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The revolution is here, the revolution is here people |
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I said it once, I'll say it twice |
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You gots to be ready |
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The revolution is inside of you |
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People, the revolution is here, yeah |
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The revolution's here |
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No one can lead you off your path |
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You'll try to change the world |
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So please excuse me while I laugh (yeah) |
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No one can change your ways (rock with me for a second) |
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No one can lead you off your path (come on) |
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You'll try to change the world |
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So please excuse me while I laugh |
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(Talib Kweli) |
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Yo, I heard it's said the revolution won't be televised |
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But in the land of milk and honey there's a date you gotta sell it by |
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Otherwise it just expires and spoils |
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And these folks jump out the pot when the water too hot |
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Cuz the fire boils inside |
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You go to church to find you some religion |
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And all you hear is connivin' and gossip and contradiction and |
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You try to vote and participate in the government |
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And the muh'****in' Democrats is actin' like Republicans |
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You join an organization that know black history |
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But ask them how they plan to make money and it's a mystery |
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Lookin' for the remedy but you can't see what's hurtin' you |
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The revolution's here, the revolution is personal |
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They call me the political rapper |
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Even after I tell 'em I don't **** with politics |
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I don't even follow it |
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I'm on some KRS, Ice Cube, Chris Wallace shit |
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Main Source, De La Soul, bumpin' "2Pacalypse Now" |
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The revolution's here (yeah) |
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No one can lead you off your path (uh uh) |
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You'll try to change the world |
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So please excuse me while I laugh (ha ha, ha ha) |
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No one can change your ways |
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No one can lead you off your path (uh uh) |
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You'll try to change the world ('scuse me) |
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So please excuse me while I laugh |
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Yo, I speak at schools a lot cause they say I'm intelligent |
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No it's cause I'm dope, if I was wack I'd be irrelevant |
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I'm like the dope in your tracks until your high is settled in |
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You leanin' to the left, the laughter's the best medicine |
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But the troubles you have today you just can't laugh away |
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Stay optimistic, they can change, it's gon' come like Donny Hathaway |
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You have to pray, on top of that, act today |
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Cuz opportunity shrivel away like Tom Hanks in "Cast Away" |
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Everybody pass away, the past will pay, the family mournin' |
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Everybody act accordin' to the season that they born in |
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You fight in the streets, start bleedin' 'til the blood is pourin' |
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In the gutter, mothers cry 'til the Lord be livin' by the sword and |
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All that folks want is safety, they goin' gun crazy |
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The same reason Reagan was playin' war games in the '80s |
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The same reason I've always rocked dog chains on my babies |
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The struggle is beautiful, I'm too strong for your slavery |
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The revolution's here (yeah) |
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No one can lead you off your path (uh uh) |
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You'll try to change the world |
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So please excuse me while I laugh (ha ha, ha ha) |
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No one can change your ways (yeah) |
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No one can lead you off your path (uh uh) |
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You'll try to change the world ('scuse me) |
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So please excuse me while I laugh (yeah) |
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The revolution's here |
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No one can lead you off your path |
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You'll try to change the world |
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So please excuse me while I laugh |
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No one can change your ways |
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No one can lead you off your path |
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You'll try to change the world |
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So please excuse me while I laugh |
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(Talib Kweli) |
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It's a beautiful thing that's happenin' right now |
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Right now G |
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Yo, I'm rockin' with my man Hi-Tek on the track right now |
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We fightin' the good fight |
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The Beautiful Struggle |
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Yeah, let's go |
