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T.I.
T.I.


Background information
Birth name Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr.
Born September 25, 1980
Born place Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Genre(s) Hip-hop
Years active 2001—present
Label(s) Arista Records
Atlantic Records
Grand Hustle Records
Associated acts P$C
Young Dro
Website Website



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T.I. Album


Paper Trail (09/30/2008)
09/30/2008
1.
56 Bars (Intro)
2.
3.
4.
On Top Of The World (feat. Ludacris & B.o.B.)
5.
Live Your Life (feat. Rihanna)
6.
7.
8.
9.
Porn Star (feat. Lil' C)
10.
Swing Ya Rag (feat. Swizz Beatz)
11.
12.
13.
Swagga Like Us (feat. Jay-Z, Kanye West & Lil Wayne)
14.
Slide Show (feat. John Legend)
15.
16.
Dead And Gone (feat. Justin Timberlake)
. . .


[Talking]
Yeeaaaa...
Hey, hey, hey, hahahaha
Aight Toomp man, this what the folkes been waitin on I guess,
That's right
Let's give it to 'em baby
Grand Hustle nigga,
Aye man they been waitin on this shit since "What You Know" huh?
Yeaaaa
It's the king bitch
Aight my nigga, the wait is over nigga
Hey, hey

[Verse 1]
One for da money, two for da show dawg,
Three for the niggas hatin' on da low, ya'll
know a picture worth a million words I'ma show ya'll
Death before da son, a family before all
Witout da braids I'm da closest thing to O-Dawg
Minus the testimony,
Say it ain't so, homie!
Hey,
Shawty like that, don't he?
World hopped off my jock, I got him right back on it
OH!
Step back brush myself off,
Pick business back up, right where I left off,
I can show my dope, dat other guy just talk,
Aye, where I live just as big as yo projects, dog
Aye, haha
Better check my swagga
How I walk, how I talk, how I stack dat chedda,
What I drive, how I dress, nigga looks just betta,
Hundred stacks on that nigga I'm just...Betta
Hahahahaha
Somebody better tell 'em mayne
They swag owe my swag everything
Very plain to see you study me awful hard
To the point that my swag need a bodyguard
I'd like to thnik to thank you cuz uhh ya'll oughta be
Havin' ya'll swags sendin mines an apology
A lot of little mes, I see, got beef
But what's the possibility, stop, see, you not me
Hardly work for hella beams,
Step up to the guillotine
Get decapitated,
Don't see how half you rappas made it
Say good...bye to the fame and the fortune
Say la vi
What the game need with you, nigga? They got me
I ride through the city so clean,
Seat really low, auto-mo
billies, so pretty, but I'm illy tho
No comparison
Ain't a nigga mo' thorough than this gangsta american
Flow, dope or da heroin,
King like Evalyn,
Champaigne mayne
So durranged and buligerant
Ranked up there with Benjamin
Who? Andre 3K, B.I.G., Jay-Z, UGK, Scarface, Machievelli the great,
Wayne, Common, Kanye and
Lupe
So f**k what you say
You welcome to ask who you made,
Bet they say as of today,
I'm back on top like a toupe
Hey
All objections overruled
It's overdue both high,
and sober too, I'm so high
up over you,
Same guy you see in the streets it's as fly as here in the booth,
So don't be surprised when you meet me to see that I'm really the truth,
Oooo
So uncoof
Nigga, who want proof?
Must agree that shit idea,
Can't no one undo,
I stay on my 1,2
Nigga who want 2?
Turn a brunch into a brawl,
Do what you gon' do,
I'm wired
Hot as a bitch and still,
Cool as a fridge and dear,
This year I'm on a mission dear,
Think that was somethin'? Listen here...

. . .


[Verse 1:]
Rapper for the hell of it
Hella rich never have to sell a brick again
Must I tell a bitch again
Bullshit I'm addressing check I'm on some next level shit
Never been fucked in the game I'm sellibant
Rat me out my element barely out the ghetto with
One for thy and one for them intelligent as fellas get
Listen let's settle then be clear I could fall back seven years and still no one ahead of me
Consider it a blessing if you get to stand next to me
Five star general O.G. veteran caked like edimen blowing that celery
Stack that cash like the U.S. treasurey every single thing I done did was done heavily
Rap until your seventy still ain't catching me put it on my pops, big phil and aunt beverly
Be standing on the top still after they bury me nose in the air so stuck up arrogant
Ain't got long hot songs best cherish it whoever drop mine that's ova phenito you paying for your foul like a freethrow (thou)
Now how could a nigga think that he could see me other than the magazine covers or the t.v.
You know I sold more mixtapes than your cd your waiting on your big break praying you can beat me
You ain't made it far as DC on the low I been all around the globe like a god how they treat me
Broads hit they knees out they clothes when they greet me mouth wide open just begging me to skeet skeet
You in a deep sleep stop dreaming I'm six albums in for 10 years I been hot steaming
The limelights mine I'm gleaming beaming that's why I say I'm KING bitch I got my reasons

[Chorus:]
Wrist so frosty, neck so chilly
All on my mind is to get more millies
Niggas talk shit that's silly
Shawty he ain't about that really is he
Nigga I'm illy
Hey I run this city clearly
Tell em get lost I get busy really
Nigga I'm illy

[Verse 2:]
Where niggas get off piss off me and mine only take time to pop a lid off
Shit all after the way you bouncing is ya'll out of you fucking mind you figuring I would fizz off
Never cooled off tip scorching minimal injury thought they missing me max fortune
Number one hands down flow paints portraits everybody think you stink like horse shit
House full of chicks on some girl next door shit a king who gon sell 30 mill out the store quick
Of course this case lost all my endorsements tripled up on real estate still buying more shit
Tip bankrupt according to your sources I'm still caked up along with more reinforcements
Tore shit up from the ladder to the rooftops officially the hottest nigga rapping since tupac
Before you rap bout me best ask bout me I'm out my fucking mind need counseling
Please don't doubt me trust me drama ain't nothing it's all fun and games till somebody start busting
Remember my discussion when rappers be battling I find out about it better get to skedaddling
Pack your familys bags move em out to seattley you ever come back you'll need ambulance and bandages
Live life glamorous so extravagent imagine on the worlwide traveling hip hop champion
For real though you could'ntfuck with me with a brazil hoe nigga

[Chorus:]
Wrist so frosty, neck so chilly
All on my mind is to get more millies
Niggas talk shit that's silly
Shawty he ain't about that really is he
Nigga I'm illy
Hey I run this city clearly
Tell em get lost I get busy really
Nigga I'm illy

. . .


