[Lauryn Hill Talking]
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...I've written it about the whole Amadou Diallo situation...
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...It was such a hot time in the city at that point, I was afraid that if I
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put the record out, people would Misunderstand what I meant by "Rebel" and
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they just take it to the streets...
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[One and only verse]
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Ok, yeah, alright...
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I find it hard to say, that everything is alright
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Don't look at me that way, like everything is alright
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Cuz my own eyes can see, through all your false pretenses
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But what you fail to see, is all the consequences
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You think our lives are cheap, and easy to be wasted
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As history repeats, so foul you can taste it
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And while the people sleep, too comfortable to face it
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His life so incomplete, and nothing can replace it
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And while the people sleep, too comfortable to face it
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Your lives so incomplete, and nothing can replace it
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Fret not thyself I say, against these laws of man
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Cuz like the Bible says, His blood is on their hands
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And what I gotta say, and what I gotta say, is rebel
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While today is still today, choose well
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And what I gotta say, is rebel, it can't go down this way
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Choose well, choose well, choose well...
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...choose well, choose well, choose well
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And while the people sleep, too comfortable to face it
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Your lives are so incomplete, and nothing, and no one, can replace it
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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
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And what I gotta say, and what I gotta say
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And what I gotta say, and what I gotta say
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And what I gotta say, and what I gotta say
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And what I gotta say, and what I gotta say
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Is rebel... rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel
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Rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel
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Repent, the day is far too spent, rebel... rebel!
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Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up...
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Wake up and rebel
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We must destroy in order to rebuild
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Wake up, you might as well
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Oh are you... oh are you satisfied
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Oh are you satisfied
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Rebel... ohhh rebel
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Why don't you rebel, why don't you rebel?
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Why don't you rebel?
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I'm fading myself down now...
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I Find It Hard To Say
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| Lauryn Hill |
