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And I Just Hope That I'm Forgiven For Carin Bout How They Livin And Loanin A Little Money And Keepin Em Outta Prison I Aint Lyin In My Verses, I'm Just Tellin You The Basics Of Growin Up Wit Ya Friends And Becomin The One That Made It

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And I Just Hope That I'm Forgiven For Carin Bout How They Livin And Loanin A Little Money And Keepin Em Outta Prison I Aint Lyin In My Verses, I'm Just Tellin You The Basics Of Growin Up Wit Ya Friends And Becomin The One That Made It

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You Know That Girl That Always Forgave You? That Always Loved You? That Always Took You Back? Pretty Soon, She’ll Give Up And Find Someone Better.

Always Loved You

You Always Be Calling Her, She Aint Never Answerin. You Aint Figured Out I Am The Reason That She Canceling

If I Was At The Club You Know I Balled(bald), Chemo.

The Game Ain't Always Fair And That's The Thing Though. You Can Play Your Heart Out, Everyone Don't Get A Ring Though.

Dying To Meet Your Girlfriends That You Said You Might Bring. If They're The Ones That Tell You That You Do The Right Thing.

To Be Understanding Is More Important Than To Be Right.

Once You Make Something That People Enjoy Then You Are Forced To Promote It. Instead Of Just Going Right Into The Next Project, You Have To Be Where They Need You To Be And Do What They Need You To Do.

I Just Hope That You Miss Me A Little When I'm Gone.

As For Them Pretty Light-skinned Models Standin In The Cold, Ah Yeah They With Us.

I Wish I Wasn't Famous. I Wish I Was Still In School So That I Could Have You In My Dorm Room, How I'd Put It On You

F-ck You, P-ssy Ass Haters You Should Do You.

Stay Keeping My Cup Full So I'm Extra Charged Like A State Tax.

So Cry If You Need To But I Can't Stay To Watch You It's The Wrong Thing To Do

Never Pay Attention To The Rumors And What They Assume

I'll Slow Roast Ya, Got No Holster

Take Photos With Hater N-ggas And Crop Them. I Am Not Them. I Photoshop Them Out 'cause They Don't Understand What I'm About.

Mad Cause He Aint Like Me... Oh You Mad Cause Nobody Ever Did It Like Me.

I Think Better When I'm Not Sober

I Can't Live And Hold The Camera, Someone Gotta Take This

I'm Living Life Right Now, Maine And This What Imma Do Til It's Over, Til It's Over.. But It's Far From Over.

When People Treat You Like Nothing, You Begin To Feel Like Nothing.

Lil Wayne, Who Is Actually Responsible For My Career Has Always Been A Huge Influence To Me And One Of My Heroes.

I'm Halfway Around The World With Dozens Of Bags, Feeling Like All 4 Members Of Color Me Badd.

The Inside Of My Wallet Is Pasture(past Your) Green.

The Girl That I Wanna Save Is Like A Danger To My Health Try Being Wit Somebody That Wanna Be Somebody Else.

I Still Just Like Everybody Else Need To Meet Quotas With My Spins, With My Buzz And Make My Way Into The Office. It Has To Be Undeniable; The World Has To Know About You Before Jay-z Makes A Call.

Other Niggas' Situations, They Are All Depressing.

The More You Get To Know A Person, The More Attractive They Become To You. Because Everything Beautiful You See On The Inside Of Them, Suddenly You See On The Outside Of Them, Too.

I Done Became Bigger Swervin Writin In My Peer's Lane. Same Dudes That Used To Holla My Engineer's Name.

It's Important For Me To Let My Fans Know I Really Don't Care. I'm Confident.

Damn, Tell Me Where Did All The Magic Go? I Followed The Rules And Told You Everything You Had To Know

Saying Sorry Doesn't Solve The Problem. It's What You Do After That Truly Counts

Get Your Team In Order, Assembly Is Key

I'm Allergic To Coming In Second But I Never Sneeze.

Open Books, Not Legs. Blow Minds, Not Guys

I Am In The Matrix And I Just Took The Blue Pill.

Drug Dealers Live Vicariously Through Me

It Take A Certain Type Of Man To Teach, To Be Far From Hood But To Understand The Streets.

You Don't Even Have To Ask Twice, You Could Have My Heart Or We Could Share It Like The Last Slice.

I Don't Waste Time Putting Money Down, I Just Go Straight To Who Got It And Buy It In Cash. Pussy So Good That You Gotta Come See Me On Tour And You Gotta Fly In First Class.

