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Yo, just feeling the way that I do |
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Hope lives on, if not through me through song |
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I'm getting the long, take deep breaths and hold on |
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I write like I realize I could be gone |
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I'm here, is the true meaning of love clear? |
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If love is pain, is love really fair? |
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Is the meaning of life just to breed? |
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Is death losing all of your precious things? |
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Some think men don't cry, well, here's tears |
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Been told all these lives for these years |
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It's unclear why truth is untold |
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But hold fast and truth will unfold |
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I know but it's kinda hard to believe |
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That a whole generation will die over greed |
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And that most of our young will die overseas |
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But it all remains to go unseen |
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We are living for today not the past, trying to hold on |
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'Cause the trouble won't last |
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We are showing that the roots run deep |
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And the hope won't cease 'cause everyday we believe |
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We will, hold on and hold out, put it together |
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And make it work somehow |
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This is, this for Malcolm and music |
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My story, my movement, never forgetting the children |
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Keep your head to the sky |
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The only way that you fail is if you never ever try |
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Where I come from, I'm there for you, care for you |
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You don't have to worry I'm gonna always be there for you |
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Doing what, laying the foundation 'cause we gonna make it |
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But it's gonna take dedication |
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And what and hope and love and peace |
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I hope one day you'll see and then you can join us |
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Listen if you love me say the words to me |
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I'm surrounded by so many things that hurt to me |
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You know you'll always come first to me |
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This is music, it ain't nothing but a verse to me |
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Remember after the pain there's sunshine |
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It's not in vain we all feel it sometimes |
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Stay strong, hold on, we gonna make good |
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Every member [Incomprehensible] |
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We are living for today not the past, trying to hold on |
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'Cause the trouble won't last |
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We are showing that the roots run deep |
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And the hope won't cease 'cause everyday we believe |
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We will, hold on and hold out, put it together |
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And make it work somehow |
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This is, this for Malcolm and music |
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My story, my movement, never forgetting the children |
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This is for the mothers single handed |
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For all the ghettos way to dammit |
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Hey, the world, don't you panic |
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Let courage lead you right |
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Darkness is temporary |
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Even though the future's looking scary, yeah it is |
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The most I don't make mistakes |
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When your chosen us the light |
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I know we're a long way from home |
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On this land that they stole, took it all |
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Gave us drugs after gold |
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Incarceration to a fold |
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To raise the murder toll |
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What else, to divide communities |
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Do away with unity |
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Where the strength is human beings |
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We are living for today not the past, trying to hold on |
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'Cause the trouble won't last |
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We are showing that the roots run deep |
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And the hope won't cease 'cause everyday we believe |
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We will, hold on and hold out, put it together |
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And make it work somehow |
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This is, this for Malcolm and music |
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My story, my movement, never forgetting the children |
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We are living for today not the past, trying to hold on |
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'Cause the trouble won't last |
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We are showing that the roots run deep |
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And the hope won't cease 'cause everyday we believe |
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We will, hold on and hold out, put it together |
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And make it work somehow |
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This is, this for Malcolm and music |
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My story, my movement, never forgetting the children |