[Intro:]
I think the price of fame cost to much
Hey these niggas talk to much
I'm ready for whatever
Somebody better tell em
Say I'm ready for whatever

[Verse 1:]
Even tho my head in the clouds I'm planning on the pavement
People walk around looking at me in amazement
I play a lot of game but where I'm being I ain't playing with
They so judgemental that they don't understand that
If ya life is in jeopardy
Everyday is you telling me
You wouldn't need weaponry
Just because of your felonies
Consider this at least I got everybody sweating me
Homies streets is people who won't rest unless I rest in peace
Killed my folk a year ago still in my sleep they threaten me
Paranoia stressing me
Ain't nobody protecting me
I'm dealing with the pressure from my partner dying next to me
Thinking no ones arrested they coming for me eventually
This all the things that I would go and do mentally
This could be the reason I ignored the pennitentiary
Not mentioning new orlean niggas coming in the city killing all summer long ain't no body pay attention

[Bridge:]
Now is it that hard to understand if you listen
Die or go to jail that's a hell of a decision
But I'm wrong and I know that my excuses arent important
I'm just trying to let you know that I ain't think I had a choice

[Chorus:]
I had straps in my ride (ride) gotta go to prison (prison)
U waiting on me to die u gone be waiting for a minute
Boy I'm ready for whatever
Somebody better tell em
I'll be here when the smoke clear and everything settle
Can't afford the price of fame cause it cost to much
Plus these sucka niggas lame and they talk to much
That's why I'm ready for whatever
Somebody better tell em
I'll be here when the smoke clear and everything settle

Forreal, Forreal, Forreal
I said when everything settle
Forreal, Forreal, Forreal
I said when everything settle

[Verse 2:]
I'm a man I ain't perfect I admit I'm guilty
But understand feel me
I will ride filthy
Cause niggas out there plotting to rob me and kill me
Five hundred thousand every year spent on security
My future looked bright but now it getting blurry
Niggas in a hurry to find me and bury me
For surely god will deliver
Me I'm about it I'm a fighter to the heart I'll forever be about it
I'm a father to my sons asset to my community
Look all that I have done my good outweigh the negativity
Mentally I was focused on not letting history
Repeat itself that's why heat was kept in that vacinity
Guess eventually I'm gon be known but no meliciously
Through all of the publicity was anyone considering
My position and the logic heading my decision
But they caught me with em and hauled me off to prison
PERIOD.

[Bridge:]
Now is it that hard to understand if you listen
Die or go to jail that's a hell of a decision
But I'm wrong and I know that my excuses arent important
I'm just trying to let you know that I ain't think I had a choice
FORREAL

[Chorus:]
I had straps in my ride (ride) gotta go to prison (prison)
U waiting on me to die u gone be waiting for a minute
Boy I'm ready for whatever
Somebody better tell em
I'll be here when the smoke clear and everything settle
Can't afford the price of fame cause it cost to much
Plus these sucka niggas lame and they talk to much
That's why I'm ready for whatever
Somebody better tell em
I'll be here when the smoke clear and everything settle

Forreal, Forreal, Forreal
I said when everything settle
Forreal, Forreal, Forreal
I said when everything settle
Forreal, Forreal, Forreal
I said when everything settle
Forreal, Forreal, Forreal
I said when everything settle
Forreal

. . .


(feat. Ludacris & B.o.B)

[Chorus: B.O.B.]
I used to dream (I used to dream) oh whoah
About the money and the cars and girls (and the girls)
But now I sing (now I sing) oh whoah
Because I'm sitting on top of the world (the whole world)
And now I sing sing sing sing cause I'm sitting on top of the world
And now I sing sing sing sing sitting on top of the world

[Verse 1: T.I.]
Man I remember before I say that wait let me issue this statement
No way should reflection be mistaking for glorification
Now I remember so vivid me and my niggas was living
Sub-standard condition still handling business
Still laughing and tripping still having the bitches
I'm rapping now reminiscing and god damn it we made it
From trapping standing and pitching with rich we stand in the kitchen
Splitting it eight ways flipping it 8 days
Thought that while in a room it was just the way to behave
Kept the weight and the yay for most the paper we made in all dimes
I ain't lying the pleasure was all mine
Have big work to move but we served the small time
I always outshined the niggas with small minds
Who would of thought we would be arguably the greatest of all time
Around here we developed such a sound down here
But duplicate it off the steel it can only be found here
Only listen to G's that other shit I don't hear
Shit they so far in the rear how would I even care
I'm too busy being a player staring at niggas careers
But talk about it for years and now we finally here

[Chorus]

[Verse 2: Ludacris]
They say what goes up must come down but I ain't reached my cruising altitude
Take a look at what I did but can you imagine what I'm about to do
The places I'm bout to go and the money I'm bout to see
Gave bill gates some binoculars and said look out for me
Exceeded expectations even at def jam
Cause I married the streets and atlanta has been my best man
My momma quit her job and now she works with six figures
Cause I'm a self-made nappy-headed rich nigga
Private planes help me travel in peace
To four cities in one day and four countries in one week
Cause I work for myself and no one else cause I'm too smart too
Put one of my partners right through culinary art school
Now he my personal chef so that bread he get it
Put them all in houses cleaned up all of my friends credit
And now they witness all the glitz and the glamour
Catch us eating at straits atlanta with women with table manners
Order in singapore and lobster
Celebrating coming from nothing to winning grammys and rappers winning oscars
And they say rappers shouldn't act nahh suckers
We see samuel jackson like what's up mother fucker

[Chorus]

[Verse 3: T.I.]
I know them haters don't stop plotting and wish you would fall
Cause I'm standing on top looking down at it all
I see you down there to ya'll this ain't like I got it all
Homie I ain't get enough I'm still trying to triple up
So all we got is street cred and akoo building up
Say I'm doing too much shit I say I ain't did enough
Remember saying damn if I could just get to a million plus
And now I'm like shit what the fuck is a million bucks
Triple that on my bun thanks to bigs and run
But never mind what I've been through just look at what I become
All the shit I've avoided what I done for my sons
Hand dollars and momma just call her
I sold dope and dropped out of school seems it's all they can see
They don't notice none of my family did that since me
I broke that cycle now my family live a life of
Mandatory minimals but not when the judge sentence them
Cousins in college where you think they get tuition from
Jeffrey standing around wishing huh
And while you standing around looking dumb
I make it happen taking action over time got damn good at it

[Chorus]

. . .


