Aftermath (Produced By Fliccs)-Joe Budden

[ti:Aftermath (Produced By Fliccs)] [ar:Joe Budden] [al:Mood Muzik 4.5] [by:] [offset:0] [00:13.43]You ain't gon believe this but you used to fit right here [00:17.43] [00:19.05]I'd hold you up and say to your mother [00:21.75]This kids gonna be the best kid in the World [00:24.13]This kids gonna be somebody better than anybody I ever knew [00:28.89]And you grew up good and wonderful it was great [00:33.14]Just watching everyday was like a privilage [00:36.91]Than the time comes for you to be your own man and take on the World [00:41.35]And you did but somewhere along the lines you changed you stopped being you [00:48.65]Shout to all my fans glad I can inspire y'all [00:51.02]Got a couple haters still trying to acquire more [00:54.46]You're praying to a higher power hoping I should fall [00:57.47]But even my writers block ends in a fire wall [01:00.35]Everybody acts reckless judging by they past efforts [01:03.18]If they ran sh*t why it won't show up in they track records [01:06.48]How can the critics ever hear me and say I'm a suffer [01:09.73]How when they play with words and I make em' play with each other [01:13.03]Choppers over the booth ready for prime time [01:15.65]Come one with his thoughts intertwine with his mind [01:18.48]Go toe to toe blow for blow or do it rhyme for rhyme [01:22.22]Be competitive coke heads and go line for line [01:24.97]Honestly that crap of yours you should raffle off [01:27.59]With me they getting Genius Bars without the Apple store [01:30.46]Under the microscope I rebut' the scrutiny [01:33.52]If I'm to be compared it's only to who I used to be [01:36.82]Take a closer look at rappers and you might discover [01:39.21]This faggots talking Boxing avoid the Mike Buffers [01:42.71]Now you the type to cuff her me I get tired of her [01:45.99]See you the type to get hype to hug her but won't try to f**k her [01:48.75]No pencil thin b**ches me that ain't the style he dates [01:51.06]Might sit on her face and leave the imprint of a smiley face [01:54.48]Introduce the newcomers to my habitat [01:57.37]The calms before the storm this the debris from the aftermath [01:59.47] [02:00.99]Let me tell you something here right now [02:02.75]The World ain't all sunshine and rainbows [02:05.70]It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are [02:09.66]It will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it [02:14.03]You nore nobody is gonna hit as hard as life [02:17.94]But it ain't about how hard you hit [02:20.32]It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward [02:23.34] [02:24.90]Let me change pace the alternate route is a long one [02:28.33]But you'll ultimately end up in the same place [02:30.64]So I tell aspiring artists "think beyond greater" [02:33.76]I know some niggas with platinum plaques and bronze paper [02:37.21]But better living should be earned never fed or giving [02:39.82]So I traded my recognition instead for a vision [02:42.46]They always told me that I'd end up dead or in prison [02:45.27]Who ever thought that same dude getting head while he whipping [02:48.60]At the chick would hang up on give em' the dial tone [02:51.72]Now buying wild homes straight cash without loans [02:54.49]I always managed to do better when his doubts shown [02:57.76]I'll teach you how to turn them diamonds into milestones [03:00.47]Class is in session and look who's come to tutor [03:03.61]They passing the fake off as real like Brian Pumpers jeweler [03:06.18]Where I'm from niggas with fear getting slumped by shooters [03:09.74]But my equal to dumping rugers is being done by computers [03:12.69]I'm getting bread every verse like the lotto [03:15.15]Give them substance but they treat every word like it's a hollow [03:18.27]My niggas off parole I'm tryna give them something pure to follow [03:21.00]Cause he ain't have a pot to piss in just a urine bottle [03:24.25]I come from where so many people where raised with neglect [03:26.93]Cops trying to meet they quote thirsty to make an arrest [03:30.50]All my wrong doings did was put my faith to a test [03:33.38]Which made me much stronger guess my mistakes were correct [03:36.46] [03:42.27]Now if you know what you're worth go out and get what you're worth [03:46.46]But you gotta be willing to take the hit [03:49.71]Not pointing fingers saying you're not where you wanna because of him or her or anybody [03:55.49] [03:56.68]Cowards do that and that ain't you [03:59.05]You better than that