Been a Long Time

<br>Tq<br><br>Been a long time<br><br>The second coming<br><br><br><br>Yeah<br><br>Been a long time<br><br><br><br>Im sittinhere waitin wonderinand thinkinbout our life<br><br>Where we gonna end up<br><br>So many of them dont understand how this thing goes<br><br>You can only take so much<br><br>Sometimes Im feelinlike I had enough<br><br>For all the times I feel like youre not up against me<br><br>Anything to try and get me influence my mind<br><br>Had me fightintoo long<br><br><br><br>Such a long time<br><br>[? ? ? ]<br><br>I thank the lord for making me a soldier<br><br>Work on the corner every night gotta struggle and fight<br><br>Im on time<br><br>[? ? ? ]<br><br>So if its just the cream that you go for<br><br>Such a thin line<br><br>Been such a long time<br><br><br><br>Oh makinme kind of crazy just thinkinbout<br><br>All the shit that you go through<br><br>Just tryinto be you<br><br>Listen to me now<br><br>So hard these days to find creative ways<br><br>For everybody to move they body<br><br>We free to speak but warned to watch what you say<br><br>Im sayin feel like youre not up against me<br><br>Anything to try to get me influence my mind<br><br>Its been such a long time<br><br><br><br>Such a long time<br><br>[? ? ? ]<br><br>I thank the lord for making me a soldier<br><br>Work on the corner every night gotta struggle and fight<br><br>Im on time<br><br>[? ? ? ]<br><br>So if its just the cream that you go for<br><br>Such a thin line<br><br>Been such a long time<br><br><br><br>So many waiting for something to happen its crazy<br><br>Dear lie, youre not up against me<br><br>Anything to try to get me influence my mind<br><br>Its been such a long time<br><br><br><br>Such a long time<br><br>[? ? ? ]<br><br>I thank the lord for making me a soldier<br><br>Work on the corner every night gotta struggle and fight<br><br>Im on time<br><br>[? ? ? ]<br><br>So if its just the cream that you go for<br><br>Such a thin line<br><br><br><br>Its been such a long time<br><br>[? ? ? ]<br><br>I thank the lord for making me a soldier<br><br>Work on the corner every night gotta struggle and fight<br><br>Im on time<br><br>[? ? ? ]<br><br>So if its just the cream that you go for<br><br>Such a thin line<br><br><br><br>Such a long time<br><br>[? ? ? ]<br><br>I thank the lord for making me a soldier<br><br>Work on the corner every night gotta struggle and fight<br><br>///<br><br><br><br>&#61623; so tq, I listened to your first album, and now I heard the second one. I know<br><br>How I feel about it. but why dont you tell me what makes you different from<br><br>Many other r&amp;b male artists? <br><br><br><br>&#61607; huh, what makes me different? you probably can answer that as good as I can.<br><br><br><br>&#61623; hows that? <br><br><br><br>&#61607; I mean, you see me right here, you see me on stage. its the same thing. i<br><br>Aint gotta ? dial? in my hair with all kinds of funny colors and jump around<br><br>Stage like some kind of asshole. I aint gotta do none of that.<br><br><br><br>&#61623; is that right? <br><br><br><br>&#61607; I aint gotta dress all up, put make-up all on. all I gotta do is stay real<br><br>And deal with the issues that I deal with and my peoples deal with every day.<br><br>That real shit. thats what soul music is about.<br><br><br><br>&#61623; where you heard it for yourself. for all you fake-ass niggas listen and<br><br>Learn. this is neighborhood reporting for headbeat magazine. stay real.<br><br>B-iotch!!!