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I thought I had it all figured out, I did I thought I was tough enough to stick it out with Kim But I wasn't tough enough to juggle two things at once I found myself layin' on my knees in cuffs Which should've been a reason enough for me to get my stuff And just leave, how come I couldn't see this shit myself? It's just me, nobody couldn't see the shit I felt Knowin' damn well she wasn't gonna be there when I fell To catch me; the minute shit was heated, she just bailed I'm standin' here swingin' on like thirty people by myself I couldn't even see the millimeter when it fell Turned around, saw Gary stashin' the heater in his belt Saw the bouncers rush him and beat him to the ground I just sold two million records, I don't need to go to jail I'm not about to lose my freedom over no female I need to slow down, try to get my feet on solid ground So for now—

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Bury my face in comic books, ‘cause I don't wanna look At nothing, this world's too much, I've swallowed all I could If I could swallow a bottle of Tylenol, I would And end it for good, just say goodbye to Hollywood I probably should, these problems are pilin' all at once ‘Cause everything that bothers me, I got it bottled up I think I'm bottomin' out, but I'm not about to give up I gotta get up, thank God I got a little girl And I'm a responsible father, so not a lot of good I'd be to my daughter layin' in the bottom of the mud Must be in my blood ‘cause I don't know how I do it All I know is I don't wanna follow in the footsteps Of my dad ‘cause I hate him so bad The worst fear that I had Was growin' up to be like his fuckin' ass Man, if you could understand why I am the way that I am What do I say to my fans when I tell 'em I'm

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I don't wanna quit, but shit, I feel like this is it For me to have this much appeal like this is sick This is not a game, this fame, in real life, this is sick "Publicity stunt" my ass, "conceal" my fuckin' dick Fuck the guns, I'm done, I'll never look at gats If I scrap, I'll scrap like I ain't never whipped some ass I love my fans, but no one ever puts a grasp On the fact I've sacrificed everything I have I never dreamt I'd get to the level that I'm at This is wack, this is more than I ever coulda asked Everywhere I go, a hat, a sweater hood or mask What about math, how come I wasn't ever good at that? It's like the boy in the bubble, who never could adapt I'm trapped, if I could go back, I never woulda rapped I sold my soul to the devil, I'll never get it back I just wanna leave this game with level head intact Imagine goin' from bein' a no-one to seein' Everything blow up, and all you did was just grow up emceein' It's fuckin' crazy, ‘cause all I wanted was to give Hailie The life I never had, instead I forced us to live alienated, so I'm sayin'

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Goodbye, goodbye Hollywood (Goodbye) Please don't cry for me (It's been real) When I'm gone for good (This shit is not for me) So goodbye, goodbye Hollywood (I'm not a fuckin' star) Please don't cry for me (No way) When I'm gone for good (I'm goin' back home)