| There’s no such thing as a government
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| There’s only people rulin over people
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| People jerkin around people
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| People lendin a hand to people.
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| What part of the system do you play?
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| Who do you oppress?. |
| Uhh!
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| What kinda world are we livin in? |
| Yo
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| What kinda world are we livin innnnnn?
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| Can I get with my people? |
| Can I sit with my people?
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| Break bread with my people? |
| Move ahead with my people?
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| When every day, seven thousand kids are gettin locked up
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| When every day the justice system seems to stay stocked up
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| When every day they cuttin 'em down 'fore they even pop up
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| When every day you gotta duck 'fore you get shot up
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| What kinda world are we livin in, spinnin in
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| Winnin in, sinnin in, let us begin again
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| Churches are ran like corporations makin me holla
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| Corporations are ran like churches praisin the dollar
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| There’s no way out, or is it? |
| Release your doubt and live it
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| Teachin metaphysics don’t listen to these critics hear it
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| What kinda world are we livin in?
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| Believe in yourself, achieve for yourself, see for yourself
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| Speak for yourself, never weaken yourself, by deceivin yourself
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| Believe in your wealth, c’mon!
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| Yo, yo, yeah
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| What kinda world are we livin out, we move about
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| In fear and doubt, tryin to get more clout
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| Just check it check it out, we took the wrong route
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| To a morality drought, basically I’m callin 'em out
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| What kinda world are we livin in, when a song
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| Will not get on, unless it talks 'bout thongs
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| Now where did we go wrong? |
| We don’t have long
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| Preference all torn all worn not norm and all gone
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| What kinda world do we live around, when we lay around
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| Let me break it down, they shuttin us down
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| While we play around, we fallin, stallin
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| While God’s callin, all in to fall in
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| When every day another unwanted pregnancy ends
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| When every day another person is betrayed by a friend
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| When every day it never ends, and the people pretend
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| Like the President is there cause of them, let me ask
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| What kinda world can we really trust
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| When the cops they can shoot at us? |
| Bo bo!
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| What kinda world can we really grow (ohh)
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| When our daughters wanna be hoes (ohh)
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| And a father that nobody knows (ohh)
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| And a mother wearin them sexy clothes (ho)
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| What kinda world are we livin in, yo
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| What kinda world are we livin in, uhh
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| w/ variations
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| Can I get with my people? |
| Can I sit with my people?
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| Break bread with my people? |
| Move ahead with my people?
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| Can I sit with my people? |
| Can I get with my people?
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| Break bread with my people? |
| Move ahead with my people?
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| Can I sit with my people? |
| Can I get with my people?
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| Break bread with my people? |
| Move ahead with my people?
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| Fresh. |
| for two-thousand-one. |
| you SU-CKAZZZZZZ! |