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I'm the sub-total of my ancestors, I carry their DNA
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We are representatives of a long line of people
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And we carried them around either with this long line of people
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That goes back to the beginning of time
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And when we meet they meet other lines of people
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We say, bring together the lines of me
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When I look back over the years at the things that brought tears
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To my eyes, papa said, "We have to be wise to live long lives"
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Now I recognize what my father said before he died
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Vocalize things I've left unsaid
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Left my spirit unfed for too long
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I'm coming home to my family where I can be strong
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Be who I planned to be within me my ancestory
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Givin' me continuity
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Would it be remiss to continue in this way
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Would you rather I quit come with the other shit
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Making people's hips sway, lip service I pay but I'm nervous
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I pray for all the mothers who get no sleep
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Like a lifeline I light lines 'cause my compassion is deep
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For the people who fashioned me my soul to keep
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And this is who I happen to be
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And if I don't see that I'm strong then I won't be
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This is what my daddy told me
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I wished he would hold me a little more than he did
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But he taught me my culture and how to live positive
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I never wanna shame the blood in my veins
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And bring pain to my sweet grandfathers face
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In his resting place, I made haste to learn and not waste
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Everything my forefathers earned in tears
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For my culture
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Fall back again
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Crawl from the warm water
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For my culture
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Water to air
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You're on your feet again
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Your feet again
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Hello dad, remember me?
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I'm the man you thought I'd never be
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I'm the boy who you reduced to tears
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Dad, I'd been lonely for 27 years
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Yeah, that's right, my name's Bob
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I'm the one who landed the popstar's job
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I'm the one who you told look, don't touch
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I'm the kid who wouldn't amount too much
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I believe in the senses that I sound and I have always been too loud
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Won't you help me drown it out?
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And when I feel what I'm feeling is so real, I'm a mas
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Of spinnin' wheels always digging in my heels, now I got the faith to
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Fall back again
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Crawl from the warm water
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Water to air
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You're on your feet again
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Your feet again
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Lace up your boots, we're going back to the roots
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Speaking to my ghetto youths freak freaking for loot
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And nice things, better check what your future brings
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It's now and your forefathers for the know how
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Go now into the world without hatred
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Use your head, if the needle is wise be the thread
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And weave ancestral wisdom, yours by birth
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Spreading the Lord's word over this broad earth
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This is what my daddy told me
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I wished he would hold me a little more than he did
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But he told me my culture and how to live positive
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I never wanna shame the blood in my veins
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And bring pain to my sweet grandfathers face
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In his resting place, I make haste to learn and not waste
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Everything my forefathers earned in tears
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For my culture
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Fall back again
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Crawl from the warm water
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Water to air
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You're on your feet again
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Your feet again
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For my culture
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Fall back again
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Crawl from the warm water
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Water to air
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Your on your feet again
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Your feet again
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For my culture
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