[Verse 1]
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The summit, the peaks
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The plains and the valley
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The ballad, the fog, the bank with the alley
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The waking hour, the moment, the dream
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The moaning, the murmur, the laughter, the scream
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The filling beginning, the quiet finale
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Eh eh eh eh lifetime, lifetime
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Keep keeping on
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Maintain the rock, keep up the rock
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[Verse 2]
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The lights in the plaza meant there's something fantastic
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The moment I met you, the first look was like magic
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Yeah, there's the way that it is and the way that it feels
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There's the distance between the ideal and the bills
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Yet, I see all the numbers; I still lull for the dreamer
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I thank God for the dreamers, lifetime [2x] keep keeping on
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Maintain the rock, keep up the rock
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Maintain the spot, keep up the block
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Maintain the rock, keep up the rock
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[Verse 3]
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Ehhh
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I know this much is true
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We don't wanna be lonely
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Whether kind or you're cruel, be you no more oh lonely
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The riot is easy and the silence is loud
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You can build yourself up by just turning things down
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We will fashion the law, so why should we feel lonely?
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When forever is only... Lifetime [2x]
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Keep keeping on
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Maintain the rock, keep up the block
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Maintain the rock, keep up the rock
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Lifetime [13x] [various tones]
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Lifetime
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Mos Def |