[Chorus]
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Rest in peace
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Here's another warriors song, rep this life to the fullest
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Mothafucka, say yo' prayers!
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For brothers who died from black-on-black violence
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Rest in peace
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You ain't payin' respect when you' 'spose to
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Rep this life to the fullest
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Rest in peace
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This ain't for y'all, this' a toast to them
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Rest in peace
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[Immortal technique - verse 1]
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Here's a toast to the dead
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If you don't drink, smoke to the head
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For the freedom fighters killed by the feds
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For those who died hard in the streets soaking in red
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And died slow asleep in a dream choking in bed
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Here's a toast to the dead for my enemies that are gone
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I'm not a coward so, celebrating that would be wrong
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I pray to god that your soul will come back again
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So I can see you in the next life and finish it then
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A toast to the dead for criminals, burning in hell
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I wonder how many presidents are burning as well
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Emperors, popes, senators, generals
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Amputees feel unlucky 'til they see the vegetables
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A toast to the dead for those who I've forgotten
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Written out of the history by the corrupted and rotten
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Black saints whitewashed during la Reconquista
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Thousands of Indios, Spaniards used to conquer the Incas
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Fuck a moment of silence! I need a moment of violence!
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Like the nineteenth century Caribbean islands
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Long live those who came before, that paved the way for me
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The warriors and scientists that came before slavery
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And if that last lyric was predictable
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Take your clairvoyance and apply it to your life in the physical
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Presumptuous half-hearted homunculus
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Self-destruction is the power without knowing what the function is
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[Chorus]
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Rest in peace
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Here's another warriors song, rep this life to the fullest
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Rest in peace
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Mothafucka, say yo' prayers!
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For brothers who died from black-on-black violence
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Rest in peace
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You ain't payin' respect when you' 'spose to
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Rep this life to the fullest
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Rest in peace
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This ain't for y'all, this' a toast to them
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Rest in peace
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[Immortal technique - verse 2]
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Here's a toast to the dead, for all of my fam
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I will never let an idea die with a man
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My rhymes are like Nazca lines designed to give a view-of-this
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J. Dilla's still alive as long as his music is
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A toast to the dead for rap legends and pioneers
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Your legacy won't be forsaken as long as I am here
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Knowledge of the past and, wisdom of the present
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I'll teach and leave in the hands of a worthy lieutenant
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A toast to the dead, for children with cancer and aids
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A cure exists and you probably, could have been saved
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Sad to see, medicine divorce morality
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Corporate homewreckers, pimpin' up their salary
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A toast to the dead, for those that've died today
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The victims and those exonerated by dna
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The only thing worse than giving freedom to the guilty
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Is killing the innocent, and leavin' your soul filthy
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Immortal technique, remember me when I'm gone
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I encrypted my lyrics to stay alive in a song
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So you'll always keep a piece, of my spirit inside
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When you struggle to complete what I started before I died
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But some of you, won't survive the changes the earth makes
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Swallowed by tsunamis, hurricanes and earthquakes
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And that's just the first stage of 'you-can-not-reverse-ways'
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And realise that we are one, regardless of our birthplace
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Here's another warriors song, rep this life to the fullest
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Rest in peace
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Mothafucka, say yo' prayers!
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For brothers who died from black-on-black violence
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Rest in peace
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You ain't payin' respect when you' 'spose to
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Rep this life to the fullest
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Rest in peace
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This ain't for y'all, this' a toast to them
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Rest in peace
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Toast To The Dead
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Immortal Technique |