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World-ah right up |
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Painted across the sky |
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Black man, first Kings. |
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Black Woman, the first Queen |
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Eddie Murphy sing and Shabba chant, Scene. |
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I was, I was a king |
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You brought I to your land in chains |
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You forced I to work by the rod |
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You taught I to worship your God |
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You stripped I to the bone |
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You raped I, took my soul |
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Abused I, records show |
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You bought and you sold and you killed I |
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Your blood was cold, disgraced I |
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Why do you hate I why do you hate I why do you |
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I was, I was a king |
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A little? |
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White nation black nation who's the? Caribbean? |
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Wise up wise up my brother wise up |
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Rise up rise up my nation rise up |
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Wise up wise up my sister wise up |
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Get-up an' up Eddie says wise up |
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Get-up an' up Shabba says wise up |
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I was, I was the first |
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Of all man to walk on this earth |
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You're from I or did you forget |
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Your father deserves some respect |
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You use I to the bone |
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You hurt I, took my soul |
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You cheat I, records show |
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Your nation was built on my sweat why |
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Why do you hate I why do you hate I |
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Why do you hate I why do you |
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I was, I was a king |
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Look at me now |
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Lift every voice and sing |
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'Till love in heaven, yeah |
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Ring in harmony |
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O-oh, please |
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Wise up wise up my brother wise up |
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Wise up wise up my sister wise up |
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Rise up rise up my nation rise up |
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Stop fight stop fuss that only kill us |
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We stop hear religion that try to fool us |
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We buy? Any system? that try to school us |
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Get up? |
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Wise up wise up my brother wise up |
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Shabba Rank him say wise up |
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Wise up wise up my sister wise up-a |
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Eddie Murphy say wise up |
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This is the time that we all stand up |
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Malcolm X try to let us wise up |
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Fought to see the conscious and pay the cost |
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Martin Luther try to let us wise up |
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Fought to see the conscious and pay the cost |
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Each one teach us not to kill us |
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This-a tell-a that one not to hurt us? |
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Stop your fighting stop all your fuss |
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Find you conscious you must an' up |
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Rise up rise up one nation rise up-a |
