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We are people, who've been tried through time (that's right) |
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Rejected by society (not just black people but people in general) |
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Left to wander deaf, dumb and blind (ya know) |
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We know the depth of darkness, ignorance's shame (uh huh) |
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A people lost without a name (Free) |
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Without a name, ohhh, what a shame |
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But now here we are ... [Verse 1 - Freeway] |
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Yeah, this how it started, the beginning it was me alone |
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It's '09, |
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I look around, it's me alone |
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Huh, no "Love Jones", |
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No Nia Long |
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And my kids still askin "are we there yet? Did we make it to the top dad?" "My bad We just made it to the middle, gettin paid a little So you know what that means, y'all could play a little But I still gotta work a lot, close the locks" |
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Niggaz see me on the tube, they think |
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I'm worth a lot |
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And if they try to take y'all, |
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I'm gonna murk the block |
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Pull out and squirt the block, hurt the block |
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I don't care if |
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I alert the cops, call the |
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S.W.A.T. When |
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I blast, bodies drop like |
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Pilates class |
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Throw on the mask, then |
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I palm the glock |
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If y'all niggaz try to hide, |
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I'm a find ya ass [Chorus - Sample (Freeway)] |
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We are people, who've been tried through time |
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Rejected by society (I'm tempted) |
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Left to wander deaf, dumb and blind (know what I mean) |
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We know the depth of darkness, ignorance's shame (How I'm supposed to react?) |
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A people lost without a name (uh huh) |
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Without a name, ohh, what a shame |
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But now here we are ... [Verse 2 - Freeway] |
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Here we are, face to face, we didn't grow with no silver spoons |
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Hopin to find, a strip we can grind on |
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A connect we can rely on, my |
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God Philly |
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Freezer used to hustle on the block |
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Listenin to songs on the tape deck before the i |
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Pod Yeah, some niggaz used to grind hard |
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While other niggaz used to take checks |
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Niggaz that grind had it out with the cops |
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Niggaz that took checks, faced a quick death |
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They was shootin out 'til not a clip left |
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Wind up goin out in a box |
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And I wind up rollin out in a box |
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Porsche 'Lo sport from the shorts to the socks to the shirt |
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Yeah, I'm gonna make this rap thing work, watch [Chorus - Sample (Freeway)] |
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We are people (that's right), who've been tried through time (Trials and tribulations) |
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Rejected by society |
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Left to wander deaf, dumb and blind (just wakin up) |
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We know the depth of darkness (Goin through your normal day is a trial) |
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Ignorance's shame (it's all a test) |
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A people lost (from God) without a name (you gotta find yourself) |
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Without a name, ohh, what a shame (that's right) |
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But now here we are ... |
