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mmmmm, see he's organized, and he's on the ball, never miss a day of school, and he's a underdog, wanna learn more and more, cuz his mama taught him good, he's about to change the face, of yo ghetto neighborhood, walking to school today, saw a brother on the streets, seem like errthang was cool, cept the brother's packing heat, oop oop, then everything changed, cuz he saw his own wings, and his mother was sad, they will last, time will past, cuz i, what am i talkin' bout, errbody know what dis song's about, dey be trying to hide the history, but they know who we are, do oo you want to see, errybody rise to this degree?, raise ya hands high if you agree, just say yessireeee ooooh, yessiree, if you agree say, yessireeeeee ooooohh, yessiree, ugh, come on, ugh, break it down say, mmmm, mmhhh, hey hey, mmmm, aaaye, hey hey, mmmm, oooh, hey hey, mmmm, oooh, hey, now to my folks think dey living sweet, well dey gone f**k around and push delete, to the girls on perscriptions pills, i know how ya feel, to my boys in iraqi fields, this aint no time to kill, to my girls in therapy, see imma tell you this fo' free, to my folks up on the hill, with the cake and dollar bills, you need to watch da dirty cop, dey the one you need to watch, im talking bout the dirty cop, dey the one you need to watch, stop, you get the wake up call, when you saw the buildings fall, bowties with the final call, get ya money dollar bill yall, bowties with the final calls, get ya money dollar bill yall, to my folks on the picket line, dont stop til you change dey mind, i got luv fo' my folks, baptized when the levy broke, we gone keep marchin' on, until you hear dat freedom song, and if you think about turning back, i got the shotgun on ya back, and if you think about turning back, i got the shot gun on ya back, bllaaaa, what am i talking bout, errbody know what dis song's about, dey be trying to hide the history, but they know who we are, dooooo you want to see, errybody rise to the next degree?, raise ya hands high if you agree, just say yessireeee ooooh, yessiree, if you agree say, yessiree hey, yessiree aye, hey,hey,hey, break it down say, mmmm, ooooh, hey hey, mmmm, oooh, hey hey, mmmm, oooh, hey hey, mmmm, oooh, hey hey, mmmm, ooooh, hey hey, mmmm, oooh, hey hey, mmmm, oooh, hey hey, mmmm, oooh, hey aye,

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Artist: badu, erykah