LET THE WICKED WHO'S WICKED BE WICKED STILL AND LET THE RIGHTEOUS WHO'S RIGHTEOUS BE RIGHTEOUS STILL
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YES IT IS BETTER TO BE GOOD THAN TO BE BAD OH GOSH, LOOK AT THAT MAN IT IS BETTER TO BE GOOD THAN TO BE BAD .OH GOSH, PUT THIS ON DAT
NEWS PAPER IN THE MORNING TIME DROP I HAD TO PICK IT UP OFF THE MAT IT SHOW YOU HOW A BROTHER GOT SHOT AND A POLICEMAN AFTER THAT
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THE MEDIA SAID THE BROTHER WAS MAD SOME SAY HE WAS MELANCHOLY SAD
HE MADE A LOT OF MUSIC FOR US NOW THEM A SAY THAT HE'S DANGEROUS
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THE FIRST TECHNOLOGIC BARBARIC WAR THEY CALL THAT ONE THE FIRST WORLD WAR THE SECOND TECHNOLOGIC BARBARIC WAR THEY CALL THAT ONE THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND ALL THOSE ECONOMICAL WARS ARE BASED UPON RUMOURS OF WARS CAREFUL ALL OF THESE COLLECTION OF WARS DON'T TURN OUT TO BE A NUCLEAR WAR
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THEM FIGHT AGAINST MARCUS GARVEY WHO SAID AFRICANS MUST BE FREE A PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW THEM ROOTS IS LIKE A TREE WHAT CANNOT BEAR GOOD FRUITS