We pay to be born
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And the kid pays to bury
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But only for those who can pay
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But no strength to fight
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So we leave home
Not knowing if we'll be back
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To grab what's our right
Crime ain't crime anymore
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When it's a crime well done
Is something I don't accept
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But there's a flame lit
It'll be just cause and effect
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An effect that fills my lungs
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And gives me strength to sing
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Mr. President, this country's sick
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Our people can't take it anymore
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Mr. President, how do you feel
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Seeing the line at our hospitals?
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Mr. President, I even wish we
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Could understand each other but don't know how
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'Cause tonight
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Another boy on the back street is gone
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So pretty it has no hurricane
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Of a people still orphaned
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Of a single-mother homeland
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Where wages are worth less
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A street kid sleeps
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Beloved yet unloved homeland
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And I'll tell you who you are
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To grab what's our right
Crime ain't crime anymore
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When it's a crime well done
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Is something I don't accept
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Meanwhile the people cry
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But there's a flame lit
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When the people explode
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It'll be just cause and effect
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An effect that fills my lungs
_____
And gives me strength to sing
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Mr. President, this country's sick
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Our people can't take it anymore
_____
Mr. President, how do you feel
_____
Seeing the line at our hospitals?
_____
Mr. President, I even wish we
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Could understand each other but don't know how
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Don't know how, I don't know
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Another boy on the back street is gone