Waiting For My Ruca
Changed our lives
(dog barking)
Good boy
On the eastside, that's where I met my Ramona
"I wanna go to a party," that's what she said.
Lonely - that's what I've been.
Here's my telephone number, call me
And to a party, a "house party"
Whole lotta people just rally-round-me and love,
She send a message of love.
She said, "I love up the way you move, I love the way you rap." bop bop
Ramona please step back.
Now she's my ruca I'm barely waiting for my hina.
She moved from Long Beach down to LA
Right now she's selling oranges by the freeway
I wanna know, Ramona am I the only one tell me.
And she said, "You're not the only one but you're the best Bradley." bop bop
And now I'm waiting for my ruca and I barely pulled up with my hina
I know tonight I'll be behind her, don't fuck around with my hina.
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40oz. to freedom
You've got your hair permed
You've got your red dress on
Screaming that second gear was such a turn-on
And the fog forming on my window tells me that the morning's here
And you'll be gone before too long.
Who taught you those new tricks?
Damn I shouldn't start that talk
But life is one big question when you're starin' at the clock
And the answer's always waiting at the liquor store, 40 ounces to freedom,
So I take that walk.
And I know that oohhhh...I'm not goin' back
Ohh not going back
Ohh God knows I'm not going back
Ohh not goin'(not goin')
(talking)
And you look so fine when you lie it just don't show,
But I know which way the wind blows
A 40 oz. to freedom is the only chance I have to feel good
Even though I feel bad.
And I know that oohhhh...I'm not going back
Ohh not going back
Ohh God knows I'm not going back.
Ohh not goin'…
Oohh I'm not going back
Ohh not going back
Ohh God knows I'm not going back.
Ohh
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Smoke Two Joints
She was living in a single room with three other individuals.
One of them was a male and the other two - well, the other two were females.
God only knows what they were up to in there.
And furthermore Susan I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to learn that all four of them habitually smoked marijuana cigarettes. Reefers.
I smoke two joints in the morning
I smoke two joints at night
I smoke two joints in the afternoon
It makes me feel alright
I smoke two joints in time of peace
And two in time of war
I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints
And then I smoke two more
Smoke cigarettes 'til the day she died
Smoke cigarettes 'til the day she died
Hell no!
Daddy he once told me, "Son, you be hardworkin' man."
And momma she once told me, "Son, you do the best you can."
But then one day I met a man, he came to me and said,
"Hard work good and hard work fine, but first take care of head."
Whoa rock me to the night ohh
Ja say ohh whoa
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We're Only Gonna Die For Our Arrogance
Early man walked away
As modern man took control
Their minds weren't all the same
(And) to conquer was their goal
So he built his great empire
And he slaughtered his own kind
(And) he died a confused man
(And) killed himself with his own mind
(Repeat 5X) Let's go!
We're only gonna die from our own arrogance
That's why we might as well take our time.
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Don't Push
Stolen from an African land
Chased out with a knife
With a face like Bob Marley and a mouth like a motorbike
Oh well the bars are always open and the time is always right
And if God's good word goes unspoken the music goes all night
And it goes…
If I was Bob Marley I said could you be loved?
And if I was half pint I'd ball Lord up above
If I was Mike Tyson I would look for a fight
If I was a Boomtown Rat I would be stayin' up all night
If I was the king Ad-Roc I would get stupid dumb
And if it rhymes with valiums I'd be comfortably numb
If I had a shotgun, you know what I'd do?
I'd point that shit straight at the sky
And shoot heaven on down for you
Because the bars are always open and the time is always right
And if God's good word goes unspoken the music goes all night
And it goes…
I want a lover, I can't find the time
I want a reason, I can't find the rhyme
And I want to start some static, but I can't afford
Just lie on the ground like I fall off my skateboard
Hey nowadays as clear as you please
Get strapped with protection or struck with disease.
