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Lost One

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Lost One

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(Verse One)

I heard motherf*ckers saying they made HOV

Made HOV say

Ok so

Make another HOV

Ni**as wasn't

Playing they day roles

So we parted ways

Like Ben and J-Lo

Should of been did it

But I been in a daze though

I put friends over business

End of the day though

But when friends

Business interest is they glow

Ain't nothing left to say though

I guess we forgot what we came for

Should've stayed in food and beverage

Too much flossing

Too much

Sam Raustien

I ain't a bi*ch

But I gotta divorce them

Hov had to get that shallow sh*t

Up off him

I ain't even wanna be famous

Ni**as is brainless

To unnecessarily

Go through these changes

I don't even know

How it came to this

Except that fame is

The worse drug known to man

It's stronger than

Heroin

When you can look in the mirror

Like there I am

And still not see

What you become

I know I'm guilty of the two

But not like them, you lost one

(Chorus)

(Verse Two)

I don't think

It's meant to be, B

For she loves her work

More than she does me

And honestly at twenty-three

I would probably

Love my work

More than I did she

So we ain't we

It's me and her

Cuz what she prefers over me

Is work

And that's where we

Defer

So I have to give her free time

Even if it hurts

So breathe Mami

It's deserved

You've been put on this earth to be all you can be

Like the Reserves

And me

My time in this army is served

So I have to allow she

Her time to serve

The time's now for her

In time she'll mature

And maybe we can become we

Again like we were

Finally

My time's too short to share

And I ask her now it ain't fair

But yeah she lost one

(Chorus)

(Verse Three)

My nephew died

In the car I bought

So under the belief

It's partly my fault

Close my eyes and squeeze

Try to block that thought

Place any burden on me

But please not that Lord

Time don't go back

It goes forward

Can't run from the pain

Go towards it

Some things can't be explained

What caused it

Such a beautiful soul

So pure, sh*t!

Gonna see you again

I'm sure of it

Until that time, little man

I'm nauseous

Your girlfriend's pregnant

The Lord's gift

Almost lost my faith

That restored it

It's like having your life

Restarted

Can't wait for your child's life

To be a part of it

So now I'm like a child

Waiting for a gift

To return

When I lost you I lost it

(Chorus)

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