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Use A− / A+ to adjust text sizeMemphis
"You gon' be a star," they saidThey said, "You gon' take us far," they saidThey said, "Everywhere you go, they gon' know your nameWho cares if you get lonelylong as you're famous?""Don't you want money and the cars?", they said"Expensive liquor and cigars?", they said"I mean, what's betterthan havin' everything that you dreamed of?Long as they need youYou don't need love"Just be greatPut on for your city, for your stateAnd whatever you do, just make us proudAin't gon' be no cryin' from the cloudsYeah, they say, "Just be greatWho cares if there's too much on your plate?Don't make no mistakes and hide your pain, no rainWhatever you do, just make us proudAnd ain't gon' be no cryin' from the clouds"Ain't gon' be no cryin' from the clouds"You gon', you gonna be a star," they saidThey said, "Don't waste your tomorrow," they saidThey said, "You're the one that's chosen to make it outGotta seize the moment, don't let us down""Just gotta play your part," they said"And history, you'll be a part of itI mean, what's betterthan havin' everything that you dreamed of?Long as they need youYou don't need love"Just be great (Just be great)Put on for your city, for your state (State)And whatever you do, just make us proud (Proud)Ain't gon' be no cryin' from the clouds (Clouds)Yeah, they say, "Just be great" (Just be great)"Who cares if there's too much on your plate?"(Your plate now)"Don't make no mistakes and hide your pain, no rainWhatever you do, just make us proudAnd ain't gon' be no cryin' from the clouds"(Ooh) Ain't gon' be no cryin' from the clouds(Ooh) Ain't gon' be no—I was way too far out in the worldbut I still put on for my cityI was handin' out too much milk moneytoo much kitten, and ass, and tittiesI lost my voice like a pastorFaster than a Harlem shimmyBut I guess that's what you getfor tryin' to make heartbreak prettyUh, they say, "Life's a bitch"(They say, "Life's a bitch")"And then you die" (And then you die)So please, if you're pennin'my eulogy, just say I triedAnd that's word to Phineas, Jess and SiAnd if I don't wake up in Heaventhen it was one hell of a rideYeah, yeahIf I don't wake up in Heaven, it was one hell of a rideA hell of a rideUh, Momma said money can't buy me happinessSo I copped a tried to fly myself up next to itI fucked up some commas just to dot-dot-dotwhere's the rest of it?This what clean look like when cleantook life and made a mess of itHad to realize I'm just blessed to itYou can't take it all with youbut you can remember the best of itI pray for peace within myself and no more regrets with it'Cause when I looked at my soulin the Mississippi, it reflected itAnd if you know me, you're right next to itI'm everything you thought I wasI'm everything I thought I wasIt was everything I thought it wasIt was everything I thought it was
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