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f/ MB^2, Yossou N'Dour |
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[Wyclef as Amadou] |
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Boy I am so tired |
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I'll be glad when I get inside the house |
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Oh, I dropped my keys |
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Oh what tis bright light? |
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My God they must gonna rob me |
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Who these people with them all at they gonna rob me |
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I'm gonna take out my wallet to make sure they just get the money |
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Nothing else.. (??) |
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Oh it's the police (*whew*) |
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I feel so much better |
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I will show them, I have my ID |
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so they know I am good people |
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{*followed by a rapid flurry of gunshots*} |
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[Wyclef Jean] |
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Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death |
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I fear no evil for thou art with me thou ride with me |
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J-J-Jah! Ras-tafari |
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I can't forget you knotty dreads, y'all up in here |
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I gotta respect that, youknowhatI'msayin? |
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Night is in the air |
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Enemy.. on the borderline |
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Who'll be the next to fire |
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forty-one shots by Diallo's side? |
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You said he reached sir |
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but he didn't have no piece sir |
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But now he rest in peace sir |
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in the belly of the beast sir |
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You guys are vampires |
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in the middle of the night |
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Suckin on human blood |
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Is that your appetite? |
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You said he reached sir |
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but he didn't have no piece sir |
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But now he rest in peace sir |
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in the belly of the beast sir |
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Have you ever been shot |
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forty-one times? |
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Have you ever screamed |
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and no one heard you cry? |
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Have you ever died |
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only so you can live? |
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Have you ever lived |
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only so you can die again, then be born again |
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from these enemies, on the borderline |
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Who'll be the next to fire |
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forty-one shots by Diallo's side? |
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You said he reached sir |
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but he didn't have no piece sir |
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But now he rest in peace sir |
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in the belly of the beast sir |
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You guys are vampires |
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in the middle of the night |
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Suckin on human blood |
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Is that your appetite sir? |
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You said he reached sir |
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but he didn't have no piece sir |
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But now he rest in peace sir |
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in the belly of the beast sir |
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Diallo, Diallo - similar to Steven Biko |
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Diallo, Diallo - you told me the murder was an error |
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Diallo, Diallo - but every man will be judged |
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Diallo, Diallo - according to his words |
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Have you ever been held |
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against your will? |
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Taken to a dark place |
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where not even scientists can reveal? |
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So what is for Ceasar |
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let it be for Ceasar |
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Cause we don't want no peace |
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We want equal rights and justice.. for |
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Diallo, Diallo - similar to Steven Biko |
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Diallo, Diallo - you tell me that the murder was an error |
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Diallo, Diallo - but every man will be judged |
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Diallo, Diallo - according to his words |
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You know what? |
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You told me - that I wouldn't understand man |
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Tonight some cry - in the streets a burial |
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Survival of the fittest - only the strong will survive |
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How can I survive - with forty-one shots by my side? |
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You guys are murderers |
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in the middle of the night |
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Killin innocent people |
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is that your appetite? Ohhh |
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You said he reached sir |
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but he didn't have no piece sir |
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But now he rest in peace sir |
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in the belly of the beast sir |
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You guys are vampires |
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in the middle of the night |
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Suckin on human blood |
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Is that your appetite? |
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You said he reached sir |
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but he didn't have no piece sir |
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But now he rest in peace sir |
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in the belly of the beast sir - lick a shot for |
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Diallo, Diallo - similar to Steven Biko |
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Diallo, Diallo - I can hear your spirit callin, I can hear it |
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Diallo, Diallo - Ten thousand chariots with no riders |
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Diallo, Diallo - They on they way to America, I hear the tribe singin |
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They're sayin - |
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Diallo Diallo, Amadou Diallo (14X) |
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Amadou Diallo.. |
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[samples] |
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Now there ain't but 20,000 police in the whole town |
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Can you dig it? Can you dig it? CAN YOU DIG IT?!?! |