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Verse 1
Mr.
James
Brown, the godfather of soul.
say, are you somebody?
What do you say when I
say, are you somebody?
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Damn right I'm somebody.
Ghetto people worldwide
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I've been waiting all my life,
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Ghetto people worldwide
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You've been down for too long,
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get up, stand up
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Ain't no time to give up,
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gots to give it time
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Ghetto people
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You've been down for too long,
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gots to stand up
All my ghetto people
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I've been waiting all my life
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Look, my people, they want me to mislead em,
mistreat em,
Martin,
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em, we got freedom, mother's daughter's stomach
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thumpin' from the kick of her fetus, what's
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Adidas, in this world of heathens,
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created in the im age of baby
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Jesus' father, I'm makin' a killin' but mak in' a livin's harder,
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see I hate who I am, gotta
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love who I'm becoming, right now I'm a liar, cheat,
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thief, searchin' for somethin', tomorrow
I'm an inspiration to
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And to a whole generation who
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want something from nothing
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You can feel the song in your bone,
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We got problems parking every building,
five apartments now
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Stick up kids who live above it,
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record labels telling me to dumb it down
like bullies
And you work a fool
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Recognize I'm in a struggle with you,
come on
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I've been waiting all my life
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It's about that time,
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You've been down for too long,
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Ain't no time to give up
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Gots to give it time, get up, ghetto people
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You've been down for too long
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Gots to stand up, all my ghetto people
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We switch spots just
Remember slow night
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s with the tray bags
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Selling two for eight
O ain't nothin'
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So many needle marks in his arm
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He turned to shootin' up in his nuts
Shorty drippin' wet, poppin' an
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E I ain't a fool, thick hands on a strip,
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Catch a case of how you coppin' a plea I learned from the older crews,
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keep your circle tight, time is a key
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don't dump in they robe and slippers
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Boy, pray in the book, pick up
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A tie is black on black, cover your stack,
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Don't sell if it's not a face, I know
We put the
Lemrock and
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We was raised off a dollar prize
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with the 25 cent juice
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It's about that time,
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get up ghetto people
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You been down for too long, get up, stand up
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Ain't no time to give up
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Gots to give it time,
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You been down for too long
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Gots to stand up, all my ghetto people
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I've been waiting for
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life to get up
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You've been down for too long,
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stand up
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I've been waiting for
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life to get up
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You've been down for too long,
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Yo, believe me I know the feeling
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Trying to escape the killing
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the little ghetto children
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With lead paint peeling from
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And tears for so many shot
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in the midst of the dealing
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And bring the glossiness
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We was kings beating drums in
Mali
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And now we stashing
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drugs in alleys so rowdy
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Every day feel just like wars in
Saudi
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Not exactly, but I know you get the idea
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My keen eye and quiet clear
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Share a li on glare,
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don't hes itate to let loose the iron hair
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L cause my strip is real
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Was a broke nigga hitting the field
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catching white women as well
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grip on his shield
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But he don't want his honey dick killed
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I've all my life, it's about that time
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Get up ghetto people
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You've been down for too long,
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Ain't no time to give up
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Gots to give it time,
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You've been down for too long,
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All my ghetto people
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to stand together, raise your fists together,
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good with courage an d determination.
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I am somebody. I am somebody. I may be poor,
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but I am somebody.
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I am, beautiful,
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wild, I must be respected,
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I must be protected, I am,
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God's child, what
Outro 1
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