| Mmino o nfodisitse, watseba
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| Ha ngata ne ke utlwa pelo yaka e tetebetse
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| E tetebetse
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| Ke sena ho tseba hore na eng ke eng
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| Empa moreteto wa skupu le mantswi
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| Wa mpha monyetla wa hore ke ikelellwe hape hape
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| Ke ithate hape hape
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| Ke tsibe hore
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| This that shit for rap addicts, uh
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| Malcolm told you the bullet’d cast ballots, power in mathematics
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| Rap like a sister who walked, divorce marriage
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| Talk to these poor off, pen stroke enforce damage
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| 'Nita Baker on vinyl, Ralph Angel on my mattress
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| Whisper in my ear, twerk for me, get ratchet
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| Queen of sugar cane, no half-steppin' on the matchet
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| Black as the nigga recountin' what had happen, Lord
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| The calm lyricist back on the atlas
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| Back-pin the sound waves to offset the balance
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| Facts got the heatwave, keep mortal men gathered
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| Talkin' 'bout the blackest joy, you gotta have it
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| Smooth as Ella, melanated to the snob level
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| Another flight delay over so the God bless you
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| said it be years just for the hard questions
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| Why you should never bite the slave hand that breastfed you
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| Heart of Harriet, mind the shrine for ancestors
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| Backside commodified by these trend-setters
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| My little sister still cry though Daddy been left us
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| Guess time don’t heal it all, message
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| His Lord’s lessons we can’t ignore
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| Don’t let your tongue run a tab your ass can’t afford
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| Read Audre Lorde, been on a world tour
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| Came back for your prodigal metaphor
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| Infinite repertoire, plus fifty-eleven more
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| African booty-scratcher, peas in my kitchen, Boy George type
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| Flamboyant on the record ya’ll been listenin' for
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| And grindin' on back and forth like a lovers' quarrel
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| Black women turn me up, this right here for your
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| Black genius, black genius (Uh)
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| Uh, big lips and big features, uh
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| Black genius, black genius (Uh-huh)
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| Uh, it’s Nabu once again, your, look
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| Black genius, black genius (Uh-huh, uh)
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| Uh, most hated 'cause the world wanna be us, yes
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| Black genius, black genius (Uh-huh)
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| And joy is power for a people at war, your
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| Uh, black is that neck, back, elbows and kneecaps
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| Descriptions of sugar for that diabetes relapse
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| Epic on the camera, watch that light needle react
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| Loud mouths turn mime into traps where we be at
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| Sweetback type cinema, flow be straight enema
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| Syntax hardcore, '96 Lil' Kim and them
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| Rap non-linear, time-space continuum
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| Duke Ellington 'Showboat', and I’ll swing the pendulum
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| Pandemonium height when 'Ku strikes the pen again
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| Contenders went apeshit when faced with the penmanship
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| Head now got wrapped with a neck brace and bandages
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| Approach the altar, take your hat off when the candles lit
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| And when today I came, held me close at the border
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| Tender water broke, it’s an angel call, precious Lord
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| As our paths crossed last, calloused hands wave, sat
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| Traveled fast to a light source, Mama screamin'
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| «Welcome to the world, we gotta another black genius!»
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| Black genius, black genius
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| Uh, Kanekalon twists with two fingers, uh
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| Black genius, black genius (Uh, uh)
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| Uh, like Wendy Milton on them keys, your, yes
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| Black genius, black genius (Alright)
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| Hey, most hated 'cause the world wanna be us, yes
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| Black genius, black genius (Uh)
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| And joy is power for a people at war, uh
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| (Black genius, black genius)
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| (Black genius, black genius)
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| (Black genius, black genius)
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| (Black genius, black genius)
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| (Black genius, black genius)
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| (Black genius, black genius)
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| Power, power, power, power, power, power, power, power, power, power
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| Power, power
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| Pow—, p—, p-power, power
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| P-p-p-p—, power, power, power
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| Joy is power, power, p-p—
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| Power, power, j-j-j-j—
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| Joy is, joy is power
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| Power, power, power
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| Joy is
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| Power, power
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| Joy is power
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| And joy is power for a people at war |