Imperialism chords by Awkword

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So what about Africa,
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oh they're just black
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Half a year spent on the pope
and glossed over the facts
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About the rape and murder
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and civilized aristocrats
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Scrambling for Africa
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like rats trampled through trash
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Assailants for cash,
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plus control and domination
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Political plans to strangle
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hold the population
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Force  of habitation,
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game of capture the flag
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Turning my body and soul
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into tattered up rags
Cicero said it best,
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if I could annex other planets
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Now technology oc cupy my mind,
god damn it
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For the love of Ray J,
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I know God couldn't plan it
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Global warming's got us all locked,
how do we stand it?
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Make a mountain out of molehill,
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drop bombs without Congress
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Wearing my colors with my people
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Acting obnoxious, what you got?
I want it
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Your block? I'm on it
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The wretched of the earth,
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imperialism's upon us
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Watch the snakes that coil and strike
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And bite whoever fights for their rights
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The spoils of life
Show the cavemen fire,
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burn them alive
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Gentrification, game of gore, genocide
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Uh, irrelevant lives of
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the elephant tribe
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Democracy, the priesthood
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That's why the priests is worldwide
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On the scene, demon crap,
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promotional lies
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About a   region of heathens
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that should be civilized
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The ruling elite, brutally beaten,
it's a lie
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Genocide for a third man, I civilize
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If divided we  fall, how do y 'all rise?
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Divide, conquer, strategize,
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imperialism aside
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Be it race, gender, or class,
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place in the caste
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System that within slavery lasts
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If not physical,
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the mental will endure vast
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Series of inequality, not up to the task
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Revolution surely will pass,
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just like a chase shirt fad
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1914 began, worst path to end the days
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In the rage of the two wars
half the world
Suffered in depression
while the rest of them laughed
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By the rest I mean,
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sons of the ones
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who chained us to the slave trade
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Years later, blenders for the AIDS craze
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by  any means manifest destiny
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not just ex pand to the west
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you see it's bigger than the u .s
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big ger than the u .n
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new imperialism
a clever vision
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see the eu movement
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snake sliver in the midst of hell
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live a wild documented cell
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they sell their bullshit for rent
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watch the snakes that coil
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and strike and bite
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whoever fights for their rights
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the spoils of life show the caveman fire
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burn them alive
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gentrification game of gold genocide
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the irrelevant lives of
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the elephant tribe
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That's why the preachers worldwide
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on the scene deeming crap,
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promotional lies
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About a   region of heathens
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that should be civilized
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The epitome of cynicism,
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the sense of living,
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where you can't see the
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light and your senses
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The by -product of lies
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and the iron conduct
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The rise of the machines,
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red, blue, ties in the tux
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Thugs rhyming, no love, blood,
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diamonds and slugs
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Hey, you know mine,
my people just mine and get cut
The minerals hide in the pores
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of the earth
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The poor die, the rich switch
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sides and take turf
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Rudyard Kipling tried casting a  spell
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The white man's burden,
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the black man's hell in a shell
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Corruption, violence, ethnic conflicts
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And they still wondering
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where the bomb is
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With lack of education and healthcare
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The sense of self disappeared
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the community scared.
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Watch the snakes that coil and strike,
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an  d bite
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whoever fights for their rights.
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swirls of light show the cavemen fire,
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burn them alive.
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Gentrification, game of gold,
genocide.
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The irrelevant lives of the elephant tribe,
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democracy, the priesthood.
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That's why the priests is worldwide,
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on the scene, demon crap,
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promotional lies,
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about a   region of evil
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that should be civilized.
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Watch the snakes that, watch the,
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watch the snakes
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Shake that cradle, cradle, or strike
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Cradle, cradle, or strike
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Watch this watch this
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Watch this watch this
Simple lines
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