feat. Brother Ali
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This song don’t give a damn
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If the rhymes don’t fit
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Beat don’t bounce
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If the dj quit
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This song
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Don’t give a damn
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If you can’t sing to dance to it
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Can’t romance to it
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This song ain’t arrogant
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If you don’t try it
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Buy it
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If your radio deny it
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Don’t care bout what who got
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What’s cool on tv
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Or what spots hot i forgot
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I ain’t mad at evolution
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But i stand for revolution
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Enough is enough
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Somebody stand up
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Get up, stand up,
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Get up, stand up
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This track aint asking you a damn thing
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Not the brand name bottle with your champagne
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Not where you land your private airplane
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How many blood diamonds shining in that chain?
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How much compromise is tied to that fame?
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How many more times we gotta hear that lame
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Line im inspiring them
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To do what?
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Roll better weed and get higher than them?
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Feed the needy greedy ass fire in them?
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Be the same damn dog but to finer women?
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They gonna tell me that im preaching to the choir than im
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Sure they right but im trying to light a fire in them
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Cause i was raised by the enemy
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And ever since then thats been my identity
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So im trying to give back whats was given me
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Truth told delivery is my tendency
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Youth fold to the spirit of my energy
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Bottom of my feet is something that youll never see
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Thats cause im standing singing the anthem
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Fist on my hand, and a list of demands and
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When they hear this might piss in their pants and
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Try to get the children to not listen to the man
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But the mighty pe is what birthed ali
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So what you gonna think come after me?
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Chuck d
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Get up, stand up
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Occupy if you denied
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Protest songs cause i see wrong
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Most of my heroes still dont appear on no stamp
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So i rant even when they say i can’t
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I rise against
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Rage against
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Hope i dont end up being the same thing im fighting against
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Hence
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I wince never on the fence
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Since they think the masses powerless
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Ain’t on no power list
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I ball my fist w my audience
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Like this
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Get up, stand up,
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Get up, stand up
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Got so much to shout about
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What the 1% is gettin out
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Recession depression desperation due
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Never have so many been screwed by so few
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Cheapest price is to pay attention
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No need to dumb down to what i mention
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No need to young down how i mention
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In spanish portuguese english french and
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No satisfaction
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Listen to the world reaction
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Americas still black and white
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Like an old tv set
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What we gonna do about it?
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Laugh sit back forget & quit?
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I get racial
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Just talkin about the ratio
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People are no longer patient
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Now the brown they dont want around
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Thats why sammy got that facial
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My wife says its spacial
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Politics that stick way beyond baseball
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I think its self hateful
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Anti immigration
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Disgraceful
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Get up, stand up.
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Get Up Stand Up
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| Public Enemy |
