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[ti:Poverty's Paradise] |
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[ar:24 Carat Black] |
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[al:Ghetto:Misfortune's Wealth] |
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(Poverty's paradise) |
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Hey, it seems to me like ever since I was a little child |
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I've been starving |
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I've never known anything but hunger |
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(Poverty's paradise) |
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I've been hungry all my life |
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Yeah, starved to the bone |
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Somewhere on this raggedy earth |
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Somebody said something once |
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About some kind of paradise |
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Where everything would be nice |
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(Poverty's) |
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And together |
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(Paradise) |
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But I'll be damned if I can find it |
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I've grown up into adulthood now |
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And I don't seem to be able to find my way to anything |
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Much less somebody's paradise |
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(Poverty's paradise) |
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One thing for sure |
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I'd like to go to sleep just once on a full stomach |
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I get mighty tired of these belly wrinkles, dig? |
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And my babies |
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I don't know what I'm gonna do about them |
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I've run out of ways to keep them fed |
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Used to be I could find a way when there wasn't anyway |
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(Poverty's paradise) |
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Ever since my birth |
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I've had no one to care |
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Since my very first day on earth |
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I've existed on welfare |
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Shameful living's been my way |
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Nameless giving's been my pay |
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Poverty's paradise |
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If you want it, you better think twice |
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Poverty's paradise |
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Who ever said it was nice? |
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That human was a fool |
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A poor human's life is filled with woes |
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No amount of foodstamps can ease sorrow |
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This way of life demands no respect or dignity |
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It commands only neglect and self pity |
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Down life's long and lonely road |
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Poor has been my one and only load |
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Poverty's paradise |
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If you want it, I say you better think twice |
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Poverty's paradise |
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Who ever said it was nice? |
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That human was a fool (fool) |
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My living's been in vain |
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My lowly life has known only pain |
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If you can avoid this kind of misery |
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Thank God you don't have to live like me |
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Down life's long and lonely road |
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Poor has been my one and only load |
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Poverty's paradise |
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If you want it, I say you better think twice |
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Poverty's paradise |
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Who ever said it was nice? |
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That human was a fool |
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(Poverty's paradise) |
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(Poverty's paradise) |
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I don't think I could find a way to make it on this earth |
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(Poverty's paradise) |
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It's been on continuous delay |
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Ever since my birth |
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(Poverty's paradise) |
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Hungry, Hungry, Hungry |
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Lonely, lonely, lonely |
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(Poverty's paradise) |
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My love's been adept |
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I've had to do without |
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(Poverty's paradise) |
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Only pain, only shame |
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(Poverty's paradise) |
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My baby's look at me and cry |
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All I could do is laugh |
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I tell 'em, son, one day we'll be rich |
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Daughter, oh, daughter |
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(Poverty's paradise) |
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Nobody to be fare |
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Nobody to be fare |
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(Poverty's paradise) |
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Life, liberty and the pursuit of hapiness, yes yes |
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(Poverty) |
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That's what they tell me |
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Liquidation and distress |
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That's what they sell me |
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Free speech, constitutional rights, ain't nowhere to be found |
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(Poverty's) |
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Only hunger and grind |
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(Poverty's) |
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Global fight after fight |
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(Poverty's) |
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Look around |
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(Paradise) |
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The president said, the president said, the president said |
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Don't worry, Don't worry, Don't worry, Don't worry |
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But worry's all I know |
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Hurt, Hurt Hurt, hurt hurt hurt |
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(Poverty) |
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Hurt |
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(Poverty) |
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Hurt |
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(Poverty) |
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Hurt |
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(Paradise) |
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Poverty's paradise |
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Whoever said it was nice? |
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That human was a fool |
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(Poverty's paradise) |
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(Poverty's paradise) |
