TIME FOR A CHANGE

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WHAT WOULD I CHANGE HUH I ASK MYSELF THIS QUESTION LOOK IN THE MIRROR TO MY REFLECTION. WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE GIRL? CLOSE MY EYES AND BY MY SURPRISE I GET A FLASH OF THE WORLD. CHANGE IS SOMETHING YOU DO, NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST COMES UPON YOU. I'D CHANGE MY SURROUNDINGS PEOPLE THAT SURROUND ME BAD OR GOOD PEOPLE WITH CLASS OR  JUST STRAIGHT HOOD. CHANGE THESE BOYS INTO MEN MAYBE THEN WE'LL HAVE MORE WORKING CLASS MEN. YOU SAID THE MAN KEEPING YOU DOWN LOOK AROUND THE ONLY MAN KEEPING YOU DOWN IS YOURSELF. CHANGE I THINK ABOUT THAT WORD, WORD UP IN THE HOOD SHOOTING,POLLUTING LOTS OF LOOTING AND YOU SAY YOUR JUST MISUNDERSTOOD, I DON'T THINK SO. CHANGE I'D CHANGE THESE FOLLOWERS INTO LEADERS OTHER PEOPLE TELL YOU WHEN TO SLEEP,  BINK AND WHEN TO BLEED AND YOU FOLLOW ALL THESE DEEDS BECAUSE YOUR BRAINLESS YOU HAVE NO MIND OF YOUR OWN OH THATS YOUR BIG HOMIE I WANT YOU TO BE THE BIGGER MAN HOMIE TRY AGAIN WE ONLY WIN WHEN WE TRY AGAIN YOU GET KNOCKED DOWN GET BACK UP AND TRY AGAIN CHANGE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU DO, NOT SOMETHING  THAT JUST COMES UPON YOU 

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