Somewhere Between Psychotic And Iconic/ Somewhere Between I Want It And I Got It/ Somewhere Between I’m Sober And I’m Lifted/ Somewhere Between A Mistress And Commitment

I Am Spending Much More Than I'm Making On These Cars And These Vacations, Is That Too Much Information?

My Ex Send Late Night Text Cause She Don't Know To Let Go

They Just Give Me Head While The Haters Give Me Promo.

Holding Her Hand In Public Is Just Another Way Of Saying You're Proud To Have Her.

Until You Find Yourself, It's Impossible To Lose You

Finding Yourself

I Am What Everybody In My Past Don't Want Me To Be

Baby You Should Bring Your Best Friend, Then You Should Persuade Her To Let Me Get Some Sex In. Don't Get Offended, Baby, That's Just A Suggestion

I'm More Than Just A Number. I Doubt You'll Find Another

I Feel That When You Care About Your Music, Taking Risks Is Something You Should Do To Keep Things Exciting.

You Be Up On Everything, Other Hoes Aint Ever On It

Kush Rolled, Glass Full, I Prefer The Better Things.

I Don't Know Why Everyone Is Making Dance Movies. I Auditioned For Three Dance Movies In The Past Two Months And For One Of Them I Just Couldn't Do It.

When I See Ya Baby Girl, I Miss Feelin On Ya. I Miss Everything That's Real About Ya And That's Everything About Ya, That's Just How I Feel About Ya

Live Without Pretending, Love Without Depending, Listen Without Defending, Speak Without Offending.

Without Me, Rap Is Just A Bunch Of Orphans.

Fans Of These Freshmen Is About To Get Iffy While This Youngin That You Doubted Is About To Get Busy.

If They Love You To Death Never Die On Them

Cause I'm On Set, Make It Work, Break Even On 9 To 5's. Cigarettes And Lotto Tickets, Tryna Keep That Grind Alive

I'm Not A Gangster, I Don't Have No Desire To Be Hard.

How You Mean? How You Mean? What You Know About The Team? You Just Know What You Get Told Girl I See Behind The Scene

My Real Friends Never Hearin From Me, Fake Friends Write The Wrong Answers On The Mirror For Me

We Doin It Big. Look At What I Done. Look At Where I'm Is. It's Only Just Begun.

Count My Own Money, See The Paper Cut Fingers?

Swimmin In The Money Come And Find Me, Nemo.

Nickel For My Thoughts, Dimes In My Bed. Quarters Of The Kush Shape The Lines In My Head.

Okay I'll Be Honest Girl I Can't Lie I Miss You.

Baby You're My Everything, You're All I Ever Wanted, We Can Do It Real Big, Bigger Than You've Ever Done It.

Just Because Someone Is Single Doesn't Mean They're Lonely. Some People Are In Relationships And They've Forgotten What Happiness Is.

Problem With These Other Niggas They Aint Never Real

I Like The Fact That I Have Two Names Because I Find That In This Industry You Have To Have Dual Personalities Especially Being A Transitional Entertainer, Being An Actor Going Into Music. It's Not That I'm Pretending To Be Somebody Else But It's Just That The People That I Act With, The Directors, Producers And Agents, Can't Really Relate To What I Talk About.

Too Many Times I’ve Been Wrong, I Guess Being Right Takes Too Long.

This Lost Boy Got Fly Without Peter Pan

Any Awards Show Or Party I Get Fly For It

Sweat Pants, Hair Tied, Chillin Wit No Makeup On. That's When You're The Prettiest, I Hope That You Don't Take It Wrong.

Good Women Are Rare Too, None Of Them Have Come Close

To My City I'm The 2-3

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My Only Wish Is I Die Real Cause That Truth Hurts And Those Lies Kill.

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And You're Wasted With Your Ladies. Yeah I'm The Reason Why You Always Getting Faded.

Can't You See... That I Made It? Yeah I Made It First I Made You Who You Are, But Then I Made It.

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Send The Haters All My Love. X And O.

I Smoke Goody, No Glaucoma.

Oh That Was Your Girl? I Thought I Recognized Her.

I'm Urgin All Daughters To Kiss Their Mothers With Those Lips That All That Lipstick Covers. You Never Too Grown Up To Miss And Hug Her.

Wish You Would Learn To Love People And Use Things And Not The Other Way Around

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Drake Just Stands For Do Right And Kill Everything

Self Perception

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Don't Be Impatient When It Takes Too Long. Or Drink It All Even When It Tastes To Strong.

They Say The Shoe Can Always Fit, No Matter Whose Foot It's On. These Days Feel Like I'm Squeezing In 'em. Who Ever Wore 'em Before Just Wasn't Thinking Big Enough, I'm About To Leave 'em With 'em

I Write Best About Two Things, Which Is Evident From The Cover Of So Far Gone: The Constant Quest To Understand Love And Money.

