When all these people talking like they know something that I don't know
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By helping out your brother looking out for each other it's everywhere I go
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Now I was never poor myself
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But I feel poor and I'm gonna give you some advice
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'Bout making something of your live
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You know it's sink or swim
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You've got a choice to make my friend
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'Cause God bless the child
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But if it ain't blessed
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It better learn to sink or swim
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'Cause I'm not diving in
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Well all you half steppers
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Step aside let me show you where you got it wrong
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If you don't got nothing
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Well that should tell you something 'bout where you belong
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Now I was never black myself but I feel pain
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And I'm gonna give you some advice
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'Bout making something of your life
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You know it's sink or swim
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You've got a choice to make my friend
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'Cause God bless the child
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But if it ain't blessed
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It better learn to sink or swim
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Sink or swim
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You've got a choice to make my friend
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'Cause God bless the child
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But if it ain't blessed
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It better learn to sink or swim
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I said God bless the child
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But if it ain't blessed
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It better learn to sink or swim
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'Cause I'm not diving in
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I'm not diving in
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I'm not diving in
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Sink Or Swim
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| The Old Ceremony |
