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Be The Change

by Dave Z (The MC)

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All I Know 03:22
All I Know All I know is the life i live with no fucks to give Society defined for me what the ruckus is [Overlapping] All I knows the life I lead and the sights I see All the sounds that surround and then enlighten me Hook x 2 I swear its all, it's all, it's all the life I'll ever know This life is All I Know Verse 1: All I know is the life i live with no fucks to give Society defined for me what the ruckus is The lust for sins, puppet grins, that's where justice ends, So I distrust em, let's rush em, and disrupt the trends I must be dead, stressing on a thankless profession What can be said, too anxious, the great depression My life a blend, a mesh of anger, rage, aggression Time to defend, my message fight away suppression I aint the one for testing, yes I'm truly a basket case All I do's procrastinate, fuck the world when I masturbate Smashin fate in its face, like mothafuckin Cassius Clay I'm the master of disaster, manufacturing this hate Cause I'm based on reality, i face my mortality Your savor a fallacy, so save your morality All I knows actuality, the life I have before me The narrator of my fate, I am the writer of my story Hook Verse 2: All I knows the life I lead and the sights I see All the sounds that surround and then enlighten me I feel the crisis the fight for the right to be free I sit here self absorbed. Judging self righteously On the mic I bleed, look to pain for inspiration the trials and tribulations, defying the limitations I'm breaking outside the basement, I'm raisin the expectation I'm takin my place in history gaining the admiration The realization, I can change the way it is I could pave the way for kids, I could save the day and live but I stay this way and binge, like a razor blade to skin I must be sadomasochist, the way I'm suffering for sins Jesus Christ, speak on mics, with defiance and virtue Hip hop isn't dead, but the whole vibe is commercial Fuck it, rhyme till I'm purple, and people praise my pride Immortalize in my mind, by the ways I survive Hook Verse 3: All I know the life I have, so I like to have it Resiliency, tho they believe my psyche savage The american dreams, a scheme a device to ravage And make us see sacrifice as a right of passage we survive the damage, so we deserve the credit and I aint talking Am Ex, I'm talking first amendment Speaking knowledge, dollars earn are too esoteric So I plot my revolution but hide the murder weapon Disturbing pleasures, I never knew another notion Natural born sinner, getting booze and then i'm boastin Natural born winner, never lose and never broken In spite of society, most clever words I've ever spoken Letting true mothafuckah know, this is my realest shit Feeling guilty, I don't know enough to deal with this Still I show fearlessness, on the mic when I set it straight fighting to defend my ways, fighting til the end of days, All I know is this, the life of the legend Dave
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I tried to give a fuck once… I hated it haha I got no regard for outcomes... embrace the chaos Cause no matter what… I will adjust Dave Do what Dave Does Verse 1: They'll say I'm manic on this, way too much arrogance, yep I'll say their jealous and mad they can't hang with kid The way i strangle the stress and then can change it to bliss What can I say I'm fuckin ill in every language there is My slang is slick, my gang is grit, ayo crank up my shit I'll tae-Bo these rap hoes, go billy blanks on a bitch I take anguish and flip it til I vanquish and win This game is driving my crazy, ayo thanks for the lift I keep on doing my thing, without losing a step I'll keep on bruisin ya brain until I'm losing my breathe I keep the music insane, I keep the music in depth A legend with no respect, fuck it who get it next I'm gruesome and ruthless, and I wear it proudly A mothafucking genius don't care who doubt me I don't care for outcomes, I never gave a fuck No matter what the situation, ya know Dave adjust Hook x 2 I never gave a fuck, nah that wasn't my style Manic on the microphone and I'm going buck wild Dave do what Dave Does, and I will adjust Uh I will adjust, I will adjust Verse 2: Ayo I'm playing with fire, and I ain't sweatin the heat ain't a person place or thing, worthy of threatening me No one as physically or mentally as sexy as Z No one lyrically, intellectually, is next to my peak I ain't bragging but damn it, i'm the nicest on mics bring ill lyrics and my existential crisis to life I be the realest, fearless, feel me fightin the hype Self absorb, ok sure, and self righteous damn right I'm like Kanye with talent, and my rhymes is valiant I'm atmosphere in 03, trying to find a balance Matter fact I'm DMX, spitting grime and growling dog barking and howling, but I invite a challenge Restructure my thoughts, ayo Dave you got it talking to myself, yelling like my brain psychotic being honest I ain't stoppin or changin' wassup No matter what the situation, ya know Dave adjust Hook x 2 Bridge x 2 Don't need people to like me, love myself too much Dave do what Dave does, Dave do what Dave does I'm the man you love to hate and you hate to love Dave do what Dave does, Dave do what Dave does I don't care for outcomes, I never gave a fuck Dave do what Dave does, Dave do what Dave does Uh no matter what, I will adjust Uh I will adjust, I will adjust Hook x2
