[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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This morning I woke up in a curfew;
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Oh God, I was a prisoner, too - yeah!
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Could not recognize the faces standing over me;
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They were all dressed in uniforms of brutality. Eh!

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How many rivers do we have to cross,
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Before we can talk to the boss? Eh!
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All of we got, it seems we have lost;
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We must have really paid the cost. (That's why we gonna be)

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Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight (Say we gonna burn and loot)
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Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight (One more thing)
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Burnin' all pollution tonight (Oh, yeah, yeah)
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Burnin' all illusion tonight.
Oh, stop them!


[Verse 2]
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Give me the food and let me grow
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Let the Roots Man take a blow.
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All them drugs gonna make you slow now
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It's not the music of the ghetto. Eh!

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Weeping and a-wailin' tonight (Who can stop the tears?)
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Weeping and a-wailin' tonight (We've been suffering these long, long-a years!)
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Weeping and a-wailin' tonight (Will you say cheer?)
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Weeping and a-wailin' tonight (But where?)


[Verse 3]
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Give me the food and let me grow
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Let the roots man take a blow. (I must say –)
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All them, all them drugs gonna make you slow
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It's not the music from the ghetto. (We gonna be)

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burning and a-looting tonight (To survive, yeah!)
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Burning and a-looting tonight (Save your baby lives)
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Burning all pollution tonight (Pollution, yeah, yeah!)
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Burning all illusion tonight (Lord-a, Lord-a, Lord-a, Lord!)


[Outro - Fade out]
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Burning and a-looting tonight
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Burning and a-looting tonight
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Burning all pollution tonight.