| Back for the first time and I ain’t leaving again
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| Without fam I’ll lose before I even begin
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| Home at last and I’m breathing it in You see the surface value I know the hidden secrets within
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| So I gotta represent for the people on the ave
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| Where status ain’t measured by how much you have
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| And I know that this world will come to pass
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| But the goal of the game, I’m still running past
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| Or it’s like I’m hiding behind a mask
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| And ain’t coming out until enough time has passed
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| But na I can’t ignore the signs
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| I need to start looking out for more than mine
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| But I stop at the borderline cause I’m in fear of losing
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| What I hold dear but what do I have here
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| All I got is my fellow man, they outside
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| CHORUS:
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| Come around my way
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| I ain’t got nothin but a ball and a chain
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| Tell me mister man do still wanna play
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| My people stand up just say
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| It’s gon be OK
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| And at the end of the day
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| It’s hard to hold back trying to place all the blame
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| Living in a struggle but I stay in the game
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| My people stand up just say
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| It’s gon be OK
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| Sincere people keep putting in work
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| Cause change is dependent on what we each do Trust I’m here with you, and they wonder how
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| I’ma reach the masses but the last thing that I could do is down it down
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| Cause that would just add insult to the injury
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| This mindset has been injecting into me So you have got to be kidding me I could care less what the majority of the upper class considers interesting
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| That’s all irrelevant and I can’t even tell if it’s
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| What we really feel is right or what is on the television
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| Made to forget the honor of wisdom intelligence
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| Look my peoples road of life ain’t made out of yellow bricks
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| I’ve said it before, this day is like never before
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| Today we settle the score for what we stand for
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| And demand more out of each other as one
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| When we discover we’re one, and then the struggle is won
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| CHORUS:
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| Come around my way
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| I ain’t got nothin but a ball and a chain
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| Tell me mister man do still wanna play
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| My people stand up just say
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| It’s gon be OK
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| And at the end of the day
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| It’s hard to hold back trying to place all the blame
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| Living in a struggle but I stay in the game
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| My people stand up just say
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| It’s gon be OK |