I asked my mother why do you cry?

She said your brother, he just died

Well I told him not to go outside

said he had to fight for his country's rights

but don't you know that Mo-MOTHER!

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Don't you know that we can't stop the riot

NO..because the war is not over

until you can feel love, peace, and hear silence

But I smell gunpowder

My brother's been dead ever since

I didn't beleive it but when I saw him

I was convinced

Two shots to the head, he was already dead

Lord, I headed for revenge in the city of Port Au Prince

Screaming bro-BROTHER!

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Zaire's gunporder

L.A's gunpowder

I wanna know why

Gentle people pray from day to day

but it's still the same way (2X)

But the preacher man told me

Good things come to those who wait

the good things come to those who wait

I wanna know tell me

Good things come to those who wait

the good thigs come to those who wait

we wanna now

Pe-PEOPLE!

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Brooklyn's gunpowder, Shaolin's gunpowder

Uptowns gunpowder, Jersey's gunpowder

Even in New Zealand's gunpowder

Australia's gunpowder Princeton's gunpowder

Even in New haven's gunpowder

The Carnival....anything can happen