Released: September 23, 2003
Featuring: Khujo Goodie CeeLo Green
Songwriter: Big Boi CeeLo Green Khujo Goodie
Producer: Big Boi
[Intro: Big Boi]
Nah nah nah
That's part of the
That's, yeah
I got ya good that time, shawty
[Chorus: Debra Killings]
Start over again
Everything happens for a reason
Good doesn't come without pain
Start over again
Everything happens for a reason
[Verse 1: Big Boi]
Ain't it funny how you're born and then your life begins
Just like a baby all alone, that's if you wasn't a twin
You must begin to fend for self when the umbilical's cut
The doctor put you under the heating lamp, your spirit is touched
You know what, I take that back, why? You was alive
Date of conception, interception cause the sperm did collide
From T 'n A to DNA, feelings turn to children
The morning after pill didn't put a halt to our very existence
We livin, breathin, soon we'll be teethin
Our granny got a gold and now we want one for that reason
An adolescent mind is so impressionable in those stages
But parents got to parent their kids to keep them out of cages
Cell therapists beware of this lugie that I spit
Incarceration without rehabilitation really don't mean shit
Little Ricky's home, he gotta serve probation for six months
But Uncle Darnell and Ol' Dirty Bastard still in the joint
Reset
[Chorus: Debra Killings (Khujo)]
Start over again (That's right)
(That's right, that's right, that's right, that's right)
Everything happens for a reason (No that ain't)
Good doesn't come without pain (Blood thicker than water)
(Come on, come on, it's for real shawty)
Start over again (We gots to do it all over again)
(We gots to do it all over again, golf club goodie)
Everything happens for a reason (Golf club goodie, uh, uh, yeah)
[Verse 2: Khujo]
Good doesn't come without pain
Meaning, before it get better, it's gon' get worse
Like my homies on the sick side still dyin over turf
That don't belong to urse; I mean us, left in the dust
Try to catch up with massah
I used to wanna wrap my hands around the esophagus
Of them crackers, but Ephesians 6:12
Said it wasn't flesh and blood that we wrestle against
Princ-ipalities, powers of this world
Rulers of darkness and spiritual wickedness in high places
So throw on the whole armor of righteousness
I spark this thang, but my name ain't Bubba
I got a problem with racist cab drivers, like Glover
And brothers that wax fat and forget all about the struggle
Yeah, come on, come on, guess what, guess what
Time to reset this thang
[Chorus: Debra Killings (Khujo)]
Start over again (Uh, 2 triple zero, 2k ain't to dang old)
(Golf club goodie, Big Boi)
Everything happens for a reason
Good doesn't come without pain
Start over again
Everything happens for a reason
[Verse 3: Cee-Lo]
Listen to me, I awaken to sunlight
That's beyond bright; this day will be done right
There is a war just waitin' on the other side of the door
But I'll be bringing God to the gunfight
Can't live forever, so have some fun, right?
Life's a bowl of candy, you can have one, right?
You can handle if tomorrow never come, right?
You get used to singin', if only for one night
But I intend to raise two daughters and a son right
And I couldn't have wrote this if I was hopeless
And see I focus to provoke this
So open wide for my opinionated opus
Stop playin Go Fish, but not below this
Before I go, I thought that you all should know this
Recognize and realize before any regretting
Before you relapse, perhaps you'll consider resetting
Hmm?
[Chorus: Debra Killings]
Start over again
Everything happens for a reason
Good doesn't come without pain
Start over again
Everything happens for a reason
Nah nah nah
That's part of the
That's, yeah
I got ya good that time, shawty
[Chorus: Debra Killings]
Start over again
Everything happens for a reason
Good doesn't come without pain
Start over again
Everything happens for a reason
[Verse 1: Big Boi]
Ain't it funny how you're born and then your life begins
Just like a baby all alone, that's if you wasn't a twin
You must begin to fend for self when the umbilical's cut
The doctor put you under the heating lamp, your spirit is touched
You know what, I take that back, why? You was alive
Date of conception, interception cause the sperm did collide
From T 'n A to DNA, feelings turn to children
The morning after pill didn't put a halt to our very existence
We livin, breathin, soon we'll be teethin
Our granny got a gold and now we want one for that reason
An adolescent mind is so impressionable in those stages
But parents got to parent their kids to keep them out of cages
Cell therapists beware of this lugie that I spit
Incarceration without rehabilitation really don't mean shit
Little Ricky's home, he gotta serve probation for six months
But Uncle Darnell and Ol' Dirty Bastard still in the joint
Reset
[Chorus: Debra Killings (Khujo)]
Start over again (That's right)
(That's right, that's right, that's right, that's right)
Everything happens for a reason (No that ain't)
Good doesn't come without pain (Blood thicker than water)
(Come on, come on, it's for real shawty)
Start over again (We gots to do it all over again)
(We gots to do it all over again, golf club goodie)
Everything happens for a reason (Golf club goodie, uh, uh, yeah)
[Verse 2: Khujo]
Good doesn't come without pain
Meaning, before it get better, it's gon' get worse
Like my homies on the sick side still dyin over turf
That don't belong to urse; I mean us, left in the dust
Try to catch up with massah
I used to wanna wrap my hands around the esophagus
Of them crackers, but Ephesians 6:12
Said it wasn't flesh and blood that we wrestle against
Princ-ipalities, powers of this world
Rulers of darkness and spiritual wickedness in high places
So throw on the whole armor of righteousness
I spark this thang, but my name ain't Bubba
I got a problem with racist cab drivers, like Glover
And brothers that wax fat and forget all about the struggle
Yeah, come on, come on, guess what, guess what
Time to reset this thang
[Chorus: Debra Killings (Khujo)]
Start over again (Uh, 2 triple zero, 2k ain't to dang old)
(Golf club goodie, Big Boi)
Everything happens for a reason
Good doesn't come without pain
Start over again
Everything happens for a reason
[Verse 3: Cee-Lo]
Listen to me, I awaken to sunlight
That's beyond bright; this day will be done right
There is a war just waitin' on the other side of the door
But I'll be bringing God to the gunfight
Can't live forever, so have some fun, right?
Life's a bowl of candy, you can have one, right?
You can handle if tomorrow never come, right?
You get used to singin', if only for one night
But I intend to raise two daughters and a son right
And I couldn't have wrote this if I was hopeless
And see I focus to provoke this
So open wide for my opinionated opus
Stop playin Go Fish, but not below this
Before I go, I thought that you all should know this
Recognize and realize before any regretting
Before you relapse, perhaps you'll consider resetting
Hmm?
[Chorus: Debra Killings]
Start over again
Everything happens for a reason
Good doesn't come without pain
Start over again
Everything happens for a reason
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