Winter Wonderland

[00:07.03]I know you got them people you ain't seen in awhile
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[00:13.89]Thought about y'all when I wrote this shit
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[00:20.59]Wonder how y'all came out and shit
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[00:27.19]And how you ended up
[00:28.36]Whether you have-, you have kids or somethin', I don't know
[00:33.87]Yeah, 'Ville shit
[00:36.23]Winter wonderland, winter wonderland
[00:37.74]Growin' up, my mama layin' with some other man
[00:39.75]Nigga put his hands on me like my poppa
[00:41.62]Maury Povich, motherfucker, you are not the father
[00:43.87]No need to holla 'cause that nigga live so far away
[00:46.78]I wonder if he'll call today?
[00:49.00]Such a hard pill to swallow, I hit
[00:51.64]The kitchen, look what momma made
[00:52.90]Turn on the television, just another homicide
[00:55.67]This time it was around the way, down the street
[00:58.16]And my mother say when my brother's age, went to school with him
[01:00.67]Rode the bus with him, he was cool with him
[01:02.47]He was just with him and a few hit him
[01:04.13]Pop-pop-pop-pop-pop, damn, right before Christmas
[01:06.90]Eyes get watery, stepfather say
[01:08.93]"It's a cold world, now, nigga go do the dishes," this is
[01:11.80]Winter wonderland, winter wonderland
[01:13.52]Swear, I gotta make it out or I'm a goner, man
[01:15.83]I wanna see New York or even California, man
[01:17.94]So I'ma kill this shit and hope that I'm a wanted man, livin' in a
[01:20.84]Winter wonderland, winter wonderland
[01:22.41]Yeah, I know it'll be snowin' in the mornin', man
[01:24.76]I wanna see New York or even California, man
[01:26.98]So I'ma kill this shit and hope that I'm a wanted man
[01:29.16]And I pray the Lord bring everything that I ask for
[01:34.09]I pray the Lord bring everything that I ask for
[01:38.57]I pray the Lord bring, pray the Lord bring everything that I ask for
[01:42.95]I pray the Lord bring everything that I ask for
[01:47.68]How long does a dream last?
[01:49.94]How much steam you need to make this thing last?
[01:52.02]As a boy, time creep up 'bout real slow, as a man, now it seems fast
[01:56.02]Too fast, in fact, one day you get laughed at that
[01:58.58]The next day you make a million off of classic tracks
[02:00.77]But, you know, typical Jermaine, dreamed of gettin' to the game
[02:03.24]Finally got the ball and just passed it back
[02:05.26]But one day, and you gon' have to shoot that bitch, nigga
[02:08.25]Don't be scared to wear the shoe that fits, nigga
[02:10.24]You a star, it's only doubt that could dowse your flame
[02:12.40]Before it rains, better lose that shit, nigga
[02:14.77]Fuck that, I bust back, livin' with trust that
[02:16.81]I am the maker of my own damn destiny
[02:18.97]Pen in hand, cookin' up my own damn recipe
[02:20.93]For success, though life stressin' me, won't get the best of me, no
[02:23.68]Winter wonderland, winter wonderland
[02:25.31]Swear, I gotta make it out or I'm a goner, man
[02:27.44]I wanna see New York or even California, man
[02:29.72]So I'ma kill this shit and hope that I'm a wanted man, livin' in a
[02:32.51]Winter wonderland, winter wonderland
[02:34.37]Yeah, I know it'll be snowin' in the mornin', man
[02:36.46]I wanna see New York or even California, man
[02:38.66]So I'ma kill this shit and hope that I'm a wanted man
[02:40.91]And I pray the Lord bring everything that I ask for
[02:45.77]I pray the Lord bring everything that I ask for
[02:50.22]I pray the Lord bring, pray the Lord bring everything that I ask for
[02:54.79]I pray the Lord bring everything that I ask for
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