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Artist: Mattiel
Canonical path: /mattiel/athlete
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Athlete
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Athlete
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What do you see now?
When you gotta look me in the face now
Where did it ever cross your mind
That I'm not just here to propagate your holy water mankind
(Ahh, ahh, ahh)
Thought you were the athlete
Look, but I caught you in a dead heat
Ohh, and now you gotta compete
Yeah, and now you gotta compete
What do you hear now?
Oh when I use this tone of voice of now
But did it ever filter in, that none of this is news to me
So bring in all your next of kin
(Ahh, ahh, ahh)
You thought you were the athlete
Look, but I caught you in a dead heat
Ohh, and now you gotta compete
Ohh, now you gotta compete
(Ahh, ahh, ahh)
What do you know now?
Now that I said it word for word now
But you and I were well aware that it's never been a secret
And you just didn't wanna share
(Ahh, ahh, ahh)
Yeah, thought you were the athlete
But I caught you in a dead heat
Ohh, and now you gotta compete
Ohh, now you gotta compete
Ohh, now you gotta compete
Ohh, now you gotta compete
Ohh, now you gotta compete
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