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Yo I once knew a man he started off a boy His whole damn life he never really

been employed

He was only 19 had a chance to go to college try out his luck to see if he could gain knowledge

Think about your life or whatever you call it Now he’s just a cluck dead broke

alcoholic

Used to keep a picture of his girl in his wallet Think about your life or whatever you would call it He walk home late cuz the city don’t sleep He was only 19 but the river runs

deep

Wrote raps in his head so he didn’t really speak about the crushed up pills

that he took in one week

One week turned to two two weeks turned to 4 now long term addiction knocking

at his door

Starting losing weight coming late looking drunk and His family and friends

said he was up to something

Got to the point where he couldn’t even function Calling up his dealer begging

give me something

I just got evicted I ain’t got nothing the dealer was a prick his reply was

reluctant

I can get you high off the shit no body fuck with even all the fiends know

better than to touch it He was 19 begging please give me something said to the kid I don’t know if you

can trust it But I got a lot so push it to the public watch out for the cops and rats on some thug shit

Here’s for your protection lending you this pistol pretending it was pure but

he knew that it was crystal

Looked like shards of glass and I hope this ain’t a issue Plus if you snitch

well your mother gonna miss you

Now he’s lost his path school and direction kicked out his pad after land lord

inspection

All he ever had was his rhymes and a dream now he’s living on the streets at the age of 19

Feel the meth in his lungs and the son starts to tweak never saw 21 yall the

river runs deep

Yo I once knew a man he started off a boy His whole damn life he never really

been employed

Until he turned 19 got a job at the college Working on the radio where he could

spread knowledge

He thought about his life and how he wanted to recall it Still he barley ever

had a dollar in his wallet

He quit smoking weed figured that he needed time so that he could make a difference in other peoples' lives

Stared saving money cleared out his mind No longer drinking just thinking about

his rhymes

He walk home late cuz the city don’t sleep He was only 19 but the river runs

deep

He walk home late cuz the city don’t sleep He was only 19 but the river runs

deep

Wrote raps in his head so he didn’t really speak to his homies about the books

he read in one week

One week turned to two, two weeks turned to four plus on the side labels

knocking at his door

Started gaining fame he be gone away for months and family and friends said

isn’t he something

Worked at the food back a block from the Ave where this guy smoked meth and

kept rocks from a bag

Told the kid he was grateful that he was helping out cuz he knew first hand he could have gone another rout

The river runs deep please kid hold on the people that we meet the only thing

to keep us strong

He could have been selfish could have lost it all instead he graduated early no adderall

Called up his producer the one that he trusted said to the homie yo please give

me something

This guy was a dick his replay was reluctant now he gotta find some new beats

he could fuck with

I could make you rich if you switch to this club shit he was 19 begging please

give me something

Gave the kid gimmicks said push it to the public pretended it was pure but he knew it was corrupted

You have to go solo we hope this ain’t a issue, family and friends leave behind

they won’t miss you

This guy was a douchbag he hung up the call started self promoting thinking

really fuck them all

Recording every day then he posted on his blog freestyle clear spitting through

the fog

Best decision that he made quitting beer twisting logs now he live with no fear

said he listen to the gods

Cuz all he ever had was his rhymes and a dream now he’s getting signed to Sony

at the age of 19

First west coast tour then the whole us now everywhere he go new girl new dress

Sold out shows now money ain’t a stress he was only 19 some would say he was

the best

Getting underground respect now the same labels calling offering him check to put money in his wallet

Think about your life or whatever you call it remember when he used to think

hed be an alcoholic

Still barely ever had a dollar in his wallet battled with addiction and almost

left college

But held himself together so that he could spread knowledge

Think about your life or whatever you call it There once was a time when the sun felt weak now he’s king at 21 yall the river

runs deep

Then one day the kid came back to the city of Seattle where he learned how to rap

Said fame is a battle and the game is a trap back to his neighborhood where he would get dap

Saw this man in the shadows with his head in his lap

Limbs lay lifeless wasn’t just a nap his eyes wasn’t open holes in his teeth

Pipe on the ground blood cold on the street tried not to look tried to listen

to the beat

But this man sat dying in the middle of the street

Reached in his pocket to pull out his wallet like he could save his life or whatever you would call it He turned to the man to offer him his help looked him in the eyes and realized

it was himself

Torn up clothes no shoes on his feet it was getting late but the city don’t

sleep

The man started shaking the sun starts to tweak lying in the gutter in the

mother fucking street

He turned to the kid as his body lay week and whispered as he died kid the

river runs deep

The story of my life cuz both of them were me thinking to myself yo who I wanna

be He turned to the kid as his body lay week and whispered as he died kid the

river runs deep