Real Mean

	  		
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I read back over 
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Things that I wrote three years ago 
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And now I'm ten years older 
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Time moves fast and time moves slow 

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Before you'd told me 
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That I'd fucked up worse than none before 
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You whispered that I was a better person than you 
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Disagreed then, I don't anymore 

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    And what's the use 
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I know that you're just sore to lose 
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'Cause I was never half as bad as you as bad as me 
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Being real not being being mean 

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You tried to twist it 
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I tried to fix it more than you could ever know 
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To do things right and be your friend and make it right 
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Find a thread that I could start to sew 

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    And what's the use 
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I know that you're just sore to lose 
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'Cause I was never half as bad as you as bad as me 
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Being real not being being mean 

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You're old enough to know the difference between 
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Being real and being mean 
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Being real not being mean