(blazin)
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and it was written;
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up in the book of life.
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that man shall;
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endure forever more.
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well did you know the pen,
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is stronger than the knife.
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and they can kill ya once,
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but they can't kill ya twice.
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did you know distruction of the flesh is not the ending to life,
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fear not of the anti-christ.
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did you know that I,
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exist before the earth.
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and did you know my eyes,
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are windows to the world.
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did you know you can't go ah Zion and ah wear jerry curls,
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can't tell di boys from di girls.
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your body's just a vehicle,
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transporting your soul.
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it's what's inside the people,
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is beauty to behold.
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fear not of evil.
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everyday the flesh,
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it grow old.
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changes of the times,
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take a toll.
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(hook)x2
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me say me want, freedom,
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justice,
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equality.
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as it was written in the book of life,
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then;
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so shall it be.
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me want to big up marcus garvey and me big up hughy p.
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and me wanna know washality.
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and i meant, reality.
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i see it in the signs,
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everyday i live.
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it's clear to my mind,
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somethin' got to give.
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the system is the problem,
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but it ain't just gonna change.
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the people got to fight as one,
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to break free from the chains.
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we livin in a time,
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where whitey got us cornered.
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shackles on the brain,
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police on every corner.
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lookin for some soldiers,
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but they so hard to find.
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my elders say be patient,
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cuz things come in time.
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not fast enough because yo,
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they wanna rewrite me history.
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i made him a lot of mystery.
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cuz we too strong for them dis we.
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because it was,
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and now it is,
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and it will definetly be.
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we know,
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the days is up.
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blaze it up.
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african warrior,
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raise it up.
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push it up.
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fill up your cup.
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we had enough.
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we gonna buck.
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now is the time.
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open your mind.
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then you will find.
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it's a design.
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no matter what you do,
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no one can stop the time.
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and me want no
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kkk, no cia, no
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police brutality.
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ghetto youth and R.B.G.s,
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we ridin for liberty.
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been here,
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before the start.
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still here,
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after it's over.
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and it's written in every heart,
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of every soldier.
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(hook)til fade out.
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It Was Written
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| Dead Prez |
