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Paid In Full

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Page type: lyric reference Artist: Rakim Canonical path: /rakim/paid-in-full Related lyric paths: 6

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Paid In Full

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[eric b]: yo rakim, what's up?

[rakim]: yo, I'm doing the knowledge, e., I'm trying to get paid in full

[e]: well, check this out, since nobry walters is our agency, right?

[r]: true

[e]: kara lewis is our agent

[r]: word up

[e]: zakia/4th & broadway is our record company

[r]: indeed

[e]: okay, so who we rollin with?

[r]: we rollin with rush

[e]: of rushtown management. check this out, since we talking over

This def beat that I put together, I wanna hear some of them

Def rhymes, know what I'm sayin? and together, we can get

Paid in full...

[rakim]

Thinkin of a master plan

Cuz ain't nuthin but sweat inside my hand

So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent

So I dig deeper but still comin up with lint

So I start my mission- leave my residence

Thinkin how could I get some dead presidents

I need money, I used to be a stick-up kid

So I think of all the devious things I did

I used to roll up, this is a hold up, ain't nuthin funny

Stop smiling, be still, don't nuthin move but the money

But now I learned to earn cos I'm righteous

I feel great! so maybe I might just

Search for a 9 to 5, if I strive

Then maybe I'll stay alive

So I walk up the street whistlin this

Feelin out of place cos, man, do I miss

A pen and a paper, a stereo, a tape of

Me and eric b, and a nice big plate of

Fish, which is my favorite dish

But without no money it's still a wish

Cos I don't like to dream about gettin paid

So I dig into the books of the rhymes that I made

To now test to see if I got pull

Hit the studio, cos I'm paid in full

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