| Whoa-oh-oh-oh
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| Oh, yeah yeah
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| Ah-ah-ah
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| Ah-ah-ah
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| Eye for an eye, knee for a knee
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| You declared war, but you don’t want peace
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| You just want shit, and we will not sleep
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| Blood on your hands, blood on our streets
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| Oh, our tears in the night, another stolen life
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| 'Cause color is all you see
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| Tell me, is that free, yeah?
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| We are not created equal, no
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| I could give a fuck if I offend a couple people, yo (Tell me, is that free)
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| What the fuck is you watching us, it’s never in the sequel fo'
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| Let me wipe these tears, and speak the truth to all my people, oh
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| The fuck is you doin'? | 
| Where we goin' wrong? | 
| (Ah-ah-ah)
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| 12 year old, but I sing this type of shit up in his songs (Ah-ah-ah)
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| Gotta pick up his pops and his moms
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| The youngin' braver than a lot of these niggas songs (Oh-oh)
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| Watch all of my people that they tryna trample (Ooh)
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| It’s time to form and get to lead 'em by every example
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| In the bathroom, you wash your faces with us
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| You ain’t ready for tradin' places with us (Whoa-oh-oh-oh)
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| My heart hurt bad
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| And I talk my shit like these my kids, they lookin' for dad (Yeah, yeah)
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| Energy transfer, kids look at me mad
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| I still be the source, though it’s hurtin' me bad
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| Eye for an eye, knee for a knee
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| You declared war, but you don’t want peace
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| You just want shit, and we will not sleep
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| Blood on your hands, blood on our streets
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| Oh, our tears in the night, another stolen life
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| 'Cause color is all you see
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| Tell me, is that free, yeah?
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| Look at all the shit my people been through
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| The ghetto want my kids to live too
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| Can’t imagine them parents copin'
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| In they arms with the breathless body they holdin' (Yeah)
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| God bless the tear of every mama cryin'
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| Children leave the house wonderin' if today they dyin'
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| The nerve to say there’s bigger fish worth fryin'
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| If you ain’t with us better know we’re riotin' (I believe)
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| And while you front, you walk about
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| If we ain’t fightin' for what’s right, then what we talk about? | 
| (Fight on)
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| And while I fight with all the might, now let me source it out
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| Inspire folks, become the activist they talk about
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| A long blessin' for every soul that’s fallen (Mm)
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| Snoop Dogg and others told me to accept my callin' (Ooh)
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| Prayin' to Jesus, hangin' on your wall and (Ah-ah)
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| Black man hopin' to make it home tomorrow mornin'
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| Eye for an eye, knee for a knee
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| You declared war, but you don’t want peace
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| You just want shit, and we will not sleep
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| Blood on your hands, blood on our streets
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| Oh, our tears in the night, another stolen life
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| 'Cause color is all you see
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| Tell me, is that free, yeah?
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| I wanna know
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| Do you really believe?
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| Do really believe that we’re free?
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| Yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
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| I wanna know |