N.E.R.D.

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Provider

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Provider

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Provider | TOP

Woke up I had the same clothes on I had on last night

Damn

I must have passed out

And cash is just like the clothes I worn yesterday

We are broke

Damn

I gotta get my ass out

I went to see what my friend was talking about

Drugs

He told me cocaine would get you clout

My momma said he's trouble and schools my route

But I went to high school and got kicked out

So I'm driving this truck down the 95

I pray to God I make it home alive

I don't get pulled over by the man

I just want to make it home to hold your hand

Chorus

Goodbye beloved one

Do you know what I am

If you don't see my face no more

I'm a provider girl, gotta face the streets tonight

Goodbye beloved one

Do you know what I am

You don't see my face no more

I'm a rider, girl gotta face the streets tonight

You say you don't want me to go but I have to

Please don't weep

I love you

I refuse to be a bum

Especially coming where I'm from

I'm a provider girl

And I love you

So it's just like I said before

Heading down 95

Dodging Johnny law

I don't need a ticket though I never got one

If he pulls me over

He can feel my shotgun

I think about life pull down my hat

It's just like this road I don't know where I'm at

I don't want to be another cocaine story

Will I find my sanity

Where I find my glory

Come on

Repeat Chorus

Someday, Someday, this will be over

We'll raise a family

I'll get a job and I'll be a voter

And if I die

It will change you

Change you

I watch over a family

But only as an angel

So don't tell me you don't know what you see

When you're looking at a motherfucker just like me

I'm a provider girl

I said don't tell me you don't know what you see

When you're looking at a motherfucker just like me

I'm a rider girl

Repeat Chorus

I love you girl

I'm doing this for us

I don't know any better

What am I supposed to do

Nothing I love you

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