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Cinderella Man

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Cinderella Man

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[Intro]

Yeah...

You know, technically...

I'm not even really supposed to be here right now

So fuck it

Might as well make the most of it

Feels good!

Guess I'm lucky

Some of us don't get a second chance

But I ain't blowing this one

Nah, man...

Shit, I feel like I can do anything now

[Verse 1]

Who can catch lightning in the bottle, set fire to water?

Coming out the nozzle on the fire hose

Flyer than swatters

Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man...

Smash an hourglass, grab the sand, take his hands and cup 'em

Spit a rhyme to freeze the clock, take the hands of time and cuff 'em

Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man...

There's a storm comin' that the weatherman couldn't predict

I start the bug, prick, you better flee, 'cause I get ticked

It's a rap, I was down, when I was down, I was kicked

I got up, I'm back to punch you to the ground, you trick, it's a trap

Fuck my last CD, that shit's in my trash

I be god damned if another rapper gets in my ass

I hit the gas and I spit every rap as if it's my last

You can die in the blink of an eye

So bat your eyelashes, and keep winking and blowing kisses

Cause you're flirting with death

I'm destroying your livelihood, I ain't just hurting your rap

I catch a flow and get going

No remorse I'm showing, ain't slowing for no one

Knowing there is nothing you can do about it

Zero is on my target like a marksman

The target is you

I shut your lane down

Took your spot, parked in it too

Arsenic flow, lighter fluid saliva, what can you do?

Go get your crew to hype you up, stand behind you like "whoooo!"

That boy's hot enough to melt hell, burn Satan too

Fry his ass and put his ashes back together with glue

See you can hate him, he don't blame you, frankly he would too

This game could ill afford to lose him

How 'bout you? Now guess who? (hey)

Here's a clue (hey)

He came to a ball in his wife beater

Lost his Nike shoe

It's in your ass

He's in your ass, he's all up in your psyche too

Now, what's his name?

[Hook]

Cinda-rella man, Cinda-rella man, Cinda-rella, Cinda-rella man, Cinda-rella man

(Hey Hey)

(If I had a time machine I'd be Cin...)

Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man Cinderella man

(Music is my time machine, so call me)

Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man

[Verse 2]

Fuck catchin' lighting, he struck it, screamed "shut up" at thunder

And flipped the world upside down, and made it rain upward

Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man

Rewound the future to the present, paused it, don't ask how

Fuck the past, motherfucker, he's the shit right now!

Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man

Cinderella man, Cinderfella, Shady dane

Came to wrap the game up in cellophane

Raise hell, from hell he came

But didn't come to bore you with the Cinderella story

Nor did he come to do the same, he can't afford to be

A lame-o in this day and age

And at this stage of the game

Mediocrity can no longer be allowed to fly

So say bye to the old

"H-I" to the new que sera

Consider it his last hurrah

The coup de gras

Raise 'em high in the sky, keep 'em up

Time to bring the place alive

Thanks for being patient, I will make no more mistakes

Shit, my... potato's baked homie

Yeah, fag, the steaks are high!

Shit, I ain't even suppose to be here

By the grace of god, the skin on my teeth

And the hair on my nuts, I skated by

Now ya'll are on thin ice with ankle weights, I hate to lie

How fucking irritated are you? How much in your face am I?

And ain't shit you can do, but fear it,

Proof is here in spirit

And I'm a spitting image, I mirror it when I stand near it

Your pussy lyric, I "cunt" hear it

Who forms pyramids and raps circles around square lyricists, who? (hey)

Here's a clue (hey)

He came to a ball in his wife beater

Lost his Nike shoe

It's in your ass

He's in your ass, he's all up in your psyche too

Now, what's his name?

[Hook]

Cinda-rella man, Cinda-rella man, Cinda-rella, Cinda-rella man, Cinda-rella man, (hey hey)

(If I had a time machine...)

Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man

(Music is my time machine, so call me...)

Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man

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