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In The Beginning
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K'Naan
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Yiaoowww!*
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So
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In the beginning there was hum
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From a poet whose pulse fell
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Drum, drum, drum!
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He would perform prayers and all
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'Till one day he heard a voice call,
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"Come, come, come!"
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Suspicious, he moved with vicious caution
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Dismisses, he thinks it's a little off
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People get held back
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By the voice inside them
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Yo:
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The voice said, "I'm poised to speak inside you
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Rejoice and please let me invite you
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To evil, greed, and lies too"
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Yeah:
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Confusing days, he moved in ways he soon became a kuuni
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Boom, boom, boom!
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A knock on his door, his lord is no more
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A knock on his door, his soul is no more
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La la la la- yeah
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La la la la- that was in the beginning
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La la la la- as the story goes on...
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La la la la-
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So, so, so:
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The poet's got a proposal
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He would always hope but never know
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What it feels to be free
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He would be the frozen, imposed as the chosen on all those opposing
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But he would be greedy
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That's got him there
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He's power-hungry and proud too
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People don't care, people just scared
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People don't care, people just pray
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La la la la- yeah
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La la la la- that was in the beginning
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La la la la- there was a hum
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La la la la- and things change
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La la la la-
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Yeah, yeah, yeah
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Say:
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It's better to light a candle than to curse the dark
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In the eyes of the youth, there are question marks, like freedom
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Freedom for the mind and soul, we don't see them
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See them for their worth at all, that's why we lead them
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Lead them to these wars and what is it we feed them
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Feed them our impurities and who it is we treat them
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Treat them like the enemy, humanity will need them
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Need them like the blood we spill and we're freedom
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Freedom for the hearts we fill
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Mislead them
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They hunger for the love we give
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But we cheat them
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The cops beat him when all he wants is his freedom
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So they defeat him
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Whatever spirit he's got
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Beat him
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And they teach him that the rest of the world don't need him
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And he believes it's a disease; that he's heathen
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Put up your fists if all you want is freedom
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Put up your fists if all you want is...
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La la la la-
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La la la la- that was in the beginning
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La la la la- and things change
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La la la la-
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Yeah, yeah, yeah:
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And we keep holding on
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And we keep being strong
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And we keep going on
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And on and on and on
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