Too Long

When you feel like your life is getting stagnated

And you know it's time for a change, say...

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I've been here for too long

I gotta find my way out now, Lord, tell me what's going on

I've been here for too long

Tired of reminding myself there's no right way to do wrong

I've been here for too long

I'm a make it out soon, I can do it, I just gotta be strong

I've been here for too long

'Cause I've been here for too long, come on!

It's now or never

Can't stay in the same situation forever

Pfft, gotta get it together

My cousin gone from the slum, father was a bum (a bum)

He had a mother but he never felt she loved-ed him (loved-ed him)

People used to speculate was it because of them

That he grew up chewing more than just bubble gum

He used to like to bite his nails, even fight the gal

I used to tell him they gon' send yo ass right to jail

Pitching it hard, I never thought he'd listen to the God

When I would tell him not to be an addition to the yard

To my surprise, this nigga went to get a job

Now I be hearing him bragging 'bout his benefits and all

And I applaud whoever can climb out the hood

I hope and pray to Allah y'all can climb out for good

The hood is where the hate is at, I make it back

Just to bring some paper back, turn around, (rrrt!) make tracks

I got a kid, I'm a need a crib with the lawn

You can say what you want, nigga, I've been here for too

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Uh, check it out

Yo, I'm too black and too strong and been here for too long

Never did it right 'cause all I knew was how to do wrong

My people telling me to cut it out like a coupon

And act like a new man instead of like a newborn

Sometimes what I grow on, is difficult to chew on

And everything your crew on, is different than what you on

I'm through with bullshitting with my trivial pursuit on

And sitting at a stop sign, time to get a move on, 'cause

Criminal minds with minimal time

On the meter, got to be on they continual grind

Trying to find hidden treasure like subliminal signs

And escape mental prison or a chemical bind

And I'm a stone, but a stone can't do it alone

'Cause the truth can set you down like two in the dome

And make it all fall apart like the ruins of Rome

Yo, I'm a changed man headed for home

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I know this crackhead who says she gotta smoke nice rock

And if it's good, she'll bring your customers a measuring pot

Her family members used to beg her to stop, couldn't explain

How to cook cocaine had her head in a lock

You hear the beat with this repetitive knock, that's the same way

They used to tell her she was at the edge of the dot

One night she woke up butt-naked in a crack house

Not knowing what happened, the bitch must've blacked out

Nobody to ask about what had taken place

Now she on the Internet with dog nut up on her face

And she caught another case trying to break in her mother place

Everything going wrong, she know it's 'cause of the base

Said it was just a pipe dream to get her life clean

Even thought it might seem like the right thing

Basically I just told her that red means stop

Yellow means slow, then you can go when the light's green

(I dropped jewels on her) That was her last night on the glass pipe

(Right) After thirteen years, that's right

She said, recommend a rehab and I'm gone

I wanna get strong, she said, I've been here for too long

I've been here for too long

I've been here for too long

I've been here for too long