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I come here today to talk about how I feel
And I feel like that we are treated differently than other people
And I don't like how we’re treated
Just because of our color doesn't mean anything to me

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This just the way I feel
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Mind's been racing so long, yeah
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It’s just no way to deal
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With these problems alone

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And I really can't take it no more
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I've been fighting temptations, my Lord
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I'm young and I'm restless
(And I really can't help it)
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I never felt selfish before
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I've been living so reckless, I know
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Tell me Lord, can you help me?
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(I said Lord, can you help me?)

[Verse 1]
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Now everybody got problems, yeah
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But wouldn't know what way to solve ’em
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I really came up from the bottom
Strugglin’, my momma on her last dollar
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Hustlin' and I’ve been puttin' in these hours
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The government been tryna take away what's ours
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It's really all about the money and the power
I just wanna see my people empowered
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Uh, uh, tell me how we gon’ shape this vision
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Complainin' all day, but in the same condition
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If you wanna make change, it's gon' take commitment
Some people enslaved by they religion
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Can't emancipate them from the mental prisons
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What I seen through optics transform to wisdom
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Watch me use my prophets, get 'em all to listen
I've been on a mission, ah

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And I really can't take it no more
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I've been fighting temptations, my Lord
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I'm making them restless
(And I really can't help it)
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I never felt selfish before
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I've been living so reckless, I know
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Tell me Lord, can you help me?
(I said Lord, can you help me?)

[Verse 2]
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Now everybody got vices, yeah
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But wouldn't know what good advice is
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Until they leave 'em lifeless
Another mama cryin', it's another crisis
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Lord knows we just tryna live righteous
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Are you willin' just to make the sacrifices?
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I know we can't continue livin' like this
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And I'll never sell my soul 'cause that's priceless, uh, uh
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Tell me how we gon' make a livin'
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Hustle on the block, who gon' save the children?
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Man it's all a plot and I'm just revealin'
The media just tryna make a villain
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I just take the pain and a paint a picture
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Voices in my head, I hear the whispers
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When I feel this way, inhale the swisher
Or I sip the liquor, ah

[Chorus]
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And I really can't take it no more
Fm
I've been fighting temptations, my Lord
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I'm making them restless
(And I really can't help it)
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I never felt selfish before
Fm
I've been living so reckless, I know
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Tell me Lord, can you help me?
(I said Lord, can you help me?)

[Pre-Chorus]
Gb              Fm   Ebm
This just the way I feel
Ebm                      Bbm
Mind's been racing so long, yeah
Gb             Fm
It’s just no way to deal
Ebm         Bbm
With these problems alone
[Chorus]
Gb                           Bbm
And I really can't take it no more
Fm
I've been fighting temptations, my Lord
Ebm
I'm making them restless
(And I really can't help it)
Gb                       Bbm
I never felt selfish before
Fm
I've been living so reckless, I know
Ebm
Tell me Lord, can you help me?
(I said Lord, can you help me?)

[Outro]
Do not stop
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We are black people and we shouldn't have to feel like this
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We shouldn't have to protest because you are treating us wrong
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We do this because we need to and we have rights