Gotta Be Me - Lil' Flip.mp3

[00:00.09]Lil' Flip
[00:00.21]Miscellaneous
[00:00.51]Gotta Be Me
[00:10.05][chorus: Cresia]
[00:10.44]And I just gotta be me...me...me
[00:11.28]And I'm gonna stay sucka free...free...free
[00:32.34]And I just gotta be me...
[00:32.88](Lil' Flip)
[00:35.19]I'm an 18 year old CEO
[00:37.17]I got fans thats dyin to see me flow
[00:39.99]my favorite movie is CB-4
[00:43.05]H$E Click you know we throwed
[00:46.02]I'm 6 foot 1 on the digital scale
[00:48.84]I'm a ghetto star and a man as well
[00:51.72]and I'm all about my mail like a man in jail
[00:54.48]I wonder if I put my tape out, can it sell?
[00:57.48]only time will tell how many copies get sold
[01:00.30]and I pray to god that I live to get old
[01:03.24]cuz half of my homeboys already dead
[01:06.18]and the other half doin time with the feds
[01:08.97]I'm like the CincinnatI Reds I'm playin ball for the pennant
[01:11.91]and if I fall while I'm tryin I start from the beginning
[01:14.82]they say practice make perfect and it really paid off
[01:17.79]I'm my own boss now so I can't get laid off
[01:20.55]and I'm gonna stay the same flip no matter what it takes
[01:23.55]and I won't stop rappin no matter how much I make
[01:26.31]Whether I'm rich or broke i'ma still crack jokes
[01:29.31]and I never turn my back on mobbin foes
[01:54.03][chorus]
[01:54.96](Lil' Flip)
[01:55.38]I done been through a lot of pain
[01:57.48]at an early age ??? gave me silent game
[02:00.36]I got knowledge but I didn't get it from college man
[02:03.15]I'm not gonna change because I'm flyin private planes
[02:06.30]and if I don't work, my pockets hurt
[02:08.64]man it costs a lot of money livin on this earth
[02:11.97]everybody got to shine but it's my turn
[02:14.61]the early bird gets the worm that's what I learned
[02:17.76]ever since I was a kid I had to ball
[02:20.46]I don't smoke cigarettes and I hate alcohol
[02:23.34]I went from being a janitor to a manager
[02:26.13]when you become a star with me, wanna dance with yah
[02:29.28]I'm gonna keep my platinum teeth and my pants saggin
[02:31.80]now everybody wanna jump on the band waggon
[02:34.77]I ain't braggin, because I got a little change,
[02:37.86]I ain't gonna let my head blow up cuz I got a little fame
[02:40.59]now when my cousin died things got a little strange
[02:43.62]I know the block is hot just ask lil wayne
[02:46.74]everybody dream about goin to hollywood
[02:49.35]but look how fast I turned clover land into ???
[02:51.12][chorus]
[03:16.23](Lil' Flip)
[03:16.44]everyday I'm on the paper chase
[03:18.30]I gotta win first place in this paper race
[03:21.21]a lot of kids around the world wanna take my place
[03:24.03]but momma said boy don't let nobody take your space
[03:27.24]that's why I pay attention, so I can see
[03:29.88]it ain't the army but I'm bein all I can be
[03:32.52]so everyday I shop like I hit the lottery
[03:35.58]I'm Lil' Flip that's the only thing I gotta be
[04:08.76][chorus]