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[00:15.990]I know that everything that goes up must come down
[00:32.700]That everybody with luck must run out
[00:35.310]Ya so now I'm contemplating like 'what's up now'
[00:37.980]The music thing is all gone but I'll suck it up proud
[00:40.920]I did more than I imagined tours I couldn't fathom
[00:44.070]Broke down doors for sure I let 'em have it
[00:46.830]If any opportunity came I had to grab it
[00:49.770]Any goals set I rose then ran past it
[00:52.770]Not a superstar and never wanted that
[00:55.170]But I did sign some autographs on some groupies' a*s
[00:57.750]Smoked a lot of free w**d from St John's to BC
[01:00.750]They came out the wood work to see me speak
[01:11.790]That was paradise
[01:25.740]I went thru all types of bulls**t the story go way back
[01:28.950]And I'm proud of myself now though it's corny to say that
[01:32.070]Hip hop in Enfield was really non existence
[01:34.590]Parents thought I was a fad Dad I gone the distance
[01:37.380]I tried to make a difference I kept workin off persistence
[01:40.290]Noone paid attention now I talk and they listen
[01:42.930]Emcees are often dissin like I'm the man to beat
[01:45.540]Ya I met a lot of rap stars that still a fan of me
[01:48.630]I rock shows wit Busta had songs in his movie
[01:51.540]A chicken wit Luda conversated wit some doobie
[01:54.240]I drank wit Buck Shot and Dj Evil D
[01:56.820]I did songs wit Maestro and smoked hash wit Keith Moby
[01:59.850]I love hip hop cause it made me who I am
[02:02.640]It gave me confidence and it made a honest man
[02:05.250]This is paradise and I found a promise land
[02:08.220]So now I'm chillin and enjoyin my accomplishments
[02:19.230]It's paradise
[02:33.360]Now a couple years after this drop I'll probably flop
[02:36.420]But that's the way it goes when you get on the top
[02:38.910]I'm talkin bout Canada yo this industry's a joke
[02:41.880]I'm a Canadian rap star and kid I'm still broke
[02:44.850]But I ain't work in years and some think I'm famous
[02:47.670]While other people ask when the hell I'm gunna make it
[02:50.490]I'm good where I'm at keep the glamor and the glitz
[02:53.130]I don't run from my fans cause my stamina is s**t
[02:55.950]I appreciate the heads the critics and the haters
[02:58.890]I know I miss the ref the b***hes and the breakers
[03:01.710]The tours the shows promoters and the assholes
[03:04.530]The beats and the rhymes cause that's all that Class knows
[03:18.810]That was paradise