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The Roots
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[Chorus]
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Monday they predict the storm
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Tuesday they predict the bang
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Wednesday they cover the crash
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And I can see it's all about cash
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And they got the nerve to hunt down my ass
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And treat me like a criminal
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[Black Thought]
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Look, it is what it is
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Because of what it was
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I did what I did
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'Cause it does what it does
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I don't put nothin' above
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What I am, what I love
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My family, my blood
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My city and my hood
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Hater for the greater good
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I'm back from Hollywood
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And I ain't changed a lick
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Though, I know I probably should
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But, what I'm doin' is not a good look
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I never did it by the good book, as a lifetime crook
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All the petty crime took a toll on me
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I look around at my homies that's gettin' old on me
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But still somethin' gotta hold on me
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Maybe it's faith
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If it's comin', yo I'm willing to wait
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I'm not runnin', I done ran through the mud
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I done scrambled and such
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I done robbed an odd job and gambled enough
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Till I'm put up in handcuffs
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And pissin' in a cup
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If there's a God,
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I don't know if he listenin' or what
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[Chorus]
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[Truck North]
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Yeah, it is what it is
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And that's how it go
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Get treated like a criminal
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If crime is all you know
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Get greeted like a nigga
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If a nigga all you show
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A public enemy, to send a eye in the scope
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My city like a island where you can't find a boat
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Have you wishin' for a raft
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And prayin that hope flows
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So real ethnic cleansing going down no so
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Who lookin' for a chair and some real strong rope
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Just to end it all here
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Screamin' "fuck the mayor"
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He see the faces at the bottom of the welfare
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They act like I'm somethin' to fear
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Trapped in urban warfare
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And pullin' triggers at a college career
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Can't ignore the call of the wild
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That's drawin' 'em near
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Try to make fast money last long some years
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Try to laugh it off
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Still couldn't lose the tears
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To the rules, I will not adhere
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Break the law, yeah... {echoes}
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[Chorus]
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[Saigon]
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Who wanna challenge mine?
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I'm sick of St. Valentine
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I did the violent crimes
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That's why I got this style of rhyme
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Seek repentance to spittin' them sentences
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To senseless experience is the difference
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You can't convince this
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In a crime sense, niggas is infants
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I'm like a senior citizen
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Still livin' but gettin' benefits
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Put emphasis on hittin' my nemesis in high percentages
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Crooked ass cops is the reason for my belligerence
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And it gets deeper than that
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Remember nights I used to sleep wit a gat
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With a package of crack under my sneaker strap
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D's sneak attack and raid me
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It took a week for that
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Beat the rat, but you're sayin' "look, he think he the mack"
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Fuck ya'll!
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Niggas who thinkin' they might try us
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Watch us inside riots
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Blew cars and light fires
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We already been knocked, scrutinized
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Plus, cops rush to brutalize us
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America's polluted by lust
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Who could I trust?
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If I can't trust you, then I might touch you
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If I ain't got love for you
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Then fuck you!
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[Chorus] x2
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