[Intro: Lowkey]
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It's been a long time coming
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Too long
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Too long
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It's been in the making a quarter century
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But it's here now
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It's here now
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If by the time you hear this album
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I'm not here
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You know why
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[Hook: Mavado]
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Tell ya, so mi say
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Too many suffering too many tears
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To see a youth die I'm a know him for years
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When me look around nobody care
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The people dem a live inna fear
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The system need to change right now
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To much you do could a inna grieve right now
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I know si the bigger is a give right now
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After ghetto people a no steep right now (Woo ooh! oi!)
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The system need to change right now
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To much you do could a inna grieve right now
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I know si the bigger is a give right now
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After ghetto people a no steep right now (Yeah yeah!)
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[Verse 1:]
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My music is my natural resource, now I want it back
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Til I sever every single chain I will not relax
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Just constant attack, til my world looks like Monserrat
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Contact my comrades, for combat, what's conscious rap
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When you say the truth, they attack like a Saber-tooth
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Thinkin' clear they make you disappear like you hate the fruit
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We don't need more Boens, we don't need more Rebors, weed or Lyor Cohens
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They tell us about terrorism and tell us about terrorists
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Look up the definition and tell us what terror is
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Only know the definition if the television tells us it,
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Public Enemy #1 they treat me like Professor Griff
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This album has been in the making a quarter century
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Born to bless the beat and rap over recorded melody
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I knew the truth since I was a small little boy
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I am a product of the system I was born to destroy
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[Hook: Mavado]
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Me can't believe I saw dem cheat people
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And they fi protect and dem a leave people
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I me no si no system fi di street people
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Can't believe di money lead people
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The system need to change right now
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To much you do could a inna grieve right now
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I know si the bigger is a give right now
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After ghetto people a no steep right now (Woo ooh! oi!)
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The system need to change right now
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To much you do could a inna grieve right now
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I know si the bigger is a give right now
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After ghetto people a no steep right now (Yeah yeah!)
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[Verse 2:]
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On the news, they glorify their own henchmen
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Support the troops, but won't mention Joe Glenton
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It's funny cause the rappers are posing as the gangsters
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While the government taking money as bonuses for bankers
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In life you learn, to close your eyes and hold your tongue
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But together we will overcome, there's never been a chosen one
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Still tryna understand, the land I stand on
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I'll probably die from cancer or [?]
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I will never give up, I will never just quit
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I will never give in, I will never submit
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The reason that I came, is bleeding from the veins
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Of the people cause we equal, only freedom is the aim
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This album has been in the making a quarter century
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Born to bless the beat and rap over recorded melody
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I knew the truth since I was a small little boy
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I am a product of the system I was born to destroy
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[Hook: Mavado]
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Me can't believe I saw dem cheat people
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And they fi protect and dem a leave people
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I me no si no system fi di street people
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Can't believe di money lead people
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The system need to change right now
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To much you do could a inna grieve right now
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I know si the bigger is a give right now
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After ghetto people a no steep right now (Woo ooh! oi!)
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The system need to change right now
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To much you do could a inna grieve right now
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I know si the bigger is a give right now
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After ghetto people a no steep right now (Yeah yeah!)
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[Verse 3:]
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If you're subordinate to corporate guys supplyin' you orders
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You're fighting fire with fire, I'm fighting fire with water
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When they kill me, I know I'll die with a focused mind
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Plus there'll be millions of me, ready to multiply
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Don't just mention, acknowledge me, remember to honor me
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My pen and this honesty, defendin' equality
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Declared a republic, and ended your monarchy
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Your corporate dictatorship, pretends it's democracy
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I hold your bloodline, accountable for every crime
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Adam Smith to Rothschild, it's all been a clever lie
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