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Afu‐ra
Afu‐ra
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Key: F major
Verse 1
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[Hook 4X: samples scratched
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by DJ
Premier]
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"Uprising surprising"
Verse 2
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"Knowledge wisdom under
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standing"
Verse 3
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[Afu- Ra] Smooth like Johnny
Cochran,
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I keep it movin through Brooklyn
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Base against the hymn,
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brings the sweat to the skin
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Reminisce of the days as a shorty
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Had no stress, no bills, was comin for me
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I lived it up, yeah, money ain't a thing
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Never thought twice on
what my future bring
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Role models,
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naw I thought nothing of it
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Eyes fixed on skies and planes fly
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high above it
Summer's comin,
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September's middle school
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Mom Dukes mad strict,
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she'll never raise a fool
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I'm comin up,
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clean the dirty from the ghetto
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So we can plant some seeds
and watch them grow
Verse 4
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[Chorus]
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Right, knowledge wisdom
understanding rules, right
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Everybody got to pay the dues,
right
Knowledge,
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wisdom understanding rules
Everybody got to pay the dues
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[Afu- Ra] Tripped up by
Verse 5
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bad luck, 16 years and buck
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I realized the world might
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end, not givin up
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Stickin up, runnin up, comin up
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Turn it up, I see signs of blowin up
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Study life in every facet of my trainin
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We need masters in biology,
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zo ology
To overtake,
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Illuminati trick- nology
Transform,
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reciprocate your mental state
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Now make a date to overtake
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your ob jective
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Show that through light, that
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everything is connected
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But not in categories,
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that's the Devil's story
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Symbols of cannibalism, ruin your vision
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The thoughts formulate in your mind
with no precision
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So reenact, a rebirth,
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now you're the Phoenix
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When shorties see it,
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now that's the time they believe it
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Achieve it, your goals in life,
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don't be a casualty
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Infinite and intricate, monument
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"Knowledge wisdom
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understanding"
Verse 6
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[Chorus]
[Afu- Ra]
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Right,
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knowledge wisdom understanding,
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rules
Verse 7
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"Uprising, surprising"
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[Afu- Ra]
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I know the next millennium seems
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like it's cursed
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That's why I have to rehearse
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Tune my physical,
mental spits the lyrical
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It's so essential,
transcends thoughts I'm into
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As we continue,
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touch rhyme styles I'm into
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All grown up, Junior High to 25
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A made man,
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tight connection with my brothers
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Bridgin gaps, dodgin traps with my raps
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Signs you're followin, shed more light
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Then a halogen, take a step back, now
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who you followin?
[Chorus 2X]
Outro 1
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