If I'm In Ya Starting Five You Will Never Need A Sub And I'm Never Looking Down, So I Always Know What's Up.

It's A Difficult Time For A Lot Of People Right Now.

Difficult Times

Lookin Back On It At Least My Pride Is In Tact Cause We Said No Strings Attached And I Still Got Tied Up In That

We All Got Dreams And We All Star Reaching

I Like Ryan Gosling As An Actor. I Watch All Of His Movies, And He's Canadian And I Just Like His Swag. I Read His Interviews And I'm A Big Fan Of His.

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She Think I'm The Realest Out And I Say 'damn That Makes 2 Of Us'.

Loving You No More, I Just I Can't I Just Can't Be Loving You No More, I Love You More Than I Love Myself

I Love You More

Still Here With My Day Jne Niggas

I Never Cheat Unless You Count The Girls I Cheat On

I Respect Chris Brown. I'd Like To Call Myself A Friend - I Don't Know If I'm Allowed To Do That.

I Saw Nicki For The First Time And, Like, Literally Fell In Love. She Had This Snap-back Hat On That Said 'minaj.' She Used To Wear That Every Single Day. She Was Like A Theater Student And She Was So Cold At Rapping.

I Just Bought A Lambourghini, I'm Not Even Into Racing With A Windshield Full Of Tickets Cause I Live Right By The Station.

Man They Treat Me Like A Legend, Am I Really This Cold? I’m Really Too Young To Be Feeling This Old.

I Want To Go On Tour With The Most Exciting Artists, And I Want To Make Sure That I Have Songs With All Of Them.

Landmarks To The Muses That Inspired The Music. When I Could Tell It Was Sincere Without Trying To Prove It

I Do It For The Love. Bunk Bed Flow, Always One Level Above.

Being Bi-racial And Being Young Along With Being American And Canadian [allows Me To] Try And Cover All The Bases And Expand My Fan Base To A Level That Has Yet To Be Seen.

What You'll Always Get From Me Is A Variety Of Emotions. Whenever You Listen To My Cd, Whether You're The Hardest Dude Or The Bitterest Cat, I'll Give You A Real Story To Think About.

Patience Is Key For Getting Over A Breakup. That, And Trailing Off Your Interaction After The Breakup.

I Can't Hear The Critics Talking Over The Applause.

You Put The Tea In The Kettle And Light It. Put Your Hand On The Metal And Feel It.. But Do You Even Feel It Anymore?

I Heard A Lil Homie Talking Reckless In Vibe. Quite A Platform You Chose, You Shoulda Kept It Inside. Oh You Tried, It's So Childish Calling My Name On The World Stage. You Need To Act Your Age And Not Your Girl's Age.

See I'm Humble But I Live Fame, For More Deals On The Table Than A Bridge Game.

Me Being Biracial, Me Being From Canada But Having Success In The States, I Have All These Moments In My Life Where I'm Jumping Roof To Roof. Black To White. Singing And Rapping.

My Song Is Ya Girlfriend's Wakin Up Ringer

The Girl Or The World, You See Someone Gotta Lose. I Thought I Could Have It All, Do I Really Gotta Choose?

When A Good Thing Goes Bad Its Not The End Of The World. Its Just The End Of A World, That You Had With One Girl.

Yesterday When We Were Getting High, You Were Invited. You Woulda Liked It.

Wouldve Came Back For You, I Just Needed Time To Do What I Had To Do. Caught In The Life, I Cant Let It Go. Whether Thats Right, I Wont Ever Know. But Here Goes Nothin.

Just Because I Had A Winner, It Doesn't Mean I'm Gonna Be Like, "ok, I Need A New 'successful.'" That's Silly. I Just Don't Want Anything To Sound Like Anything Else, Which I Hope Is Everybody's Vision.

My Ex Ask Me Where I'm Moving I Said 'on To Better Things.'

I'm Satisfied With A Little While You Haters Want It All. You Waitin' For The Spring And I'm Gettin' It In The Fall.

Rest In Peace To Heath Ledger But I'm No Joker

Self Perception

Don't Play Hard To Get, Play Hard To Forget.

Playing Hard To Get

I'm More Than Just An Option.

Off A Cup Of C.j. Gibson, Man I'm Faded Off The Brown And I'm Easily Influenced By The Niggas I'm Around

It's Like I Know What I Gotta Say, I Just Don't Know How To Say It To You.

I Can Make Your Pussy Whistle Like The Andy Griffith Theme Song.

I'm Cool With Jay-z. Jay-z Is Genuinely My Friend.