(feat. Rihanna)

[Rihanna:]
You're gonna be a shining star, and fancy cars, fancy car-ars.
And then you'll see, you're gonna go far.
Cause everyone knows, who you are-are.
So live your life, ay ay ay.
Instead of chasing that paper.
Just live your life (Oh!), ay ay ay.
Ain't got no time for no haters.
Just live your life (Oh!), ay ay ay.
No telling where it'll take you.
Just live your life (Oh!), ay ay ay.
Cause I'm a paper chaser.
Just living my life (ay), my life (oh), my life (ay), my life (oh)
Just living my life (ay), my life (oh), my life (ay), my life (oh)

[T.I.:]
Nevermind what haters say, ignore them 'til they fade away.
Amazing they ungreat for after all the games I gave away.
Safe to say I paved the way, for you can't get paid today.
LyricsYou still be wasting days away, nah had I never saved the day.
Consider them my protégé, how much I think they should pay. Instead of being gracious, they violated and made you wait. I never been a hater still I love them, yeah I graze the way. Some say they so yay and no they couldn't even work on Labor day. It ain't that they black or white, their hands of area in shades of grey. I'm West side anyway, even if I left the day it fades away. Some move away to make a way not move away cause they afraid. I'll go back to the hood and all you ever did was hate away. I pray for patience but they make me want to face away. Like I once made them scream, now I could make them plead their case away. Been thuggin' all my life, can't say I don't deserve to take a break. If you ever see me catch a case, and watch my future fade away.

[Rihanna:]
You're gonna be a shining star, and fancy cars, fancy car-ars.
And then you'll see, you're gonna go far.
Cause everyone knows, who you are-are.
So live your life, ay ay ay.
Instead of chasing that paper.
Just live your life (Oh!), ay ay ay.
Ain't got no time for no haters
Just live your life (Oh!), ay ay ay.
No telling where it'll take you.
Just live your life (Oh!), ay ay ay.
Cause I'm a paper chaser.
Just living my life.

[T.I.:]
I'm the opposite of moderate, immaculately polished with the spirit of a hustler and the swagger of a college kid. Allergic to the counterfeit, impartial to the politics. Articulate but still would grab a nigga by the collar quick. Whoever had problems, they reckonsile they just holla 'til. If that don't work and just fails, then turn around and follow 'til. I got love for the game but ay I'm not in love with all of it. I do without the fame and the rappers nowadays are comedy. The hootin' and the hollerin', back and forth with the argueing. Where you from, who you know, what you make and what kind of car you in. Seems as though you lost sight of what's important with the positive. And checks until your bank account, and you're about poverted. Your values is a disarrayed, prioritized are horribly. Unhappy with the riches cause you pis-pone morraly. Ignoring all prior advice and fore warning. And we might be full of ourselves all of a sudden aren't we?

[Rihanna:]
You're gonna be a shining star, and fancy cars, fancy car-ars.
And then you'll see, you're gonna go far.
Cause everyone knows, who you are-are.
So live your life, ay ay ay.
Instead of chasing that paper.
Just live your life (Oh!), ay ay ay.
Ain't got no time for no haters
Just live your life (Oh!), ay ay ay.
No telling where it'll take you.
Just live your life (Oh!), ay ay ay.
Cause I'm a paper chaser.
Just living my life (ay), my life (oh), my life (ay), my life (oh)
Just living my life (ay), my life (oh), my life (ay), my life (oh)
So live your life.

. . .


Hey Jim
You know the old suga daddy
They be trickin
They be tellin dem girls
I said you could have whatever you like (you like)
I said you could have whatever you like (you like)
Yeah

[Chorus:]
Stacks on deck
Patrone on ice
And we can pop bottles all night
Baby you could have whatever you like (you like)
I said you could have whatever you like (you like)
Yeah
Late night sex so wet it's so tight
A gas of a jet for you tonight
Baby you could go where ever you like (you like)
I said you could go where ever you like (you like)
Yeah

[Verse 1:]
Anytime you want to pick up the telephone
You know it ain't nothin to drop a couple stacks on you
Wanted you could get it my dear
Five million dollar home, drop Bentley's I swear
Yeah I want'cho body, I need yo body
Long as you got me you won't need nobody
You want it I got it, go get it I buy it
Tellem other broke niggas be quiet

[Chorus:]
Stacks on deck
Patrone on ice
And we can pop bottles all night
Baby you could have whatever you like (you like)
I said you could have whatever you like (you like)
Yeah
Late night sex so wet it's so tight
A gas of a jet for you tonight
Baby you could go where ever you like (you like)
I said you could go where ever you like (you like)
Yeah

[Verse 2:]
Shawty you da hottest of the way you drop it
Brain so good (good) school you went to college
Hundred deposit, vacations hit the tropics
Cause errbody know it ain't trickin if ya got it
Ya need to never ever gotta go to yo wallet
Long as I got rubberband banks in my pocket
Five six, adds with rims and a pocket kit
Ya ain't gotta downgrade you can get what I get
My chick could have what she want
And goin every store for any bag she want
And know she ain't never had a man like that
To buy you anything ya own desire I that
Yeah I want'cho body, I need yo body
Long as you got me you won't need nobody
You want it I got it, go get it I buy it
Tellem other broke niggas be quiet

[Chorus:]
Stacks on deck
Patrone on ice
And we can pop bottles all night
Baby you could have whatever you like (you like)
I said you could have whatever you like (you like)
Yeah
Late night sex so wet it's so tight
A gas of a jet for you tonight
Baby you could go where ever you like (you like)
I said you could go where ever you like (you like)
Yeah

[Verse 3:]
I'm talkin' big boy rides
and big boy ice
Let me put this big boy in yo life
Thang get so wet, ya hit so right
Let me put this big boy in yo life
That's right
Yeah I want'cho body, I need yo body
Long as you got me you won't need nobody
You want it I got it, go get it I buy it
Tellem other broke niggas be quiet

[Chorus:]
Stacks on deck
Patrone on ice
And we can pop bottles all night
Baby you could have whatever you like (you like)
I said you could have whatever you like (you like)
Yeah
Late night sex so wet it's so tight
A gas of a jet for you tonight
Baby you could go where ever you like (you like)
I said you could go where ever you like (you like)
Yeah

Hey Jim (Hey Jim)

. . .