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Chasing Stars Hook x 2 Ordinary people chasing stars Stop to wonder who they really are But the circles keep on closing around them Fascinating fires draw them in Promises of love thrown to the wind But the circles never open for them. 1st verse I want what I can't have, lust for the taboo Done with the canned laughs, sucked through a vacuum Angry disgruntled, Stuck in my mad views Everything I love cut with a stab wound I'm nothing but bad news, structure collapse you break you down, with a brrruck then they bag you don't understand the love that I can't prove hate that I care, I hide from the damn truth Hold in my breathe, got a whole in my chest wanna hold & caress, but I focus on death cold, bitter flesh, feeling frozen in check I don't know what I want, I don't know what is next My psyche disturb, my ego's possessed I miss my youth, feeling old I reflect Like I missed my youth coping with stress Saved the day but Dave get's no respect I don't perceive threats, I don't care no more How come I hide the love, but I share the war I'm contradictory, I'm scared I'm bored And trust is a luxury I can't afford But I lust for more, start chasin stars obsessed with myself I break these hearts i break em off and then I ask em back Treatin people as a mean, I've mastered that I'm twenty eight diggin graves in a mask thats black wanted platinum plaques but I backed off that I'd rather rap tracks, that capture facts I'll never back track or retract my acts Was never back pack, I speak what it is If you think I sound emo than eat a dick Do this music it for me, it's a deep release If I can't have it all, let me speak my peace Hook x 2 2nd verse I wan't what I can't have, crave what I don't know Braking my back bone, chasing a black hole Sucker for love, who act like an asshole They say to appreciate all that I have tho And Dave be proud, look what you accomplished All I did was further remove my conscious From a society complete gone bonkers Made me angry then made me pompous, Onto the next shit, chasin a death wish Makin the best of it, everyday stayin reckless Check this I'm disconnected I'm distant and misdirected I'm nekkid, I'm bare it all Don't care if they staring at all I love the attention, but hate the fame Everyone knows I'm player who hates the game Wanna turn invisible, like I'm David Blaine but I crave your love, and I can't be changed Matter fact when your around I can't behave Wake up the next day, and it ain't the same I flip moods, spit crude, so the world can hate me Nihilist narcacist, in the world thats crazy The girls can chase me, my wife can doubt me She probably right cause my life is rowdy Image life with out me, you need me presence I'm self-absorbed, But I speak a message you can't replace me, nah you can't mistake me You can't debate me, degrade, break, or shake me the one and only, so lonely lately And god don't exist, so he can't forsake me All I got is my mind, and it's fleeting now So I speak while I can and then peace I'm out Hook x 2
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The Devil's Playground Verse 1: Should I challenge the system, with truth, balance and wisdom Or laugh at the fact we stack ballots but lack vision Should I pass criticism on the foulness we live in All the violent condition, all the talent imprisoned Not malice conviction, I just know what I see I see addiction, racism, destruction, disease Somehow powers that be say to trust that we're free (please) Injustice anywheres a threat to all justice and peace Back against the wall, constricted, restricted, and barred make people feel insignificant, depicting their flaws till they accept oppression, and resist who they are only redemption thru narrow-minded descriptions of god Want you to give up ya smarts, for that flash and shine Capitalistic masterminds with that crafty design Hope to subdue you to servitude, and capture minds Can't just stand idly bye, gotta take back our pride Hook x 2: We Gotta Stand Up, We Gotta Take Life Back Get Mad, Take A Stand, Not Get Played Like That We Gotta Stand Up, Take Back Our Life's Design Speak up and Reach Out, Not Sit Idly Bye Verse 2: Better fight for betterment, better yet, fight for power Gotta get mad, stand up for ourself, the right is ours