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Rose That Grew From Concrete - Nikki Giovanni
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[Tupac Shakur]
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You try to plant somethin in the conrete, y'knowhatImean?
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If it GROW, and the and the rose petal got all kind of
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scratches and marks, you not gon' say, "Damn, look at
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all the scratches and marks on the rose that grew from concrete"
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You gon' be like, "Damn! A rose grew from the concrete?!"
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Same thing with me, y'knahmean? I grew out of all of this
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Instead of sayin, "Damn, he did this, he did this,"
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just be like, "DAMN! He grew out of that? He came out of that?"
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That's what they should say, y'knowhatImean?
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All the trouble to survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty
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y'knowhahatImean unbelievable lifestyle they gave me
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I'm just tryin to make somethin..
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[Nikki Giovanni]
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When no one even cared
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The rose it grew from concrete
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Keepin all these dreams
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Provin nature's laws wrong
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It learned how to walk without havin feet
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It came from concrete
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[spoken part]
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Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?
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Provin nature's laws wrong it learned how to walk without havin feet
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Funny it seems but, by keepin its dreams
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it, learned to breathe FRESH air
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Long live the rose that grew from concrete
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when no one else even cared
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No one else even cared..
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The rose that grew from concrete
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[spoken part]
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Did you hear..
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Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?
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Provin nature's laws wrong
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It learned to walk without having feet
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Funny it seems but by keeping its dreams
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it learned to breathe FRESH air
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Long live the rose that grew from concrete
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when no one else, even cared
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[Nikki Giovanni]
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Keepin all these dreams
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Provin nature's laws wrong
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It learned how to walk without havin feet (to breathe the fresh air)
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It came from concrete (to breathe the fresh air)
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(to breathe the fresh air, to breathe the fresh air)
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[Tupac Shakur]
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You see you wouldn't ask why the rose that grew from the concrete
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had damaged petals. On the contrary, we would all celebrate its
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tenacity. We would all love it's will to reach the sun.
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Well, we are the rose - this is the concrete - and these are
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my damaged petals. Don't ask me why, thank God nigga, ask me how!
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Hahahaha..
2Pac - The Rose
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