[Intro: sampled vocals]
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We are singing, you this message
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Through our music, reaching for a, brave and brighter
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new tomorrow, is the future
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We must make it, safe and happy, for the children
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Or... or... they will be lost
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Or... or... they will be lost
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[Pos]
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Aiyyo I jump back, put the aim on my shot
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It's mandatory, handle glory over with the rock
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I'm not a rough guy but a tough guy to beat over drums
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No son to this, I'm a rhyme bastard
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Some mastered the art of cash, but not the part that lasts
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and disappear after doin two albums
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We're not your normal team and we still do ours to fit
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hope inside this, don't define it's
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quits for those who oppose the new
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Playin they've outgrown rap like a size 5 shoe
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Oh they all {?} now, alternative touch
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were surprised, no demise for us
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We on the rise to bust big, how you fig' we couldn't
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Never run out of verbs for you to sip, I told you we wouldn't
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I never popped Crist' or popped fists, girl named Chrissie
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was the first, which made it even worse not to miss me
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[sampled vocals]
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Or... or... they will be lost (the future)
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Or... or... they will be lost (the future)
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[Dave]
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So do you understand it now? Well try standin over
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seven box sets, reppin sixteen years
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This rap career ain't work, it's the life in-between
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bedtime 'til the next said time and date
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Know the name and salute them dudes
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Put the nutrient in rap when they cook them foods
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Gotta be like eighteen million heads served
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Shit, imagine if there wasn't no us huh?
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So I'd like to take the time to shout out the JB's
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Next on my list is A Tribe Called Quest
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Latifah my Queen, Monie Love, Dres and Mr. Lawnge
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Chi-Ali, on your head God bless
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Never ring chasin, the permanent tat
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in this rap shit, y'all are just temporary lick-ons
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Fadin in the days to come
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While the name De La and the legacy built lives on
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[sampled vocals]
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We are singing (sing it out now)
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you this message (sendin you a message y'all)
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Through our music (through the music)
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reaching for a, brave and brighter new tomorrow
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(another day y'all) is the future (it's the future)
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(it's the future) We must make it (we gotta make it)
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safe and happy, for the children (for the children)
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You little brats
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The Future
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| De La Soul |
