(As for those) in the basement
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(Marijuanas) the medicine
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(And those) on the pavement
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(Burning down the false) government
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The man in the trench coat
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Badge out, laid off
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Says hes got a bad cough
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Wants to get it paid off
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Look out kid
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Its something you did
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(Jah) knows when
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But youre doin it again
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You better duck down the alley way
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Lookin for a new friend
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The man in the coon-skin cap
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In the big pen
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Wants eleven dollar bills
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You only got ten
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Maggie comes fleet foot
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Face full of black soot
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Talkin that the heat put
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Plants in the bed but
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The phones tapped anyway
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Maggie says that many say
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They must bust in early May
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Orders from the D.A.
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Look out kid
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Dont matter what you did
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Walk on your tip toes
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Dont try No Doz
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Better stay away from those
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That carry around a fire hose
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Keep a clean nose
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Watch (those) plain clothes
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You dont need a weather man
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To know which way the wind blows
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(You) get sick, (then) get well
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Hang around an ink well
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(Things fell), hard to tell
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If anything is goin to sell
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Try hard, get barred
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Get back, write Braille
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Get jailed, jump bail
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(Dont stop, you dont) fail
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Look out kid
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Youre gonna get hit
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By users, cheaters
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Six-time losers
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Hang around the theaters
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Girl by the whirlpool
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Lookin for a new fool
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Dont follow leaders
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Watch the parkin meters
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Ah get born, keep warm
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(Girls come) learn to dance
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Get dressed, get blessed
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Try to be a success
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Please her (to please me)
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Dont steal, dont (shop) lift
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Twenty years of schoolin
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And they put you on the day shift
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Look out kid
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They keep it all hid
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(You come out from the dark zone)
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Light yourself a (fire torch)
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Wear (your) sandals
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Try to avoid the scandals
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Dont wanna be a bum
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(Get yourself a gun)
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The pump dont work
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Cause the vandals took the handles
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Subterranean Homesick Blues
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| Sizzla |