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"American Dream" |
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Ever since day one |
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Somebody probably say you wouldn't be nothin' |
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I bet they told you this over and over again on repeat like a re-run |
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Nobody ever told you you could live up |
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To anything you want, don't give up |
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They rather tell you, you're destined for failure |
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That's what they tell you |
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But you just say |
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What about Martin? |
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What about Garvey? |
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What about Rosa? |
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What about Malcolm? |
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What if somebody told they they wouldn't be nothin' |
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And they believed this, think about the outcome |
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Would we even be the way we are today? |
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Even if it weren't, could have been a harder way |
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Even though we lost a lot of people on the way |
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Had to sacrifice to get us in a better place |
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I hope you listen to these wizzords |
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All they want us thinking about is sipping on some sizzurp |
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And they got us thinking something better we don't deserve |
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And that we shouldn't try it's no use |
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But that couldn't be further from the truth |
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Don't believe them that's what they told me too |
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When I was growing up (they told me) |
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They told me (that I wouldn't make it too far) |
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And when I got a little older |
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(They told me) they told me, yeah |
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(That I wouldn't be anything) |
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That's what they told me, they told me, they told me |
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But we are leaders |
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That's what they told me, they told me, they told me |
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We're supposed to be kings and queens |
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That's what they told me, they told me, they told me |
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When we don't believe them |
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That's what they told me, they told me, they told me |
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Trying to live the American Dream |
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They see the baller's and celebrities |
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As a reminder the people they would never be |
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Jealousy got them sick without a remedy |
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Thinking when I die nobody's gonna remember me |
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I was told that nobody care |
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So the dreams that I had turned to nightmares |
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Cause this thing called life really ain't fair |
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Need help but it ain't there |
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So you know it's really hard to stay dedicated |
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When the baller's screaming they was never educated |
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On the corner getting high just to medicate it |
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Cause the teachers just told him he would never make it |
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Now he feeling like he made it cause he stuck in paper |
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But probably won't let him spend the money later |
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Nobody ever told us we could be greater |
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Everybody on the ground in the paper chasers |
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I hope you listen to these wizzords |
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All they want us thinking about is sipping on some sizzurp |
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And they got us thinking something better we don't deserve |
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And that you shouldn't try it's no use |
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But that couldn't be further from the truth |
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Don't believe them that's what they told me too |
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When I was growing up (they told me) |
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They told me (that I wouldn't make it too far) |
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And when I got a little older |
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(They told me) they told me, yeah |
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(That I wouldn't be anything) |
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That's what they told me, they told me, they told me |
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But we are leaders |
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That's what they told me, they told me, they told me |
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We're supposed to be kings and queens |
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That's what they told me, they told me, they told me |
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When we don't believe them |
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That's what they told me, they told me, they told me |
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Trying to live the American Dream |
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They'd rather see me dead, never gone make it |
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They'd rather see me fail, never gonna be anything |
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They'd rather see me in jail, you're never gonna be shit |
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Everybody die, (you ain't shit, yo daddy ain't shit) |
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But not everybody lives, I told you |
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We gotta get out of this |
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You just gotta tell yourself |
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That somehow I'm a make it |
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by og |