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Penny for a Thought
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Saul Williams
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Cancel the apocalypse
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cartons of the milky way with pictures of a missing planet
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last seen in pursuit of an American dream
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this fool actually thinks he can drive his hummer on the moon
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blasting DMX off the soundtrack of a South Park cartoon
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niggas used to buy their families out of slavery
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now we buy chains and links, smokes and drinks
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they're paying me to record this, even more if you hear it
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somebody tell me what you think I should do with the money
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yes, friend tell me what you think I should do with the money
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exactly how much is it gonna cost to free Mumia?
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what's he gonna do with his freedom? talk on the radio?
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radio programming is just that - a brainwashin' gleamed of purpose
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to be honest, some freedom of speech makes me nervous
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and you looking for another martyr in the form of a man
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hair like a mane with an outstretched hand
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in a roar of hearts, thoughts, reactionary defensiveness and counter
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intelligence
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what exactly is innocence?
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fuck it, I do believe in the existence of police brutality
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who do I make checks payable to? (How 'bout I pay it in prayers?)
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a young child stares at a glowing screen transfixed by tales of violence
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his teenage father tells him that that's life, not that Barney shit
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a purple dinosaur that speaks of love, a black man that speaks of blood
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which one is keeping it real, son?
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who manufactured your steel, son?
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hardcore, ancient elements at the earth's core
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fuck it, I'mma keep speaking 'til my throats sore
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an emcee told a crowd of hundreds to put their hands in the air
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an armed robber stepped to a bank and told everyone to put their hands in
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the air
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a Christian minister gives his benediction while the congregation hold
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their hands in the air
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love the image of the happy Buddha with his hands in the air
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hands up if you're confused, define tomorrow
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your belief system ain't louder than my car system
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nigga walked down my block with his rotwiler, a subwoofer on a leash
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each one teach one
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the DJ spins a new philosophy into a barren mind
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I can't front on it
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my head nods as if to clear the last image from an etch-a-sketch
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something like Rakim said- I could quote any emcee, but why should I?
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how would it benefit me? karmic repercussions
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are your tales of reality worth their sonic laced discussions?
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suddenly, the ground shivers and quakes
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a newborn startles and wakes
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her mother rushes to her bed side to hold her to her breast
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milk of sustenance heals and nourishes
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from the depths of creation life still flourishes
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yet we focus on death and destruction, violence, corruption
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my people, let pharaoh go
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what have you bought into? how much will it cost to buy you out?
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what have you bought into? how much will it cost to buy you out?
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what have you bought into? how much will it cost to buy you out?
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(spoken)
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how much it gonna cost to buy you out of my mind?
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penny for a thought, y'all niggas is half steppin' wastin' my time
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please, nigga what? you talkin to me?
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please baby, baby, baby can I borrow - can i borrow a nickle, a dime, and
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that quarter
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penny for a thought, penny for a thought
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how much will it cost to buy you out of buyin' into a reality that
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originally bought you?
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dime a dozen, y'all niggas a dime a dozen
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penny for a thought, nigga, c'mon, penny for a thought
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think fast, think fast, c'mon, time is money
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time is money, money is time
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so i keep 7 o'clock in the bank and gain interest in the hour of God
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I'm saving to buy my freedom, God, grant me wings, I'm too fly not to fly
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I soared further past humans without wings so I soar
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and fine tickling the feathers of my wings
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flying hysterically, over land numerically
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I am seven mountains higher than the valley of death
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Seven mountains higher than the valley of death
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Seven dimensions deeper than dimensions of breath
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(x12, gradually mixed out)
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