Key: A minor•
Verse 1
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Because people did so much for me
Verse 2
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And I feel that he who has
been successful
Should look out for his fellow man,
his brother
Verse 3
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You see, I was gonna be a preacher,
huh, ay
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Maybe I am, but to me, I feel like I'm a teacher,
'Cause I've been able to experience
things that most poor...
A lot of people haven't been able
Verse 4
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'Cause I want to preach to you
one more time about heroin
I talked once before, now
I want to preach
I want to start by saying
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time, and said
Verse 5
I come from a land where the poppy
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seed grows
A whole nation gathered,
to plot my destruction
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Verse 6
You say, I'm pure and then I'm dilutable
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And once I'm in your blood I'll make
And I heard her only to say,
"Sing it on son"
She says, "Sing it on son",
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she says, "I've lost my son, he's gone on away
Sing it on,
so you might save a life"
Verse 7
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I said, "Madam, just looka here
I say, own a record and make all men
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That dare to use it wallow in sin"
Driven them to commit
a world of crime
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their mind
They changed their lives
and destroyed the meek
Verse 8
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Hallo, wait a minute, looka here
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They take gold from the rich
and made them poor
Take a young foolish maiden
and made her a whore
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Look at that"
Verse 9
I heard a man over in the corner
He was sitting down with
his head hanging low
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first walked in
And he was addicted to drugs but he said,
"I feel it
Verse 10
And brother, I want to get up and testify"
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So everybody started screaming
I saw a little tears coming from my
eye 'cause I know I felt it
Verse 11
Talk to a man that knows"
me, and some will buy
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For a state of affection and
But regardless of the position,
reason of use
You control my addiction
Verse 12
and I give nothing but abuse"
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He said, "Let me tell you about heroin
With a full cause of torment
For it's pleasures and pain
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and poison your brain"
Verse 13
The place started to kinda
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rocking a little bit
and say, "Sing on, brother"
I started humming a little bit
in the background
Verse 14
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minute"
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He said, "Beware of the sharp needle brother,
it'll make you sick
Annoyed, anguished,
and won't let you kick
King Heroin
When you want to look for a vein
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in your arm or your leg"
Verse 15
He said, "More priceless than diamond,
more treasured than gold
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More important than whiskey,
It'll just give you discomfort and no
Verse 16
peace of mind"
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said, "you'll always be aware
You've shot every drop of your heart
and it's full of fear
But he said, "Be quick,
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