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elwas-here
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23 / F / NYC
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everything you want
whatever you’re looking for
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i hope you find
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exactly what you’re looking for
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running
running
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but I can’t seem to outrun
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anything
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not my problems
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not time
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not my past
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not you
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red line
they built homes
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with brick and stone
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on the land where my ancestors bled the red that runs thro
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I don’t like the smell of weed
I don’t like the smell of weed
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When it travels up my nostrils
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It plants its unwanted seeds
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I d
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fight for it
i’ll spend this lifetime
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being a voice
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for
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people who look like me
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without
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homes
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money t
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tell me
tell me that I have potential
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tell me I can do it if I try
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tell me about my skin
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tell me my sk
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bulldozer
stick and stones
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may break my bones
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but one by one
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i’ll pick them up
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and build my own home /
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grief
the feeling consumes me
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fast and unrelenting
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my hands tremble
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my body trembles
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my heart race
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