| Intro K’NAAN
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| Ever wondered about the hurricane?
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| Ever seen the anger in the rain, false
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| I think it’s just the world crying for
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| Asking what the hell we dying for
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| But here’s Lloyd, R. Kelly, miss Keri
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| And K’NAAN, yo the shit is getting scary
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| They spend up all our money, yeah
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| On the rockets in the sky, ah, ah
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| But they don’t have a reason
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| So they generate a lie
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| To destruct us from the times
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| There’s a hood in every city, yeah
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| From Compton to Bombay, yeah, yeah
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| When nobody likes to be there
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| The system found a way
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| That made them wanna stay
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| And I say, ah, da ri rap da ra ra, da ri rap da ra ra
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| Da ri rap da, yeah
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| I hate to see the whole world cry
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| I hate to see the whole world cry
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| If it was up to me, I would wipe tears from your eyes
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| I hate to see the world cry
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| We need a plan, anybody please
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| So sick of this god damn earth
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| That I wish that I could hitch hike to heaven
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| And go to god’s studio and put in work
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| Playing down my melodies
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| Get the whole world one song to sing
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| Cause hatred’s got ourselves a pickle
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| A love costs 5 cents less than a nickel
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| I’m talking about one voice, one love, one color
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| Nobody’s rich, nobody’s poor
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| Nobody’s less, nobody’s more
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| Nobody’s winning, nobody’s loosing
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| No categories, we all music
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| If we can’t come to see
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| If the whole world needs peace
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| Then we can touch and agree
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| That we are the true enemies
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| And it makes me wanna say
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| Na na na na na na na na
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| Na na na na na na na na
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| I hate to see the whole world cry
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| I hate to see the whole world cry
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| If it was up to me, I would wipe tears from your eyes
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| Cause I hate to see the world cry
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| Looking in the mirror, seeking inner peace
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| Every day’s constant battle
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| Between what’s wrong and right
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| I just wanna live my life
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| My prayer for the future
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| Is that we learn from our mistakes, oh yeah
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| Halfway into destruction
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| But it’s not too late
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| To late to make a change
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| So I’ll say
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| Da ra rap da ra ra, da ra rap da ra ra
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| And I hate to see the whole world cry
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| I hate to see the world cry
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| I hate to see the whole world cry
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| If it was up to me, I would wipe tears from your eyes
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| I hate to see the world cry
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| I don’t wanna see them cry
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| Somebody help me understand
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| Anybody got a plan, whoa, whoa
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| I hate to see the whole world cry
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| [Outro: K’NAAN
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| Streets on fire, burning
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| Every herd every city is hurting
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| I will wipe every tear, you shedding
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| Cause I hate to see the whole world cry
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| I hate to see the whole world cry
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| I hate to see the whole world cry |