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		<title>Correct, Real Lyrics for &#8220;Hero&#8221; by T.I. f/ Akon</title>
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Everywhere on the internet seemed to have this song horribly wrong, so I wrote it up.  I added some explanations to the slang for fun.


  Akon (TI):
  (yeah)
  konvict music (ok)
  grand hustle movement (you know what this is partna)
  hey (ain&#8217;t no games here)
  [southern smoke]
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<p>Everywhere on the internet seemed to have this song horribly wrong, so I wrote it up.  I added some explanations to the slang for fun.</p>

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  <p>Akon (TI):<br />
  (yeah)<br />
  <abbr title="Akon's record label">konvict</abbr> music (ok)<br />
  <abbr title="T.I.'s promotion company">grand hustle</abbr> movement (you know what this is partna)<br />
  hey (ain&#8217;t no games here)<br />
  [<abbr title="Name of the mixtape by DJ Smallz that this song was re-released on (the version everyone has).  It also came out on 'It's the King Bitch' produced by The Connect">southern smoke</abbr>]</p>
  
  <p>we <abbr title="Get the party going (as soon as we show up)">get it poppin</abbr> on sight (hey)<br />
  i&#8217;m sure you already know my <abbr title="Style, from Spanish 'estilo'">stilo</abbr> (haters know what it is nigga)<br />
  see i&#8217;ve never been a <abbr title="Poser">busta</abbr> just a true <abbr title="Anyone who works hard for money, especially a drug dealer">hustla</abbr><br />
  my squad is lethal (what&#8217;s happenin&#8217; nigga?)<br />
  you come with the <abbr title="With the next line: if your money's right, I can get you lots of drugs">right price</abbr> (hey)<br />
  i can make you look bigger than <abbr title="Nino Brown, fictional drug kinpin played by Wesley Snipes in New Jack City">nino</abbr> (hey come and holla at me)<br />
  just put a gun in your hand<br />
  and let you ride with the man (hey hey)<br />
  cuz i&#8217;m a motherfuckin hero (hey hey hey hey)<br />
  [southern smoke]<br />
  in my town</p>
  
  <p>TI:<br />
  just make sure that he know, get it clear like <abbr title="Fancy bottled water">pellegrino</abbr><br />
  from a <abbr title="A $100 note or bill, because C is the Roman numeral for 100">c-note</abbr> to a <abbr title="Kilogram (of cocaine)... worth around $20,000-40,000 and from 5 years to life in jail">kilo</abbr> i&#8217;m a neighborhood hero<br />
  they be talkin <abbr title="Cocaine, from the slang verb 'blow' for snorting, which is the most common way to ingest it">blow</abbr> but they ain&#8217;t never seen a <abbr title="Kilo (of cocaine)">key</abbr> though<br />
  ain&#8217;t never <abbr title="Break down or modify a stolen car so you can sell it/its parts">chopped</abbr> a <abbr title="The most sought-after model of the Chevy Impala, made in 1963">&#8216;63</abbr> down to <abbr title="Thousands (of dollars)">triple-zero</abbr><br />
  hate on me so much but i&#8217;m what you wanna be though<br />
  might&#8217;a <abbr title="Sold 3 million+ records in the U.S.">went triple-platinum</abbr> ye ain&#8217;t never been a <abbr title="Gangster">G</abbr> though<br />
  i keep the <abbr title="A 50-caliber handgun (barrel diameter of 0.50 inches), which is a big one">50</abbr> with me, tote it round like it legal<br />
  fly like a <abbr title="It rhymes">seagull</abbr>, ridin&#8217; round with three girl<br />
  so keep it pimpin with me, you know you don&#8217;t wanna see those<br />
  well if so, we can meet up, you get ya ass beat up<br />
  the reason people honor me is the reason why you under me<br />
  you don&#8217;t believe we run the streets well come and see nigga</p>
  
  <p>Akon:<br />
  we get it poppin on sight (hey)<br />
  i&#8217;m sure you already know my stilo (you already know bout me)<br />
  see i&#8217;ve never been a busta just a true hustla<br />
  my squad is lethal (<abbr title="Pimp $quad Click, T.I.'s crew">P-S-C</abbr> what&#8217;s happenin&#8217; nigga?)<br />
  you come with the right price<br />
  i can make you look bigger than nino (<abbr title="Not sure, possibly a reference to TI's recent singles staying in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 for over 10 weeks">10 for 10</abbr> nigga)<br />
  just put a gun in your hand (hey)<br />
  and let you ride with the man<br />
  cuz i&#8217;m a motherfuckin hero (come holla at me)<br />
  [southern smoke]</p>
  
