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"Because I Burned My It All (my cash)" - adapted by Marc Sirkin

Adapted from Afroman's "Because I Got High"

I was gonna go public until I burned it all
I gonna get filthy rich and buy a big house but then I burned it all
my mind is still messed up and I know why
- cause I burned it all [repeat 3X]

I was gonna build my dream but then I burned it all
I coulda worked smart and I coulda managed my cash but I burned it all
I gonna try again someday and I know why
- cause I burned it all [repeat 3X]

I was gonna release working software but then I burned it all
I just hired a COO but I burned it all
now I'll have to start again and I know why
- cause I burned it all [repeat 3X]

I was gonna do an IPO before I burned it all
I was gonna pay my vendors but then I burned it all
they took all my stock away and I know why
- cause I burned it all [repeat 3X]

I wasn't gonna run from the VC's because I burned it all
I was gonna raise more money but had to stop after I burned it all
Now I know better - because I burned it all [repeat 3X]

I was gonna pay my employees until I burned it all
I was gonna gamble what was left on black but then I burned it all
now their taking my servers and I know why
- because I burned it all [repeat 3X]

I was gonna make a few aquisitions but then I burned it all
I was gonna get acquired too but then I burned it all
now I'm giving up and I know why
- cause I burned it all [repeat 3X]

I messed up my entire plan because I burned it all
I forgot that cash is king and I burned it all
now I'm sleeping on the sidewalk and I know why
- cause I burned it all [repeat 3X]

I'm gonna stop whining this song because I burned it all
I'm whining this whole thing wrong because I burned it all
and if I can't get more money well I know why
- cause I burned it all[repeat 3X]

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