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Hero

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Hero

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Found the girl of dreams and i moved out the hood

Had a little baby life was all good

Then i got a call that something was wrong

Next thing i know i was back to my old ways

Doin dirt, till they came and took me away

Now everything i worked for is gone... gone

Ooh i wish i would have turned away

I would still be free today

Sometimes it don't pay to be the hero

Ooh should have looked into my babys eyes

Before i took another mans life

It don't pay to be the hero

Ohh, if there was something i could say to bring him back (ooh, ooh)

I lost him just like that, i wish that we could turn around (ooh, ooh)

Ohh, if there was something i could say to bring him back (ooh, ooh)

I lost him just like that, i wish that we could turn around (ooh, ooh)

Don't know why it was so hard to let that life go

I was mad, wasn't thinking bout my family at home

And how much they depended on me

Now i'm looking at 20 years, no parole

I'm not gon get the chance to see my baby grow

And what's he gonna think about his daddy... daddy oh

Ooh i wish i would have turned away

I would still be free today

Sometimes it don't pay to be the hero

Ooh should have looked into my babys eyes

Before i took another mans life

It don't pay to be the hero

Ohh, if there was something i could say to bring him back (ooh, ooh)

I lost him just like that, i wish that we could turn around (ooh, ooh)

Ohh, if there was something i could say to bring him back (ooh, ooh)

I lost him just like that, i wish that we could turn around (ooh, ooh)

So many nights i don't sleep (nights i don't sleep)

Cause i think about the things that i've seen (things that i've seen)

They almost really driving me crazy (driving me crazy)

Instead a piece of glass separates my family from me

Ooh i wish i would have turned away (wish i would of turned away)

I would still be free today (yeah)

Sometimes it don't pay to be the hero (it don't pay, noo)

Ooh should have looked into my babys eyes (looked into my babys eyes)

Before i took another mans life

It don't pay to be the hero (it don't pay to be the heerroo)

Ohh, if there was something i could say to bring him back (ooh, ooh)(noo)

I lost him just like that, i wish that we could turn around (ooh, ooh)(i wish that we could turn around)

Ohh, if there was something i could say to bring him back (ooh, ooh)

I lost him just like that, i wish that we could turn around (ooh, ooh)

Found the girl of my dreams and i moved out the hood

Had a litte baby, life was all good

Then i got a call that something was wrong...

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