[Intro]
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Ab
I want you to close your eyes
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And vision the most beautiful place in the world
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If you in the hood on the ghetto street corner
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Come on this journey, the best journey
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A mansion, acres of land and swimming pools and all that
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Check it out
[Verse 1]
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Ab
I'm capable of anything, my imagination can give me wings
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To fly like doves over the streets, watchin' many things
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Kids walkin' home from school on drug blocks
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Missionaries pass out papers that read "Love God"
Ab
I see faces, cases, judges, and juries, Masons, lawyers and cops
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I watch 'cause every thug's face is my mirror
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But this was one in particular
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This kid, he was the vintage stick 'em up pro
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Sixteen years old, did his jail sentence, nowhere to go
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Every morning, calls his comrade to come and get him to smoke
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He insane, already gone mad blames himself for his setbacks
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Dangerous street corners where it sets at
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Slang from dust to dawn, detectives act like they maniacs
Chasin' him, his asthma's flarin'
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Smokin' like a chimney, on Remy, of course he not carin'
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He need a place to go to keep his mind expandin'
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I give him a helping hand, bring him out to Thugz Mansion
[Chorus (1)]
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Ab
Every corner, every city
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There's a place where life's a little easy
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Little Hennessy, laid back and cool
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Every hour, 'cause it's all good
Ab
Leave all the stress from the world outside
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Every wrong done will be alright
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Nothing but peace, love, and street passion
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Every ghetto needs a thug mansion
[Verse 2]
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Ab
Dear Mama, don't cry, your baby boy's doin' good
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Tell the homies I'm in Heaven and they ain't got hoods
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Seen a show with Marvin Gaye last night, it had me shook
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Drippin' peppermint Schnapps, with Jackie Wilson and Sam Cooke
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Then some lady named Billie Holiday sang
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Sittin' there kickin' it with Malcolm 'til the day came
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Little LaTasha sho' grown
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Tell the lady in the liquor store that she's forgiven, so come home
Ab
Maybe in time you'll understand
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Only God can save us, when Miles Davis cuttin' lose with the band
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Just think of all the people that you knew in the past
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That passed on, they in Heaven, found peace at last
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Picture a place that they exist, together
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There has to be a place better than this, in Heaven
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So right before I sleep, dear God, what I'm askin'
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Remember this face, save me a place in Thugz Mansion
[Verse 3]
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Ab
A place where death doesn't reside, just thugs who collide
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Not to start beef but spark trees, no cops rollin' by
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No policemen, no homicide, no chalk on the streets No reason
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for nobody's momma to cry
Ab
See, I'm a good guy, I'm tryin' to stick around for my daughter
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But if I should die, I know all of my albums support her
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This whole year's been crazy, asked the Holy Spirit to save me
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Only difference from me and Ossie Davis, gray hair maybe
Ab
'Cause I feel like my eyes saw too much sufferin'
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I'm just twentysomeodd years
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I done lost my mother and I cried tears of joy
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I know she smiles on her boy
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I dream of you more, my love goes to Afeni Shakur
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'Cause like Ann Jones, she raised a ghetto king in a war
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And just for that alone she shouldn't feel no pain no more
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'Cause one day we'll all be together, sippin' heavenly champagne Where angels soar
with golden wings in Thugz Mansion
[Chorus (2)]
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Ab
Every corner, every city
Cm7
There's a place where life's a little easy
Bbm7 Cm7 Dbmaj7
Little Hennessy, laid back and cool
Bbm7 Cm7 Gdim7
Every hour, 'cause it's all good
Ab
Leave all the stress from the world outside
Cm7
Every wrong done will be alright
Bbm7 Cm7 Dbmaj7 Bbm7 Cm7
Nothing but peace, love, and street passion
Gdim7 Ab
Every ghetto needs a thug mansion
[Outro (Fade Out)]
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