Laughter, it's free
Anytime just call me: 439-0116
When you're down with Sublime you get…
Funky fresh lyrics, you get nothin'
Stolen from an African land
Got chased out of the bar…hmmm
I saw my best friend tonight so don't push me too far.
I'm gonna run come down with the new lyrics,
Get hit get hip don't slip your knuckle heads
Racism is schism on a serious tip
You don't believe me then I go and bust your lip.
I hear the mountain, it hard to climb
Rock for the rhythm and it must be Sublime
Listen yellow lover get it right on time
We got cricket with the quickness and the bass line (bass line)
Go and raid the sound and tell the people the news oh hey
Tell them reggae music is on the loose
Here I am from the place where the sun keeps shining
(Brand new style in a unique fashion)
And good good vibes that keep on playin' playin'
(Fire one shot…)
People wanna come up and they want t'tell me
Smoking crack cocaine better than sensi
You're pumpin' that shit 'til we're sick of it
Tweakin' every weekend we just can't take it
Whoa, we don't want plastic. bop bop bop bop
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5446 That's My Number/Ball and Chain
Do you believe I would take such a thing with me
And give it to a policeman, I wouldn't do that um hmm
I wouldn't do that.
If I did that would you say,
"Sir come down and put the charge on me." I wouldn't do that ohh
I wouldn't do that.
I'm not a fool to hurt myself
But I was in a sit to what they've done to me, they were wrong
They were wrong.
Ah give it to me - one time (give it to me yeah)
Give it to me - two times (uh uh)
Give it to me - three times
Give it to me - four times
Oh 5446 what's my number, what's my number now?
Right now somebody else has that number
One more time 5447 what's my number, what's my number now?
Right now somebody else has that number.
(Gibberish)
'Cause something is wrong…
Give it to me - one time (oooh)
Give it to me - two time
Give it to me - three time
Give it to me - four time
People listen up don't stand too near
I've got something that you all should hear - all lies
All the lies they told to me form a little part of history.
I was always taught that boy meets girl,
Fall in love, get married and forget the world
Nine months later the sweet babies on the way,
Kiss 'em on the cheek and life's ok.
I don't feel no pain
I don't have no time to listen to conflicting points of view oh
It's a crazy world to live alone
A ball and chain I call my home
A ba na na na na na woo!
People listen up don't stand too close
I've got something that you all should know
Holy matrimony's not for me
Rather die alone in misery.
Because I was always taught that boy meets girl
Fall in love, get married and forget the world
Nine months later the sweet babies on the way,
Isn't that what they used to say?
When a girl that we knew
And the bonds that we grew
Turned into a ball and chain umm
I step into the great unknown
On a ball and chain I call my home
A ba na na na na woo!
A crazy world to live alone…
When a girl that we knew
And the bonds that we grew
Turned into a ball and chain ohhh
I step into the great unknown
A ball and chain I call my own
Because marriage doesn't work in the world today
It's an institution that is in decay
And if I have love I wish to portray
I will surely find another way
Because I was always taught that boy meets girl
Fall in love, get married and forget the world
Nine months later the sweet babies on the way,
Kiss 'em on the cheek and life's ok!
I don't feel no pain!
I don't have no time to listen to conflicting points of view ohhh
I step into the great unknown
On a ball and chain I call my own
A ba na na na na na woo!
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Badfish
(party scene)
When you grab a hold of me
You tell me that I'll never be set free
But I'm a parasite, creep and crawl I step into the night.
Two pints of booze
Tell me are you a badfish too? (Are you a badfish too?)
Ain't got no money to spend
I hope the night will never end
Lord knows I'm weak
Won't somebody get me off of this reef?
Baby you're a big blue whale
Grab the reef when all duck-diving fails
I swim but I wish I never learned
The water's too polluted with germs.
I dive deep when it's ten feet overhead
Grab the reef underneath my bed (underneath my bed)
Ain't got no quarrels with God
Ain't got no time to grow old
Lord knows I'm weak
Won't somebody get me off of this reef?
(I got a gun.)
