N Dey Say - Nelly

yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

let's go

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ohhhhh

N Dey Say

ohhhhhh oh ohhhh

hold up, stop now, let me get a look 'cha

damn girl i aint seen u since prom

come to think about it cant believe it's been that long

i heard your man locked down now

how long he gone? oh, dat long

how the hell he get time like that

3 strikes for possesion aww he ain't coming back

he left you with two kids and bills all around

plus you found out he had another chick cross town

it's always the darkest right before the sun rises

and you gotta stay strong for the kids in they eyes'n

please dont despise and go against all brothers

and have a hatred in your heart and take it out on another

i hate to sound 2pac-ish li'l mama keep your head up

but your gonna make it i promise you keep your head up

and that that dont kill you only makes you stronger

and the will to succeed only feed the hunger

fo' reel (fo' reel, fo' reel)

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ohhhhh

N Dey Say

ohhhhhh oh ohhhh

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ohhhhh

N Dey Say

ohhhhhh oh ohhhh

i was at the gas station when a man walked past

with a sign...'will work for food, clothes or cash'

and he asked if he could pump my gas so i let him

clean the windsheild and throw out the trash so i let him

hey, i even asked a brother his name

where he was from, got kids man and what's they ages

he kinda stared for a second, he kinda looked suprised

that anyone would even take an interest in his life

he said, "young brother them the only words i've heard in the last year

wasn't no or get the fuck away from herrrr"

how could something so simple as general conversation

mean much more than general conversation

hey you could tell life had beaten him down

like he was in the title fight and this might be his last round

sometimes the easiest things we take for granted

until they gone then realized we even had it

fo' real (fo' real, fo' real)

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yeah, hey

ohhhhh

N Dey Say

ohhhhhh oh ohhhh

(ha-ha-ha-ha-ha)

yeah, hey

ohhhhh

N Dey Say

ohhhhhh oh ohhhh

i used to think that life had a plan for me

until i realized life had to be planned by me

see that's the key i only deal wit what i can see

cuz over history, mystery brought us nothin but misery

man more people done died in the name of the Lord

then in any natural disaster, disease or gang wars

before guns they was swords and they was killin each other

And what's changed to this day still killin each other

killin a brother while another mother cries for help

man, we need to help a brother find himself

feed 'em light 1, 2, 3

hey that's somethin every brother should see

and thats fo' real,

and thats fo' real,

and thats fo' real

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yeah, hey,

ohhhhh

N Dey Say

ohhhhhh oh ohhhh

(ha-haha-ha-ha)

hey

ohhhhh

N Dey Say

ohhhhhh oh ohhhh

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