| Uh huh
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| We been knowin' for years
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| What the problems are
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| The issue is we goin' in circles tryna figure out how to solve ‘em
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| That day got to come to an end, c’mon
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| I hear you talk about racial injustice
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| But we’re not too many years from the back of the buses
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| The cops still killin', we still talkin'
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| Screaming «no justice, no peace,» we still marchin'
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| I see community meetings at town halls
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| But ain’t nobody there but grandpas and grandmas
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| You steady talk about gun reform
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| But it’s still seemin' like everyone is armed (I ain’t trippin')
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| The educational system is broken
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| The weed is synthetic but we still smokin'
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| We watch politicians stunt in the open
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| Knowin' both candidates dirty but we keep votin'
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| We need solutions, if not we’ll forever be victims
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| We familiar with the problems but how do we fix ‘em?
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| It just seems like everybody’s lips is bumpin'
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| Time is steady runnin' out, man, we gotta do something
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| Solutions, if not we’ll forever be victims
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| We familiar with the problems but how do we fix ‘em?
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| It just seems like everybody’s lips is bumpin'
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| Time is steady runnin' out, man, we gotta do something
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| The hood’s still got violence daily
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| All this dope got people actin' wild and crazy
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| Pill-poppin' for a quick release
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| But CVS and Walgreens slangin' more than the streets (Teach)
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| If pharmaceuticals are not the move and Ritalin got your five year old chopped
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| and screwed
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| Innocent students gettin' shot in schools and it seemin' like we runnin' out of
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| options, dude
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| Reality shows teachin' girls how to be hoes
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| And for a little dough, you can get ‘em out of they clothes
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| And fake rap pimps little boys and tryna be those
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| Now he’s gone, deceivin' everybody he knows (Why?)
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| And you don’t wanna go to war with them
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| He don’t respect his daddy ‘cause he makin' more than him (slim)
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| Lookin' for love ‘cause now it’s missin'
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| We gotta bring the family back together, how? |
| I’m listenin'
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| We need solutions, if not we’ll forever be victims
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| We familiar with the problems but how do we fix ‘em?
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| It just seems like everybody’s lips is bumpin'
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| Time is steady runnin' out, man, we gotta do something
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| Solutions, if not we’ll forever be victims
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| We familiar with the problems but how do we fix ‘em?
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| It just seems like everybody’s lips is bumpin'
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| Time is steady runnin' out, man, we gotta do something
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| Listen
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| The solution is clear but it’s not a two day war
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| The black man and woman gotta learn who they are
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| We been disconnected but the resurrection will start the second we’re taught we
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| are a reflection of god
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| When our names got taken, we were cast as worthless
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| A person with no identity can have no purpose
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| If we don’t speak it then the history remains a secret
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| Those with the knowledge can’t be too vain to teach it
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| Collective economics, gotta be determined to try it
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| Products in our own community, we sell it, we buy it
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| Study the science of business, teach, learn and apply it
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| Got us living stronger unity and never deny it
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| When jobs are up, then crime will naturally drop
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| Poverty will diminish, in time, it’ll actually stop
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| And we won’t ever have to fear brutality from a cop
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| ‘cause we’ll police our own communities, invaders get popped
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| We build our own schools where our children can dream
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| And the curriculum enhances their self-esteem
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| And the study of agriculture is one of the main rooms
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| Grow our own food, no poison is being consumed
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| We need solutions, if not we’ll forever be victims
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| We familiar with the problems but how do we fix ‘em?
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| It just seems like everybody’s lips is bumpin'
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| Time is steady runnin' out, man, we gotta do something
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| Solutions, if not we’ll forever be victims
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| We familiar with the problems but how do we fix ‘em?
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| It just seems like everybody’s lips is bumpin'
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| Time is steady runnin' out, man, we gotta do something |