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*move away from the mic to breath in
Ahh memories
I just lost the game.
Man give it a relisten. I never knew how political that song was.
Seemingly it's about race:
Chocolate rain
Some stay dry and others feel the pain
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A baby born will die before the sin
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The school books say it can't be here again
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The prisons make you wonder where it went
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Build a tent and say the world is dry
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Zoom the camera out and see the lie
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Forecast to be falling yesterday
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Only in the past is what they say
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Raised your neighborhood insurance rates
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Makes us happy 'livin in a gate
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Made me cross the street the other day
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Made you turn your head the other way
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History quickly crashing through your veins
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Using you to fall back down again
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History quickly crashing through your veins
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Using you to fall back down again
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Seldom mentioned on the radio
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It's the fear your leaders call control
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Worse than swearing worse than calling names
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Say it publicly and you're insane
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No one wants to hear about it now
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Wish real hard it goes away somehow
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Makes the best of friends begin to fight
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But did they know each other in the light?
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Every February washed away
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Stays behind as colors celebrate
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The same crime has a higher price to pay
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The judge and jury swear it's not the face
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History quickly crashing through your veins
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Using you to fall back down again
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History quickly crashing through your veins
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Using you to fall back down again
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Dirty secrets of economy
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Turns that body into GDP
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The bell curve blames the baby's DNA
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But test scores are how much the parents make
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Flippin' cars in France the other night
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Cleans the sewers out beneath Mumbai
Chocolate rain
'Cross the world and back it's all the same
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Angels cry and shake their heads in shame
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Lifts the ark of paradise in sin
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Which part do you think you're livin' in?
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More than marchin', more than passing law
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Remake how we got to where we are
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History quickly crashing through your veins
Chocolate rain
Using you to fall back down again
Chocolate rain
History quickly crashing through your veins
Chocolate rain
Using you to fall back down againIn the sense that it addressed systemic racism, yes, an inherently political issue?
Yes I'd say systemic racism is an inherently political issue
Fuckkk youuuuu!!!
Dammit ...
There was a game?
Don't look it up; it's a(n extremely mild) memetic hazard.
Dickhead
I periodically remember why I developed my technique for forgetting things.