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To all the youth in the world |
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That thinks nobody understands |
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Well I understand that |
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It's been hard for me |
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Trying strugglin' in the streets |
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But where |
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I've been, is no longer where |
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I'm atAnd where |
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I'm goin', is not where |
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I'm stoppin' at |
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It's been hard for me |
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Trying strugglin' in the streets |
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But where |
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I've been, is no longer where |
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I'm atAnd where |
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I'm goin', is not where |
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I'm stoppin' at |
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I grew up as a 70's baby |
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Brought up in poverty and sin |
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Makin' jokes at the crazy lady |
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Never cared how she was dealin' within |
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I knew all the words to |
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Micheal Jackson's album as a kid |
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And when it came to the biggest crusher |
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Know, he wasn't my man |
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At the age of seven years old |
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A strange thing happened to me |
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Before I even saw |
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My life had flashed before me |
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And I've got the mark to show |
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And it became a thing of beauty |
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So I gotta let you know |
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That my life, that my life |
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It's been hard for me |
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Trying strugglin' in the streets |
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But where |
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I've been, is no longer where |
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I'm atAnd where |
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I'm goin', is not where |
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I'm stoppin' at |
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It's been hard for me |
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Trying strugglin' in the streets |
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But where |
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I've been, is no longer where |
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I'm atAnd where |
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I'm goin', is not where |
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I'm stoppin' at |
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It's been hard for me |
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Trying strugglin' in the streets |
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But where |
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I've been, is no longer where |
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I'm atAnd where |
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I'm goin', is not where |
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I'm stoppin' at |
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Now mama's workin' hard all day |
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And she said this before she left home |
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Take care of your little brother |
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Have the place cleaned when |
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I get home |
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All these priorities |
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Me and Tanya had to learn to be grown |
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But at the time for me |
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It's like grown had seemed so lone |
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Woke up when |
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I'm seventeen |
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When nothin' goin' for me |
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Except the fact that |
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I singYou know it hurts so much |
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From all the sights that |
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I've seenFrom abusin' the hold in trust |
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You probably couldn't take some of things |
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That I've lived in my life |
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It's been hard for me |
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Trying strugglin' in the streets |
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But where |
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I've been, is no longer where |
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I'm atAnd where |
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I'm goin', is not where |
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I'm stoppin' at |
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It's been hard for me |
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Trying strugglin' in the streets |
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But where |
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I've been, is no longer where |
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I'm atAnd where |
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I'm goin', is not where |
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I'm stoppin' at |
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It's been hard for me |
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Trying strugglin' in the streets |
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But where |
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I've been, is no longer where |
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I'm atAnd where |
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I'm goin', is not where |
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I'm stoppin' at |
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It's hard in the street's of jungle |
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I'm tellin' you, |
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I'm tellin' you |
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Especially with your pretty colors |
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I'm tellin' you, |
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I'm tellin' you |
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To stay low and keep it humble |
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I'm tellin' you, |
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I'm tellin' you |
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Black women hold it down, keep your feet on the ground |
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Black men keep searchin' and you'll be found |
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It's been hard for me |
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Trying strugglin' in the streets |
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But where |
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I've been, is no longer where |
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I'm atAnd where |
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I'm goin', is not where |
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I'm stoppin' at |
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It's been hard for me |
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Trying strugglin' in the streets |
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But where |
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I've been, is no longer where |
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I'm atAnd where |
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I'm goin', is not where |
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I'm stoppin' at |
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In this world of continuous bullshit and full clips |
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Seems all we have to pass down is bein' useless |
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Broken homes, babies all alone, parent's never there |
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No food, no clothes to wear, anger everywhere |
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Ain't no values bein' taught, no productive thoughts |
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Jealousy rules the world, take shit at any cost |
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Gotta change our state of life, keep it worth livin' |
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God gave us voices to speak and that's our way of givin' |
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It's so much bigger than the furs and the jewels |
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What about encouragin' the youth to do well |
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What about givin' back, what about unifying |
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Shit we all black, get it together |
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Everybody's got their trials and tribulations |
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Learn to change the negative to positive situations |
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Don't hold the lessons that you learn |
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Pass it on and accept the blessings that could earn |
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It's been hard for me |
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Trying strugglin' in the streets |
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But where |
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I've been, is no longer where |
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I'm atAnd where |
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I'm goin', is not where |
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I'm stoppin' at |
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It's been hard for me |
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Trying strugglin' in the streets |
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But where |
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I've been, is no longer where |
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I'm atAnd where |
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I'm goin', is not where |
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I'm stoppin' at |
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It's been hard for me |
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Trying strugglin' in the streets |
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But where |
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I've been, is no longer where |
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I'm atAnd where |
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I'm goin', is not where |
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I'm stoppin' at |
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It's been hard for me |
