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Oddisee
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Just one dollar below 10K, that's the amount I'm flying with
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One more buck and the law comes out and they all want to know about why I'm rich
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I'm not rich I'm just on the way back to the land where they need this grip
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You give yours to a charity fund, I give mine to a cuz that's sick
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You see your name and it fourth on the list, scared I'm involved in the causing of pain
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Lost somebody you loved in the towers and looking at me like I boarded the plane
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I'm just an artist you're not a target no use in arguing we all look the same
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With that knowledge I stay calm when they search for bombs all they find is green
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All in the name - I got a name that'll scare all the brave in the land of the free
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All in the name of protecting a country that's shooting its citizens dead in the streets
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I used to live in Northeast D.C. not too far from Capitol Hill
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White House here, trap house there, they were so near you could go by feet
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Never mind that cause that's not news - let's stay glued to the war on peace
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Who gets blamed? Whoever can sway that election towards what the order seeks
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We just want to keep oil cheap, we just want to keep motors full
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What that mean? Distractions came, I think my TV's clothed in wool
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Man I swear they have my phoned tapped
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Man I swear they watching all my moves
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Since 9/11 it ain't too clear just who the target is
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I love my country, hate its politics
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Can't just let me be
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Can't just let me live
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Regardless my belief
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I thought the fathers wrote it clear
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But darkness all I see
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And darkness all I hear
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I'm trying to lift the shadow but the cloud ain't got no give
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Can't just let me be
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Can't just let me live
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Regardless my belief
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I thought the fathers wrote it clear
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But darkness all I see
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And darkness all I hear
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I'm trying to lift the shadow but the cloud ain't got no give
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I was on tour when the migrants came, saw their camps on side of the road
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I met a boy who arrived in the rain, he lost his folks when they torched his home
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That made me want to bring my fam before they see that side of a drone
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But who wants us, we build your world it's "labor's cool, neighbors no"
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I got a cuz that'll drive your taxi, I got a cuz that'll make your food
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I got a cuz that'll watch your kids and pick them up when they're done with school
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I got a cuz that'll pump your gas, I got a cuz that's good with tools
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I got a cuz that'll be your doctor after a test that I hope he'll pass
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Isn't that what you fear most? But fear don't trump your needs
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Our pros do trump our cons though. And cons don't trump your greed
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And monsters' what you make of us and we make you succeed
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And that's what makes this country great, it's built by those who bleed
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It's built by those who came on boats, it's built by those who flee
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And you forgot your family tree and we're just all your leaves
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So if you just try to chop us down you only hurt your knees
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And we could go in pieces but we'd rather come in peace
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Man I swear they have my phoned tapped
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Man I swear they watching all my moves
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Since 9/11 it ain't too clear just who the target is
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I love my country, hate its politics
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Can't just let me be
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Can't just let me live
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Regardless my belief
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I thought the fathers wrote it clear
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But darkness all I see
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And darkness all I hear
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I'm trying to lift the shadow but the cloud ain't got no give
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Can't just let me be
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Can't just let me live
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Regardless my belief
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I thought the fathers wrote it clear
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But darkness all I see
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And darkness all I hear
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I'm trying to lift the shadow but the cloud ain't got no give
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