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We are all apart of the struggle
Well I said we're living and breathing in
This frustration
To lift our hands with our hearts, with our hearts
And fix these problems
To push on out, to push on out, to push on out
This oppression

Well I said, wake up and wake up and rise
Well I said, wake up and wake up and rise
For yourself and your people (people)
For yourself now and our babies (babies) and realize

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Never doubt your own
Movement or volition
We gots to clean our minds, our minds
'Cause this corruption is the pollutant
I said now, don't believe, don't believe, don't believe
In this confusion
I said well, we gots to live our roots
I said live our roots, now
And hold our position

Well we gots to wake up and wake up and rise
I said, wake up and wake up and rise
For yourself and your people (people)
For yourself now and our babies (babies) and realize

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I said our freedom belongs to the people (people)
'Cause in this education system are lies and trickery (trickery)
Well I said brainwash apples, oh yes, oh yes they soften now
You wait too long, you wait too long and they rotten

That's why we gots to wake up and wake up and rise
I said, wake up and wake up and rise
For yourself and your people (people)
For yourself now and our babies (babies) and realize

Do, do, do, do
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You know the situation hasn't really changed that much
I said this colonial system, you know you just can't trust it
Though they try to cover it up
With their poli-tricks and their games
I said the resistance is in our people, it has never ever strayed
With five centuries behind us now and pretending they cannot see
I said the federal arm still hands out these pawn like responsibilities
And this fiduciary attempt it ain't nothing but a stall
I said the issue is respect and believe me we demand it all
And for the brothers back home
You start carrying your own weight
You can't always be getting the sisters to be dishing out the plates
Again, that issue is respect, for your women and your kids
And it's sad when the oppressed start to adopt that colonial mindset
And when the oppressed become the oppressors and it rottens to the core
It's time to let the young people stand up 'cause believe me, they'll offer more
So get to know yourself, understand your history, and your past
'Cause when you're walking down this road
You got to give your destiny the chance that it deserves
'Cause it's two steps forward and it's one step back
You know that resistance is practice and assimilation is the mold and cast
When our traditional knowledge rising up from the underground
You know it's never been lost
It's our ancestors and grandmothers who have fade past gone, so
Get to know your laws and your own citizenship
Because if you live by your roots, well I said now
'Cause If you live by your roots, well you'll be protected, oh by the branches

Well I said, wake up and wake up and rise
Well I said, wake up and wake up and rise
Outside, of this oppression (outside, outside)
Outside, of the aggression (outside, outside)
I said wake up and wake up and wake up (outside, outside)
And wake up and rise (outside, outside)

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