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American Terrorist III
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Lupe Fiasco
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[Verse 1 - Lupe Fiasco]
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Hello Gorgeous
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The phone call's probably being recorded
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Just know that I did it for the four of us
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And those mutherfuckers kept ignorin' us
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After this I'm going underground
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If they come asking give them the run-around
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How does Costa Rica in the summer sound?
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Couple days then we moving to another town
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Yea I know them dreams, seems
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Just know that time'll never come between
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Space either, fake features
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Things that we reject but connects all us believers
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The insurrection's gone viral
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They'll never stop it now
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I hope it all spirals
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Outta control, like a dam with a hole
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From here on out it's all about survival
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The way we left things they probably think we rivals
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But don't be naive, they hate you more than I do
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Remember always speak in opposites, I hate you so much, it's such a compliment
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I know that defies the common sense, but we ain't never been right: honestness
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We never fit in school, and never did rules, but who'd a thought we'd turn out bombing shit
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[Hook]
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I'm giving you a nightcall to tell you how I feel
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I want to drive you through the night down the hills
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I'm gonna tell you something don't want to hear
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I'm gonna show you where it's dark but have no fear
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[Verse 2 - Lupe Fiasco]
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He said he was just so tired, of them fighting our water with fire
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He said that we need something drier, to really impress the empire
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Funny cause he really hated war, but why we went to war is what he really hated more
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Said it's silly how that our schools make us stupid and our jobs make us poor
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When he came back from the Corps, is when he really got serious
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Read a lot of books, started acting all mysterious
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The VA is what really made him furious, told him his condition didn't exist, period
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That's why he started that petition, went all the way to Washington, said they didn't listen to a white male Christian
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He just laughed when they took our father's pension
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He said that you gotta act in opposites, helps you hide your tracks when you stand up to the dominant
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But I knew he felt bad, told me later was the saddest day he ever had
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To see our dad so hopeless, that was the turning point that's what really gave him focus
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I didn't agree with everything, some of it made sense
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But never thought that he would do something like this
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[Hook]
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[Verse 3 - Lupe Fiasco]
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I know you don't watch but your brother was on TV
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Couple guys in black suits came around to see me
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They went through all your book's and took all of your CDs
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My granny said you'd be all right, she saw it in the tea leaves
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All the operations going well, had a lotta contact from all the other cells
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Everybody, everywhere is calling you a hero
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They going through the rubble, but the body count is zero
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It's all violent and bloodless, I know the government really loves this
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This account is hacked, you know how to keep in touch
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I'll never see you again, I hate you so much
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[Bridge]
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There's something inside you
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It's hard to explain
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They're talking about you boy
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But you're still the same
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[Hook]
Lupe Fiasco - American Terrorist III
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