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Hatred (Explicit) - Mr. Lif |
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Black man |
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You better stand strong |
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Hurry before our chances for survival are gone |
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It's the youth man |
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They get we at a young age |
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Try to live a better life but them want rage |
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You may ask me where this is coming from |
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So I'mma let the numbers run |
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In the year 2000 |
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46% high school graduate black man |
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Without a job or in the can |
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2004 |
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The number had increased by 4% more |
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Where does this leave us |
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Presently void |
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Shaking in a jail cell paranoid |
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I see lots of young black men pun TV |
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Nuff jewelry yet them not free |
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How can it be that we can't see |
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We're still shackled on that boat in the great blue sea |
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Flee |
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You don't like hearing the truth |
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The message that you're spreading is deading the youth |
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A people with no foundation stand naked |
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Look in the mirror and sever the hatred |
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When I'm walking down the street I see it all the time |
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People looking at me like my dreads are a crime |
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They signify the fact I refuse to conform |
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And I rock em' real thick cause I'm allergic to the norm |
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I guess it makes them mad because I cause a reaction |
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Maybe I remind them of their own lack of passion |
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Cops staring at me with a fatal attraction |
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Even black people mad cause I don't rock the common rapper fashion |
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Hoodied down |
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No bling |
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Just intelligence |
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And a fire that'll burn nuff pestilence |
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Yet this man in my face with irrelevance |
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Told me go abck to the jungle with the elephants |
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Let me cross the street before I catch a case |
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Cause I could wild the f**k out and kick you in your face |
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Which brings us right back to where we started in the first place |
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Wanna make it home but brothers' out at 1 st base |
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It takes a bigger man to see the bigger plan |
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To analyze experience and truly expand |
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You must |
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Keep a level head and never combust |
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With true peace of mind they could never truly conquer us |
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We're conquerors in our own right |
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We're blessed by the sun |
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And we're one with the night |
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The darkness is a fertile ground for creation |
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Foundation |
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For the sun's presentation |
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Both provide energy |
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Growth and chemistry |
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Reflect |
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Redirect |
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But respect your enemy |
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Without unity we could never make it |
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Look in the mirror and sever the hatred |
