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[Intro:] |
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Free all political prisoners |
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Even though a lot of y'all are lucky to be prisoners |
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Because you know what happens to most people that step up? |
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They get blown awayyyyyyy - damn right (bang) |
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Martin Luther King had more than a dream |
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He was out for social change and that sort of a thing |
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Tried to lead us to freedom but before it would ring |
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He got blown awayyyyyyy (got blown away) |
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He seen a problem and thought that he had the answer probably |
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And that's the reason that Huey started the Panther Party |
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Wasn't for Hoover he'd be alive today (but bang) |
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He got blown awayyyyyyy (blown away) |
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That man Clarence Smith was like a father to many |
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Was for the love cause the brother wasn't offered a penny |
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He said the black man was God and it costed him plenty |
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Was at the time it wasn't no police officers friendly |
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He birthed the Five-Percent Nation, called 'em the True and Livin' |
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And just for that you know they whupped him and threw him in prison |
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Wasn't for them then he'd be with us today (but bang) |
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He got blown awayyyyyyy |
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Marvin Gaye wrote a song called "What's Goin' On?" |
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The label said no but he convinced them to go along |
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He spoke of Vietnam and the shit that was goin wrong |
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Tryin to convince people that they need to keep holdin on |
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He sang "Mercy Mercy Me" it felt like he was cryin |
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He wanted to save the hood, they understood why he was tryin |
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He took a stand and said what he had to say (bang) |
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He got blown awayyyyyyy |
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Tupac Shakur was more than a rapper |
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More than an actor, it was more than awards he was after |
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He tried to teach young black people a better way (bang) |
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He got blown awayyyyyyy - ay |
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You gotta give it to him, Abraham Lincoln was honest |
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He was a racist but he did what he said when he promised |
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He freed slaves, of course he was gon' pay |
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He got blown awayyyyyyy |
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John F. Kennedy fought for the people |
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A white president that wanted to see all of us equal |
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At least that's what he said when runnin for office to beat dude |
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But then he run, and he start doin more for the people |
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Assassin hit him with a bullet that tore his cerebral |
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I know a lot of y'all are thinkin we wanna believe you |
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Black people pray for J.F.K. (but bang!) |
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He got blown awayyyyyyy - same way |
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Gosh, I can't forget Peter Tosh |
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If Bob Marley was Jigga then Tosh'll be Nas |
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Peter was Bob's right hand man, one hand washed |
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the other, these brothers wanted more than to just be large |
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Killer on the guitar, but better up on the mic |
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Y'all remember that revolutionary shit he would write |
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Like, "Get Up, Stand Up" - stand up for your right |
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But bang, he got blown awayyyyyyy - you're damn right |
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Martin Luther King had more than a dream |
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He was out for social change and that sort of a thing |
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Tried to lead us to freedom but before it would ring |
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He got blown awayyyyyyy (he got blown away) |
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Tupac Shakur was more than a rapper |
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More than an actor, it was more than awards he was after |
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Tried to teach young black people a better way |
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He got blown awayyyyyyy |
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Then there was Saigon, I brought you "The Greatest Story" |
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I know they watchin me and I know that they waitin for me |
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I just pray that y'all heed what I had to say |
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before I get blown awayyyyyyy |