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Great Expectations
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Don't you hate it when your (What?)
Plans are stated and your (Uh-huh)
Feeling later than your (Word)
Watch 'em fall apart right in front of your eyes
Right up under your nose, out from under your feet
There the luck goes, it all happened so fast
You was having a blast, can't believe he was gassed
Ha, he fell flat on your ass
Yeah, he thought he had it all figured out
And finally realized what the game was about
And how to formulate the most direct route
Showed your math, check your work to remove all doubt
Ah, but see you miscalculated
The self-proclaimed greatest is often overrated (Fool!)
That's simple common sense, to claim dominance
But overconfidence, it doesn't compensate for lack of competence
Yep, like, remember Richie Rich's dog Dollar?
He used to daydream about the fame and the glory
He'd get so caught up in hearing the crowd holler
But when crunch time came, it was a whole 'nother story
Or, for those that never dug the cartoons
Sometimes the school hall resembled a Wild West saloon
You know them goons popping shit about settling beef on hand skills
Then they surrender they teeth, yep
'Cause when it all goes down
You can have some great expectations
But day late and dollar short preparations
Make for weak foundations
When it all goes down
You'll be going down right along with it
Ain't you heard to watch out for the quiet ones?
They'll be the last ones standing when the riot's done
Yeah, have you ever tried (What?) climbing Jacob's Ladder?
Look in California, feel in Minnesota
Thinking Occam's razor's cutting Murphy's Law
Catching twenty-two L's like you never saw
Like that brand new rapper with instant mass appeal
He caught a break with that big major record deal
Acting like the rest is already history
But the release date remains a mystery
So you can expect the best
But if you ain't prepared for the worst, you can expect a mess
When you predict a piece of cake, expect a test
You brought a knife to a gunfight, protect your chest
But your vest is see-through, your heart pumps Kool-Aid
And what's worse, the only one to drink it was you
Now you're screaming, "Let's do this!"
Thwarted by your own hubris
That's why you're hanging with Anubis
'Cause when it all goes down
That's when it all goes down
You can have your great expectations
When it all goes down
That's when it all goes down
Yeah, jet setters, go-getters, trend setters
Big dreamers with vendettas
Go ahead and dream big, but plan better
And keep quiet about your damn cheddar
'Cause a cheese grin and shine don't always mean winning time
So one time there was a brother named...
Chill, keep him anonymous
Yeah, for namesake's sake, it's too ominous
He bragged to his girl about his physical prominence
Ha, when economical was more synonymous
See, long story short, literally
Was she upset? Considerably, and she told people
Now his box office smash has no sequel
Like that security guard, yo, what the brother say?
"You want it to be one way," but it's the other way
He made the same mistake politicians have
Talking all that jazz? Something like that
Actual fact, the craving dog barks about biting
But big dogs don't wait for the bite back
Lesson learned and the truth hurts
Now you cry humble pie for your just desserts
'Cause when it all goes down
You can have your great expectations
But day late and dollar short preparations
Make for weak foundations
When it all goes down
Does it ever go according to plan?
When you talk big like you run things
But your mouth is the only thing you actually ran
Hey man, you know that song you got about the, uh, the girl?
Yeah, the "Me and You"
Yeah, well, I've been meaning to talk to you about this
What, you don't like it?
Nah, nah, the song is dope
It's just, uh, you know, I don't know
Where y'all at right now, but, uh...
Oh, it's mixed
Before you and her got serious (Huh?)
You know, me and her used to, uh...
Hey, yo!
Oh, word
Wait, not sister singing the hook?
Oh, nah, not our niece
Nah, nah, the girl he's talking about in the verse
You serious, man?
Oh, oh, oh, huh?
And you telling me this now?
Yeah, we used to smash too