| Anything is possible that’s word to KG
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| Yeah I had to pay dues when nobody paid me
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| Yeah I had to keep it cool like I prefer the AC
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| Told my college that I’m outty yeah thats no A3
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| I been working on a dream ever since I was a kid
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| Back when I ain’t have to worry bout a thing that I did
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| Back when they said «It might not be probable, but nothing is impossible
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| And with some hard work get over any fucking obstacle
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| But aye aye aye aye I think that they lied
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| Cause theres nights that I have failed but I promise you I’ve tried
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| The american dream, it seems I’ve been denied
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| And its easier to swallow liquor then it is to pride but
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| Bring me down, bring me down, you can try to stop me
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| But I know, but I know, life can get rocky
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| If I fall, If I fall, and you never caught me
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| I’m gon be ok saying
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| Neh Neh Neh Neh Neh
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| Yeah they try to bring us down (Neh Neh Neh Neh Neh)
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| But we gon make the sound (Neh Neh Neh Neh Neh)
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| I don’t think they understand (Neh Neh Neh Neh Neh)
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| Just catch me if you can (Neh Neh Neh Neh Neh)
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| They don’t wanna tell the truth (Neh Neh Neh Neh Neh)
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| They just wanna take our youth (Neh Neh Neh Neh Neh)
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| I don’t think they understand (Neh Neh Neh Neh Neh)
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| Just catch me if you can (Neh Neh Neh Neh Neh)
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| They told me anything is possible but now its not true
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| Like Michael Jordans great but that will never be you
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| And all the fun things as a kid you used to
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| Imagination well it’s cool but it’s not an I. Q
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| So you gotta go to school learn some shit that you’ll forget
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| Then you work a 9 to 5 just so you can pay your debt
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| And you got some big dreams but a tiny little check
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| You just end up making money for some jerk you never met
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| Never met thinking, aye aye aye aye I think that they lied
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| Cause my friends they fucking failed but I promise you they tried
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| The american dream, it seems they’ve been denied
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| And it’s easier to swallow liquor then it is to pride but
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| Bring you down, bring you down, they can try to stop you
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| But you are, but you are, doing what you’ve got to
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| If you fall, if you fall, and they never caught you
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| You gon be ok singing
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| As educators, rather than raising your voices
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| Over the rustling of our chains
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| Take them off. |
| Un-cuff us
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| Unencumbered by the lumbering weight
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| Of poverty and privilege
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| Policy and ignorance
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| Our stories are ladders
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| That make it easier for us to touch the stars
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| So climb and grab them
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| Keep climbing. |
| Grab them
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| Spill your emotions in the big dipper and pour out your soul
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| Light up the world with your luminous allure
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| To educate requires Galileo-like patience
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| Today, when I look my students in the eyes, all I see are constellations
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| If you take the time to connect the dots
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| You can plot the true shape of their genius —
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| Shining in their darkest hour
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| I look each of my students in the eyes
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| And see the same light that aligned Orion’s Belt
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| And the pyramids of Giza
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| I see the same twinkle
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| That guided Harriet to freedom
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| I see them. |
| Beneath their masks and mischief
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| Exists an authentic frustration;
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| An enslavement to your standardized assessments
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| At the core, none of us were meant to be common
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| We were born to be comets
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| Darting across space and time
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| Leaving our mark as we crash into everything |