Yeah, they say when we grow up You'll understand when you're older Guess I'm still a kid, I don't know it Say goodbye to the old me I know I could die any moment If I do just remember this If I'll ever let go of this We ain't friends anymore, you don't

(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) That's, that's, that's when we all win We must stand together There's no getting even Hand in hand forever That's when we all win One more depending on a prayer And we all look away People pretending everywhere

(One time for your mind, one time) Yeah, whatever It sound clever Yeah, it's illmatic, (yeah) It's illmatic, (yeah!) It's illmatic, huh (Yeah, kick that shit) Yo, whatever (Hey yo, Nas, (Whattup, Paul?) Kick that fuckin' rhyme)

Yeah, today the big day Been here four years, eleven months and twenty-nine hot ones One more day and I'm a free man walkin Leavin from behind these gates, I paid my debt to the state And ever since they took the weights Wasn't much for a nigga to do but

Yeah-eah-eah-eah And I say yeah-eah They tell me think with my head, not that thing in my chest They got their hands at my neck this time But you're the one that I want, if that's really so wrong Then they don't know what this feeling is like I'll tell

Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop (Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop) Hey! Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop (Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop) Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop Yeah, my baby knows Matilda Brown told ole' King Tut Say if you can't pay me five, just keep your big mouth shut Ye-es, your baby knows Momma's on the

Oh we should sky, sky, sky, skydive, uh I just hope that you sure, uh And I pray we secured, oh yeah High, high, high, high tides, uh You can never be sure, uh I just hope we mean more Life, life, life, life, life They told me don't jump with no plan, mhm

Whoa whoa whoa Here's one for the underdogs Let 'em hear you ya'll Well hell yeah they might get knocked down But everybody loves how they don't stay down for long Pretty soon they're ten feet tall From odds stacked, can't win, to the comeback kid Yeah

Bury my body Lord, I don't care where they 'Cause my soul is gonna live With God, Oh-oh-oh yeah Lead me Jesus, lead me Why don't you lead me in the middle of the air And if my wings should fail me Won't you provide me with another pair Please God I don't

I'm about my issue babe Ooh, la da da, da da da, la da da da da da da And you can tell by my name, yeah Whatever stands in my way, yeah Every time I take, penitentiary chance all I take God with me I'ma find my way Nigga they ain't even fuck around