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INTRO/CHORUS |
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Faith Evans & Raphael Saadiq : |
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To the beat (Q-Tip) |
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We're gonna make it, that's for sure |
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If you're stressed then let it go |
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We're gonna make it, that's for sure |
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If you're stressed then let it go |
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I really know how it feels to be, |
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stressed out, stressed out |
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When you're face to face with your adversity (We're gonna make it that's for sure, if you're stressed then let it go) |
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I really know how it feels to be, |
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stressed out, stressed out |
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We're gonna make this thing work out eventually (We're gonna make it that's for sure, if you're stressed then let it go) |
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VERSE ONE |
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Q-Tip & Consequence : |
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Yo I ain't one to complain but there's things in the game |
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(And what's your name?) |
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Consequence, I'm tight, burnt like flames |
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(Well why's that?) |
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American dreams, they got the ghetto kid in a fiend |
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Q-Tip: |
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Don't stress that 'cause it's not in your bloodstream |
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Your whole being, comes from greatness, d'you remember? |
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Shatan got you caught in the storms of December |
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And brothers on the block packin' nines like September |
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Crazy situations keeps pockets on slender (Yo) |
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Consequence: |
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Yo I be on the avenue where they be actin' brand new (Uh) |
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I'm splurgin' on these Reebok joints for shorty boo |
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Q-Tip: |
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All of a sudden, I saw these two kids frontin' |
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Talkin' out they joints but they wasn't sayin' nothin' |
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My hand was on my toolie they was actin' unruly (you say word) |
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Yo word up, yo I was tight caught up |
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But I swallowed my pride and let that nonsense ride |
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Because I'm positive and seems that negative dies |
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Consequence: |
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Yo we was at the dice game makin' these cats look silly |
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Flamin', steady runnin' off at the Willie |
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Q-Tip: |
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I had my cash mixed, my rent due with my play-dough |
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I gotta see some loot so all my girls I blow |
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Shook them shits in my palm let 'em hit the flo' |
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Kept my eyeballs scopin' for them pigs po-po |
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I got to go on the ave see my parole by fo' |
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But I gotta steady freak these boys like Jojo |
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Consequence: |
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And I was doin' it, 'til I met Ike, Spike, and Mike |
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One roll, they had my pockets thirstier than Sprite |
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Q-Tip: |
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Yo, I know the feelin', when you feelin' like a villain |
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You be havin' good thoughts but the evils be revealin' (yeah yeah) |
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And the stresses of life can take you off the right path (No doubt) |
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Jealousy and envy tends to infiltrate your staff (Uh) |
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We gotta hold it down so we can move on past |
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All adversities, so we can get through fast, like that |
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CHORUS |
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Faith Evans & Raphael Saadiq : |
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I really know how it feels to be, (really know) |
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stressed out, stressed out |
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(To the beat) When you're face to face with your adversity |
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I really know how it feels to be, stressed out, stressed out (We're gonna make it that's for sure, if you're stressed then let it go) |
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We're gonna make this thing work out eventually |
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VERSE TWO |
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Consequence: |
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You got the N.W.O. (low cash flow) |
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Your baby's on the way (and you don't know who) |
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And cross-town niggas tryin' to (bust at you) |
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Aiyyo they got me stressed out (and you don't know what to do) |
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VERSE THREE |
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Consequence & Phife Dawg : |
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Dunn-da-lie, dunn-da-lo, dunn-da-lie, dunn-da-lee |
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Me no look for trouble but trouble done follow me |
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All I wanted to be was a illy MC |
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Ever since me was small as a youth out in Queens |
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What did you mash on de dancehall (All a me) |
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Until my best friend caught two in him head (Right, scene) |
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And ever since that day (Ya not hear me?) things been a mess |
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R.I.P Ghosta Rock, true ting, God bless |
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So nowadays I go see wifey just to cure me from stress |
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Lay my head on her breast |
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Sugar dumpling knows best |
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Explaining all my problems to her, getting things off my chest |
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A little hook up, squeeze up, and no more am I vexed |
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Ayo son, without my peeps I'd be truly assed out |
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Make sure I have my medication so I wouldn't pass out |
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Native Tongues for believing in me, when everyone was fessing |
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Most of all Jah Mighty for the guidance and the blessings |
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CHORUS |
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Faith Evans : |
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I really know how it feels to be, |
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stressed out, stressed out (ooh yeah) |
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When you're face to face with your adversity (with your adversity) |
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I really know how it feels to be, (I know) |
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stressed out, stressed out (woah yeah) |
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We're gonna make this thing work out eventually |
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Outro |
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Faith Evans & Raphael Saadiq : |
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Don't worry we gon' make it (gonna make it) |
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Don't worry we gon' make it (oh yeah) |
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We're gonna make it (oh yeah) |
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I know we're gonna make it (to the beat) |
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We're gonna make it, |
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gonna make it |
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We're gonna make it, |
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I know we're gonna make it yeah |
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Gonna make it (oh yeah) |