Never have you seen in ya lifetime
a more devine southern rapper with a swagga like mine
facin all kinda time but smile like im fine
brag with such passion and shine without tryin
believe me, pains a small thing to a giant
i was born without a dime, out the gutter i climbed
spoke my mind and didnt stutter one time
ali said even the greatest gotta suffer sometime
so i huff and puff rhymes, lyrics so sick wit it
set the standards in atlanta to get get get it
so you up and coming rappers wana diss, just kill it
im officially the realest, point blank, period
whether i still live in the hood or just visit
whatever you can do it the hood i done did it
thats why the dope boys and the misfits feel it
this still the city long as tip live it, listen

i aint dead (nah) i aint done(nah)
i aint scared(of what), i aint run(from what)
still i stand (yeah)
no matter what VA here i am
i aint break(never), i aint fold(never)
they hate me more(so?)
yeah i know
but there i go
no matter what shortie, here i go
no matter what shortie

you let the blog sites and the magazines tell it
im showed to b jail until 2027
rather see me in the cell then
instead of this new mclaruen
god will take you to hell, just to get you to heaven
so even tho its heavy, the load i will carry
?grands is still buried, wayen is still sharin?
apologies to the fans, i hope you can understand it
like a change in direction, even when you aint planned it
all you can do it handle it, worst thing you can do is panic
use it to your advantage, avoid insanity matters
to conquer, every obstacle, make impossible possible
even when winning illogical, losing is still far from optional
yeah they wanna see you shot up in the hospital
but, one life like punches, block the counter like a boxer do
been locked inside this casa too long, i did a song
to make it known that the king lives on

i aint dead (nah) i aint done(nah)
i aint scared(of what), i aint run(from what)
still i stand (yeah)
no matter what VA here i am
i aint break(never), i aint fold(never)
they hate me more(so?)
yeah i know
but there i go
no matter what shortie, here i go
no matter what shortie

even the solitude, that still know how to do
i show you how to do, what you do, yu aint gta clue
all you do is follow dudes, sound like a lotta dudes
ill weather whatever storm, make it out without a bruise
i understand why, now when my hands tied
they take shots cause if im out its a landslide
but revenge is best served as a cold dish
and suckas will get served better know this
guess it was understood, for me its was over with
but i dont quit, if you aint noticed yet
they couldnt wait to say goodnight shorty
so they can try to rhyme, act and look like shorty
go get a beat from toomp, and make a hook like shorty
before ya know it im back what it look like shorty
i lost my potna and my daughter in the same year
somehow i rise above my problems and remain here
yeah, and i hope the picture painted clear
if your hearts fill with faith then you cant fear
wonder how i face years and im still chillen
[732 stand up]
easy, let go and let god deal with it, ya dig

i aint dead (nah) i aint done(nah)
i aint scared(of what), i aint run(from what)
still i stand (yeah)
no matter what VA here i am
i aint break(never), i aint fold(never)
they hate me more(so?)
yeah i know
but there i go
no matter what shortie, here i go
no matter what shortie

. . .


(feat. Usher)

Hey, hey
Hey what's happenin' e'erybody
I hope they get my good side
You know I gotta look good when I walk out the house
You know I know the camera's following
I know they taking pictures, right Drama
Ay man, you watch it I live it, you dig that
Y'all sit back relax get some popcorn man
I'm gonna make it a good show, you dig that
This goin' make a hell of a movie huh

My life, your entertainment
You watch it while I live it (live it)
I walk they follow (ay)
I talk they holla (ay)
Just here for your amusement
My life, your entertainment
You watch it while I live it (live it)
You waitin' for me to lose it
LyricsI guess I'm just here for your amusement

The price of fame I think I paid, want my change I done gave
E'erything in my possession for my seconds on the stage
For my name up in lights and multi-million record sales I done gave up my life, can't get a moment to myself When alone I ask myself, is it worth it? I ain't perfect Neither is anybody else, but I think my kids deserve To be with Daddy out in public without all the interruptions When the lies and gossip's published I'm the topic of discussion And I stay in trouble just to show these suckers I ain't lost it And I'd do it all again that's the funny thing about it I ain't playing, boy I'm 'bout it Will I change, boy I doubt it I done been a lot of things, I ain't never been a coward See the paparazzi crowded all around me now Same niggas who was dissin' want a pound like I'm C now Showered with support from my adoring fans They hear T.I.'s arrested they're like here we go again My life, your entertainment You watch it while I live it (live it) I walk they follow (ay) I talk they holla (ay) Just here for your amusement My life, your entertainment You watch it while I live it (live it) You waitin' for me to lose it I guess I'm just here for your amusement You've seen it all before, guys know how the story goes It's like 2Pac never died, sit back, enjoy the show You see the shit that scares you senseless, I done lived through it Knew the risks and the consequences and I still do it And then I'm so fresh, them niggas mildew it Not just a actor by profession, pimp, I live movies That's why they whisper when they see me, point and stare at me 'Cause they just wanna live through me vicariously Fashion weekend, Paris week, party like a rockstar Get blown by a top model 'til she catch lockjaw Got the dough you get a year, stashed in my sock drawer Showed you the troubles and the struggles of an outlaw Top dog would not fall, I am not y'all Couple pages out the calendar and I'm out y'all Kid listen, pay attention, you don't wanna be me It's safer to watch it on T.V. My life, your entertainment You watch it while I live it (live it) I walk they follow (ay) I talk they holla (ay) Just here for your amusement My life, your entertainment You watch it while I live it (live it) You waitin' for me to lose it I guess I'm just here for your amusement See I don't think it would even matter (to me) Woking a nine to (five) would it be better I mean be honest, would you care to gossip about me Not likely I guess that's just the way that it goes (the way that it goes) ('Cause I know) See I can be somewhere out keeping it cool (And get told) Almost anything instead of the truth Y'all know more than I do, it's breaking news to me too Easy killer y'all know that ain't how I move (ooh) He said and she said (what) I did what, with they (who) No not me I said (not me) she gave me no head (ooh) Won't get me again (hey) I pleaded the fifth (hey) I know better than to ever talk during the film... In' and flashing lights can blind your eyesight To when you can't see what's wrong from right Well shorty 'til you walk a mile in my shoes And understand this is who I am Usher I completely concur Life can be such a blur, obviously we prefer Our privacy but instead we endure Yes sir, don't expect nothin' less of me 'Cause this goin' probably be this way until the death of me But for the hustle and the lady on my arm now Plus all my kids and my mom's I'm a calm down And yo, we doin' just fine, and the time's just flyin' Live one headline at a time My life, your entertainment You watch it while I live it (live it) I walk they follow (ay) I talk they holla (ay) Just here for your amusement My life, your entertainment You watch it while I live it (live it) You waitin' for me to lose it I guess I'm just here for your amusement

. . .


