Woke chords by Empire Cast

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Verse 1
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Oh, oh,
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oh...
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HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH
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I feel like I'm walking on my people
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Cause white pavements
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keep turning brown
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Mistreated with no  explanation
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Still not enough to hold us down
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It feels like 1960
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Yeah, when Dr. King fought for
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our lives
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Bruised and abused,
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but we re  fuse to lose again
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Open eyes, we will rise
We gon' fight, we won't die
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We're alive because we're
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Woke, woke
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Ain't going nowhere,
we're standing here
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Woke, woke
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No more crying,
no more blood and tears
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Work, work
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We're built on strength,
we've buried all our fears
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We all see what's going on,
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no need to bring me along
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Cause we're work
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Oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh  -oh
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My hands  up,
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now please don't shoot me
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That's the last thing I heard him say
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His birthday was on next Tuesday
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But he won't live to see another day
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Oh, that's my brother,
yeah, I miss him
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Another body, another victim
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All because of this crooked system
They took and they cooked
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and they signed
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Bruised and abused
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but we refuse to lose again
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Open eyes, we will rise
We gon' fight, we won't die
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We're alive because of where I
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Walk, walk
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Ain't going nowhere,
we're standing here
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Walk, walk
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No more crying,
no more blood and tears
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Walk, walk
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We're built on strength,
we've buried all our fears
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We all see what's goin' on,
no need to bring me along
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Cause we're woke
We gon' fight,
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everything gon' be alright
We're aware,
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don't you see us standing here?
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We're much stronger than you think
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We gon' swim now, we won't sink
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It's gonna take a million people
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To try to hold us back from freedom
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What about all the mothers
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that are losing all their sons?
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What about all the daughters
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that are losing all their fathers?
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Too much blood in the streets,
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won't you stop killing my people?
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Never going back to sleep,
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cause we're all fighting
for the peace
Because we're woke