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[Fat Tony (Tom Cruz)]
Now every day I get up, I look into the world (look into the world)
I see the big cars and I see the pretty girls (see the pretty girls)
I'd be a better man if I had money in my hand (you can dream)
Help me, oh Jah
I'm tryna be a man (you can dream)

And sing a hit song (hit song)
It's been so long
I wanna sing a hit song (hit song)
Don't hold me down, I need to sing a hit song (hit song)
For all my girls and all my fans
Oh, oh

Yeah, a hit song
I spit hot rhymes, nigga, pick one
And I'm tryna be a man, yeah a rich one
So I need to sing a song, yeah, a hit one
Maybe this one
People mad just because of my attitude
Yeah, dude, I know I'm kind of rude
I'm the kind of dude that don't give a fuck about no dudes
I'm like, "bitches, what you tryna do?"
What I'm not tryna do is sell coke on the avenue
That's just bad for you, what I'd rather do
Is sell tracks and live off the revenue
I guess that's just my point of view
Cause I'm coming from the ghetto
When I dream, man, it's just so hard to let go
Coming from the ghetto
And I'm riding on the Metro
Cause I'm coming from the ghetto

To sing a hit song (hit song)
It's been so long
I wanna sing a hit song (hit song)
Don't hold me down, I need to sing a hit song (hit song)
For all my girls and all my fans
Oh, oh

[Tom Cruz]
Yeah, a hit song
I make hot tracks, come and get one
And I'm tryna be a man, yeah, a rich one
So I need to sing a song, yeah, a hit one
Maybe this one
People mad cause even as a kid, you know
I was just so damn original
That my pops said, "you should use live instruments, you know"
But this the age that's digital
I'm the original, I invented this shit as a kid, you know
So where's the gratitude?
I know I'm high like the altitude
I guess that's just my point of view
Cause I'm coming from the ghetto
When I dream, man, it's just so hard to let go
I'm coming from the ghetto
And I don't be acting metro
Because I'm coming from the ghetto

[Fat Tony (Tom Cruz)]
To sing a hit song (hit song)
It's been so long
I wanna sing a hit song (hit song)
Don't hold me down, I need to sing a hit song (hit song)
For all my girls and all my fans
Oh, oh

Now every day I get up, I look into the world (look into the world)
I see the big cars and I see the pretty girls (pretty girls)
I'd be a better man if I had money in my hand (you can dream)
Help me, oh Jah
I'm tryna be a man (you can dream)

Yeah, we up in this bitch
You know we up in this bitch (hit song)
Yeah, we up in this bitch just tryna get rich (I need a hit song)
Now we up in this bitch just tryna get rich (I need a hit song)
Yeah, we up in this bitch
You know we in this bitch (I need a hit song)

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from Double Dragon, released June 1, 2012

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Fat Tony Houston, Texas

No artist personifies the DIY culture of both underground hip-hop and Houston as perfectly as Fat Tony, who stormed through the indie-rap gates more than a decade ago. He’s found himself as an artist among fellow Houstonians who mix inward-looking pathos with storytelling and a swagger all their own—from Devin the Dude to Scarface—as well as like-minded iconoclasts such as Prince. ... more

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