What is sacrifice?
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(We s... we s... we s... we sacrifice)
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NPG in mass attack, Sonny, please.
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(we sacrifice)
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Church if u will, please turn 2 the book of Victor (We s, We s)
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We like 2 start at the top if u don't mind
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(we sacrifice)
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(Don't say it, preacher)
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I was born on a blood stained table
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Cord wrapped around my neck
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Epilectic 'til the age of 7
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I was sure heaven marked the deck
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(we sacrifice)
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I know joy lives 'round the corner
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{Joy for sale down on the corner} (we sacrifice)
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One day I'll visit her I'm gonna
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{Out on my block I'm just a loner} (we sacrifice)
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When she tell me everything {tell me}
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That's when the angels sing {sacrifice}
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That's when the victory is sho 'nuff {sho 'nuff down with the sacrifice}
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(we sacrifice)
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(help me)
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(Don't say it, preacher)
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Mama held up her baby 4 protection
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From a man with a strap in his hand
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Ask the Victor 'bout pain and rejection
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U think he don't when he do understand
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(we sacrifice)
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I know joy lives 'round the corner
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{Joy for sale down on the corner} (we sacrifice)
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One day I'll visit her I'm gonna
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{Out on my block I'm just a loner} (we sacrifice)
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When she tell me everything {tell me}
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That's when the angels sing {sacrifice}
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That's when the victory is sho 'nuff {sho 'nuff down with the sacrifice}
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(we sacrifice)
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(help me)
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{S.A.C.R.I.F.I.C.E}
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(we-we-we sacrifice)
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(Don't say it preacher)
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(sac-sacrifice)
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(we-we-we sacrifice)
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(we-we-we sacrifice)
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(sacrifice... if u turn the page)
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(Don't say it, preacher)
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1967 in a bus marked public schools
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Rode me and a group of unsuspecting political tools
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Our parents wondered what it was like 2 have another color near
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So they put their babies together 2 eliminate the fear
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We sacrifice yes we did
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Fighting one another, (we sacrifice) (don't say it preacher)
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All because of color
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The angel of hate - she taught me how 2 kick her
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If she called me anything but Victor (u mean like nigger?)
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If the only thing that tells me is father time
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Then sacrifice is the mutha sublime - we love it
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Listen mutha - we sacrifice
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(don't... don't... don't say it preacher)
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(we sacrifice)
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(Well, well, well, well)
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(What is sacrifice?)
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Hold yo' text, deacon
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Never understood my old friends laughing
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They got high when everything else got wrong (pass the booze up here)
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Dr. King was killed and the streets
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They started burnin'
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When the smoke was cleared, their high was gone
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Education got important, so important 2 Victor
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A little more important than ripple and weed
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Bernadette's a lady, and she told me (what she say?)
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"Whatever u do son, a little discipline is what u need,
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Is what u need, u need to sacrifice"
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(we sacrifice)
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I know joy lives 'round the corner
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{Joy for sale down on the corner} (we sacrifice)
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One day I'll visit her I'm gonna
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{Out on my block I'm just a loner} (we sacrifice)
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When she tell me everything {tell me}
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That's when the angels sing {sacrifice}
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That's when the victory is sho 'nuff {sho 'nuff down with the sacrifice}
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(we sacrifice)
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(what is sacrifice?)
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(we sacrifice)
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{S.A.C.R.I.F.I.C.E}
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(we sacrifice) (joy around the corner)
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Hey Wendy, how come we... (we sacrifice)
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'scuse me y'all (we sacrifice)
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We don't don't mean 2 take up yo time (joy around the corner)
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But we got something
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Heavy on our minds (we sacrifice)
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Yes, we do (we sacrifice)
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Sometimes, u gotta leave the one u love
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Somebody, anybody, everybody wave your hand
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Around the corner, there's another sacrifice (joy around the corner)
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But u got 2 do the best u can y'all (we sacrifice)
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Say u got 2 go through it (go through it)
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U got 2 go through it all (go through it all)
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High glory, yeah
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Sell it, don't tell it, don't tell me (joy around the corner)
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[.....] nice at my feet
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Lord I might get tired,
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But I, I've got 2 keep on (we sacrifice)
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Walkin' down this road, (we sacrifice)
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Keep on walkin' down this road (joy around the corner)
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When I reach my destination (we sacrifice)
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My name will be Victor
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Amen
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The Sacrifice Of Victor
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