duped
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doped
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demoralised
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dizzied
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dozed
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traumatized
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blinded by resplendent lite of love
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dazzled by di firmament of freedom
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im couldn deteck deceit
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all wen it kick im in im teet
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im couldn cry khorupshon
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an believe inna man
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im nevvah know bout cleek
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im did umble an meek
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im nevvah know intrigue
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im nevvah inna dat deh league
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im nevvah andahstan
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dat on di road to sawshalism
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yu could buck-up nepotism
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im wife dangerous
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im bredda tretchero
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an im kozn very vicious
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duped
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doped
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demoralised
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dizzied
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dozed
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traumatized
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now like a fragile fragment af lite
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trapped inna di belly a di daak nite
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like a bline man stuicified an dazed
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last an alone in a mystical maze
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fi days
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upan days
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upan days
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upan days
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watch im driffin craus di oweshan of life
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widoutn ruddah nar hankah nar sail
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fi days
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upan days
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upan days
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upan days
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cail im flumm af di tides a di times
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if yu like
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bus inna di labyrinth af ife
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if yu like
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duped
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doped
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demoralised
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dizzied
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dozed
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dozed penalized
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ship,wreek gense di sons of di tides a ch times
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meditorim pan di bud ale days
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face doun pan di gleumin sea shore
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not soh certn not soh sure like before
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di salt a di sea pan di son inno im eye
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an im would qi R houk
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if am could cry
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di soun of di surge of di sec
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harmonize wid di swonnin bamboo trees
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an im brains jus a fick
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all kine a touts now inno ir
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like dem despalfirote days of defiance
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wen young rebels did a fite gense oppreshon
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won young rebels did a fling floWbom
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won dem march wid dem honnolas raised
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chuntn freedom chonfin justike chonfin bled on fich
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wen nuff crucial mail dicl a blaze
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tekkn di struggle to a higholb stage
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doped
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demoralized
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dizzied
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dozed
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porolized
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now wos[bup
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weNP
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mosh-up
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im mise-up
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kotch-up
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on sit up
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wid im hen pun im low
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on im bed a heng doun
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a konsideh ow young mbels get ole ow
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some sell dem soul
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some get lef out in di cole
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some get elevate
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some get depreciate
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some fun miggle clans
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some a gamble race hams
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some a try fi live clean
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some get vicious on mean
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some plaque wid dout
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some still a R# it out
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won on two a fife di struggle in dem bed
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lead di lecdohless inno dem bed
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win di revolueshon in dem bed
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oil a fun prime ministch in dem bed
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duped
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doped
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demoralized
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dizzied
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dozed
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traumatized
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now im wombiffin pondobrin konsidolfinn
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posin oil kine a riddle to imself like
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now dot Wi come out o, di won foam dern
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on timer on fowchune been some c wi fren
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now dot wi got wi council fifint
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on wi dis on wi dot
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wi colloh nee vee on oil di mod con
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now dot wi create some space
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on nuft a wi own a fickle place
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now dot wi got M mp on wi black ip
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blacks pan di radio
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blocks pan fee vee
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wi si on wi load an wi mbe
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a figot wi figot or a it dot ?
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do wi need onnofidoh muses
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fi neck wi crops di sea
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an A gwoon weak cmos
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oonu free ocou free
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as wi entch di twerorfirst century
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or wi long peas dot deh era dot dela stage
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on is each an owywon who hoffi rise now
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fi meet di downin of a diffinpont age ?
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int woz wandohdn jordalfirm konsidelinn
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wen im hear 9 vice like di win seh
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a jus tings on times
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wandohs on sines
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but noh get mystic
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be realistic
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on im hein a nex vice like di sea seh
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sometimes di pugent owedoh of decoy
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signal sch bran new lib defi pan di way
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Tings An' Times
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Linton Kwesi Johnson |