#1

All I ever wanted

Was to be excited

About right now

We all wanna be number 1

All I ever wanted

Was to be excited

About right now

We all wanna be number 1

We all wanna be number 1

When I said goodbye

She has a tear in her eye

I'm like momma don't cry

Your little boy got to fly

They say up in N.Y.

I swear it's going down

And I'm gonna have a million dollars

When I get back in town

She said "You're just going through a phase

Can't this be a hobby? "

I said "My friends say I'm dope,

Even Charlie & Robbie"

We said our goodbyes

And I boarded the plane

I was looking out the window

At the wings as it rained

We taxied to the runway

I could hear the engine howling

Thew a prayer up in the air

And felt the world escape the ground

The buildings, the cars

And the towns were small as ants

I was destined for the unknown

Just lookin for a chance

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We landed at LaGuardia

I grabbed my bags and stepped

Into the cold, the snow was falling

I lit a cigarette

There was a million yellow taxis

Everybody seemed upset

A rugged voice from behind me

Asked me "Where you tryin to get? "

I said "The closest motel,

But no tellin tomorrow"

He said "You must be from Atlanta"

I said "Georgia, how did you know? "

"I could tell from your accent

That you were from the south"

Threw my luggage in the trunk

He said "Get it" and we pulled out

Into the sirens and the honking horns

The hustle and the bustle

And the traffic that's when he said

"Welcome to the Jungle"

I looked up at all the buildings

Until we got to the mot-

Before we left he said "I hope you find

What you're lookin for"

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Then a 19 yr old kid

In a motel room in New York

Dug his cellie out his pocket

Called his parents to report

He was alive and doin well and doin fine

When he got off the phone

He sat down on the corner of the bed

All alone

With the TV on the volume mute

He grabbed his pen and pad

And jotted down ideas about some things

That he wanted so bad

That he would risk it all to get 'em

And it wasn't very long

He was asleep and right beside him

Laid the lyrics to a song called

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