| Now all a-you young folks, ravin'
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| An' hollerin' about how bad you wanna be free
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| But let me tell ya what it was like in my day
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| For an' old man like me
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| Are you ready? |
| (yeah))
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| Take it on, little brother, an’make a way
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| I said, take it on little brother, take it further
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| Now I had to work, ev’ryday
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| On my job, I didn’t get much pay
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| Had to say 'yes sir' to the other man
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| I was too confused, to understand
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| I had to things, yeah, against my will
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| If I hadn’t looked further
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| You wouldn’t have made it
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| Take it on, little brother, take it further
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| I said take it on, little brother an' make a way
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| Now you’ve got the future, in your hand
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| Now don’t you be, no lazy man
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| We laid the ground, an' made the way for you
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| Come on an’show us, that you’re proud of us
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| You have a hard, time to get through
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| But keep on pushin', we’re right behind you
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| Take it on, little brother, take it further
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| I said take it on, little brother an' make a way
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| Take it on, little brother, an’make a way
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| I said, take it on, little brother, an’take it further
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| Uh, now I had to work, ev’ryday
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| On my job, I didn’t get much pay
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| Had to say 'yes sir', to other man
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| I was too confused, to understand
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| I had to do things, yeah against my will
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| If I hadn’t of moved further, you wouldn’t have made it
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| Take it on, little brother, take it further, yeah, um!
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| I said take it on, little brother, an' make a way |