| Put on my tape and relieve the stress
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| And yo, cut the system let it bleed to death
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| Ain’t nothing but your mission never leave your quest
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| In pole position — speed up lead the rest
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| They don’t need to rest, they need to see we blessed
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| Yo, life is like a tide — shit come and it goes
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| Somebody had to cry cus somebody wanted it so You have to fight to feel the harmony flow
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| but it’s hard when the light’s both so far and so close
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| So when you fed up, and you tired of life
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| Keep your head up, you’ll reach higher heights
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| Yo get up for the time is right
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| My people step up, and shine your light
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| Cus all of the trouble we’ve been through
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| and all of the evil that men do Makes us harder the struggle continues
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| Come on my sisters and brothers and sing too
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| Feel how the harmonies link you
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| while the struggle continues
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| We got so many things to say and do now…
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| I know that life hurts. |
| We all need a night nurse
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| I need to write words — I need the right words
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| To come across and make you feel my thirst
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| Without this so called freedom of speech I might burst
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| Transform the pain into a tight verse
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| Sendin’a shout out to all the freedom fighters
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| throughout the whole U 'n I verse
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| winning this struggle unless we die first
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| Yo when you hurt so much that it’s hard to speak
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| and it hurts so much you can hardly breath
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| You wanna get up and fight but you far too weak
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| Feels like a too long night for your heart to beat
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| They wanna kiss and make up but talk is cheap
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| You’d like to dis 'em straight up cus you’re scarred too deep
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| Don’t be fooled, recognize the mark of the beast
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| Stay true to yourself and you’ll be hard to beat
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| I’ve seen so many different faces, different places
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| I’ve seen so many people strugglin’no matter the ages
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| From your grand dads grand dad to newborn babies
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| The answer that they givin’is all the same old phrases
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| I’ve seen the pain gone away with medication
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| and dirty syringes in dirty stair cases
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| I’ve seen lives slaughtered by dictators
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| Nowadays nothing is news cus nothing amazes
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| I’ve seen so much that is hard to write
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| but it seems that’s just a part of life
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| and the people who make us apologize
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| is the same who make people starve tonight
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| And when your mind sees no difference between wrong or right
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| and your life sees no difference between dark or bright
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| and when not wakin’up is your only spark of light
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| Remember, we got a war to fight!
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| The struggle continues till it suddenly hits you
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| The biggest one is the struggle within you
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| Kill out the hate that is bubblin’in you
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| before your mental poverty ends you
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| Can you hear us… |