Life Change For Us Every Single Week So.. It's Good But I Know This Aint The Peak Though.

Me And My Dad Are Friends. We're Cool. I'll Never Be Disappointed Again, Because I Don't Expect Anything Anymore From Him. I Just Let Him Exist, And That's How We Get Along.

I'm On A 24 Hour Champagne Diet. Spillin While I'm Sippin I Encourage You To Try It.

I Love Seeing People React To My Music. Its Like A Drug, One Of The Strongest Drugs Ever In My Opinion. Not That I'm Doing Drugs.. I Just Love That Feeling. Putting Out A Feeling And Having It Really Be The One Is More Addicting Than Anything In My Life Now.

Live For Today, Plan For Tomorrow, Party Tonight, Party Tonight.

Damn Where My Roof Just Go, I'm Somebody That You Should Know Get To Shakin Somethin Cause That's What Drama Produced It Fo'

I Learned Working With The Negatives Could Make For Better Pictures

Each Day I'm Thankful For Nights That Turned Into Mornings, Friends That Turned Into Family, Dreams That Turned Into Reality, And Like That Turned Into Love.

Cautious Of The Flood So I Always Lay The Right Pipe.

My Favorite Artists Always Documented Emotion. Marvin Gaye And Al Green And Sade And Aaliyah.

My Dreams Are Who I'm Racin Wit But You Can See I'm Pacin It So That I'm Always Chasin It.

Pray The Real Live Forever Man. Pray The Fakes Get Exposed.

Guess You Lose Some & Win Some, Long As The Outcome Is Income.

Never Thoughts Of Suicide, I'm Too Alive. But I Still Treat It Like It's Do Or Die.. Even Though Dyin' Isn't In The Plans, But Neither Was Makin' It And Here I Am

I Know They Say The First Love Is The Sweetest But That First Cut Is The Deepest

Imma Kill It I Promise This, I Know You Mad.

That's Why I Got A New Dumb Thing Moving Through The Streets Got A New Condo Moving To The Beach Heard Nicki Just Bought A Brand New Crib Got Damn Man She's Beauty And The Beast

You Don't Make Stupid Internet Videos Or Show People You Have Too Much Free Time, You Just Say The Right Things And They'll Be Like, "damn This Dude's A Real Person And I Can Relate To That." That Can Make Somebody's Life, That Can Make Somebody's Day, That Can Be A Line That They Never Forget.

Rappers Aren't The Really Rich Ones. We All Have Nice Houses With Studios And Cars, But You Need A Piece Of Someone's Business To Be Super Wealthy.

The Hardest Thing About The Business Is Minding Your Own

I Got Bath Water You Could Soak In, Things I Could Do With Lotion.

You Got Your Resolutions... We Just Got Reservations.

The Square Root Of 69 Is 8(ate) Som'

Somedays You Just Have To Create Your Own Sunshine.

Positive Thinking

When I Think Of Myself, I Think Of Toronto. My Music Would Never Sound The Way It Does If It Weren't For Toronto.

I Heard You Good With Them Soft Lips.. Yeah You Know Word Of Mouth.

Life Ain't No Rehearsal, The Cameras Always Rolling.

The Big Homie Use A Flash If You Must. And I Swear I Aint Askin For Much.

He Aint In Your World You Can Take Em Off Your Atlas

Diss Me And You'll Never Hear A Reply For It

Done Sayin I'm Done Playin

All My First Dates Are Interrupted By My Fame Because Every Picture Taken Is A Fan That You Can Gain.

Came Up That's All Me, Stayed True That's All Me, No Help That's All Me, All Me For Real

Secrets You Were Telling Everybody But Me.. Don't Be Fooled By The Money I'm Still Just Young And Unlucky, I'm Surprised You Couldn't Tell

They Wanna See Me Pick Back Up, Well Where'd I Leave It At?

This Supposed To Be Yall Year? We Aint Get The Memo.

I Don't Really Have A Gimmick Or A 'thing.' I'm One Of The Few Artists Who Gets To Be Himself Every Day.

I'm In The Mood To Get Faded, So Please Bring Your Finest.

Pushing Me Away So I Give Her Space, Awww. Dealing Wit A Heart That I Didn't Break.

I Swear These Niggas Gassed Up, Even Though The Price Is High. I Could Own Half As Much Clothing And Be Twice As Fly.

I'm About To Reach My Dreams And I Aint Even Got My Arms Stretched.

15, 16, I Mean, 17, 18, Is When I Was Really Getting Into The Hip Hop Phase And Really Studying The Things That I Needed To Study As Far As Learning About Flows And Learning About Lyrics.

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