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(The Last Emperor) |
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Everybody come with me, lets take a ride |
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Turn the system up loud, let it amplify |
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Look around at the town and let the sounds lead you |
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Everywhere I see the remice of a proud people |
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Where little girls find their way in the world through mama |
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And little guys see the world through the eyes of fathers |
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Everybody wanna learn I to earn a dollar |
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We know there's more to the hood than urban squallor |
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Now, I don't need to take up ya time |
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But I just wanted to know what's on ya mind |
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Whether work is hard to find, unemployment line |
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Or got a job or ya blind doin' overtime |
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Don't be ashamed, you got ya pride |
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To maintain, after the rain, the sun will shine |
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There will be better whether for everyone |
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Though we all move to the beat of a different drum |
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Passin' the time in a popular way |
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Like Otis Redding sitting at the dock of the bay |
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I got a long way on this road but hey |
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I take pride in the fact that I'm alive today |
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(Chorus: The Last Emperor) |
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Everybody on the east side, c'mon, let me know that you got ya pride |
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Everybody on the west side, c'mon, let me know that you got ya pride |
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Everybody on the north side, c'mon y'all, show me you got ya pride |
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And everybody on the south side, c'mon, let me know that you got ya pride |
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(The Last Emperor) |
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Summertime the heat is hot, will I ever reach the top |
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Yo it's time to leave the block, finish my tequila shot |
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Mellow but sober when I'm in the car |
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So I can ride to the rhythm of the guitar |
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I hear the music I'm prepared to follow |
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The body overcomes the city of El Dorado |
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Mexican City that's paved of gold |
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Made sacred by the ancients in days of old |
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Brown pride, they got it down to a science |
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That's right, Old Metz, Aztecs and Rions |
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Combined with colours of a tapestry |
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Yeah I hear my brown brothers hollarin back of me |
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From freedom fighters, to the band deleroes |
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To the old man wearin' the tan sanbrero |
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From the food in the music that's la fiesta |
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To the afternoon nap thats la siesta |
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"Never venture out the hood" is what some people say |
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But I love it to much to ever keep away |
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Beautiful brown people in the streets today |
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Who show me love when I'm drivin' through Easter Lane |
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And they say.. |
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(Chorus) |
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(The Last Emperor) |
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They got you to rock to a slower groove |
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I hope you like all the things that I'm showin' you |
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It's all good, every hood that I'm rollin' through |
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Ya might not notice me, but I notice you |
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Livin' your life through poverty, I see smiles for as long as the eye can see |
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I'm proud of y'all and I hope that your proud of me |
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God bless the child who runs wild and free |
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City to city and town to town |
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I can see alot of pride as I drive arouund |
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Hold ya heads up high when ya feelin' down |
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Remember y'all we gotta stand tall and proud |
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(Chorus) |