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[ti:panther power] |
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[ar:2pac] |
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As real as it seems the American dream |
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Ain't nuthin'but anotha calculated scheme |
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To keep us locked up and shot up and back in chains |
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To deny us our future rob our name |
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Kept our history a mystery but now i see |
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The American dream wasn't meant for me |
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'Cause lady liberty's a hypocrite she lied to me |
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Promised freedom education and equality |
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Never gave be nuthin'but slavery |
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But now look at how dangerous you made me |
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Callin'me a man 'cause I'm strong and bold |
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With this gumbo of knowledge of the lies you told |
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Promised me emancipation and a free nation |
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All you ever gave my people was starvation |
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The father of our country never cared for me |
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They kept our ancestors shacked up in slavery |
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Uncle Sam neva did a damm thing for me |
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Exept lie about the facts in my history |
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Now I'm sittin'here mad 'cause I'm unemployed |
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But the government glad cause they enjoy |
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When my people are down they just screw us around |
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Time to change the government now |
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Panther Power |
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Ray: |
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panther powr from the place that resides within |
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Go to for to with a panther and you just can't win |
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Self proclaimed best supress the rest |
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The rich get richer and the poor take less |
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The American dream was the American nightmare |
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You kept my people down and refused to fight fair |
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The Ku Klux Klan tried to keep us out |
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With signs that state No Blacks allowed |
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With intimidation and segregation |
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Once would wait for our freedom |
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but now we're impatient |
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black.the other can't get a soldout |
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freedem.a alite cant get a yeah out |
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dont u ever dsofaijs a you |
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panther the power |
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they will soon to stop |
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panther the power/ |
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My mother neva let me forget my history |
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Hopin'that i would set free cahins that were put on me |
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Wanted to be more than just free |
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Had to know tha true facts about my history |
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I couldn't settle for bein'a statistic |
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Couldn't survive in this capitalistic government |
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'Cause it was meant to hold us back with ignorance |
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Drugs and sneak attacks in my community |
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They killed our unity |
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Do you remember that's what I'm askin'you |
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you think you're livin'free don't make me laugh at you |
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Open your eyes realise you've been locked in chains |
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Said you wasn't civilized and stole your name |
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'Cause some time has passed we seem to all firget |
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There's no liberty for me and you we ain't free yet |
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Panther Power |