Ain't got no quarrels with God
Ain't got no time to get old
Lord knows I'm weak
Won't somebody get me off of this reef?
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Lets Go Get Stoned
I swear sometimes you're taking me for granted
I swear sometimes you're a whore
I swear but I know there ain't no reason
'Cause everything is such a bore.
'Night I had a dream, though it made me sick
Saw you in your bedroom sucking someone else's dick (I couldn't have)
My friends all laughed, said it was my fault
Said this time that it happened to me
But I know that the show was much more than a blow
So I'm waiting for the tide to get low
Waiting for the tide to get low
If I was an ant livin up on the wall,
Tell me baby would it make no difference at all?
If I was a runt on a tree,
Tell me would you smoke me? ummm
Bright lights put me in trance
But it ain't house music makes me want to dance. (Word)
I don't gamble but I bet
I'm gonna die if I don't get a cigarette
Thrust me close,
I always play the Mack
Put the monkey on my back. umm hmmm
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New Thrash
I've got so much trouble on my mind,
That it feels just like I'm always sleeping with the enemy.
But I know the real world always gets the last word in
That's why you gotta kick reality.
So don't tease me, try to say that I should care
Might as well go out for mine
'Cause everybody's going out for theirs.
So don't tell me about a fake drug war
Go cut education program s'more
The people will one day learn and rise
'Cause not everyone is out to score.
People always ask me why people are all fucked-up
At every corner liquor store.
Peace.
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Scarlet Begonias
As I was walking down rub-a-dub square
Not a chill to the window but a lift to the air
From another direction she was caught in my eye
It could be an illusion,
But I might as well try (might as well try)
She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes
And I knew without asking she was into the blues.
She wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls
I knew right away she was not like other girls (like other girls)
Well I ain't never been right as I ain't never been wrong
As heaven works out the way it does in this song (Ey!)
'Cause once in a while you get shown in the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right.
He was the summer of love and I thank the stars above
Because the woman took the lovin' over me
And just to gain her trust I bought a microbus
Because I sold off all my personal property
A tight tie-dyed dress, she was a psychedelic mess
We toured to the north, south, east and west
We sold some mushroom tea,
We sold some ecstasy,
We sold nitrous, opium, acid, heroin, and PCP
And now I hear the police coming after me
Yes now I hear the police coming after me
The one scarlet with the flowers in her head,
She's got the police comin' after me
Well there ain't nothing wrong with the way she moves
All scarlet begonias and a touch of the blues
And there ain't nothing wrong with the love that's in her eye
I had to learn the hard way just to let her pass by.
Let her pass by.
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Live At E's
Yesterday I saw a whore looking out for more
As she makes my body ache and I walk in then I say:
(uh) I'm on the mike doing (uh) things you like and I'm (uh)
Easy G. and I'm (uh) treat you right
'Cause all the ladies and me you see we both agree that (uh)
I'm going down in world history but yo…
Oh she makes my body ache and you know I live for more
I won't flake or perpetrate, I won't front no funky whore.
Don't get me wrong I'm just (uh) singing my song
I'm just like you I like to ball my freaks all night long
Not only do I rhyme I also cut so nice and all the bitin' perpetratin'
DJs want my slice 'cause I'm select…
So sweet and so nice
They call me delight (go! go! go! go! go! go! go!)
(Sing a song man. Sing something)
My name is Eric I have nothing to say 'cause I am not a fucking DJ.
And if you want to come talk to me then you gotta talk to my man Bradley...
(Gibberish)
uh uh elected affected
The mighty emcees will be dissected and rejected
I am the most impressive, expected and progressive
Motivating, innovating, chillin' and digested
It's obvious December
It will be specialized
If you're trying to uh
Can't be compromised
I am a fresh emcee as you can plainly see
You won't regret a DJ fresh emcee you'll soon agree
So take a seat and feel the beat
Of course it is ok uh uh
That's right. We're outta here. Five thousand g, five thousand g
We outta here. We outta here. Peace.
Nothing but peace and unity.
Ay
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D.J.S
.
