[04:12.43] You hell bound, fucking with the boy (hu-hu-hu-hu-hu-hu-hu)
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