(feat. Ricco Barrino)

Hey Hey Hey Hey
Damn shawty
Look at you
I'm just saying man
Is it just me or you got too much ass in them jeans
Come here

Hey
I been watchin' you a while now
And I just wanna find a way to make you smile now
Why you blushing, forget about them other guys now
I know you ain't trying to tell me that you shy now
I realize that you're beauty could intimidate
Them suckers you ain't got no business for them anyway
With such a, pretty face big booty, little waistline...
I wanna grab from behind to the bass line.
Have a great time, pull yourself a shot girl
Chase it with the lime, now you feeling like a hot girl
I know you're probably used to deal with them wannabe's
But honestly I gotta say, I'm who they wanna be.
I promise all I wanna see is you [? ] me
Now we can disappear whenever, when you wanna leave
I could guarantee the ride of your life
Any fantasies on your mind, we can try them tonight

[Hook:]
Oh yeah sitting here (I'm looking at you like that)
We sippin' on patron, something's on my mind (you wanna leave with me tonight)
It's been killing me all night long, and I wonder(Misses shawty let me tell you what I'm thinking 'bout)
Oh girl I wonder (for real shawty let me tell you what I'm thinking 'bout)
It's the end of the night, and I'm thinking you might
Wanna leave the bar, park the car, turn into a porn star

Yes, I'd love to hear about your interests
I gotta say, your intellect got me impressed
See you're panty's, do your dress like a silhouette(look at that)
Patrone got me thinking sex, did you feelin' that
All due respect though, a simple yes- no
Hey let yourself let go, shawty let's go (let's go)
Pull you to the crib, get you to the dress show
Kiss you from your pretty lips till you red toes
I'm thinking it's the end of the night
Hey you could leave with your friend if you like
But I'm saying no (I'm saying no)
Hey we could ride out
Back to my house
I wanna see you satisfied inside out
Once I'm in you ain't gon' want me to slide out
You tell your girlfriends they gon' wanna try out
A lil more let's loosen you up
What we can't do in the club we can do in the truck (let's go)

[Hook:]
Oh yeah sitting here (I'm looking at you like that)
We sippin' on patron, something's on my mind (you wanna leave with me tonight)
It's been killing me all night long, and I wonder (Misses shawty let me tell you what I'm thinking 'bout)
Oh girl I wonder... (for real shawty let me tell you what I'm thinking 'bout)
It's the end of the night, and I'm thinking you might
Wanna leave the bar, park the car, turn into a porn star

Hey would you... stay
Could you... play with it, with your tongue just a... little
You such a sexy individual physical and mental
And if it's sentimental shouldn't rules bend a little
Hey let me start at the top stop in the middle use a popsicle
Make you shiver [? ]
I could talk to you dirty if you'd like that (bad girl)
I finish once, hit a blunt, start right back
I know you told me you a good girl
But shawty you's grown woman not a little girl
You could blame it on the patron or the champagne
But sometimes being bad could be a good thing

[Hook:]
Oh yeah sitting here (I'm looking at you like that)
We sippin' on patron, something's on my mind (you wanna leave with me tonight)
It's been killing me all night long, and I wonder(misses shawty let me tell you what I'm thinking 'bout)
Oh girl I wonder (for real shawty let me tell you what I'm thinking 'bout)
It's the end of the night, and I'm thinking you might
Wanna leave the bar, park the car, turn into a porn star

Oh yeah sitting here
We sippin' on patron, something's on my mind
It's been killing me all night long, and I wonder
Oh girl I wonder
It's the end of the night, and I'm thinking you might
Wanna leave the bar, park the car, turn into a porn star [echoes out]

. . .


(Feat. Swizz Beatz)

(chorus- Swizz Beatz)
Alright, okay, I dont dance, no way
I just take my Louie rag out and wave it round in the air
take my Gucci rag out and wave it round in the air (X2)

(verse 1- T.I.)

New Akoo outfit wit a gucci rag
tied to my beltloop and my louis bag
full of stacks rubberbands round big cash
got a sick swag til tha hataz get mad (come on)
We in the club homes gettin our thug on
bottles of patron if you grown get your buzz on
We brought the broads out and brought the cars out
Im like the moon i shine and bring the stars out
When it dark out get the squad out
we ball hard sucka nigga eat ya heart out
Im too advanced super swag in my louis pants
ballin now my louis silk shirt match my louis rag

(chorus)

(verse 2- T.I.)

In musabi(?) big ballin is my hobby
Im boppin while im walkin rag fallin out my pocket
if big money aint the topic homie i aint even talkin
get it on by the workers but im cool wit all the bosses
catch me flossin at the mall talkin to a broad
she follow me and gucci and i taught her how to ball
3 pair shoes 4 shirts 6 rags
chick said dad thats more in my bag
shawty i can show you how to spend this bread real fast
then get a group of chicks to give you head real fast
silk scarf hangin outa jeans yall
homie i aint thinkin im just doin my thing

Chorus)

(verse 3- T.I.)

