Dre - Allen Iverson lyrics

[Intro: Allen Iverson] I'd be lying if I said, that it didn't bother me You know, because of, I think I created a, like with the mistakes that I've made in my life That you know, I created a picture of me That's, is not me You know, I did a lot of things when I was young That I'm not proud of but I think those things helped me, be the man that I am now [Verse 1: Don Trip] When you come from nothing and turn it into a fortune The people around you all want their portion A couple mercedes, a couple of porsches The b**hes are shiesty so a couple abortions Hoes gets slimey, they all like oysters The media picking at you they all like vultures And you on the pedestal, you gotta stay focused Every move you make, it represents your culture You wanna be normal, but that life's over Now you on tv, magazines and posters Your represent gangstas, you represent soldiers And they can't stand you, why cause you not oprah And you got tattoos, your hair cornrolled up And they like “oh my” and you like “so what” The world is cool but one thing it showed us Whatever don't k** us only makes us more tough [Allen Iverson] The talent that you've gave me People wanted me to 35 years old right now This guy with all his talent This guy who has the effect on all these people in the World like this We want them to be this way Well, I didn't want to be that What did you wanna do? Me And who is you A human [Verse 2: Don Trip] In search of fame, at sanity's cost You a household name, but all privacy lost You make a mistake, they hang you up on a cross All of a sudden they forgot who you are They forgot about all the times you hustled and fought Please show me a king thats never suffered a loss Or show me a man that never suffered a scar And i'll show you a man thats never given his all I'll show you man thats never given his heart If I'm becoming a monster, it's all yall fault You can't be a gentleman when you swimming with sharks sh**, when you can be superman, who wanna be clarke kent Pour out my heart until I wind up heartless Tryna become a father without having a father They hate when you rise then celebrate when you fall But throughout it all, I just ball [Outro: Allen Iverson] We sittin here and I'm supposed to be a franchise player And we in here talking about practice I mean, listen, we talkin bout practice Not a game, not a game, not a game, we talkin about practice Not a game, not the game that I go out there and die for And play every game like its my last Not a game, we talking about practice man I mean, how silly is that? We talking about practice I know I'm supposed to be there I know I'm supposed to lead by example I know that And I'm not shoving that aside, you know, like it don't mean anything I know it's important, I do, I honestly do But we talking about practice man What we talking about? Practice We talking bout practice man