Intro
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Our Lord, grant us good in this world, and good in the life,
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To come keep us safe from the torment of the fire, as we keep our hands up high
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And scream for justice Ferguson, rest in peace Mike Brown
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And all the young soldiers out there, God help us
[Chorus]
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Time to take a stand and save our future, like we all got shot, we all got shot
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Throwin' up our hands don't let them shoot us 'cause we all we got, we all we got
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God ain't put us on the Earth to get murdered, it's murder
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God ain't put us on the Earth to get murdered, it's murder, don't point your weapons at me
[Verse 1] (The Game)
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Seen the pictures, feel the pain, scandalous how they murder son,
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Tired of them killing us, I'm on my way to Ferguson
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Talked to TIP, I talked to Diddy, them my brothers walking with me
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Mothers crying "Stop the riots", we ain't got to chalk the city
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I seen Cole out there, felt I should go out there
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They left that boy for hours in the cold out there
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They killin' teens, they killin' dreams
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(It's murder) Yo, come on
[Verse 2] (Diddy)
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we gotta stick together, we all we got
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When police taking shots and I ain't talkin' 'bout Ciroc
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I'm talkin' 'bout Emmett Till, I'm talking bout Ezell Ford
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I'm talkin' 'bout Sean Bell, they never go to jail for
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Trayvon over Skittles, Mike Brown Cigarillos
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History keeps repeating itself, like a Biggie instrumental
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America's a glass house and my revenge is mental
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Rather use my brain than throw a cocktail through a window
[Verse 3] (Rick Ross)
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I got the keys to the city still we left in the cold
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Hands in the sky, still was left in the road
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Ribbon in the sky, Michael Brown, another soul
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Stole by the system, black men we pay the toll
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The price is your life, Uncle Sam want a slice
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Black dress code now we lootin' in the night
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Now we throwin' Molotovs in this holocaust
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And I know they hate to hear me screamin', "I'm a Boss!"
[Chorus]
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Time to take a stand and save our future, like we all got shot, we all got shot
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Throwin' up our hands don't let them shoot us 'cause we all we got, we all we got
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God ain't put us on the Earth to get murdered, it's murder
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God ain't put us on the Earth to get murdered, it's murder, don't point your weapons at me
[Verse 3] (2 Chainz)
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Tired of the okie-dokie, lyin' you Pinocchio
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Driving while black, tell me, where am I supposed to go?
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Gun shots hit the car, now I got the holy ghost
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If excessive force was a drug, then they overdosed
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Got us tryin'a protest, it's a slow process
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Heard it's a lot of rotten eggs in the crow's nest
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People prayin' on they feet, police holdin' on they heat
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Turned on the news and seen a tank rollin' down the street (Yeah)
[Verse 4] (Fabolous)
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I seen a lot of ice water tossed, and I know it's for a cause
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My only question is, what we doin' for the loss
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Of Mike Brown, 'cause right now, I challenge you to use your talents to
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Speak up, and don't you ever let them silence you
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'Cause action speaks louder than words, that's what I heard
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Shot down with his hands up, that's what occurred
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Man that sound absurd, matter fact to me that sound like murder we want justice
[Verse 5] (Yo Gotti)
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Ay yo Game, I had a crib out there, I used to live out there So I know how niggas feel out there
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People stressing, protesting, unity is a blessing, so it's time we come together, use our voice as a weapon
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I am Michael Brown, 'cause I stand for what he stand for
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News say we're looting, paint pictures like we some animals
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On my NWA DMG hollin' "Rest in peace Eazy and fuck the police"
[Verse 6] (Wale)
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Heard another brother slain up in St. Louis, sure the mother feel the pain, but what you famous doin'?
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I'm sure the general population trying to be more active
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But when the light finally catches you, you ice challenge
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Okay, and I support the ALS just like the rest of them
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But you have yet to pay your debt, so you just flexin' then
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'Cause everybody care for a minute, then stop
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People only there for a minute, then stop
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And what's the point of giving if you ain't giving your all?
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We never getting ahead, might as well give up your heart
[Bridge] (TGT & Swizz Beatz)
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Where does it end? I got my hands up, what else am supposed to do?
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Where does it end? Tell me, where's the love for everything we're going through?
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Mercy, mercy, mercy, mercy me
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Hope that God can save us
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Mercy, mercy, mercy, mercy me
[Verse 7] (Swizz Beatz)
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Martin Luther King had a dream! But they ain't respecting Jesse up out here
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And they don't really respect Obama out here
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Lights out, go dark it's like a nightmare
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How the fuck you play the game, but they ain't playing fair
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It's going down, Armageddon right here
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Right now, not on TV, but right here
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Put your flags in the air if you don't really care (Wave it)
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We need justice, yeah, we need justice here
[Verse 8] (Curren$y)
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Uh, I heard he surrendered, but we all saw how they did him
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Television broadcasts, a confused country, I'm a resident of a nation that don't want me
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What's done is done, the town erupts in fury, and I'm already hearing 'bout this lopsided jury
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Three faces like his, the rest another story, a lot of motherfuckers need to act more worried
[Verse 9] (Problem)
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The revolution has been televised, if I sit here and do don't do nothin', homie, that's genocide
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Fuck that, we have arrived!
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And who cares who ain't on our side 'cause we on our own,
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How do you preach peace to a family that just lost they own?
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My brodie, Game ,just banged my line like "We gotta do something"
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All that marchin' and that peace ain't gonna fuckin' do nothin'
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Fuck it, my moms, sorry, I'm ready to rage
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The police done let the animals out of the cage, oh Lord it's
[Chorus]
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Time to take a stand and save our future, Like we all got shot, we all got shot
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Throwing up our hands don't let them shoot us 'Cause we all we got, we all we got
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God ain't put us on the Earth to get murdered, it's murder
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God ain't put us on the Earth to get murdered, it's murder, Don't point your weapons at me
[Outro]
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Stand up