I took some time off and now im back yall
while your in the line at the club im in the back dawg
and when this song on ballas peel stacks off
and make it rain on them broads watch the stacks fall
and pull your rag out and wave it left, right
let it sag wit ya pants get ya swag just right
ride bankhead flare flyin out the benz
once a fool wit it we gon'bring em out again

(chorus)

. . .


ay what's happening, all you haters can get at me cus i hear ya and im watching but i'm serious haters so all i gotta say is whatup.......

whats happening all you haters can get at me cus i hear ya and im watching but im still here i ain't stoppin ay so whatup whats happening all you haters should get at me cus i hear ya and im watching but i'm serious haters so all I gotta say is whatup

What it is bruh?
What it do mane?
Still the man from Japan to the blue flame.
Still hittin dough and make it rain with the loose chain
I'll bet thats what he deal the show, now thats a damn shame.
I guess thats what he hatin for, boy you so damn lame. Ya click the same a dusted bunch a walking shit stains.
Disgrace the A you give the city such a bad name.
You way back in my rearview mirror i'm in the fast lane.
Still I hear ya loud and clear on ya lil song, go on get ya dissin on while the KING on...
Ya self esteem gone, cus im back now
Lets see if we can't teach these niggas how to act now.
Ya kissin ass then.... Ya jumpin back now
I check ya ass then.... I shut ya ass down
And i deliver front and center never back down.
Who get the last laugh now sucka nigga...

Whatup whats happening all you haters can get at me cus i hear ya and im watching but i'm still here I aint stoppin hey so whatup what happening all you haters can get at me cus i hear ya and im watching but i'm serious haters so all i got to say is whatup

I got a front street swag and a side street hustle
Center hill Cedar Ave. thats where I be suckaa
South Grand church street the first with the work but we could get into commercial if ya need something chirp me hey what i care about who you asking saying they aint heard of me
I'm certified certainly them videos ain't hurting me. I still ride with the window rolled down all around the A town like it's finna GO DOWN!!!
if it was every any questions niggas finna know now wont retire my thrown or surrender no crown
I never bow down, and never say doubt
To whom it may concern and whom so ever may try
i'm forever westside and the feather-weight dies
Tell em take ya best shot gon get yourself hot
cus I yelled bankhead and you felt left out
I ain't mention yo name thats what all this bout

What up whats happening all you haters can get at me cus i hear ya and im watching but im still here i aint stopping ay so what up whats happening all you haters could get at me cus i hear ya and im watching but im serious haters so all i gotta say is what up

From summerhill to the hills up in hollywood
A house full getting to it you know how we do it
where we smoke great, and we drink good Then we ball hard, just like g's should.
buy what we want, drive what we want
g4 up, up and away we go we fly where we want
Haters smile like they like it when they really don't. wish they could just wish me away thats what they really want.
I really hate his ass, I don't like him neither
We'll do a song together maybe then we could be em.
Somehow he must be stopped, something must be done
If we can't knock him off lets just try him when he get caught with guns.
Then he'll be really done, and we really won
Any more ideas? Suggestions anyone?
How about we stay up all night? on the blog site. spread vicious lies and nasty rumors we could all write.
But thats all right.
let the nerds hate.
Cus in my face though, the words get ate. And hatins hard work...
when i just bounce back
This god work tell all the haters im back

what up whats happening, all you haters can get at me
cus i hear ya and im watching but im still here i aint stopping
so what up whats happening all you haters should get at me cus i hear ya and im watching but im serious haters so all i got to say is whatuuuuuuuuuup

. . .


[Intro: T.I.]
Real talk, true story (uh-huh)
No nuts, no glory (uh-uh)
Y'knowmsayin? (Real talk)
Ay dawg (yeah yeah)
I'ma tell you like this

[Chorus: T.I.]
Hey I'm so raw, and I'm so rich
And you so flawed niggaz ain't 'bout shit
I'll take yo' broad, I can fuck yo' bitch
Know that I'm gon' ball every chance I get
Every chance I get, real talk, no shit
Every chance I get, make money on this
I'll take yo' broad, I can fuck yo' bitch
Know that I'm gon' ball every chance I get, every chance I get

[T.I.]
They say it's lonely at the top, but I don't feel lonely
Got my homies out in Hollywood so I don't feel phony
Ain't another nigga colder, cribs all over
Flash-in-pan, these other rappers catch a number, Coca-Cola
I'm exceedin expectations, you barely meetin quota
I give it to 'em straight, you cut it with baking soda
You said I ain't Zone One, nigga ha, that's a funny one
I'm King like my 3 year-old, Major like my youngest son
Got one named Domani, so you know what I'm gettin (guap)
Deyjah and Neek-Neek and Messiah like "Daddy, get 'em"
Got an angel named Leah here to keep me outta prison
And my partner Jason Geter to help me see about a billion
Listen; Grand Hustle, best respect this vision
My records sell about a million, but shit that just the beginnin
What with Club Crucial and Grand Hustle film division
Multiplication to get the paper, I let the clique do the division
Break bread, StreetCred.com makin a killin
Plus "A King of Oneself," high fashion, I'm flashin
I'm, ready for whatever though, trained to go you better know
Put dick up in whoever hoe, let 'em know

[Chorus]

[T.I.]
I gotta thank my lucky stars cause it came so far
Dope game, rap game, 'bout the same so far
Brag about your lil' Benz, nigga that ain't no car
I got some shit in my garage that requires a chauffeur
High as gas is, the country at war and people are starvin
And I pay a million dollars for Ferrari's, retarded, huh?
Sorry bruh, been a dick that been ballin since it started up
Season hoe, get 'em all to fuck cause they know this dough stack tall as fuck
Nah, it ain't that I'm rich that they hate so much
Least I could do it, not rub it in niggaz face so much
So I'm tryin now while I'm rhymin not to brag about the island
Or the crib in Hawaii where all the walls slide in
House is wide open, we could bring the outside in
I think you should hear about it, but fuck it I'll be quiet
I just spit it how I live it homie I don't be lyin
Would it make you feel better if I put my pockets on the die?
If I made less money, started to dress bummy
Would the haters and the critics have more respect for me?
Should I downgrade the crib and the way I live?
Now how about I don't and we just say I did, nigga

[Chorus]

[Outro: T.I.]
Ay say homeboy
It's real talk comin at you live and direct homeboy, you dig that?
Heh, you could hate all you want partna
I'ma give you somethin to hate on, bitch nigga
Ha ha! Grand Hustle, you understand?
DJ Toomp you did yo' muh'fuckin thang as usual
Ay-hey look, P$C partna, Pimp Squad Click
Ay, Big Kuntry you up next homie
It's the king, BITCH!
Yeahhhhhh, they say I ain't Zone One, bitch nigga
My grandmama been livin on Center Hill 43 years, hoe-ass nigga
You understand that? Nigga come meet me nigga
See me nigga! You know?
Why niggaz gotta wait 'til a nigga got the police watchin you
and start kickin that fuck shit, you know?
You know how I get down, you know what it was nigga
You know you don't wanna see me, bitch nigga!
Yeahhhhhh, AY!

