Memphis

"You gon' be a star," they said

They said, "You gon' take us far," they said

They said, "Everywhere you go, they gon' know your name"

Who cares if you get lonely long as you're famous?

"Don't you want money and the cars?" they said

"Expensive liquor and cigars?" they said

I mean, what's better than havin' everything that you dreamed of?

Long as they need you, you don't need love

Just be great

Put on for your city, for your state

And whatever you do, just make us proud

Ain't gon' be no cryin' from the clouds

Yeah, they say, "Just be great

Who cares if there's too much on your plate?

Don't make no mistakes and hide your pain, no rain

Whatever you do, just make us proud

And ain't gon' be no cryin' from the clouds"

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Ain't gon' be no cryin' from the clouds

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"You gon', you gon' be a star," they said

They said, "Don't waste your tomorrow," they said

They said, "You're the one that's chosen to make it out

Gotta seize the moment, don't let us down"

"Just gotta play your part," they said

"And history, you'll be a part of it"

I mean, what's better than havin' everything that you dreamed of?

Long as they need you, you don't need love

Just be great (just be great)

Put on for your city, for your state (for your state)

And whatever you do, just make us proud (proud)

Ain't gon' be no cryin' from the clouds (clouds)

Yeah, they say, "Just be great (just be great)

Who cares if there's too much on your plate? (On your plate now)

Don't make no mistakes and hide your pain, no rain

Whatever you do, just make us proud

And ain't gon' be no cryin' from the clouds"

(Ooh) ain't gon' be no cryin' from the clouds

(Ooh) ain't gon' be no-

I was way too far out in the world, but I still put on for my city

I was handin' out too much milk money, too much kitten, and ti-

I lost my voice like a pastor, faster than a Harlem shimmy

But I guess that's what you get for tryin' to make heartbreak pretty

Uh, they say, "Life's a -" (they say, "Life's a -")

And then you die (and then you die)

So please, if you're pennin' my eulogy, just say I tried (I tried)

And that's word to Phineas, Jess and Si

And if I don't wake up in Heaven, then it was one hell of a ride (hell of a ride)

Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)

If I don't wake up in Heaven, it was one hell of a ride (hell of a ride)

A hell of a ride (hell of a ride)

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Uh, momma said money can't buy me happiness

So I copped a G5, tried to fly myself up next to it

I - up some commas just to dot-dot-dot, where's the rest of it?

This what clean look like when clean took life and made a mess of it

Had to realize I'm just blessed to it

You can't take it all with you, but you can remember the best of it

I pray for peace within myself and no more regrets with it

'Cause when I looked at my soul in the Mississippi, it reflected it

And if you know me, you're right next to it

I'm everything you thought I was

I'm everything I thought I was

It was everything I thought it was

It was everything I thought it was