Introduction
Complete lyrics with original text, transliteration, and meaning, 5 sections
Introduction
Verse 1
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(Wyclef responding to an overlord voice) THE YEAR Two-thousand and seventeen master! THE MAN Every two-thousand years a prophecy is prophesized THE MISSION
Verse 2
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To carry out the word of the shephard into this cold world That just keeps folding THE GROUP I don't know... WHO IS THE GROUP Tran... Tranzlators!
Verse 3
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(Lauryn Hill) What can make a mighty man run? Make him drop his pride and hide? Too black, too strong... WRONG Spook Sambo Nigga Jane You ain't so bad, nor big
Verse 4
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White sheets make you sad Fraid you're gonna hang, ahhh Now THAT'S a black thang Boy, you scared of me BOO! See Hide nigga hide, flee nigga flee run nigga run
Verse 5
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If I got my hood, my cross, my tree my gun My rope And it's a long one