  <p>TI:<br />
  i&#8217;m the man it&#8217;s apparent even when i&#8217;m runnin errands<br />
  gotta be the <abbr title="Sports car company that makes a half-million-dollar Mercedes">mclaren</abbr> or what i&#8217;m wearin got&#8217;em starin<br />
  bitches i share&#8217;em if they in my <abbr title="T.I.'s stable of desirable women">harem</abbr><br />
  they ain&#8217;t gettin high, well i don&#8217;t go near&#8217;em<br />
  nigga wanna die, tell&#8217;em <abbr title="Fight">buck</abbr> I dare&#8217;em<br />
  i ain&#8217;t gonna spare&#8217;em homey i&#8217;ma gonna tear&#8217;em<br />
  apart from his heart to his ass swear to god<br />
  give a fuck about his <abbr title="A partner who will try to take revenge on me later">partner</abbr>, give a damn about a <abbr title="Legal charge, e.g. for violating someone's civil rights... or murder">charge</abbr><br />
  i&#8217;ll take it too far, pull up wherever you are<br />
  empty <abbr title="Clips of bullets">clips</abbr> at your new car, make sure you dead and zoom off<br />
  admit it you lost, probly cuz <abbr title="I think, a reference to himself 'I am,' but this could be a knock at Shawty Lo">shorty</abbr> too <abbr title="Pure/strong/hardcore/unadulterated">raw</abbr><br />
  now you <abbr title="Weak/imperfect/fake">flawed</abbr><br />
  hey tell&#8217;em how we do <abbr title="Referring to Akon">dawg</abbr></p>
  
  <p>Akon:<br />
  we get it poppin on sight (ok)<br />
  i&#8217;m sure you already know my stilo (boy you already know bout me)<br />
  see i&#8217;ve never been a busta just a true hustla (ain&#8217;t no secret)<br />
  my squad is lethal (tell&#8217;em akon we been doin this shit)<br />
  you come with the right price (holla at me)<br />
  i can make you look bigger than nino (got 10 for 10 that&#8217;s a hard one)<br />
  just put a gun in your hand<br />
  and let you ride with the man (hey)<br />
  cuz i&#8217;m a motherfuckin hero (<abbr title="T.I. grew up in Bankhead, on the west side of Atlanta.  Not to be confused with the West Coast of the U.S.">west side</abbr> money makin)<br />
  [southern smoke]</p>
  
  <p>i got a box of ammo that i rarely use<br />
  <abbr title="Pistol with a 9mm-diameter barrel (roughly .35 inches)">9 millimeter</abbr> that i shine like shoes<br />
  hope the day&#8217;ll never come where a nigger have to<br />
  <abbr title="Shoot it">let it go</abbr> on a busta, and hope it ain&#8217;t you<br />
  cuz I be <abbr title="Working on the streets, especially selling drugs">on deck</abbr> on the <abbr title="Working hard, especially selling drugs">grind</abbr> like <abbr title="Play on the fact that 'grind' can also refer to sexually-suggestive dancing">sex</abbr><br />
  takin over local city streets like <abbr title="Federal agents (FBI) who go after major drug dealers">feds</abbr><br />
  breakin down every <abbr title="Amount of a drug worth $5 is a 'nickel'">nickel</abbr> every <abbr title="Amount of a drug worth $10 is a 'dimebag'">dime</abbr> every <abbr title="A bunch of drugs, often 1kg, but the amount depends on the drug in question">brick</abbr><br />
  down to the last dollar, i mean every bit</p>
  
  <p>we get it poppin on sight<br />
  i&#8217;m sure you already know my stilo<br />
  see i&#8217;ve never been a busta just a true hustla<br />
  my squad is lethal<br />
  you come with the right price<br />
  i can make you look bigger than nino<br />
  just put a gun in your hand<br />
  and let you ride with the man<br />
  cuz i&#8217;m a motherfuckin hero</p>
  
  <p>we get it poppin on sight (hey)<br />
  i&#8217;m sure you already know my stilo (you already know bout me)<br />
  see i&#8217;ve never been a busta just a true hustla<br />
  my squad is lethal (P-S-C what&#8217;s happenin&#8217; nigga?)<br />
  you come with the right price<br />
  i can make you look bigger than nino (10 for 10 nigga)<br />
  just put a gun in your hand (hey)<br />
  and let you ride with the man<br />
  cuz i&#8217;m a motherfuckin hero (come holla at me)<br />
  [southern smoke]</p>
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<p>This isn&#8217;t T.I.&#8217;s best rapping or Akon&#8217;s best singing, and the song is completely unoriginal, but I think I like it just for the line &#8220;cuz I&#8217;m a motherfuckin hero.&#8221;</p>
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