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Jesse
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Grandmaster Flash
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[Repeat x3]
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He's comin
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He's comin
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He's comin
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He's here
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(His name is Jesse)
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(His name is Jesse)
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Hypocrites and Uncle Toms are talkin' trash
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(Let's talk about Jesse)
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Liberty and justice are a thing of the past
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(Let's talk about Jesse)
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They want a stronger nation at any cost
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(Let's talk about Jesse)
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Even if it means that everything will soon be lost
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(Let's talk about Jesse)
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He started on the bottom
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Now he's on the top
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He proved that he can make it
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So don't never stop
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Brothers stand together and let the whole world see
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Our brother Jesse Jackson go down in history
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[Repeat x4]
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So vote
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Vote
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Vote
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Everybody get up and vote
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See Ronald Reagan speakin' on TV
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Smilin' like everything's fine and dandy
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Sounded real good when he tried to give a pep talk
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To over thirty million poor people like me
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How can he say that we gotta stick it out
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When his belly is full and his future is sunny
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I don't need his jive advice
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But I sure do need his jive time money
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The dream is a nightmare in disguise
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(Let's talk about Jesse)
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Red tape and lies fill your for spacious skies
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(Let's talk about Jesse)
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But don't think that D.C. just did it first
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(Let's talk about Jesse)
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There's a lotta D.C.'s all over this universe
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(His name is Jesse)
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He started on the bottom
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Now he's on the top
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He proved that he can make it
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So don't ever stop
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Brothers stand together and let the whole world see
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Our brother Jesse Jackson go down in history
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[Repeat x4]
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So vote
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Vote
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Vote
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Everybody get up and vote
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Land of the free and the home of the brave
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But it might as well be the home of the slaves
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They got me walkin' around singin' 'freedom's come'
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But my body is free and my mind is dumb
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The people ain't black but the house is white
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And just because I'm different they don't treat me right
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They done cast me aside, held me down
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Dragged my name down to the ground
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Oh beautiful for spacious skies
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And your amber ways of untold lies
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Look at all the politicians tryin' to do a job
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But they can't help but look like the mob
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Get up and get back, put it away
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Watch the F.B.I. watch the C.I.A.
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They want a bigger missile and a faster jet
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But yet they forget to hidin' the vet
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Hypocrites just talkin' trash
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(Let's talk about Jesse)
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Liberty and justice are a thing of the past
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(Let's talk about Jesse)
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They want a stronger nation at any cost
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(Let's talk about Jesse)
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Even if it means that everything will soon be lost
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(His name is Jesse)
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[Repeat x4]
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Now break down
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Vote
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Vote
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Everybody get out and vote
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The thirtieth day, that's in December
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Is a day that everybody's gonna remember
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'Cause on that day a righteous man
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Thought about takin' a brand-new stand
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The name of the man is Jesse Jackson
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And his call for peace was loud as action
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Cause now's the time to change the nation
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But not with just another negotiation
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He went to the East for human's rights
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To free the lieutenant shot down in flight
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Just another statistic, and the government knew it
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They didn't even want the man to go do it
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Before he left, he called the President's home
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And Reagan didn't even answer the phone
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But I tell you one thing that's a natural fact
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You can bet he called Jesse when Jesse got back
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He started on the bottom
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Now he's on the top
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He proved that he can make it
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So don't ever stop
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Brothers stand together and let the whole world see
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Our brother Jesse Jackson go down in history
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So vote
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Hypocrites just talkin' trash
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(Let's talk about Jesse)
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Liberty and justice are a thing of the past
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(Let's talk about Jesse)
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They want a stronger nation at any cost
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(Let's talk about Jesse)
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Even if it means that everything will soon be lost
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(His name is Jesse)
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So for fast and friendly service hey
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(Let's talk about Jesse)
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And there's no need to be nervous hey
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(Let's talk about Jesse)
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He's changin' our conditions hey
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(Let's talk about Jesse)
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So join the Rainbow Coalition hey
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Come on
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(His name is Jesse)
Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - Jesse • ...
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