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I got so much trouble on my mind
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refuse to lose
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refuse to lose
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(it's just energy man)
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I got so much trouble on my mind
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refuse to lose
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refuse to lose
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(it's electric)
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I'm caught up in this untouchable mentality
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as a man thinkin it becomes his reality
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I used to let stress build up until I learned
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that stress'll eat your insides up like worms
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see worry is the cousin of death
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thinkin negative you might as well go ahead and bury yourself
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I was taught by the struggles of life to be strong
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like ian, you hafta have the heart of a lion
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I been through my share of this hell, but still I rise
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many days didn't know what to do
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but we survived
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every struggle is a test, a lesson
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you just gotta figure out how to overcome and catch the blessin
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they want us to turn to dope and lose all hope
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spirit broke and confused
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but I refuse to lose
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through fear, through pain, through loss
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I can't stop
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won't stop
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till we make it to the tip top
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this is hip hop
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[Chorus]
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I got so much trouble on my mind
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refuse to lose
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I refuse to lose
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(I, I will not lose)
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I got so much trouble on my mind
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refuse to lose
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I refuse to lose
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(I, I will not lose)
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ay yo, failure ain't an option it's a death sentence
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you can't survive without no food that ain't no sustenance
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plus when it's crunch time
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back on the wall
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life on the line
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before you lose your balance and fall
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you will find that it's an instinct
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act first and then think
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second law of nature, self preservation
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move without reservation
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no hesitation when it comes to me and mine
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do you come from that design or do your compass need alignment?
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I'm mercernary
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My assignment?
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kill or be killed, a sin or a skill?
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however you define it
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a sa siembra victoria
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revolutionary propaghanda intended to raise warriors
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ain't nothin like this world crisis
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the price of life is measured by the lifeless
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it's brutal but I fight this
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supply, demand, inflation rises
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we can't afford the rice
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there's nothing to eat
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I know it's hard to digest
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[Chorus]
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I got so much trouble on my mind
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refuse to lose
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I refuse to lose
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(I, I will not lose)
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I got so much trouble on my mind
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refuse to lose
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I refuse to lose
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(I, I will not lose)
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they say the best revenge: success and living well
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no more throwin them coins down in that wishing well
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go out and get your own
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we all reap what we sow
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the end is all on you
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what you gonna do?
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I got bass strong enough to cut through a coal mine
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hold a goal in my mind till I reach the gold mine
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overtime grind
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with no days off
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but ain't nothin like the feelin when it all pays off
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all it take is the thought of my son for motivation
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long as I'm alive you can't break my dedication
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family first
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everything real in the field
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it's a cold game
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life don giva fuck how you feel
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we live in a material world or so it seems
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but I ain't got nothin to lose but bad dreams
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when I woke up I was already 17
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but I was determined to break the cycles I'd seen
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when I learned that the blood in my veins came from kings
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it curdled, when I looked at the present day scene
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but the same pressure that turned my brother to a fiend
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I face it, embrace it and convert it into steam
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[Chorus]
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I got so much trouble on my mind
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refuse to lose
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I refuse to lose
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(I, I will not lose)
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I got so much trouble on my mind
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refuse to lose
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I refuse to lose
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(I, I will)
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(I, I will not)
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Refuse To Lose
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| Dead Prez |
