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Ave Maria, I hold onto my rosary
We come and go like we leaves
As it was written, shall it be done?
I was born in the Croix-des-Bouquets slums
Light a candle, it's my birthday
No velvet, just a dirt cake
Cemetery was my play pen
Come meet my imaginary friends
My daddy, he Haitian like Basquiat father
So every time I write, I'm painting a picture
Some family took a boat to get to Brooklyn
But they never made it, I cried me a ocean
I went from boys to men overnight
So hard to say goodbye on a flight
Two twins look like God's pillars
First time seen the skyscraper
Tall woman with a big torch, welcome to Liberty New York
God city with the devil's alley
Keep the crucifixion 'cause the demon on me
Headed to projects, where we made it
We don't gotta walk to the well, got a faucet, a toilet, a bed, and a sheet
Crowd around a oven just for the heat
life could be bittersweet
I'm Kool G with the symphony
Best friend standing next to me
Mīkhāʼēl with the angels
like he Michael
Never knew he was mental to but wanted de Niro, yeah
Things change, stay the same
Cold world, codeine
Prom queen, prom fiend
She leans, party girl
Wake up in the underworld
In the City of Angels
Demons, lovers
Killers, sinners, tell me who you are
Uh, Ave Maria, hold onto my rosary, I'm keeping it close to me
Working my sorcery
I need love like Courtney, most importantly
Santa Maria got blood on my rosary
But that's how it's supposed to be
culture
I walk out of the delivery room with blood all over me
I love you like Mother Theresa
And every time I pray, I never forget her
My daddy a heathen, he beat on my momma
So every time I see her face, I kiss it
They love you
Cannot come between me and money, but commas
I don't need the drama, you don't need violence
Highway to heaven, I'm calling the driver
I went from boys to man overnight
Now ask all these boys who the prototype
I light up some wedding cake, smoke a slice
Got all this money, can't wed no wife
Light a candle, it's my birthday
No party, it's a workday
Gotta work harder, that's a cliche
And there's no tomorrow, said that yesterday
And can be bittersweet
No company for the misery
I just light me a take me straight to Sicily
Feeling free like a bird
No words, Kenny G
Never knew I was mental 'til I shot myself on acidentally
But things change, stay the same
Cold world, ice cream
Prom queen, prom fiend
She leans, party girl
Wake up in the underworld
In the City of Angels
Demons, lovers
Beginners, finessers
Tell me who you are
[00:12.246][Verse 1]
[00:14.039]Listen
[00:15.001]Ave Maria, I hold onto my rosary
[00:16.788]We come and go like we leaves
[00:18.927]As it was written, shall it be done?
[00:20.553]I was born in the Croix-des-Bouquets slums
[00:22.692]Light a candle, it's my birthday
[00:24.317]No velvet, just a dirt cake
[00:26.040]Cemetery was my play pen
[00:28.178]Come meet my imaginary friends
[00:29.787]My daddy, he Haitian like Basquiat father
[00:31.512]So every time I write, I'm painting a picture
[00:33.644]Some family took a boat to get to Brooklyn
[00:35.670]But they never made it, I cried me a ocean
[00:37.282]I went from boys to men overnight
[00:39.083]So hard to say goodbye on a flight
[00:40.852]Two twins look like God's pillars
[00:43.013]First time seen the skyscraper
[00:44.649]Tall woman with a big torch, welcome to Liberty New York
[00:48.385]God city with the devil's alley
[00:50.528]Keep the crucifixion 'cause the demon on me
[00:52.157]Headed to projects, where we made it
[00:54.232]We don't gotta walk to the well, got a faucet, a toilet, a bed, and a sheet
[00:57.424]Crowd around a oven just for the heat
[00:59.862][?] life could be bittersweet
[01:01.447]I'm Kool G with the symphony
[01:03.429]Best friend standing next to me
[01:05.058][?]
[01:07.198]Mīkhāʼēl with the angels
[01:08.817][?] like he Michael
[01:10.542]Never knew he was mental to [?] but wanted de Niro, yeah
[01:11.435]
[01:12.442][Chorus]
[01:14.246]Things change, stay the same
[01:18.045]Cold world, codeine
[01:19.654]Prom queen, prom fiend
[01:21.800]She leans, party girl
[01:23.414]Wake up in the underworld
[01:25.113]In the City of Angels
[01:27.230]Demons, lovers
[01:28.907]Killers, sinners, tell me who you are
[01:29.824]
[01:30.692][Verse 2: Lil Wayne]
[01:46.010]Uh, Ave Maria, hold onto my rosary, I'm keeping it close to me
[01:54.412]Working my sorcery
[01:55.238]I need love like Courtney, most importantly
[01:57.778]Santa Maria got blood on my rosary
[01:59.793]But that's how it's supposed to be
[02:02.356][?] culture
[02:03.074]I walk out of the delivery room with blood all over me
[02:04.380]I love you [?] like Mother Theresa
[02:06.089]And every time I pray, I never forget her
[02:07.887]My daddy a heathen, he beat on my momma
[02:09.586]So every time I see her face, I kiss it
[02:11.325]They love you [?]
[02:12.173]Cannot come between me and money, but commas
[02:14.322]I don't need the drama, you don't need violence
[02:16.868]Highway to heaven, I'm calling the driver
[02:18.480]I went from boys to man overnight
[02:19.711]Now ask all these boys who the prototype
[02:21.522]I light up some wedding cake, smoke a slice
[02:23.240]Got all this money, can't wed no wife
[02:25.002]Light a candle, it's my birthday
[02:26.733]No party, it's a workday
[02:28.435]Gotta work harder, that's a cliche
[02:30.149]And there's no tomorrow, said that yesterday
[02:31.839]And [?] can be bittersweet
[02:33.592]No company for the misery
[02:35.350]I just light me a [?] take me straight to Sicily
[02:39.050]Feeling free like a bird
[02:40.726]No words, Kenny G
[02:42.482]Never knew I was mental 'til I shot myself on acidentally
[02:43.299]
[02:44.174][Chorus: Lil Wayne]
[02:45.376]But things change, stay the same
[02:49.135]Cold world, ice cream
[02:50.869]Prom queen, prom fiend
[02:52.527]She leans, party girl
[02:54.176]Wake up in the underworld
[02:55.907]In the City of Angels
[02:58.056]Demons, lovers
[02:59.275]Beginners, finessers
[03:01.436]Tell me who you are