| Picture this: Where it all started
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| Was back in Boston, Massachusetts some time ago (Believe that!) And by
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| reopening the doors to all youth
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| A little salt was thrown on me and my boys
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| (You know what I’m sayin'?) But now we’re back
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| Picking up where we left off (Aw, yeah!)
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| And through this song, process of elimination will be done
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| (You better believe that!)
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| Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, and Mike
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| Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, and Mike
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| The beginning of a dream
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| Where our ideas were born
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| Tell 'em, Ricky
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| (To understand what this really means)
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| Let’s set the record straight once and for all
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| I’ll tell you 'cause…
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| Other people imitate
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| And try their best to recreate
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| This is where it all started from
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| So they only perpetrate
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| But they can never duplicate
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| This is where it all started from
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| (Yo, it’s on you Ron)
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| (Ronnie DeVoe: It’s nice to be the original)
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| (Ralph: That all the counterfeits like to bite off)
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| (Ricky: We only take it as a compliment)
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| (Johnny Gill: When they copy some of our material)
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| To stay the best among the rest
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| We work to keep our movements fresh
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| This is where it all started from
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| (Yo, listen up! Uh!)
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| Instead of being clones (Why don’t ya…)
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| Think of something on your own
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| This is where it all started from
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| (Now there’s one more thing we think you should know)
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| Don’t be a victim to the wannabe
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| This is where it all started from
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| (A fake, a fake)
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| 'Cause no other’s ever gonna be (like us)
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| This is where it all started from
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| (Take that)
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| (Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, and Mike
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| Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, and Mike)
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| We’re coolin'
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| (Cool it, coo-, coo-, coo-coo-, cool it now)
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| Let’s sweeten it up
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| (Candy girl)
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| Count it off…1, 2, 1, 2
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| But you better not, better not
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| (Count me out)
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| Other people imitate
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| And try their best to recreate
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| This is where it all started from
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| So they only perpetrate
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| But they can never duplicate
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| This is where it all started from
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| To stay the best among the rest
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| We work to keep our movements fresh
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| This is where it all started from
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| (Yo, listen up! Uh!)
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| Instead of being clones (Why don’t ya…)
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| Think of something on your own
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| This is where it all started from
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| Yo, wait a minute! | 
| Hold up! | 
| Wait! | 
| Stop! | 
| Wait a minute! | 
| Pause! | 
| You didn’t know
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| we was coming back like this on 'em, my brother! |