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Kanye West, John Legend, Big Sean - One Man Can Change The World

One Man Can Change The World
Kanye West, John Legend, Big Sean
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[Chorus: Big Sean]
They used to tell me,
“I hope you learn to make it on your own,
And if you love yourself, just know you'll never be alone.
I hope that you get everything you want and that you chose,
I hope that it's the realest thing that you ever know.
Hope, you get the pretty girls, that's pretty and everything,
Million dollar cribs, havin' million dollar dreams,
And when you get it all just remember one thing,
Remember one thing –
That one man could change the world,
That one man could change the world.”

[Verse 1: Big Sean]
All I, all I wanted was a hundred million dollars and a bad chick,
Imagine this so much, some nights it felt like that I had it.
Back on the mattress,
Starin' at the ceilin' tryna to connect the dots,
But it's hard makin' those attachments.
I'm talkin' dreamin' so hard, some nights it felt like draft day,
You know, my step brother used to flip them bags outside the crib like it was trash day,
No Kim K, but he bagged yay.
But when you gettin' fast money, slow down, don't crash,
With all the drive in the world, swear, you still need gas.
Look, think about it, close your eyes, dream about it,
Tell your team about it, go make million dollar schemes about it.
Success is on the way, I feel it in the distance,
Used to look up at the stars and be like, “Ain't too much that's different,
I be shinin', they be shinin'.” Get your one shot, don't you miss it.
What you know ‘bout wakin' up everyday like you on a mission?

[Chorus: Kanye West]
I hope you learn to make it on your own,
And if you love yourself, just know, you'll never be alone.
I hope that you get everything you want and that you chose,
I hope that it's the realest thing that you ever know.
Hope, you get the pretty girls, that's pretty and everything,
Million dollar cribs, havin' million dollar dreams,
And when you get it all just remember one thing,
Remember one thing –
One man could change the world,
One man could change the world

[Verse 2: Big Sean]
My grandma told me, “If you write your name in stone, you'll never get the wipeout.”
I grinded out that black hole then performed up at the White house,
Standin' next to Jim Carrey, we traded stories then laughed,
I said, “You not the only one I know got rich wearin' masks.”
Where I'm from I swear, they broke, they need way more than the cast,
We need more than what you have, and then we need more than that.
But how am I supposed to say I'm tired,
If that girl from West Virginia came up in conditions that I couldn't survive,
Went to war, came back alive,
On top of that became a female black captain,
When bein' black you had to extra-extra try.
Way before James Brown made us proud,
She bought a crib on the same street as Marvin Gaye,
Right there on Outer Drive.
And she taught me how to drive,
And she raised the kids, then the kids' kids, and she did it right,
Taught me how to love, taught me not to cry.
When I die, I hope you teach me how to fly,
All my life you've been that angel in disguise, sayin'...

[Chorus: John Legend]
I hope you learn to make it on your own,
And if you love yourself, just know, you'll never be alone.
I hope that you get everything you want and that you chose,
I hope that it's the realest thing that you ever know.
Hope, you get the pretty girls, that's pretty and everything,
Million dollar cribs, havin' million dollar dreams,
And when you get it all just remember one thing,
Remember one thing –
That one man can change the world,
One man can change the world.

[Outro:]
– Thank you for calling me, been thinking about me.
– It's all good. I love you, grandma.
– Bye!

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