Congratulate Lyrics

[Verse 3: AKA]
Think back to my old days
All I wanted was a gold chain
So stuck in my old ways
Now we all household names
What you know about sacrifice, flashing lights, rights of passage for bragging rights?
Bad romances, packs of pampers
And this ain’t time to be camera shy
My one homie got a gun in the cupboard
My other homie got a bun in the oven
Baby mama gettin' big in the stomach

Pop champagne or the Four Cousins
I think it’s time to be a man now
I feel like movin' to my gran’s house

Everybody lined up for a handout
Really I just wanna make my old man proud


[Refrain: AKA]
Do you see what it took, Is it clearer?
Who you see when you look in the mirror?
All the dreams and fantasies that come together
I'll be shining like a diamond that’s forever


[Chorus: JR]
Now congratulate me
Now congratulate me
Now congratulate me
Now congratulate me
Now congratulate me
Now congratulate me
Now congratulate me
Now congratulate me

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Genius Annotation

Second single off AKA’s album, Levels.

A huge contrast compared to Kontrol, this song is more of a celebratory song. Whether you’ve graduated, won the lotto, have a baby on the way, this is the song you’d play to celebrate. One can’t help but think that AKA’s going on another Victory Lap.

The song samples Ride by Harrison Crump

NOTE: This song actually kicked Eminem off the #1 spot on iTunes, twice.

See his interview on SABC News about the song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcvVnWe3Qp0

Buy here.

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Release Date
February 28, 2014
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