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The Sacrifice of Victor
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What is sacrifice?
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(We s, we s, we s, we sacrifice)
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N P G in mass attack, Sonny, please
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(We sacrifice)
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Church if you will, please turn to the book of Victor
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(We s, We s)
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We like to start at the top if you don't mind
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We sacrifice
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(Don't say it, preacher)
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I was born on a blood stained table
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Cord wrapped around my neck
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Epileptic 'til the age of seven
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I was sure Heaven marked the deck
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(We sacrifice)
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I know, joy lives 'round the corner
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(Joy for sale down on the corner)
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(We sacrifice)
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One day I'll visit her, I'm gonna
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(Out on my block, I'm just a loner)
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(We sacrifice)
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When she tell me everythin'
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(Tell me)
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That's when the angels sing
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(Sacrifice)
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That's when the victory is sho 'nuff
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(Sho 'nuff down with the sacrifice)
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(We sacrifice)
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Help me
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(Don't say it, preacher)
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Mama held up her baby for protection
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From a man with a strap in his hand
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Ask the Victor 'bout pain and rejection
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You think he don't, when he do understand
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(We sacrifice)
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I know, Joy lives 'round the corner
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(Joy for sale down on the corner)
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(We sacrifice)
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One day I'll visit her, I'm gonna
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(Out on my block, I'm just a loner)
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(We sacrifice)
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When she tell me everythin'
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(Tell me)
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That's when the angels sing
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(Sacrifice)
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That's when the victory is sho 'nuff
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(Sho 'nuff down with the sacrifice)
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(We sacrifice)
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Help me
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S A C R I F I C E
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We, we, we sacrifice
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(Don't say it, preacher)
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Sac-sac-sacrifice
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We, we, we sacrifice
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We, we, we sacrifice
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Sacrifice, if you turn the page
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(Don't say it, preacher)
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1967, in a bus marked, 'Public School'
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Rode me and a group of unsuspectin' political tools
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Our parents wondered what
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It was like to have another color near
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So they put their babies together to eliminate the fear
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We sacrifice
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Yes we did fightin' one another
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We sacrifice
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(Don't say it, preacher)
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All because of color
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The angel of hate
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She taught me how to kick her
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If she called me anythin' but Victor
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(You mean like nigger?)
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If the only thing that tells me is, father time
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Then sacrifice is the mutha sublime, we love it
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Listen mutha, we sacrifice
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Don't, don't, don't say it preacher
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We sacrifice
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(Well, well, well, well)
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(What is sacrifice?)
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Hold yo' text, deacon
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Never understood my old friends laughin'
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They got high when everythin' else got wrong
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(Pass the booze up here)
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Dr. King was killed and the streets they started burnin'
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When the smoke was cleared their high was gone
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Education got important so important to Victor
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A little more important than ripple and weed
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Bernadette's a lady and she told me
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(What she say?)
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"Whatever you do son
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A little discipline is what you need
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Is what u need, you need to sacrifice"
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We sacrifice
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I know, joy lives 'round the corner
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(Joy for sale down on the corner)
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(We sacrifice)
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One day I'll visit her, I'm gonna
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(Out on my block, I'm just a loner)
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(We sacrifice)
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When she tell me everythin'
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(Tell me)
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That's when the angels sing
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(Sacrifice)
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That's when the victory is sho 'nuff
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(Sho 'nuff down with the sacrifice)
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(We sacrifice)
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(What is sacrifice?)
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(We sacrifice)
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S A C R I F I C E
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(We sacrifice)
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Joy around the corner
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(Hey Wendy, how come we)
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(We sacrifice)
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'Scuse me y'all
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(We sacrifice)
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We don't don't mean to take up yo' time
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(Joy around the corner)
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But we got somethin' heavy on our minds
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(We sacrifice)
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Yes, we do
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(We sacrifice)
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Sometimes, you gotta leave the one you love
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Somebody, anybody, everybody wave your hand
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Around the corner, there's another sacrifice
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(Joy around the corner)
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But you got to do the best you can, y'all
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(We sacrifice)
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Say you got to go through it
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(Go through it)
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You got to go through it all
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(Go through it all)
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High glory, yeah
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Sell it, don't tell it, don't tell me
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(Joy around the corner)
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[Incomprehensible] nice at my feet
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Lord, I might get tired
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But I, I've got to keep on
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(We sacrifice)
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Walkin' down this road
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(We sacrifice)
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Keep on walkin' down this road
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(Joy around the corner)
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When I reach my destination
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(We sacrifice)
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My name will be, Victor
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Amen
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