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It is real, as real as it seem |
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Don't you live on illusion |
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And don't you ever try to live a dream |
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I sing... [Chorus] |
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Buju say how could you rise up every living day |
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Telling yourself everything is |
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OK When you look at life you'll see it slipping away |
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Lord knows who feels it every moment every day |
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Those why cry for the poor get neglected, rejected, put to death |
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How much more will we take? |
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Did you father work off his shirt, blood, sweat and tears |
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Don't tell me that you forgot |
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Being oppressed by the oppressors, all different types of stress |
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For the sorrows of the poor, they don't even care less |
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Refuse to deal with world atrocities, civil unrest |
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Instead they're building penitentiaries as big as a bird's nest |
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Saying we are to be blamed for whatever what mess [Chorus] |
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Some say, how are you going? |
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They want to know if we are mine |
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Not until we reposess what's rightfully mine |
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Sitting down for so long we do belive it is time |
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Everyone is entitled to food at mealtime ' |
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Til then, we'll struggle for rights, no more racial fights |
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Degradation to the highest heights |
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All obstacles as a people we have to cross |
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With health and strength we all can get across |
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Happenings of yesterday are just a thing of the past [Chorus] |
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Don't you cry little one, wipe your tears, sing my song |
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Though we're in a strange land with evil ones |
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Help the weak if you're strong, iron sharpens iron |
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When you're down take a look at where the help is coming from |
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What about the masterminds with the foolproof plans |
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What about the geniuses who achieve grade one [Chorus] [Repeat verse 1 and verse 2] |
