"Reach for the stars so if you fall you land on a cloud"
from Homecoming, Graduation
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"When it feel like living's harder than dyin'
For me givin' up's way harder than tryin'
from Champion, Graduation
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That that don't kill me
Can only make me stronger
from Stronger, Graduation
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There's a thousand yous, there's only one of me
from Stronger, Graduation
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I'm a star, how could I not shine
from I Wonder, Graduation
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The good life, let's go on a living' spree

Sh*t they say the best things in life are free
from Good Life, Graduation
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I always had a passion for flashing' before I had it

I close my eyes and imagine, the good life
from Good Life, Graduation
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This is my life homey, you decide yours
from Can't Tell Me Nothing, Graduation
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Must be the pharaohs, he in tune with his soul,

So when he buried in a tomb full of gold.

Treasure. What's you pleasure?

Life is a, uh, depending how you dress her.
from Can't Tell Me Nothing, Graduation
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Everything I'm not, made me everything I am.
from Everything I Am, Graduation
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my 15 seconds up, but I got more to say
from Everything I Am, Graduation
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If you admire somebody you should go ahead and tell um

People never get the flowers while they could smell um
from Big Brother, Graduation
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Ain't no tuition for having no ambition
Ain't no loans for sitting at home
We Don't Care, College Drop Out
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Y'all don't know my struggle
Y'all can't match my hustle
You can't catch my hustle
You can't fathom my love dude
Lock yourself in a room doin' five beats a day for three summers
Spaceship
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I won't be taking no days off
until this space ship takes off
Spaceship
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They say people in your life are seasons,
And anything that happen is for a reason,
And niggas guns a clappin and keep to squeezin',
And Gran (Grandma) keep prayin' and keep believin',
And Jesus and one day that ya see him,
Till they walk in his footsteps and try to be him,
The devil is alive I feel him breathin'
Heard 'Em Say, Late Registration
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Now I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem
Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams
Last Call, College Drop Out
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I'm trying to write my wrongs,
But it's funny these same wrongs helped me write this song.
Touch the Sky, Late Registration
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Live today cause tomorrow man you never know
Drive Slow, Late Registration
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Sometimes I feel the music is the only medicine
So we cook it, cut it, measure it, bag it,sell it
Crack Music, Late Registration
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I think we at an all time high
To get there we run, we fly, we drive
Coz with my family we know where home is
So instead of sending flowers
We the roses...
Roses, Late Registration
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You see, if you ever wanted to ever be anything
There'd always be somebody that shoot down any dream
There'll always be haters, that's the way it is
Hater niggas marry hater bitches and have hater kids
But they're gonna have to take my life 'fore they take my drive
'cause when I was barely living, that's what kept me alive
Bring Me Down, Late Registration
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I said mommy Imma love you till you don't hurt no more
Hey Mama, Late Registration
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My mama told me go to school, get your doctorate
Somethin to fall back on, you could profit with
But still supported me when I did the opposite
Hey Mama, Late Registration
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I'mmmm
Ah-head of my time, sometimes years out
So the powers that be won't let me get my ideas out
Gone, Late Registration
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They claim you never know what you got 'til it's GONE
I know I got it, I don't know what y'all on
I'ma open up a store for aspiring MC's
Won't sell 'em no dream, but the inspiration is free
Gone, Late Registration
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If I talk about God
then my record get played...
Jesus Walks
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They can't stop me rapping can they?

I'd gladly risk it all right now
It's a life or death situation.
You don't really know how I feel right now.
Through the Wire
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I'm a champion
so I turn tragedy to triumph
Through the Wire
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It seems we living the american dream
But the people highest up got the lowest self esteem
All Falls Down, College Drop Out
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We all self conscious I'm just the first to admit it
All Falls Down, College Drop Out
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Chased the good life my whole life long
Look back on my life and my life gone
Where did I go wrong?
Welcome To Heartbreak, 808s & Heartbreak
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I'm exhausted, barely breathing
Holding on to what I believe in
Amazing, 808s & Heartbreak
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Don't worry about what we can't control
All the talk in the world lost in the world
Till you finally let that thing go
Paranoid, 808s & Heartbreak
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Let me know
Do I still got time to grow
Things ain't always set in stone
That be known let me know
Let me
Seems like, street lights, glowin
Happen to be just like moments, passin
In front of me so I hopped in, the cab and
I paid my fare see I know my destination
But I'm just not there
Street Lights, 808s & Heartbreak