[00:34.16]Came out today  1988
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[00:38.16]Pops was out to skate
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[00:40.10]Momma said she was late
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[00:41.84]Even with his absence I had to adjust
[00:44.45]With the madness grew up
[00:45.96]A little quicker than your average
[00:47.59]Let me taste cause I ain't had none
[00:49.77]A young black kid
[00:50.95]Brainwashed by rap and rock
[00:52.64]VCRs  I had the Magnivox
[00:54.94]High school  we had the campus locked
[00:56.94]Non grad  sad to drop out but
[00:59.38]We needed something to believe in
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[01:01.51]We're living for the weekend
[01:02.88]
[01:03.81]Teacher said we wouldn't be shit
[01:05.38]Not bad for some heathens
[01:07.37]Thanks for the lack of faith
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[01:09.87]In judging what I do
[01:11.59]This generation
[01:13.31]
[01:15.81]Ain't nothing I can say
[01:17.74]What can I tell to you
[01:19.80]This generation
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[01:24.41]They say we ain't playing with a full deck
[01:26.04]They let us down  why they upset
[01:28.22]Nothing but the naked truth  I feel undressed
[01:30.09]21 gun salute for young vets
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[01:33.27]Rodney King did what he had to
[01:34.65]Now these white girls get to date black dudes
[01:36.46]Shorty's into rosaries and rap feuds
[01:39.14]Young niggas with snapbacks and tattoos
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[01:41.33]We fast forward  sell a lot of kush
[01:43.14]If you rap dude  getting hella push
[01:45.32]Missed the Reagan era  but we got Bush
[01:47.44]Talking 'bout the same spot that Barack took
[01:49.69]My generation on some other shit
[01:51.24]Getting faded while we waiting on the mothership
[01:53.62]And not dependent on the government
[01:54.68]To teach this generation how to love again
[01:57.42]Thanks for the lack of faith
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[01:59.68]In judging what I do
[02:01.23]
[02:02.17]This generation
[02:04.60]
[02:05.85]Ain't nothing I can say
[02:07.72]What can I tell to you
[02:09.35]
[02:10.04]This generation
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[02:14.53]We used to read guns and ammo
[02:16.08]Crack cocaine left the hood in shambles
[02:18.02]On the streets of Linwood
[02:20.34]Gang bang insane  the gang was in hood
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[02:23.21]Paroo  crib
[02:24.65]Don't ever let your Jerry curl drip
[02:26.21]When the winters don't end
[02:28.52]When the homie's big brother just shot his best friend
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[02:31.57]Get it right through the chest
[02:33.07]At the school  at the crib  playing Russian roulette
[02:34.69]And you wonder why we do what we do for the set
[02:37.25]Any given moment homie  you could be next
[02:38.88]
[02:40.00]It's what we do for respect
[02:41.31]Cause this generation got a noose on its neck
[02:43.05]
[02:43.99]We let it all hang out
[02:45.61]Society wouldn't let us in so we banged out
[02:47.80]Thanks for the lack of faith
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[02:50.04]In judging what I do
[02:51.17]
[02:52.66]This generation
[02:53.91]
[02:55.97]Ain't nothing I can say
[02:57.59]
[02:58.34]What can I tell to you
[02:59.97]This generation