| Wanna listen to the radio, can't listen to the radio
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| 'Cause radio don't play music anymore
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| Wanna turn on the evening news,
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| Can't turn on the evening news, no
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| 'Cause life ain't all about sex scandals and celebrity blues
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| Wanna take a joyride
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| Drive down to the countryside
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| CEOs are getting richer at the gas pump on my dime
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| Look out my window, backstreets and alleyways
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| The men in blue, they arrest the youth when they got nothing to do
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| This is the stade of the union
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| This is the stade of (hey, I was born and rise up) the union
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| Gonna rise up, rise up
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| This is the stade of (hey, I was born and rise up) the union
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| Gonna rise up, rise up
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| Rise up, rise up
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| This is the state of the union
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| Heard they burned a boy in southern florida
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| Over a civil game, will it ever be the same
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| And on the south side, up in chicago
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| I heard they beat a boy to death who meant no trouble
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| Assassination, I just don't understand
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| 'Cause when you fight for peace
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| That's when they gun you down
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| All rise for Lincon
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| All rise for MLK
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| All rise for Lennon
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| All rise for the Kennedys
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| Stand up for unity, equality, stand up to be free
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| This is the state of
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| This is the stade of the union
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| This is the stade of (hey, I was born and rise up) the union
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| Gonna rise up, rise up
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| This is the stade of (hey, I was born and rise up) the union
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| Gonna rise up, rise up
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| Rise up, rise up
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| And on the south side, up in chicago
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| I heard they beat a boy to death who meant no trouble
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| Assassination, I just don't understand
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| 'Cause when you fight for peace
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| That's when they gun you down
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| This is the stade of (hey, I was born and rise up) the union
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| Gonna rise up, rise up
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| This is the stade of (hey, I was born and rise up) the union
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| Gonna rise up, rise up
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| Rise up, rise up
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| Rise up, rise up
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| Rise up, rise up |