All of the DJs surely have taken a lesson
Start talking trash and I'll come with my Smith & Wesson
A little competition comes my way but it always winds up the same,
"The stone that the builder refuse shall be the head cornerstone"
Oh but there…
Ain't nothin' wrong, ain't nothing right
And still I sit and lie awake all night ohh
All of the DJs surely have taken a lesson
Try talkin' trash and I'll come with my Smith & Wesson
Enough DJs come with enough enough stylee but when I bus my lyrics
We all know it's wicked wily.
Ain't nothin' wrong, ain't nothin' right
And still I sit and lie awake all night ohhh
You better strap with the gap if you wanna walk with me
Bound to come down with the new stylee
Rockin' rub-a-dub known as reggae music
Gotta come down with the new lyrics
'Cause it just ain't no thing, oh I said it's been a real long time
Oh but there…
Ain't nothin' wrong, ain't nothing right
And still I sit and lie awake all night ohh
Rub-a-dub blender a new mixer
I am one with DJ with enough flavor
Hear the dub DJ, Lord have his grilled cheese.
I ain't Jamaican, but I ain't no freak
Caught the man eno with the one pound bag o' tweak
And called him ghost rider every time you see them you fulfill the danger
Ain't nothin' wrong, ain't nothing right
And still I sit and lie awake all night ohhh
Dred gotta a job to do and he might fulfill his mission
To see his pain would be his greatest ambition
But ah we will survive in this world of competition
To make sure that the rhymin' is done
Bop bop bop bop bop bop bop!
Go go go go go go go go go go go go!
I won't wait so long umm
I said I won't wait so long for you ohh ohh yeah umm hmm umm hmm hooh ohh
Hard to get so…numb umm umm
Stop your messing around uh ahh-ah
Better think of your future uh ahh-ah
Time to straighten right out uh ah
Or you'll wind up in jail
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Chica Me Tipo
No importa que seriada (It doesn't matter what happens)
Porque todo se quitara (Because everything will go away)
Ay no puedo ver lo (I can't see you)
Ni en pintura (Not even with paint)
Cuando empezemos (When we started)
No lo dia cuenta (I didn't notice)
De que luego (that after)
Tu viera que pagar (you would have to pay)
Pero, tuviste tambien (but, you did it anyways)
Me muero acostarme con ti (I die to lay down with you)
Con ti (with you)
No me propongo deriacad (I don't plan to dedicate)
Vive en vejar vivir (Live and let live)
Pero el amigo (But the friend)
Tienes un condon en el bolsio (Has a condom in his pocket)
You no soy medico (I'm not a doctor)
No soy chapusero (I'm not a joker)
Solamente soy pobre (I'm just poor)
Y ya estoy tan solo (And now I'm so alone)
Pero si se camia (But if I change)
Ella seria mia (She would be mine)
Para ser poseido en propeidad (To be possessed in property)
En propeidad (In property)
I've got to get it all for you.
Whoa what can I do?
How I would lay down anytime with her
With her.
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Right Back
Sleepin' by yourself at night can make you feel alone
Your girlfriend said so but I don't really know
That don't mean we fucked around that night last week when you left town.
Was tweakin' by myself one night that's when I wrote this tune
Didn't have no need for that bed in my hotel room
Sometimes right now since I've left the pen
Feels like I'm right back there again
Sometimes I pray, waiting waiting for some bright holiday (holiday)
So I bought myself a gun and I'm right back right back where I'm from
Sleeping by yourself at night can make you feel alone
My girlfriend said so, she's a little ho
That don't mean I fuck around, I like to keep that higher ground
Sometimes I pray, waiting waiting for some bright holiday (holiday)
So I bought myself a gun and I'm right back right back where I'm from
Ohh don't tease me, oh don't tease me, don't tease me yo
Sometimes I pray, waiting waiting for some bright holiday (holiday)
So I bought myself a gun now I'm right back right back where I'm from
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What Happened
(three, four!)
