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Travellin' Man

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Travellin' Man

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Yeah yo yo what time the plane leavin'?

Ahhh alright, I'll see you at the airport

R-r-r-r-rock on

Memories don't live like people do

They always remember you

Whether things are good or bad

It's just the memories

Memories don't live like people do-o

Baby, don't forget me

I'm a travellin' man, movin' through places

Space and time, gotta lotta things I

Got to do, God willin' I'm comin'

Back to you, my baby boo

I'm a travellin' man movin' through places

Space and time (space and time), gotta lotta things I

Got to do, but God willin' I'm comin'

Back to you, baby boo

I'm leavin'

Well, go 'head and leave

The call heard 'round the world from the wives of MC's

These cats is payin' more than half a pound, my garment bag I snatch it down

Ain't got the state but we could prolly run a blacker town

Scenarios like this is tear jerkers

For the modern MC, i.e. the blue collar worker

Cause this thing called rhymin' no different from coal minin'

We both on assignment to unearth the diamond

When you start climbin' and them eyes start shinin'

You be strugglin' and strivin' and they think you prime-timin'

Maintain' and keep silent, make note, an observation

This confrontation, this is the daily operation

My concentration, stay focused on my recitation

'Bout to reach my destination with no pause or hesitation

Baby make the preparation cause this ain't no recreation

This is Pro Ball! And we lettin' you know y'all

At the show y'all, doin' this for dough y'all

Get the phone call and I'm ready to blow y'all

'Bout to go y'all, been a pleasure to know y'all

And I'm lettin' you know that

Memories don't live like people do

They always remember you

Whether things are good or bad

It's just the memories

Memories don't live like people do-o

Baby, don't forget me

I'm a travellin' man, movin' through places

Space and time, gotta lotta of things I

Got to do, God willin' I'm comin'

Back to you, my baby boo

I'm a travellin' man, movin' through places

Space and time (space and tiiiime), gotta lotta things I

Got to do, but insh'Allah

I'm comin' back to you, baby boo

I'm leaving

But God willing I'll be back home

To drop these heavy ass bags up off my backbone

Around the world with a catalog of rap songs

My baby girl is walking, been away for that long

But no you haven't well least that's how it seem to me

My home town is like a whole different scenery

The old timers on the stoop leaning leisurely

The new jacks up in the park smoking greenery

Easily taken for granted when you up in it

But it's sweet scented when you been down for a minute

Move around city limits, break it down with the vintage

The innovative classical B-Boy image

Collect the winnings cause that's the reason that we came here

This thing is not a game here, the fortune not the fame here

From New York to the Cakalaks, Cali in the Cadillacs

Chicago know we innovate, infiltrate Virginia State

DC make me stimulate, Philly know we penetrate

Georgia make us generate, let's set a date to get the papes

They celebrate to my jams in foreign lands

Even your mans in Japan know who I am

Minasan, like everybody out in Nippon

Say ichiban, may God have well where you're getting from

Phenomenon, excuse me that's a phone call

It's the show y'all, tryin' to get this dough y'all

'Bout to blow y'all, been a pleasure to know y'all

And I'm letting you know that

Memories don't live like people do

They always remember you

Whether things are good or bad

It's just the memories

Memories don't live like people do-o

Baby, don't forget me

I'm a travellin' man, movin' through places

Space and time, gotta lotta things I

Got to do, but insh'Allah

I'm comin' back to you, baby boo

I'm a travellin' man, movin' through places

Space and time (space and tiiiime), gotta lotta things I

Got to do, but God willin' I'm comin'

Back to you, back to you

I'm leavin'!

I'll be back to you

I'm leavin'!

I'll be back to you

All over the world we go

DC all over the world we go

VA all over the world we go

The Cakalaks all over the world we go

London all over the world we go

Japan we go over the world we go

Paris we go over the world we go

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