[Chorus]

. . .


(M.I.A. Sample) Hook Repeats 2x
no one on the corner have swagger like us
swagger like us, swagger swagger like us
no one on the corner have swagger like us
swagger like us, swagger swagger like us
no one on the corner have swagger like us
swagger like us, swagger swagger like us
no one on the corner have swagger like us
swagger like us, swagger swagger like us

[Kanye West]
Mr. West is in the building
swagger on a hundred thousand, trillion
Ayo I know I got it first
I'm Christopher Columbus, y'all just the pilgrims
Thanksgiving do we even gotta question
Hermes Pastelle I pass the dressing
My attitude is tattooed
that means permanent so I guess i should address it, huh?
My swagger is mick jagger
every time I breathe on the track I asthma attack it
Why he's so mad for, why he gotta habit
cuz I slaved my whole life, now I'm the master
Na-Na-Na, How it feel to wake up and be the shit and the urine
Na-Na-Na-Na-Na
Trying to get that Kobe number, one over Jordan

(M.I.A. Sample)
no one on the corner have swagger like us
swagger like us, swagger swagger like us
no one on the corner have swagger like us
swagger like us, swagger swagger like us
no one on the corner have swagger like us
swagger like us, swagger swagger like us
no one on the corner have swagger like us
swagger like us, swagger swagger like us

[Jay-Z]
cheaaa
No one on the corner gotta bop like this
can't wear skinny jeans cuz my knots don't fit
No one on the corner gotta pocket like this
so I rock Roc jeans cuz my knots so thick
You can learn how to dress just by
jocking my fresh
jocking jocking my fresh
jocking jocking my fresh
Follow my steps, it's the road to success
where the niggas know you thoro
and the girls say yes
But I can't teach you my swag
you can pay for school but you can't buy class
School of hard knocks I'm a grad
and that all-blue yankee is my graduation cap,
it's Hovaaaaa!!!
Dipping different rovers whipping with the soda
Hovaaaaa!!!
Could u even have any doubt after doubt if its over

(M.I.A. Sample)
no one on the corner have swagger like us
swagger like us, swagger swagger like us
no one on the corner have swagger like us
swagger like us, swagger swagger like us
no one on the corner have swagger like us
swagger like us, swagger swagger like us
no one on the corner have swagger like us
swagger like us, swagger swagger like us

[Lil Wayne]
No one on the corner has swagger like moi, Church
but I'm too clean for these boys
I require what I desire I got stripes, A-di-das
Mami scream papi no mas
Run up in your shit just me no moss
Runnin this shit like I got four thighs
none has swagger like this four gods!
When it comes to styles I got several
sharper than a swagger, dagger all metal
And my jew-elz blue and yellow
the type of shit that make em call you Carmelo
Rules as follows stay true to the ghetto
write your name on the bullet make you feel special
Haaa!!!
What the f**k you boys talking about?
I know its us cuz we the only thing you talk about

(M.I.A. Sample)
no one on the corner have swagger like us
swagger like us, swagger swagger like us
(and I'm done)
no one on the corner have swagger like us
swagger like us, swagger swagger like us
(bye!)
no one on the corner have swagger like us
swagger like us, swagger swagger like us
no one on the corner have swagger like us
swagger like us, swagger swagger like us

[T.I.]
yea
ha!
ya think?
thats right
You go see Weezy for the wordplay,
Jeezy for the birdplay,
Kanyeezy for diversity and me for controversy,
All my verses picture perfect and they meant to serve a
purpose, you ain't living what you kicking and you worthless,
Looking from the surface it may seem that I got reason to be
nervous then observe my work and see that my adversity was worth it,
Verses autobiographical, absolutely classical,
last thing I'm worried 'bout is what another rapper do,
Ain't nobody hot as me even if they rap they ass off blast off and have outstanding qualities,
Sell alotta records I respect and salute that,
but spitting real life on hot beats I'm the truth at
You kick it like me no exaggeration necessary,
living revolutionary, nothing less than legendary,
Gangsta shit hereditary, got it from my dad
flow colder than February with extraordinary swag

(M.I.A. Sample) Hook Repeats 2x (T.I. Adlibs)
no one on the corner have swagger like us
swagger like us, swagger swagger like us
no one on the corner have swagger like us
swagger like us, swagger swagger like us
no one on the corner have swagger like us
swagger like us, swagger swagger like us
no one on the corner have swagger like us
swagger like us, swagger swagger like us

. . .


Verse 1 (T.I.)
Ey , when I think about all my time and all my struggle
Through all my grindin' and all my troubles
When I came out from nothin' , all I had was a hustle
With a blindfold tryin' to find pieces to the puzzle, no muzzle
I tell it like it is, that's that, write a road, I'mma call it how I see it
Don't forget that impossible is nothin', you're a fine mis irrelevant(?)
Just don't let your emotions over power your intelligent
Refuse to give up, your mistakes will define you
Down dictate where you headin', then remind you
That time keeps tickin', let your mind keep clickin'
Never stop thinkin', be aware of your decision
Everywhere the collisions
And the potholes hiddin' in the road that you travel on your lifelong mission
Just listen everyday like a snap shot is taken, if you live you could learn to just be patient

Chorus (John Legend)
'Cause life is like a slide show
And all the places I go
And all the things that I know
Through all the hides alone
'Cause life is like a slide show
And all the things that I've seen
And all the things that I dream
You can't take away from me
'Cause life is like a slide show

Verse 2 (T.I.)
'Cause when I look back at a fly young cat
Who could rap with a dream, look where I took that
Beginning on bankhead, then I spread out
Vision in my head, all I had to do is to get it out
When I walked out of my house, and look at my street
All I see is the opportunity that lead me to join seat(?)
I ain't really have a roll model to enforce me
Uncle who...?
As a juvenile count cases so florally look at my life and learn from it, don't do it
If I only knew back then what I know now, how much better life it would have been if I slowed down
Maybe I have been Kanye, instead of seeing gunplay
But god got a plan, I'll understand one day,
one day of life like a snap shot is taken,
if you live you could learn to just be patient

Chorus (John Legend)
'Cause life is like a slide show
And all the places I go
And all the things that I know
Through all the hides alone
'Cause life is like a slide show
And all the things that I've seen
And all the things that I dream
You can't take away from me
'Cause life is like a slide show (3x)
'Cause I see, cause I dream, life is like a slide show

. . .


