Tonart: Db major
Verse 1
you been down with the struggle
for a long time... man
Why don't you drop some knowledge
for these brothers
Who want to get involved in this war
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Take notes real gangstas wear trench
coats
grey suits... black ties
And they seek votes
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and you're not to be misled
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They'll kill you in your fuckin' bed
Yo, excuse me
yes they do
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but they don't look that much like me
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Or you but if you pull up the sheets
and expose them
They'll crawl up like snakes
and show fangs of venom
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for years
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representin' the tattooed tears
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Other brothas locked up with no choice
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left in the bowels of devil
With no voice
Verse 2
my crib is bugged!
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My car is tailed from club to club
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and this ain't no fuckin' joke
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They want to see a nigga broke
you can't slip
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You gotta know what
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you're talkin' about
drop science
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hit direct and indirect
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speak in code
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'Cause you're never alone
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that's why I use this low tone
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Follow this and you might grow older
this is a message to the soldiers!
Message to the soldiers
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Message to the soldiers
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Message to the soldier!
Verse 3
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Now they killed King and they shot X
now they want me
You could be next!
all you gotta do is speak too loud!
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All you gotta be is be too proud!
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cause once you let 'em know
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Who you are and where you're at
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you better watch your back!
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Cause you might think you're just dope
In a sniper's scope
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I'm not tryin' to scare you
but there's a danger
If you get too deep
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some nights I don't sleep!
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all you wanna do is tell the truth
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all you wanna do is save the youth
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Ice Cube knows!
Souljah knows!
PE knows!
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and if you got kids or a girl
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they'll move on them too!
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but when I'm gone I need
you to carry on
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you gotta be strong!
and fight for our salvation
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But there will be retaliation!
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Soldier!
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this is a message to the soldiers!
Soldier!
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this is a message to the soldiers!
To think that rap could be attacked
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Is ignorin' the simple fact
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that they never meant us to speak
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They had planned to keep
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but rap hit the streets
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Black rage amplified over dope
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now they want to shut us down
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And they don't fuck around
check the history books... son!
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Black leaders die young
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they tell us that your words
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are scary
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They're revolutionary!
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because we speak the truth
about crime and drugs!
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And expose the real thugs
this info is not beneficial!
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to the groups that go by three initials
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so they try to discredit
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they'll dog you with an edit
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print the words the way
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But we gotta make 'em regret it!
message to the soldiers!
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message to the soldiers!
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word... I know a lot of brothas out
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there want to get in this war!
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you know what I'm sayin?
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A lot of sistas got a lot of knowledge
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to drop on our people
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But right now they're movin' to
shut down all hip- hop!
Verse 4
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The first amendment had absolutely
nothin' to do with black people
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At the time constitution was written
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we were considered nothin' but property
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the expectation of havin' black
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people speak on records
Never came to mind!
so we gotta move
but believe me all the black
leaders have been silenced!
and most of the time
It's been violent!
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so if you choose to get in this war...
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realize what you're in for but we
and we gotta stay strong
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Message to the soldiers!
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Welcome to the struggle!
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Message to the soldiers!
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Be careful...
Outro 1
Soldier!
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