| Tell us what the math is
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| Judge me like I’m Elvis to the masses
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| (Chuck D’s devil with the masters)
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| Or any degree thirds preferred
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| Burn, Hollywood, burn until all of you learn
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| Until all of you earn your passes
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| You want to write a passage you need a right of passage
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| A rose is just a rose when only seen through colored glasses
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| Some make the honor roll even though they skipping classes
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| Ain’t ever gonna blow unless you see a roll of cash
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| Or be a brown nose (do you sniff or kiss ass?)
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| This is how it goes unless you beat a different drum
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| Watch me beat you with these drums mother fucker whiplash
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| I don’t normally use fuck but I had to write this
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| I don’t usually give ones for the self-righteous
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| I’d rather confuse them to try and enlighten
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| Cus in their own way they’ve all abused us with silence
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| Now are you listening then turn about face
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| If it ain’t about religion its about race
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| And if you ain’t up on your shit then it’s about chase
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| They wanna run you till you quit it ain’t about race
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| Guess I’m an alternative christian
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| Cus I ain’t tryna alter natives to be christian
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| Offering no ultimatum to be christened
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| I’m saying we’re all AllttA mate are you listening
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| African kinsman traveling inland
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| Maybe after millions of years of being fish man
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| Maybe after millions of years we’d coexist and
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| Act like we’re listening man are you listening?
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| Let’s take it back to this rap and my skin tan
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| I’m saying pigment fact or a figment
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| Now let’s take back to when none of that existed
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| Now let’s take it back to something that Rakim said
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| It ain’t where you from it’s where you at
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| That’s if you see yourself clearly on the map
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| Now are you listening then turn about face
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| If it ain’t about religion its about race
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| And if you ain’t up on your shit then it’s about chase
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| They wanna run you till you quit it ain’t about race |