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Ludacris
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Hip hop nation, this is Spiz-ike Lee
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Been sleepin' for too long, wake up
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Wake up, wake up, wake up
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I see the sunshine gazin' through the window pane, yeah
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Blazin' like indo flame, it's to wake up, come to yo' senses, manye
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Snow is all around you, but you don't play in the winter games
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Cartridges surround you, but you ain't playin' Nintendo games
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Load 'em up and fill 'em up, to the top before you cock and aim
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Tryna get from the bottom to the top, like the stock exchange
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Shower shit and shave and hit the corner for a block exchange
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Amazin' what my people'll do for some pocket change
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But maybe this ain't the life that you chose
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This is the life where you stay strapped
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And pack a knife or end up with a blooded nose
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Street survivor or survivor of the streets
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And only the strong survive, there's no survival for the weak
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Catch a sneak peak of death if you ain't on ya Ps and Qs
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They carry banana clips and niggaz'll peel you for ya shoes
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It's the blues, but not on hill street
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You could call it, kill or be killed street
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Lost a pint of blood, let it spill street
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Stop and wake up, wake up
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They say my folks'll do whatever for the fortune and the fame
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And it'll take a fortune to get rid of all the pain, but I'm sayin'
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Use your brain homie, do the right thang, lemme talk to 'em
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Use your brain homie, do the right thang
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You say the only family that you got is in a gang
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And the only way to make it is by sellin' cocaine, but I'm sayin'
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Use your brain homie, do the right thang, lemme talk to 'em
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Use your brain homie, do the right thang
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I've been in this 'ere since we were drinkin' beers
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Years we've spent together, used to break up, get together
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Split a fight every night, gettin' cheddar, movin' white
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Our thang, so we had to do it right like Spike
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Holdin' forties, gettin' green on acres, these broads were our mules
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That's when we used to serve in front of Commonwealth School
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Fuel for cars and jewels, chains and tools
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It was organized crime but we remained confused
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Mom in the pews singin', Lord, protect 'em
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You might not agree with our views, but you had to respect 'em
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Diamonds in the rough, but were we reflectin'
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A system that's abrupt, the streets [Incomprehensible]
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One mornin' in the mirror, I seen my reflection
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A young man with good spirits, but needed direction
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I guess my man's death was my resurrection
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'Cause now I hear him sayin' from heaven, wake up
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Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up
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Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up
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They say my folks'll do whatever for the fortune and the fame
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And it'll take a fortune to get rid of all the pain, but I'm sayin'
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Use your brain homie, do the right thang, lemme talk to 'em
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Use your brain homie, do the right thang
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You say the only family that you got is in a gang
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And the only way to make it is by sellin' cocaine, but I'm sayin'
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Use your brain homie, do the right thang, lemme talk to 'em
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Use your brain homie, do the right thang
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I woke up this mornin' and got a call
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My pot'nah said he had news about a girl named Baby Doll
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She got fo' baby daddies, fo' kids by fo' different men
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And she just found out she's pregnant, I said, no, not again
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Man, when she gonna learn she don't wanna spend her life in court?
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Lookin' for back payments and fightin' for that child supports
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Chasin' checks, chasin' her ounce of respect, chasin' paper
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Chasin' entertainers or rappers and ballplayers
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Not carin' about a condom, I say, help her Lord, please
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'Fore she stuck wit mo' babies or ends up fightin' some disease
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You know that you a momma and mommas, we can't lose ya, no
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Treat yourself better, you carry seeds to the future
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And the future looks dim if we don't get ourselves together
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We gotta sacrifice, some do whatever for the cheddar
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So make the right decisions 'til you ready to give birth
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And know that you the most precious gift we have on this earth
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Babies, stop and wake up, wake up
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They say my folks'll do whatever for the fortune and the fame
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And it'll take a fortune to get rid of all the pain, but I'm sayin'
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Use your brain baby, do the right thang, lemme talk to 'em
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Use your brain baby, do the right thang
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You say you want a family but it's hard without a mayne
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And the only way to make it is to get him fo' his change, but I'm sayin'
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Use your brain baby, do the right thang, lemme talk to 'em
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Use your brain baby, do the right thang, lemme talk to 'em
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Wake up, wake up
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It's a new day
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C'mon brothers, wake up
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C'mon sisters, wake up
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ATL, wake up, wake up, baby
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Chi-Town, wake up, wake up, wake up
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Brooklyn's in the house
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Wake up, Brooklyn
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Ludacris, Common Sense and me, Spike Lee
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Always do the right thing
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I got it, I'm gone
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