(Treach)
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One steps down the path of poverty most know the route
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not a pot to piss in or a door to throw it out
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All I hear, these days, we say, she say, we say, anyway
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He grows, she grows, we grow, listen negro (listen)
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I die, you die, few die, who rob, its do or die
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You fry, I fry, new play, new day, new God
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Tell me, what's the sense of this?
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Tell me before they gotta jail me and mail me
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Had to mention it
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You've never been to the ghetto till you had to enter this
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Some plans, one chance, hold heat, hold head, hold theirs (hold ya head)
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Peep rules, we proof, meet troops, speak truth, teach youth (teach the youth)
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No crews, who's who? New day, new rules, do you:
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Break bread, wake heads, check heads, half-a-head for steak feds? (check 'em)
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They'll lock your body, even gotti
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Grab your shotties for an illuminati (ready)
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They'll lock your body as gotti
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Grab your shotties it's an illuminati
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(Chorus: Phiness)
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Open your eyes up, people can't you see?
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It's gettin' harder by the day for you and me
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All my life I've seen so much misery
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Can there be a better place for you and me?
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(VinRock)
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Why, everytime you try to show a nigga love they shit on you?
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Fuck I'm suppose to do?
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Why, everytime a brother comin' up some pray ya through?
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That's what success'll do
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Cause I'm a hard workin' black man
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In my face stab in my back man
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Rob and steal they wanna kill me black man
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Tell me now what the deal is black man
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Don't ya know the powers in our hand?
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Cause we shine we end up six feet inland
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When we could build one nation
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And it's comprised of all persuasion
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African, Latin caught cagin', Asian
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New World Order, Hip-Hop Nation
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Then we can turn hate to love
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like Malcolm and Martin tripped up, open up your eyes
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(Chorus: Phiness)
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Open your eyes up, people can't you see?
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It's gettin' harder by the day for you and me
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All my life I've seen so much misery
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Can there be a better place for you and me?
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(Phiness)
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Here today, gone tomorrow
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Live then lay, here tomorrow
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(Treach)
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Tell me, what's the sense of this?
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Tell me before they gotta jail me and mail me
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Had to mention it
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You've never been to the ghetto till you had to enter this
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What's the sense of this?
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Tell me before they gotta jail me and mail me
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Had to mention it
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You've never been to the ghetto till you had to enter this
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(Chorus: Phiness)
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Open your eyes up, people can't you see?
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It's gettin' harder by the day for you and me
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All my life I've seen so much misery
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Can there be a better place for you and me?
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(Treach)
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Feel me, the end of the century
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Feel me, they want us in wakes and penitentiaries (open your eyes)
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That's how the envy be
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Now they got it, we our own enemies
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Feel me, the end of the century
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Feel me, they want us in wakes and penitentiaries (open your eyes)
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That's how the envy be
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Now they got us, we our own enemies
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Live Then Lay
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| Naughty By Nature |
