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I am not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
and yo I'm just like my country
I'm young scrappy and hungry
and I'm not throwing away my shot
I'mma get a scholarship to King's College
I probably shouldn't brag with Dag
I amaze and astonish
the problem is I got a lot of brain
but no polish
I gotta holler just to be heard
with every word I drop knowledge
I'm a diamond in the rough
a shiny piece of coal
trying to reach my goal
my power is speech unepeachable
only 19 but my mind is older
these streets are getting colder
I shoulder every burden
every disadvantage I've Learned to manage
I walk these streets famished
woo the plan is to fan this spark into a flame
but damn it's getting dark so let me spell out name
I am the ื ื ื ืก ื ื ืจ
we are meant to be a colony that runs independently
meanwhile Britain keep shitting on us endlessly
essentially they tax us relentlessly
then King George turns around runs a spending spree
he ain't never gonna set his descendants free
so there will be a revolution in this century
enter me he says in parentheses
don't be shocked when your history book mentions me
I will lay down my life if it sets us free
eventually you'll see my ascendency
and I am not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
hey yo I'm just like my country
I'm young scrappy and hungry
and I'm not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
hey yo I'm just like my country
I'm young scrappy and hungry
and I'm not throwing away my shot
let's get this guy in front of a crowd
I am not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
hey yo I'm just like my country
I'm young scrappy and hungry
and I'm not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
hey yo I'm just like my country
I'm young scrappy and hungry
and I'm not throwing away my shot
everybody sing whoa whoa whoa
hey whoa whoa whoa
so let them hear you yeah let's go oh oh oh oh
I said shout it to the rooftop oh oh oh
said to the rooftop oh oh oh oh
come on yeah come on let's go rise up
when you're living on your knees you rise up
tell your brother that he's gotta rise up
tell your sister that she's gotta rise up
when are these colonies gonna rise up
when are these colonies gonna rise up
when are these colonies gonna rise up
when are these colonies gonna rise up
rise up I imagine death so much it feels more like
a memory when's it gonna get me in my sleep
seven feet ahead of me
if I see it coming do I run or do I let it be
is it like a beat without a melody
see I never thought I'd live past 20
where I come from some get half as many
ask anybody why we living fast and we laugh
reach for a flask
we have to make this moment last
that's plenty scratch that this is not a moment
it's the movement where all the hungriest brothers
with something to prove
when foes oppose us we take an honest stand
we roll like Moses claiming our Promised Land
and if we win our independence
is that a guarantee of freedom for our descendants
or will the blood we shed
begin an endless cycle of vengeance and death
with no defendant
I know the action in the street is exciting
but Jesus between all the bleeding and fighting
I've been reading and writing
we need to handle our financial situation
are we a nation of state?
what's the state of our nation?
i'm past patiently waiting and passionate
smashing every expectation
every action's an act of creation
I'm laughing in the face of casualties of sorrow
for the first time I'm thinking past tomorrow
and I am not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
hey yo I'm just like my country
I'm young scrappy and hungry
and I'm not throwing away my
shot we gonna rise up
time to take a shot
we're gonna rise up time to take a shot
we're gonna rise up rise up
rise up rise up time to take a shot
rise up its time to take a shot
a shot a shot a shot
time to take a shot
and i am not throwin away my
not throwin away my shot
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