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Saul Williams
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Nah, I wasn't raised at gunpoint
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And I've read too many books
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To distract me from the mirror
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When unhappy with my looks
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And I ain't got proper diction
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For the makings of a thug
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Though I grew up in the ghetto
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And my niggas all sold drugs
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And though that may validate me
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For a spot on MTV
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And get me all the airplay
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That my bank account would need
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I was hoping to invest in
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A lesson that I learned
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When I thought this fool would jump me
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Just because it was my turn
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I went to an open space
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'Cause I knew he wouldn't do it
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If somebody there should see him
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Or somebody else might prove it
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And maybe in your mind
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It may seem I got punched out
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'Cause I walked a narrow path
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And then went and changed my route
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But that openness exposed me
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To a truth I couldn't find
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In the clenched fist of my ego
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Or the confines of my mind
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Or the hipness of swagger
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Or the swagger in my step
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Or the scowl of my grimace
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Or the meanness of my rep
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'Cause we represent a truth, son
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That changes by the hour
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And when you open to it
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Vulnerability is power
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And in that shifting form
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You'll find a truth that doesn't change
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And that truth's living proof
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Of the fact that God is strange
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Talk to strangers when family fails
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And friends lead you astray
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When Buddha laughs and Jesus weeps
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And it turns out God is gay
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'Cause angels and messiahs
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Love can come in many forms
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In the hallways of your projects
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Or the fat girl in your dorm
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And when you finally take the time
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To see what they're about
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And perhaps you find them lonely
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Or their wisdom trips you out
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Maybe you'll find the cycle's end
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You're back where you began
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But come this time around
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You'll have someone to hold your hand
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Who prays for you, who's there for you
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Who sends you love and light
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Exposes you to parts of you
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That you once tried to fight
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And come this time around
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You'll choose to walk a different path
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You'll embrace what you turned away
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And cry at what you laughed
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'Cause that's the only way
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We're gonna make it through this storm
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Where ignorance is common sense
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And senselessness the norm
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And flags wave high above the truth
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And the two never touch
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And stolen goods are overpriced
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And freedom costs too much
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And no one seems to recognize
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The symbols come to life
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The bitten apple on the screen
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And Jesus had a wife
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And she was his messiah
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Like that stranger may be yours
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Who holds the subtle knife
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That carves through worlds like magic doors
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And that's what I've been looking for
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The bridge from then to now
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Was watching BET like
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What the fuck, son? This is foul
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But that square box don't represent
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The sphere that we live in
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The Earth is not a flat screen
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I ain't trying to fit in
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But this ain't for the underground
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This here is for the sun
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A seed a stranger gave to me
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And planted on my tongue
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And when I look at you
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I know I'm not the only one
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As a great man once said
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There is nothing more powerful
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Than an idea, whose time has come
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