| A new day coulda been dawning — but we’re left with the…
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| Taken down by the world they were born in, leaving us to…
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| The grid got us underperforming / leading people to their…
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| Courage comes from within like endorphins, lets overcome the
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| No mother should have to bury her child
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| But still its young brothers lying in the cemetery for miles
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| In lockup its few attempts at rehabilitation
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| In the hood its no attempts at reconciliation
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| Brothers coming out don’t wanna deal with no humiliation
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| Its power in numbers so its gang affiliation
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| But is that inherently in our souls
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| Or would maybe things be different if our neighborhoods were lit and patrolled
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| Would we still be seen as savages if we could have the lavishness
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| Commit crimes more than what the national average is?
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| We civilized but we minimalized
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| And unfortunately many turn to criminal lives
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| Its no surprise blinded eyes can’t vigil the prize
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| With politicians bullshittin in their civil disguise
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| When we put this all together men and women will rise
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| We mourn as another broken individual dies
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| A new day coulda been dawning — but we’re left with the…
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| Taken down by the world they were born in, leaving us to…
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| The grid got us underperforming / leading people to their…
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| Courage comes from within like endorphins, lets overcome the
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| Yo, this world could have been anything that we wanna
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| We’ve got so much to offer
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| Yet we settled on slaughter
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| Are these the things that we’ve done with our posable thumb
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| Plus our fascinating brains
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| Painting pathways to pain
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| Explain:
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| How do we go from children who were brimming with vast imagination
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| Filled with fascination…
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| To fueling this land of fabrication?
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| You can check it on your local station
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| Fuck it, It’s on every station
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| Corporations crush your local farmer
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| The government’s in bed with big Pharma
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| The cops who shot ya rocking big armor
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| They like to wear it to corral a protest
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| The democracy where they don’t think the people know best?
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| From electoral college
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| To falsified knowledge…
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| Somebody told me slavery has been abolished
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| Tax laws
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| The backdrop
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| For feet they’ve hacked off
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| Showed the police
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| Signs for peace
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| They never backed off
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| A new day coulda been dawning — but we’re left with the…
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| Taken down by the world they were born in, leaving us to…
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| The grid got us underperforming / leading people to their…
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| Courage comes from within like endorphins, lets overcome the |