a very long time ago

i remember back when you had no dough

i remember back when you had no shows

i remember back when you had no glow

that was a very long time ago

i remember back when you had no foes

i remember back when you had no blow

can't remember back when i had no hoes

that was a very long time ago

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that was a very long time ago

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that was a very long time ago

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that was a very long time ago

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that was a very long time ago

i can't avoid lookin' in the mirror a lot

real recognize real

fake niggas don't even watch

out here actin' gay

all on each other cock

i'm on that bullshit now

even more after being shot

fuck niggas

can't kill me till god say

backwards in time

i sold dog food the god yay

my clientele wasn't lit so i switched to hard yay

had a building in brooklyn before there was barclay

still bein' hoopin'

hoopin' equals coupin'

but none of my birds was never in the coupin'

i came in it with more than these rappers be recoupin'

shoebox money full of pollution

fifty thou in a safe

used to be my just in case

nowadays a quarter-million dollars in a chase

that's a lounge

couple million dollars in my chase

bank account

keep ya fake accounts out my face

nigga

i remember back when you had no dough

i remember back when you had no shows

i remember back when you had no glow

that was a very long time ago

i remember back when you had no foes

i remember back when you had no blow

can't remember back when i had no hoes

that was a very long time ago

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that was a very long time ago

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that was a very long time ago

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that was a very long time ago

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that was a very long time ago

people always wanna throwback but they don't know jack

shit about you

really it be no facts

fictionary claims from lames and convos over ya fame

validated by knowin' ya real name

it be like who?

you mean shawn? shit

that's what i call him

pick up ya phone

i bet you can't call him

the number you have reached

got 'em saltier than water on a beach

wavin' up 'cause i'm way above they reach

and i stop my plane on the way to the money

then come down there to address who acting funny

if it don't make sense then it don't make dollars

broke niggas hollerin'

i still won't holler

rather raise a gun than my voice

gotta stop that

ignorant mentality before kids lose they father

seen it in the hood

now i'm tryna see further

i wish a nigga would till i bought my double r

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i remember back when you had no dough

i remember back when you had no shows

i remember back when you had no glow

that was a very long time ago

i remember back when you had no foes

i remember back when you had no blow

can't remember back when i had no hoes

that was a very long time ago

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that was a very long time ago

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that was a very long time ago

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that was a very long time ago

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that was a very long time ago