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Master Teacher

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Master Teacher

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(Dreams, dreams, dreams)

I am known

To stay awake

(A beautiful world

i'm trying to find)

A beautiful world

I'm trying to find

(A beautiful world

i'm trying to find)

I've been

In search of myself

(A beautiful world)

A beautiful world

It's just

Too hard for me to find

(Dreams, dreams)

Said it's just

Too hard for me to find

(Dreams, dreams)

I am in the search

Of something new

(A beautiful world

i'm trying to find)

Searchin' me,

Searching inside of you

And thats fo' real

What if it were no niccas

Only master teachers?

I stay woke (dreams dreams)

What if there was no niccas

Only master teachers?

I stay woke (dreams dreams)

What if it was no niccas

Only master teachers now?

I stay woke (dreams dreams)

(What if there was no niccas

only master teachers now?)

I stay woke (dreams dreams)

Even if yo baby

Ain't got no money

To support ya baby, you

(I stay woke)

Even when the preacher

Tell you some lies

And cheatin on ya mama

You stay woke

(I stay woke)

Even though you go

Through struggle

And strife

To keep

A healthy life

I stay woke

(I stay woke)

Everybody knows

A black or white

There's creatures

In every shape and size

(I stay woke)

Everybody

(I stay woke)

Everybody, stay

(I stay woke)

Get everybody

(I stay woke)

Everybody body baby

(A beautiful world

a beautiful world)

(Dreams, dreams)

(A beautiful world

A beautiful world)

(Dreams, dreams)

(A beautiful world

a beautiful world)

I'm trying to find

(A beautiful world

a beautiful world)

I'm trying to find

(A beautiful world

a beautiful world)

I'm trying to find

I have lone

To stay awake

A beautiful world

I'm trying to find

(A beautiful world

i'm trying to find)

See

I am insearch of myself

(A beautiful world

i'm trying to find)

Ooh, it's just

Too hard for me to find

(A beautiful world

a beautiful world)

Said it just

Too hard for me to find

(Dreams, dreams, dreams)

Cuz i'm in the search

Of something new

(A beautiful world

i'm trying to find)

Search inside me

Searching inside you

And thats the trill

What if there was no niccas

Only master teachers?

(I stay woke)

What if there was no niccas

Only master teacher?

I stay woke)

What if there was no niccas

Only master teachers now?

(I stay woke)

What if there was no niccas

Only master teacher?

(I stay woke)

Noo, what if there

Was no niccas

Only master teachers?

What if there was niccas

Only master teachers now

Teach us, teach us, teach us

What if there was niccas

Only master teachers now

I stay woke

I stay woke

Mmmm, hey

I stay woke

1,2

1,2,3,4

Baby sleepy time

To put her down now

Ill be standin' round

Till da sun down

I stay woke

I stay woke

I stay woke

I stay woke

Congregation

Knod they head

And say amen

The deacon fell

Asleep again

And

I stay woke

But i stay woke

I stay woke

I stay woke

Lovers holding hands

And falling deep in love

And sleeping and

Passing conversation

Ooh, i stay woke

I stay woke

I stay woke

I stay woke

Pretty rings

And pretty thieves

With shiny lights

And little

Pieces of tomorrow

I stay woke

I stay woke

I stay woke

I stay woke

Oh ah, oh ah

I stay woke

Oh ah, oh ah

I stay woke

Oh ah, oh ah

I stay

Oh ah, oh ah

Ohh i stay

Oh ah, oh ah

Oh ah, oh ah

Baby sleepy time

To put her down and

I'll be standin round

Until sun down, hey

Oh ah, oh ah

Oh ah, oh ah

Oooooh, ooooh, ooooh

(Oh ah, oh ah)

I stay woke

(Oh ah, oh ah)

Mmmm stay woke

(Oh ah, oh ah)

I stay

(Oh ah, oh ah)

I stay woke, i

(Oh ah, oh ah)

I stay woke, yes i do

(Oh ah, oh ah)

I stay woke

(Oh ah, oh ah)

Mmmmm, mmmmmmm, yea

(Oh ah, oh ah)

Stay woke

(Oh ah, oh ah)

I stay woke

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