Based On A True Story

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At the age of eighteen i was 
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roaming around with a gun in my 
waist
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Gun in my waist  ??  then you 
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know jumbo rasta gun shot in the 
face
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shot in the face
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At the age of nineteen i was 
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lost couldnt be found tearing up the
 place
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          But then came 
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rastafari who saved i with his   
glory and grace
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        king rastafari if it 
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wasnt for you id be dead by now
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             rastafari  our  
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praises and love to  you yes i
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put away my frown
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             rastafari if it 
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wasnt for you id be dead by now
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               Give thanks to 
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Rastafari
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           i thought the 
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alternative was in the gun. i 
thought troubling people
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that was the fun. until i got 
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wanted and waste on the run me start
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 to hear rastafari i and i
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force we done. i cared for no one
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 but myself         i used to hurt 
innocent
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people for fame and wealth       
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      ????           bad for my 
health
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               based on a true 
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story          king rastafari
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saved      turbulence with his 
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grace and glory
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so i          put  none   after 
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   and then il put none before me
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      emporor selassie-i    jah 
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             rastafari
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              mamma knew the man
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 that i was so shes so
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happy that im a rastaman so is ma 
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auntie and my friends eradicate
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hatred with love. man i believe 
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theres a man in the sky up above, 
amongst the
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astronaughts. king selassie run 
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the south the east and the north, 
clean up your
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heart