Well I've been ridin' a winning horse for a long, long time
  Sometimes I wonder is this the end of the line
  No one should take advantage of who they are
  No man has got it made
  If he thinks he does, he's wrong
  
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  Every mother's son better hear what I say
  Every mother's son will rise and fall someday
  
  I've seen it happen so many times, so many times before
  Some man got so much money he doesn't worry no more
  Or he's got such a pretty woman that'll treat him fine
  Well my friend has been a fool
  It happens everytime
  
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  I'm not tryin' to preach to no one, to no one at all
  I've seen so many of my good friends just rise to fall
  'Cause they got so much money or a woman so fine
  Well my friends have all been fools, it happens every time
  
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  What I say
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  What I say
  Oh, every mother's son will rise and fall someday