| I used to be in love with this guy named Sam
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| I don’t know why, cause he had the head like that of a clam
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| But you couldn’t tell me nothin, cause Sam was number one
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| Cause to me, oh my gosh, he was one in a million
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| I shoulda knew the consequences right from the start
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| That he’d use me for my money, and then break my heart
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| But like a fool in love I fell for his game
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| But I got mine, so I show no shame
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| In Empire winked his eye, and then he kept walkin
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| And all of those who live in Brooklyn know just what I’m talkin
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| The roller disco where we all used to go
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| Just to have some fun back in 1981
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| You know the place, Empire Boulevard
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| Is where I first saw the nigga, and he tried to play hard
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| But I knew the deal, cause I knew his brother Jerry
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| And Sam, he just broke up with his girlfriend Terri
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| So Jerry introduced Sam and I that night
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| He said, «Hello, my name is Sam» I said, «Hi, my name is Lyte»
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| We yipped and we yapped and we chit and we chat
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| About this and that, from sneakers to hats
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| He said, «Look, I’m in the mood for love
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| Simply because you’re near me
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| (Let's go) To my house, lay back and get nice
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| Watch television, Riunite On Ice
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| I said, «Slow down, I know you wanna shake me down
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| But I’m not one of the girls that go rippin around
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| Just like a test
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| Ju-just like a test
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| Ju-just like a test
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| I cram to understand you
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| Next month I finally went to his house
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| I walked into the door, there was a girl on the couch
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| I said, «Who's the frog, the bump on the log?
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| You chump, you punk, how could you do me wrong?
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| Singing sad songs about your love is so strong»
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| You said, «Wait Lyte, you’re confused, the girl is my cousin»
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| Your brother agreed, but later she said that she wasn’t
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| Just like a test
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| Ju-just like a test
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| Ju-just like a test
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| I cram to understand you
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| Forgotten, next month we went to the Deuce
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| Well, I thought it kinda strange cause you had lots of juice
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| You knew the dopes, the pushers, the addicts, everybody
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| Asked ya how you met em, said you met em at a party
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| Then these girls tried to tell me you were sellin the stuff
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| I said, «It's not your business, so shut the fuck up»
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| They said, «Okay Lyte, think what you wanna think
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| But it’s gon' be some shit when your man becomes a fiend»
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| I said, «Look, to bust a move, I don’t even know you
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| To put it Lyte, I really don’t care to»
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| They kinda got mad and sort of offended
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| They said, «We only lookin out for yo best interest»
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| I said, «Thanks but no thanks» in an aggravated tone
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| «When I wanna find out, I find out on my own»
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| Just like a test
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| Ju-just like a test
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| Ju-just like a test
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| I cram to understand you
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| Then my cousin said she saw you with this lady named C
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| Well I’m clawin my thoughts, I wonder who she could be
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| You’re spending all your time with her and not a second with me
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| They say you spend your money on her and you’re with her night and day
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| Her name starts with a C and it ends with a K
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| I strain my brain lookin for a name to fit this spellin
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| But I just couldn’t do it cause my heart kept yellin
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| Burning, begging for affection from you, Sam
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| But just like a test I cram to understand you
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| Thought I knew you well enough to call you a man
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| But Just like a test
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| Ju-just like a test
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| Ju-just like a test
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| I cram to understand you
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| Then it came a time you started looking kinda thin
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| I asked you why, you said, «Exercise, tryina stay slim»
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| I bought it, even though I knew it was a lie
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| Cause it really didn’t matter, you were still lookin fly
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| But oh no, oh no, you started askin me for money
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| Butter me up, beg me and call me your honey
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| So I gave you 2 yards, and then I gave you one more
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| You picked up your jacket and you flew out the door
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| You came back an hour later and you asked me for a 10
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| I said, «I only got a 20», you said, «Give me that, then»
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| I said, «Nope, I’ll tell you now, you better stop slobbin
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| Find you a job, or you better start robbin»
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| So I stepped off with a giant step
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| Picked up my belongings, and I just left
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| And now I see you in Empire every Sunday
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| Juicin the girls up for some money and a lay
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| But every time I see you doin it, I just ruin it
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| Tell em how ya on crack, smoke, sniff, and chewin it
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| And as for this girl, Miss C, oh well
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| I was shocked as hell when I heard, Samuel
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| When your homeboys told me, I almost went wack
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| That the girl you was addicted to, her name was Crack |