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zuò cí : Clinton, Fareed, Jones, Rogers ... |
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" Recently there has been an emergence of socially |
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conscious and political rappers. It seems to be |
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a new trend in the HipHop world." |
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Yeah, check it, uh |
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Spot buildrocker, lil' papa killed Hoffa |
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Beard lil' longer, feel strong and I' ll stop ya |
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Drill sergeant, still thorough, wheelbarrows of distilled vodka |
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Get me real bonkers like Will Ferrell on cat tranquilizer |
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Rap guys get bank and think they messiahs, but they liars |
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Vote fo who now? You' re red, white and blue? |
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I' m American too, but I ain' t with the president' s crew |
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What you peddlin' and who you peddlin' to? |
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You ain' t got the ghetto with you |
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Try' na lead my sheep to the slaughterhouse |
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Talkin ' bout Rap the Vote, you ain' t thought about |
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The black vote mean nathan, who you gonna elect |
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Satan or Satan? In the hood nothin is changin, uh |
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We ain' t got no choices who to choose |
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Tenyears ago they were tryin to stop our voices |
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And end HipHop, they some hypocrites |
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Condoleeza Rice I don' t really get this chick |
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Tell her if she ever really cared about poor schools |
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About poor children, then she gotta prove that she |
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ain' t just another coon Uncle Tom fool |
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Like these MC' s, gotta give ' em the rules |
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Lie to the youth, Uncle Tom you confused |
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Might as well give the HipHop community a noose |
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Need a truce with the gangs and some food for the hungry |
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On Kerry nuts, he look at you like a monkey |
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You MC' s on that old slavery path |
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The Bushs' ll look at yo' ass and laugh |
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See, it' s all about community, let' s help ourselves |
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Cops brutalize us get dealt with with shells |
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It' s our turn, it' s ' bout time we win |
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Need somebody as the hood as my councilman, uh |
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Yeah I think about this everyday, that' s the American Way, shit |
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Yeah I think about this everyday, that' s the American Way, shit |
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Cause that' s the American |
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Yeah I think about this everyday, that' s the American Way, shit |
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Yeah I think about this everyday, that' s the American Way |
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Up in the steam room chillin', exfoliating the skin |
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It' s rarely men conversatin' on ends, probably businessmen |
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I sense good taste, and they watch us, the spots an expensive place |
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Manhattan New York, I' m try' na keep steamin' |
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It' s good for the lungs, had plans for the evening |
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This man leans in, his boys laughing |
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Now I' m the spokesperson for Black men, this always happens |
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Says, " Since all Black women care about is who got dough |
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And all we do is call them either bitch or a Black hoe" |
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I say first brotha you ain' t gotta be that cold |
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Since you ignorant, I' ma show you how the facts go |
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The biggest example in scandal of history |
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Were Monica Lewinksy or Donald Trump' s pimping spree |
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Most woman who love Jeevanji of Gucci |
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Are pretentious nonBlack groupies or floozies |
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But who are we to blame, not the dames |
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It' s a manmade game, in essence our woman the same |
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Beautiful creatures, Black girls birthed the earth |
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So they deserve to earn man' s purse |
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Matter fact, I' m about to go shopping with my dime |
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Catch you cowards the next time, the next rhyme, uh |
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Yeah I think about this everyday, that' s the American Way, shit |
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That' s the American |
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Yeah I think about this everyday, that' s the American Way, shit |
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Cause that' s the American way. What up, |
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Yeah I think about this everyday, that' s the American Way, shit |
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That' s the American |
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Yeah I think about this everyday, that' s the American Way, shit |
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Ha, |
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I don' t care about the runaways |
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I don' t care about who' s gay |
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I don' t care about dying of AIDS |
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But I care if I got paid |
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Who even cares about the president? |
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I think they' re making a mistake |
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I don' t care about the hurricane |
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As long as my family' s safe |
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I don' t care about the candidates |
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They burnt this country to bits |
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Yeah I think about this everyday, that' s the American Way |
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Can we make a change |
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You know it' s not overnight |
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Let' s start the fight And ya don' t stop, |
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Can we make a change |
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You know it' s not overnight |
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Let' s start the fight |
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Yeah I think about this everyday, that' s the American Way |
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