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I think about what I want to do…
But I don’t have a problem with you.
The things I do are not tight
We mostly
Smoke
Drink
Fight
‘till late at night.
Until I wake up deep inside and realize what I’m doing is wrong
The smoking and drinking
I’m thinking about life, the future,
Will I ever get married and have a wife?
A life, two kids, a job and a great house,
Things to take care of– like the house mouse?

E.

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Pt. Two

I’ll help and protect
I’ll help you
Because I’m here for you
They bust I’ll shoot
That’s what riders do
If you don’t like it shoo
Be real, I’m better than you
I’m smarter than you
I’m too sick for you.

“I need help
Victor can you help me?”
I say with what?
She say I want to be like you
I say for what?
Just try

I can’t
Yes you can.
You’re a girl, I’m a man
But you have all these fans
That’s why I said you can.

You still want to be with me,
But we both been through slavery.

V.

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