Key: Ab major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
was so afraid of
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everything she said
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Since her mother told her why
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once upon a time
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There was no rhyme
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Of the weary hours we were facing
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a second hand Shylock
Verse 2
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I saw what it had taken
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Playing back that old
Everything was dirty,
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everything was without rhyme
'Cause me and nigger marched
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Of here just like yesterday
Verse 3
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Yesterday's streets were
Mothers weep while children sleep
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Like ancestors in the ground
together like sons
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for the battle
Verse 4
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like a pack of
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cards in the dead of night
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Like lovers below Bataan, below
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the senses
'Cause the senses smell of tears
While we and nigger marched
Blasted our way out of here
Close the door and let's
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