| I was born and raised in the ghetto
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| Talk with me and you’ll know
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| I wasn’t satisfied with living on the side
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| I started looking around for a possibility
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| But listen to my story, of what became of me
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| I met a businessman
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| Who said he got some friends back East
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| Said, «Why don’t you come along?
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| Well we could help you atleast»
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| «Make you into a big star
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| By playing your guitar»
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| But the joke was on me
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| They left me flat to see
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| Going back West
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| (Going back West)
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| Yes I know, I’ll make out alright
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| Going back West
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| (Going back West)
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| Where my music’s playing all night
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| Going back West
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| (Going back West)
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| Think I’ll do alright
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| Struggling for recognition, identity and respect
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| I got a lot of promises, they told me not to fret
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| Said, «We will stand by you
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| If the going gets rough»
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| But when I started sinking
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| They didn’t even bluff
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| Going back West
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| (Going back West)
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| Yes I know, I’ll make out alright
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| Going back West
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| (Going back West)
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| Where my music’s playing all night
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| Going back West
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| (Going back West)
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| I think, I’ll do alright
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| 'Bout a year has come and gone
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| And left me standing here
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| Thinking how it could have been
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| 'Cause still I ain’t nowhere
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| They surely took me for a ride
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| Trampled on my pride
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| But I’ll hold my head up high
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| Got no more tears to cry
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| Going back West
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| (Going back West)
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| Yes I know, I’ll make out alright
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| Going back West
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| (Going back West)
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| Where my music’s playing all night
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| Going back West
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| (Going back West)
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| I think, I’ll do alright
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| Going back West
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| (Going back West)
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| Yes I know I’ll make out alright
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| Going back West
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| (Going back West)
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| Where my music’s playing all night
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| Going back West
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| (Going back West)
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| Think, I’ll do alright
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| Going back West
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| (Going back West)
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| Yes I know, I’ll make out alright
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| Going back West
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| (Going back West)
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| Where my music’s playing all night
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| Going back West
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| (Going back West)
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| I think, I’ll do alright |