Hey... Say pimp, this to everybody stretched out behind the wall,
Countin' days on their calendar...
Flippin' pages, month to month
Hey man... I don't give a damn 'bout how other folks treat you man
[Intro:]
I just wanna let you know pimp,
You ain't missin' nothin' homeboy
Real Talk

[Chorus:]
I know the times seem long,
Just try and keep strong
Put on your headphones and rewind this song
Remember you ain't missin' nothin' homes,
I promise you ain't missin' nothin' homes

Hey, just now the club on hold and the broads on pause
You get home, it's gonna be waitin' on y'all
So dog, just know, for real
You ain't missin nothin homes
I promise you ain't missin' nothin' homes
On Everything

[Verse 1:]
My uncle did a decade,
Came home, hit the ground runnin' gettin' paid like he never did a day
Hit the streets, nigga still in the same place they were 'fore we went in the chain gang,
And doin' the same thing
'Cause the game go on, you only did two days in the joint -
The day you get locked up and the day you go home
I know it feels like the world passin' you by,
Like shit happenin' every day out there that you don't know 'bout
Everytime you call home your baby momma show out,
And your partners don't even send you flicks from when they go out
But don't worry 'bout it or stress it, cause shawty know what?
The time'll do itself, all you gotta do is show up
Keep layin' down wakin' up,
And thankin' the Lord
And 'fore you know it they gonna open the doors
True story, just prepare yourself for it,
If you ain't got a plan what you need was a second chance,
Shit, you gonna blow it!
Learn and visualize what you try to do,
And do the time homeboy, don't let the time do you
They say the time just flew on the street,
Hard to believe from me never but you'll see soon as you on the streets

[Chorus]

[Verse 2:]
Probably thinkin' it's easy for me to say from here in the booth,
But they showed ya, they'd put me in there with you
Right now, locked down in the state of the fed, lay in the bed
Prayin' it's over and over as you say in your head
Yeah, next time I'm a be straight
Just count down to my release date... peace of cake
My nigga Kap right now, servin' a life sentence for a murder he committed,
In self defense
And in such good spirits, shawty ain't even trippin
And I could be right in there with him, no bull shittin'
He on his ninth year now, just waitin' to get out
Got me thinkin' my shit ain't even worth complainin' about
'Cause it could still be worse for sho'
So you waitin' on me to lose ho, you got to kill me first
I talked to my nigga Big Meedge, had to tell him the streets miss him just as much as he miss the streets
Had to let him know whenever he released,
We hittin' the club like '03, this time it's on me
Yeah we laugh, reminisce for a minute and then I tell him just nobody ever did it as big
It'll never be the same in this city again, closest you'll get is me and Jeezy and them
So dog, if it seems like you left behind, ten steps behind, just know it only gets better with time

[Chorus]

. . .


(feat. Justin Timberlake)

Chorus:

(Justin Timberlake):
Ooooooo
I've been travelin
on this road to long
Just trying to find
my way back home
The old me
is dead and gone
dead and gone
Ooooooo
I've been travelin
on this road to long
Just trying to find
my way back home
The old me
is dead and gone
dead and gone

(T.I.)
Ever had one of dem days
u wish woulda stayd home
Run into a group of niggas
getting they hate on
U walk by
they get wrong u reply
then shit get blown
Way outta proportion
way past discussion
Just u against them,
pick one then rush em
Figure u get your hair?
that next
They dont wanna stop
there now they bussin
Now u gushin, ambulance
rushin u to the hospital
with a bad concussion
Plus ya hit 4 times
plus it hit ya
spine paralyzed waist down
now ya wheel chair bound
Nevermind that now
u lucky to be alive,
Just think it all started u
fussin with 3 guys
Now ya pride in the way
but ya pride is the way u
could fuck around
get shot die anyday
Niggas die
every day all over
bull shit dope money dice
game ordinary hood shit
Could this be
cuz of hip hop music
or did the ones
with the good sense
not use it
Usually niggas
dont kno what to do
when their back
against the wall
so they just start shootin
For red or for blue
or for blo I guess,
from Bankhead
or from your projects
No more stress,
now im straight,
now I get it now I take
Time to think,
before I make mistakes
just for my familys sake
That part of me left yesterday
the heart of me is strong today
No regrets im blessed to say
the old me dead and gone away.

(Chorus)

(T.I.)
I aint never been scared,
I lived through tragedy
Situation coulda been dead
lookin back at it
Most of that shit
didnt even have to happen
But u dont think about it
when u out there trappin
In apartments hangin
smokin and rappin
Niggas start shit didnt
next thing ya kno we cappin
Get locked up
then didnt even get mad
Now think about damn
what a life I had
Most of that shit
look back just laugh
Some shit
still look back just sad
Maybe my homboy
till be around
Had I not
hit the nigga
in the mouth that time
I won that fight, I lost that war
I can still see my nigga
walkin out that door
Whoda thought Id never see
Philant no more
Got enough dead homies
I dont want no more
Cost a nigga his job,
cost me more
Ida took that ass-whoopin
now for sure
Now think before I risk my life
Take them chances to get my stripe
A nigga put his hands on me alright
Otherwise stand there
talk shit all night
Cuz I hit you , you sue me,
I shoot you, get locked up, who me?
No more stress, now im straight,
now I get it now I take
Time to think
before I make mistakes
just for my familys sake
That part of me left yesterday
the heart of me is strong today
No regrets im blessed to say
the old me dead and gone away.

(Chorus)

(J.T.)
I turn my head to the east
I dont see nobody by my side
I turn my head to the west
still nobody in sight
So I turn my head to the north,
swallow that pill
that they call pride
The old me is dead and gone,
the new me will be alright
I turn my head to the east
I dont see nobody by my side
I turn my head to the west
still nobody in sight
So I turn my head to the north,
swallow that pill
that they call pride
The old me is dead and gone,
the new me will be alright

(Chorus)

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