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ti: Life In Marvelous Times |
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ar: Mos Def |
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Bright moments, |
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Bright moments always come back vivid shēng dòng de. |
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The 5th grade was epic shǐ shī, citywide test pressure |
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The precrack era shí dài! |
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Mr. Schollmen, what a prick, attitude matched his wardrobe, uglier then sin zuì è. |
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Now |
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This is BedStuy rù mián de chéng shì 82' |
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9th floor, 3tiny rooms one view. |
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Bucktown, Roosevelt house |
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They green grass is green |
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Our green grass is brown. |
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Shots rang my phone wasn' t TouchTone àn jiàn shì de |
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A heavy beef bào yuàn in the street |
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ET had to flee |
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Great heavens! Good grief bēi shāng! |
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Hungry bellies, bright gold on they teeth! |
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The windows on the Ave huān yíng look like sad eyes |
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They fix their sharp gaze on you when you pass by |
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And if you dare to stand, you can see em cry |
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You can watch ' em scowl nù róng, |
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Feel ' em prowl tú móu bù guǐ |
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Wall and study every inch about you |
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Fast math measuring what you amount to |
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The laughter, the screams! |
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The numeral, the song of Psalms zàn gē |
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The book of dreams! |
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Ends don' t meet where the arms can' t reach Mean streets, |
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Even when its free it ain' t cheap. |
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Ongoing saga chuán shuō, terminal diagnosis zhěn duàn, |
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Basic survival requires superheroics. |
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No space in the budget for a cape dǒu péng |
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It' s when you gotta fly by night to save the day |
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Crash landings routinely guàn cháng dì happen |
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Some survive, others never rise from the ashes |
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Watching asphalt lì qīng and observing the Sabbath ān xī rì |
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Creates an ecstatic rù mí de and there you have it |
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From teenage love, pray in tongues |
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Strange fruit, batty gǔ guài de boots and native drums gǔ |
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From hence I come |
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So here we go |
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Signs and wonders all along the road |
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Some lies open, some lies close |
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Some stretchers dān jià role with no lies at all. |
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Some riders don' t know what they riding for |
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Hands on chuán gěi xià yī dài the wheel and their mind is gone |
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Wherever you ride, whatever your name, |
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This raw téng tòng de cold life is a beautiful thing |
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And we are alive in amazing times |
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Delicate xiān ruò de hearts, diabolical cán rěn de minds |
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Revelations qǐ shì, hatred, love and war. |
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And more and more and more and more |
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And more of less than ever before |
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It' s just too much more for your mind to absorb |
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It' s scary like hell, but there' s no doubt |
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We can' t be alive in no time but... now! |
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It' s just another shot to the heart, |
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It' s just a sure shot in the dark, |
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It' s just another place in the stars |
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Wonders on every side, life in marvelous times |
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Life in marvelous times |
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Rock, everywhere |
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All over the world, you can feel it |
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All over world, feel it, |
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Spirit rise everywhere |
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It' s just another shot to the heart, |
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It' s just a sure shot in the dark, |
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It' s just another place in the stars |
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Wonders on every side, life |
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in marvelous times |
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Life in marvelous times |