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The Roots
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This is the story of a
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Who lives who dies who tells your story
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(Da-da-da-dum da-da-da-dum da-da-da-dum)
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This is the story of a
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Who lives who dies who tells your story
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My mind flashes, I see the asses of the masters
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Who test the masses, I ask if I'll ever be one
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When I die, will heaven be done?
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What will my legend become?
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I will forever be young
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Through old tales of breakdancing down at Odell's
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Streets named after me is where my soul dwells
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Desires of a church choir, Trinity United
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I think of good memories that Hennessy provided
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Memories divided by perception
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Will it be water for chocolate or resurrection?
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The path to perfection is rarely achieved
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I head in that direction, I dream and believe
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An underground dude that overachieve
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From the windy city I was blowing they eaves
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Somewhere along the way I aired out MCs (who lives who dies who tells your story)
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But to stand out some days you may freeze
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Degrees
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Who lives
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And who dies
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Who holds on to all our lives
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Time and time and time again
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Will they tell your story in the end
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(Who lives who dies who tells your story?)
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Yo, the anticipation arose as time froze
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The black men in the morgue were John Does
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Lynched for whistling at blond-oes
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I said a prayer with my eyes closed
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As I loaded the roscoe's at the sink, yo
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I been a bullet on the brink
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But being a young king
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Probably different than you think, though
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The quills that I dip into the ink go to document
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And you'll remember me when I'm extinct
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Yo, sing the carol at a young pharaoh
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Who slew Leviathan with one arrow
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As I revolve through the gun barrel just to watch it unravel
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I tell them have heart, must travel
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Keep my legacy alive even if I don't survive 'til the curtain call
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First of all, realize what we working towards
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Fuck around, find what we searching for (who lives who dies who tells your story?)
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The earth, my name written in cursive on
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Who lives
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And who dies
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Who holds on to all our lives
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Time and time and time again
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Will they tell your story in the end
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(Who lives who dies who tells your story?)
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Who lives
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And who dies
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Who holds on to our lives?
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Time and time and time again
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Will they tell your story in the end?
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(Who lives who dies who tells your story?)
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Frozen in time, I can't let it go
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Nat Cole, Unforgettable
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The pedestal I'm on, I'mma end up on the Federal
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Reserve note your money with a hip hop quote
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I might change legislation with some shit that I wrote
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From boats that we came on to lights with our name on
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Through hard times, we spark minds to keep the flame on
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I write hard rhymes like I'm running out of time
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Truthfully, my stop watch is one with the divine
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Centuries from now, they'll play my freestyle
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And say, this is the brilliance of a Black American child
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Endowed by the streets of the Chi proud
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Known to move in silence, but can be loud
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The noise of beat girls and boys
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Building to destroy the perception of urban aggression
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My life is a progression, of course for the oppressors
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A chorus, my story is the glory of the lord
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Who lives (who lives)
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And who dies (who dies)
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Who holds on to all our lives?
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Time and time and time again
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Will they tell your story in the end?
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(Who lives who dies who tells your story?)
Who lives, who dies, who tells your stor...
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