| This is Nelson Mandela
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| I represent Johannesburg, South Africa
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| When in Africa chilling out
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| I listen to Talib Kweli and DJ Hi-Tek
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| Reflection Eternal
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| Yeah, yo Tone we celebrating; |
| get your brother in here
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| Raise your glass up (raise it up)
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| Yo, this goes out to everybody who was down with us
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| Since «Fortified Live» to «2000 Seasons», «The Manifesto»
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| From 1−9-9−5 to 1−9-9−9 to 2000
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| All of y’all I got one question:
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| Are you ready? |
| Hell yeah, say «c'mon»
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| To all my people where you at?
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| Put your fists up
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| We gon' twist up, say «c'mon, c’mon»
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| Experience the «Train of Thought»
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| Hop aboard, c’mon
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| Experience rocking with the Re-flec-tion
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| E-ternal, c’mon, yeah
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| This dedicated to everybody who came up to me
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| And who came up to Hi-Tek after the shows
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| We came to your town you showed us love (one love)
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| Everybody would ask us when the album was coming out
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| And I said «when it is finished!»
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| Ayo, ayo I’m on the grown
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| This is for y’all, one love!
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| All the political prisoners, social prisoners
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| Freedom fighters, graffiti writers, grassroots organizers
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| (Raise it up) All y’all
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| Everybody in the spot, everybody say «Real Hip-Hop»
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| (Real Hip-Hop) Say «Real Hip-Hop» (Real Hip-Hop)
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| Yep, like that
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| All the black families hustling
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| Single moms, single dads in the house
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| Parentless children, we see y’all, I’m with y’all
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| All the ballers, players, revolutionaries, gangsters
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| We don’t represent the streets
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| We represent the folks in 'em!
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| (Uh-huh) Whether you’re materially rich, spiritually rich
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| Yo, yo, yo-yo-yo
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| Ima send this out to all my comrades in this music:
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| Spit Kickers, Native Tounges, The Soulquarians
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| Wanna battle, yeah
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| The beacons of light throught the dark tunnel
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| A lot of stars is trekking
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| Ain’t nothing final about the frontier
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| «Train of Thought» came to take you there, yeah
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| «Train of Thought» came to take you there, yeah
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| The «Train of Thought» came
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| Experience the «Train of Thought»
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| Hop aboard, c’mon
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| Experience rocking with the Re-flec-tion
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| E-ternal, c’mon, yeah |