[Intro]
Get free, yeah
Bass
[Verse 1: Prince]
Once again I don't follow trends, they just follow me
Just like Israelites through the Red Sea
It might take you some time before you'll want to see
The Undisputed truth and get free
My level is now what you must learn to rise above
Talk to D'Angelo or better yet Questlove
How is it that a brutha always wanna keep another one back?
I'm 2 far right 2 get left goin' sideways, Jack
How is that a brutha always wanna keep another one back?
Never We mind what U do, in Moneyapolis - We da MACK!
5 little Indians tryin' 2 steal from my stack
A groove or 2 later, all the critics tell them what they lack
A bowl of them 'O's is like sugar, and no smack
How is it that a brutha always wanna keep another one back?
How is it that a brutha always wanna keep another one back?
I'm 2 far right 2 get left goin' sideways, Jack
How is that a brutha always wanna keep another one back?
Never We mind what U do, in Moneyapolis - We da MACK!
And I... woke this morning 2 a drum roll - RATATAT
B4 I even got outta bed, I got another track
Who's that brushin' they teeth in the bathroom
Slender, fine and black?
Never she mind what U do, in Moneyapolis I'm the MACK
How is it that a brutha always wanna keep another one back?
I'm 2 far right 2 get left goin' sideways, Jack
How is that a brutha always wanna keep another one back?
Never We mind what U do, in Moneyapolis - We da MACK!
4 every royalty point of urs I make a mill$advance
That's y in videos U never c me dance
Y should I, when minorities get half a chance?
In truth: U r 2 me, simply - my biggest fan
[Verse: Chuck D]
Come on, come all to the download ball, off
There's no curfew to hurt you, no substitutions
School's now in session
Put down the Smith & Wessons
Real renegades don't invite grenades to make the grade
This is a brain raid
Who rise above the lies, raise above these days
New ways disguised as a craze
Uh, gotcha back against the status they throwin' up at us
Back against the wall again
High trees catch a lot of wind, oh
Last band standing
Gotta knock my over standing according to planning
And look up in the sky
No cable wire
Whoa, God bless the child
God bless the child
Is that my song playing on the radio?
"It could b G, I can't remember, I wrote it in '84!"
Y'all keep groovin' - U know I got nothin' but love 4 sho
Take it - like Clarence said:
"I got a million of them -
And they're all different, U know."
How is it that a brutha always wanna keep another one back?
I'm 2 far right 2 get left goin' sideways, Jack
How is that a brutha always wanna keep another one back?
Never We mind what U do, in Moneyapolis - We da MACK!
How is it that a brutha always wanna keep another one back?
I'm 2 far right 2 get left goin' sideways, Jack
How is that a brutha always wanna keep another one back?
Never We mind what U do, in Moneyapolis - We da MACK!
How is it that a brutha always wanna keep another one back?
How is that a brutha always wanna keep another one back?
Never We mind what U do
How is it that a brutha always wanna keep another one back?
I'm 2 far right 2 get left goin' sideways, Jack
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