She told me her dreams of going back to school and making something of herself, and I told her my dreams of being an MC. It was on a long drive from New York to Virginia that I really bonded with Fannie.
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My first real relationship was with this girl from Long Island, and it lasted five years. What people don’t know about me is that I’ve always been in long-term relationships. It was in Virginia that I met my second serious girlfriend, Stephanie (everybody called her Fannie).
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In a feature for Vibe magazine in 2003 Shawn Carter explained the majority of the track’s origin: A face of stone, was shocked on the other end of the phone Word back home is that you had a special friend So what was oh so special then? You have given away without gettin' at me That's your fault, how many times you forgiven me? How was I to know that you was plain sick of me? I know the way a nigga livin' was wack But you don't get a nigga back like that Shit, I'm a man with pride, you don't do shit like that You don't just pick up and leave and leave me sick like that You don't throw away what we had just like that I was just fuckin' them girls, I was gon' get right back They say you can't turn a bad girl good But once a good girl's gone bad, she's gone forever I'll mourn forever Shit, I've got to live with the fact I did you wrong forever I can't see 'em comin' down my eyes So I gotta make the song cry I can't see 'em comin' down my eyes So I gotta let the song cry I know, I seen 'em comin' down your eyes But I gotta make the song cry I can't see 'em comin' down my eyes So I gotta make the song cry It's fucked up, girl On repeat, the CD of Big's "Me & My Bitch" Watchin' Bonnie and Clyde, pretendin' to be that shit Empty gun in your hand, sayin', "Let me see that clip" Shopping sprees, pull out your Visa quick A nigga had very bad credit, you helped me lease that whip You helped me get the keys to that V dot 6 We was so happy poor, but when we got rich That's when our signals got crossed and we got flipped Rather mine, I don't know what made me leave that shit Made me speed that quick, let me see, that's it It was the cheese, helped them bitches get amnesia quick I used to cut up they buddies, now they sayin' they love me Used to tell they friends I was ugly and wouldn't touch me Then I showed up in that dubbed-out buggy And then they got fuzzy, and they don't remember that And I don't remember you I can't see it comin' down my eyes So I gotta make the song cry I can't see it comin' down my eyes So I gotta make the song cry Yeah, I seen 'em comin' down your eyes But I gotta make the song cry I can't see it comin' down my eyes So I gotta make the song cry
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Good dude, I know you love me like cooked food Even though a nigga gotta move like a crook move We was together on the block since free lunch We shoulda been together havin' Four Seasons brunch We used to use umbrellas to face the bad weather So now we travel first-class to change the forecast Never in bunches, just me and you I loved your point of view 'cause you held no punches Still I left you for months on end It's been months since I checked back in We're somewhere in a small town Somewhere lockin' a mall down Woodgrain, four and change, Armor All'd down I can understand why you want a divorce now Though I can't let you know it, pride won't let me show it Pretend to be heroic, that's just one to grow with But deep inside, a nigga so sick I can't see 'em comin' down my eyes So I gotta make the song cry I can't see 'em comin' down my eyes So I gotta let the song cry, uh Can't see it comin' down my eyes So I gotta make the song cry I can't see it comin' down my eyes So I got to make the song cry