Wake up in the morning,
Clock says half past one
I have no sunglasses
As I step into the sun
There's no recollection
Of the evil things I've done
My head feels like I musta' had some fun
What happened?
Last thing I remember
I was chilling at a party
Pinching girlies' asses
I was drinking recklessly
I know I did something
Lord what could it be?
Woke up in the morning
And all my friends say me
What happened?
What I'm I doing here?
Who is this girl in my bed?
What is this shit on my face?
My God, what is that awful smell?
(Chorus)
She may be an angel
She may be a queen
She might be black, white, American, Indian or Japanese.
What happened?
Threw a bottle at the bouncer
Didn't think that he was cool
Pissed in someone's drink
And threw a bike into a pool
Driving down the sidewalk
Like a druggie possessed fool
I broke every single traffic rule.
Oh what happened?
What happened?
Let's go!
Repeat Chorus
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New Song
I heard that payback's a motherfuckin' bitch
But I won't stress and I won't switch
And I would not take my life
Glory please oh God
The only thing on my mind takes up all of my time
And I said hmm
That weighs a ton
My God it has to get so
Searching through the car
Though the night
I think I'll run to you but I refuse to
God may find a reason
Well I'm sure you'll find the rhyme
Because it takes up nearly all my time
Stands for freedom
God knows I've got the number
Maybe I just used too much
I was sick in the bar
That stolen car
Rollin' down the boulevard
Thought you were so clean
Foreseen
Think I will run to you but I know
'Cause I know God's got a reason and the rhyme
Please tell me why it takes up all my time
Oh I've been drinking just like you
And maybe you've got something I can use umm hmm
Payback's a motherfucking blast
But I won't stress and I won't blast
And I would not take my life
Glory please oh God
Calling from heaven above
Takes up all of my time
And I said
That weighs a ton
You know I get that line from Flavor Flav
But all the DJs do it
All the DJs use it
I would run, I would switch
But I wanna be the same
And I know I'll find a reason
'Cause I always bust a rhyme
Because it takes up nearly all my time
Stands for treason
But stands for
But maybe I'm just used to
Maybe I'm just used to
Maybe I'm just used too much
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Ebin
Out my window cool and bright
Day so slowly into night
Funny how things look the same
Now that my friend Ebin changed
Ebin was a cooly that I used to know
Now he's down with the PLO
He's cold kickin' it live with the KKK
No xxx, no JFA
Cooly was sportin' black denim shoes
Dealing he was looking for something to use
With a pistol in his pocket and a bottle of booze
Well it could be me or it could be you
Oh feels like my whole life is rearranged.
Ebin you changed
Ebin Ebin Ebin Ebin you
Oh how you changed
Oh you changed
Oh how you changed
I give you a hard time, didn't want to stay
Got outta jail just the very next day
Now it's plain to see my friend Ebin is a Nazi!
He was a Nazi yeah yeah yeah
Hooked on crack just the other day
Now he's down with the CIA
We got covert operation in Vietnam
With hit men, assassins, and now long gone
He went down to protect his country
Eat Mexican food and make lots o' money
Come back a god, drive a big white car
And take himself a plane down to Nicaragua
Well it feels like I'm the only one to blame
Oh Ebin you changed
Ebin Ebin Ebin Ebin you
Oh you changed
Oh you changed
Oh how you changed
Ooh I give you a hard time, didn't want to stay
You got outta jail just the very next day
Now it's plain to see my friend Ebin is a Nazi!
He was a Nazi yeah yeah yeah
Out my window cool and bright
Day so slowly into night
Funny how things look the same
Now that my friend Ebin's changed
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Date Rape
Let me tell you about a girl I know,
Had a drink about an hour ago.
Sitting in a corner by herself, in a bar in downtown hell.
She heard a noise and she looked through the door.
And saw a man she'd never seen before.
Light skin, light blue eyes, a double chin and a plastic smile.
Well, her heart raced as he walked through the door
And took an empty seat next to her at the bar.
