| We need a contribution
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| To help us find a solution
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| Barely staying alive
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| In all this confusion
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| I never took a cent
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| That wasn’t mine to keep
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| Worked my fingers to the bone
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| Dug myself in way too deep yeah
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| Don’t define yourself by what you are
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| Define yourself by what you love
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| I’m a soldier in the ghetto
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| Fighting for a few home truths
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| I’m a soldier in the ghetto
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| There’s war in my neighborhood
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| Hey I should have known better
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| Than to trust in the wisdom of fools
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| I’m a soldier in the ghetto
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| Won’t somebody please call a truce
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| Now everything’s different
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| And nothing’s really changed
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| People trying to move on up
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| But they just get rearranged yeah
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| They’ll give you what you want
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| Repossess all you own
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| I don’t know where I live
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| But I wanna go home yeah
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| Don’t define yourself by what you are
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| Define yourself by what you love
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| I’m a soldier in the ghetto
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| Fighting for a few home truths
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| I’m a soldier in the ghetto
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| There’s war in my neighborhood
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| Hey I should have known better
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| Than to trust in the wisdom of fools
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| I’m a soldier in the ghetto
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| Won’t somebody please call a truce
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| What it all comes down to
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| Is you don’t really care
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| I bet you sleep like a baby
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| While we lie awake saying our prayers
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| Don’t define yourself by what you are
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| Define yourself by what you love
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| I’m a soldier in the ghetto
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| Fighting for a few home truths
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| I’m a soldier in the ghetto
|
| There’s war in my neighborhood
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| Hey I should have known better
|
| Than to trust in the wisdom of fools
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| I’m a soldier in the ghetto
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| Won’t somebody please call a truce
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| I’m a soldier in the ghetto
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| I’m a soldier in the ghetto
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| I’m a soldier in the ghetto |