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The Winner

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The Winner

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I'm performin tonight you know that shit gon be packed

Pay me in advance and make sure that it's exact

My ex girl i'll probably show up for the simple fact

That tomorrow she can tell all of her friends it was whack

But fuck dat tho this about me

They say my whole fan base is missin id

What the young trend settin musician i be

Got critics givin up the recognition i de-serve

Never bring yo mrs. by me

I'm it i'm it call me mr. i-t

If i get one wish i'm a wish to die free

They say gon head, ball like mrs. irie

And i do

The realest in my age group, no shit

Soho, cosmo, bob mar blow fish

Let's make a toast, tell yo friends come closer

Drinks on me like a coaster

We doin it big

Look at what i done

Look at where i'm is

It's only just begun

Cause i was stayin home

When they was havin fun

So please don't be surprised when they announce that i won

And this is how my speech goes

I deserve this shit, i deserve this shit, i deserve this shit

That's all i got to say, at the top is where i stay

And tell my haters never go away, the winner

Long awaited, hated

Fans see me out and they holla happy belated

It's about time that you made it

I was bumpin yo songs when nobody else played it

When i was up in hot beat in atlanta steady givin daps

Fetchin niggas drinks but i never got to rap?

If anybody asked though i prolly woulda snapped

But i can't sign nothin til my lawyer get the fax and

No one decides who the definition of talent is

And mrs. murray look at what my talent did

And what yo business is

It's been a couple years

Guess it's not about who you know, it's just how you balance it

It's always awkward to dummy a nigga artist

And get on someone song when you know you comin the hardest

It's how you start actin when nobody can reach ya

My plan just hatched, happy easter

I'm doin it big

Look at what i done

Look at where i'm is

It's only just begun

Cause i was stayin home

When they was havin fun

So please don't be surprised when they announce that i won

And this is how my speech goes

I deserve this shit, i deserve this shit, i deserve this shit

That's all i got to say

At the top is where i stay

And tell my haters never go away, the winner

Uhh, ok i do it for the love

Bunk bed flow, always one level above

If i'm in ya startin five you will never need a sub

And i'm neva lookin down so i always know wassup.

A lot of people sayin fuck me

Problem is they be tellin everybody but me

But i always got a starbucks verse bein brewed

Too hot please please double cup me

They never gave me support like chuck t's

And i never trust a nigga sayin trust me

Nick cannon and will neva did it this i'll

So you tell the house band don't you dare interrupt me

Thanks to my mother for never givin up

You deserve the world, now gon live it up

Thanks to uncle steve my hero who always saved us

I could never give back everything you gave us

And to my dad even though we was apart

I couldn't leave you out, you foreva in my heart

Yeah, and in the name of evelyn cher

I'll forever forgive anybody that neva was there

For me, no other woman could ever compare

My angel i hope heaven's prepared for wheneva you there...

Uhh, i got a revolutionary flow in every scenario comin through ya stereo

Got a new chick, booty round like the merry go

Bitches like where he at, they be like there he go

And this verse deserve a burial

Don't cry for me this ain't motha fuckin mario

Yeah, and polo isn't at my session

It's the anticipation keepin everybody guessin like

Look at what i done

Look at where i'm is

It's only just begun

Cause i was stayin home

When they was havin fun

So please don't be surprised when they announce that i won

And this is how my speech goes

I deserve this shit, i deserve this shit, i deserve this shit

That's all i got to say

At the top is where i stay

And tell my haters never go away, the winner

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