"My brand-new car is parked right outside. How'd ya like to go for a ride?"
And she said, "Wait a minute I have to think."
He said, "That's fine. May I please buy you a drink?"
One drink turned into 3 or 4 and they left and got into his car
And they drove away someplace real far.
"Now babe the time has come."
"How'd ya like to have a little fun?"
And she said, "If we could only please be on our way, I will not run."
That's when things got out of control.
She didn't want to, he had his way.
She said, "Let's go." He said, "No way!"
"Come on babe it's your lucky day."
"Shut your mouth, were gonna do it my way."
"Come on baby don't be afraid, if it wasn't for date rape I'd never get laid."
He finished up, he started the car.
He turned around and drove back to the bar.
He said, "Now baby don't be sad, in my opinion you weren't half-bad."
She picked up a rock, threw it at the car, hit him in the head, now he's got a big scar.
Come on party people won't you listen to me.
Date Rape Styley!
The next day she went to her drawer,
Looked up her local attorney-at-law,
Went to the phone and filed a police report
And then she took the guy's ass to court.
Well, the day he stood in front of the judge he screamed,
"She lies - that little slut!"
The judge knew he was full of shit and he gave him 25 years.
And now his heart is filled with cheers.
One night in jail it was getting late.
He was butt-raped by a large inmate and he screamed
But the guards paid no attention to his cries.
That's when things got out of control.
The moral of the date rape story: it does not pay to be drunk and horny.
(But) that's the way it had to be.
They locked him up and threw away the key.
Well, I can't take pity on men of his kind, even though he now takes it in the behind. (Repeat)
DATE RAPE!
She didn't want to (repeat 4X)
TAKE IT!
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Hope
How can you say, "You torture me."
You're already thinking about someone else.
When he comes soon you'll be in his arms and I'll be gone.
But I know my day will come, I know someday I'll be the only one.
So now you wait for a spark, you know it will turn you on.
He's gonna make you feel the way you want to feel.
When he starts to lie, when he makes you cry you'll know I'll be there.
My day will come, I know someday I'll be the only one.
Call me selfish, call it what you like I think it's right.
To want someone for all your own and not to share their love.
But I'll have my way.
You don't stand a chance anyway.
'Cause I got to you, you don't stand a chance.
So now you wait for his cock, you know it will turn you on.
He's gonna make you feel the way you want to feel.
When he starts to lie, when he makes you cry you'll know I'll be there.
My day will come, I know someday I'll be the only one.
My day will come, I know someday I'll be the only one.
You say you want perfection - I see your self-destruction.
You don't know what you want, it's gonna take you a year to find that out.
I'm not givin' up.
And when you've had enough, you take your bruised little head
And you'll come running back to me
I know that I will be the only one.
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Krs-One
In school they never taught 'bout hamburgers or steak,
Elijah, Muhammed or the welfare state.
But I know
And I know because of KRS-ONE.
Yeah and I know
And I know because of KRS-ONE.
Because he's droppin' droppin' droppin' science, droppin' history
With a whole leap of style and intelligency
Yes I know
And I know because of KRS-ONE
Yeah, and I know
And I know…
Because we don't want to pay no money to hear the same old sound.
Watch him we'll take hip-hop to a higher ground.
'Cause I know (How do I know?)
And I know because of KRS-ONE.
Yeah, and I know ooohhh
And I know because
(Here we go now)
You! Must! Learn!
And I know
And I know because of KRS-ONE.
Oooh and I know
And I know oohh yeah
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Rivers of Babylon
By the rivers of Babylon
Where he sat down
And there he went when he remembered Zion.
Oh from the wicked, carry us away captivity
Required from us a song (yeah)
How can we singing of a song in a strange land.
So let the words of our mouth
And the meditation of our heart
Be acceptable in thy sight
Override
By the rivers of Babylon
Where he sat down
And there he went when he remembered Zion.
Oh from the wicked, carry us away captivity
Required from us a song
How can we singing of a song in a strange land.
How can we singing of a song in a strange land.
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