If you were born in a housing project
I dedicate this poem to you
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Hoping that deep in your dull eyes
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You can spot a little blade of grass
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And guys, we need to set things straight
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It's high time to take a break
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To trade this gloomy life
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For the scent of a rose
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It's the anthem of our countrysides
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Of our rivers, of our mountains
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Of life, man, of the animal world
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Shout it real loud, wear out your vocal cords!
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No job, no diplomas
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Everywhere the same ghetto stench
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Nothing fires up your neurons anymore
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Not even the weed you pack in your cones
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Go look elsewhere, nothing holds you back
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Go quick, do something with your hands
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Don't come back here, you've got nothing
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And be the first to sing this chorus
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It's the anthem of our countrysides
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Of our rivers, of our mountains
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Of life, man, of the animal world
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Shout it real loud, wear out your vocal cords!
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Sit down by a river
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Listen to the water trickling on the earth
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Tell yourself that at the end, hey! there's the sea
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And that's nothing fleeting
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Then you'll get that you're nothing
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Like the one before you, like the one who comes
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That the liquid running through your hands
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Will keep you alive till tomorrow morning!
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It's the anthem of our countrysides
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Of our rivers, of our mountains
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Of life, man, of the animal world
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Shout it real loud, wear out your vocal cords!
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Sit down next to an old oak
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And compare it to the human race
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The oxygen and shade it brings you
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Does it deserve the axe blows that bleed it?
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Lift your head, look at those leaves
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Maybe you'll see a squirrel
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Staring at you full of pride
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Its home is there, you're on the doorstep
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It's the anthem of our countrysides
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Of our rivers, of our mountains
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Of life, man, of the animal world
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Shout it real loud, wear out your vocal cords!
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Shout it real loud, wear out your vocal cords!
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Maybe I'm talking just to talk
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And when you listen to me you wanna laugh
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But if concrete is your future
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Tell yourself it's the forest that lets you breathe
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I'd like, for all animals
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For you to catch the message in my words
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Because a patch of land, a reed stalk
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Will fuel your kids' growth!
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Will fuel your kids' growth!
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It's the anthem of our countrysides
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Of our rivers, of our mountains
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Of life, man, of the animal world
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Shout it real loud, wear out your vocal cords!
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It's the anthem of our countrysides
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Of our rivers, of our mountains
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Of life, man, of the animal world
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Shout it real loud, wear out your vocal cords!