Many hands malight work, lets unite then devour Strike outward, make a change, demand life be empowered We need to request changes, working more at less wages While corporations , take home checks are outrages Overworked underpaid, hope one day we get to make it But they've stacked the deck to offset and then enslave us Give us just enough to shut up, not enough to matter Disillusion you with politics, keep ya sucking up the data That the media feed to ya, to keep ya fucking scatter Divide us over nonsense, and send justice backward Prevent us from gathering, our main strength in numbers Pumping us full of drugs, make bank off our blunders There no profit in confidence, only anguish and slumber So they rather see us sleeping, famished or hungered Hook x 2 Verse 3: They prefer to keep you down, physically, emotionally We shouldn't fear government, they should fear us socially Cause we hold all the power, but we're quick to give it up Consumerism, we're imprisoned by religion and drugs They'll say I'm a problem drinker, and conspiracy theorist I'll say I'm a conscious thinker, and I'm lyrically fearless The face of a revolution mirrored in my lyrics We shouldn't condemn our poor we need to revere their spirits Quote how Ghandi said it, a nations greatness measured, how it treats its weakest members, so I speak on these endeavors We the people need to question, and challenge authority Refute social control, and balance the anarchy not let oligopolies, start telling me how to think So I fight the propaganda they sell me on the screen We need to think critically, rebel against the same sounds Break it down idle minds are the devils play ground
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Love Changes 04:02
Verse 1: Woke up early on my born day, 28, still I'm stressin Yes in essence I'm still young, but my adolescence done went from the battle tested son, to a father to be Gotta protect my neck, not become a martyr to my seed Can't be fighting with my past, losing sight of what I have I tighten up my grasp music might move to last, Priorities are changing, I'm debating what's gon happen Found memories of the days that I spent rappin' I was mackin' outta habit, bitches grabbing on my package I'm an addict, seekin action, I'm attracting lots of baggage I been slackin & erratic, fighting life becoming static still do my best to manage, and to do the lesser damage Not the baddest or the maddest, be the truest, no excuses Got skeletons in closets next to toolkits and broomsticks chewin on a toothpick while I'm sippin on a whiskey Thinkin back on my youth, reminiscing like I'm six deep Hook: A thug changes, and love changes And best friends become strangers Verse 2: Woke up early on a weekend, I got more life to live, I got goals and aspirations to support my wife and kid I got pure admiration for the future movin forward Hardcore inspiration from a know it all poet At times I'm repulsive, can't look into the mirror And my thoughts only seem to get more crooked and weirder I'm Wilkes Booth in Ford Theatre, making a killin taking shots Love the way it makes me numb, I hate the feelings that I got My memories are fading, my days are seeming numbered I been poisoning my mind, everyday I'm seeming dumber Manic patterns of wonder are keeping me from slumber Dreaming of being younger, self sabotaging drunkard On a path of destruction, dysfunction I can't escape Fear I'm the problem here and not the master of my fate Afraid of passing on my traits & the disaster I create All I can do is mask my hate while I laugh at my mistakes Hook Verse 3: Woke up late on a weeknight, feeling hype it's a blessing If I die tonight, I'm still aight, grippin in a session Yo sorry I'm so distant, need to lighten up my method Come on too strong, competing more than likely ill tempered I've never been the shepherd, I don't bother with the sheep Grew up a fucking screw up, a monster on a beat Spent my youth in the booth, I been conquering the dream social deviant, mischievous war monger and a thief Wake up to sober thoughts and I'm feelin totally lost Last night I bet breathe could ignite a blow torch Always gotta the be best, intense pressure on my chest I put this shit on myself I need to lessen all my stress Cope through liquor and sex, and then I repress my hopes Anything I respect, i disconnect by jest and joke And dissociate, detach til I'm numb and brainless Like love changes, and Dave is fuckin shameless Hook
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I want legendary status, competitive, gotta have it My face on Mount Rushmore, or in bed with the actress Who played Katniss Everdeen, let her be spread on my mattress My tactics are tactless, obscene, ethically backwards I reference my package, anytime I'm getting the chance Making cream, your girls wet dream, yo check in her pants I'm unsigned, demand labels pay me a second advance If I ain't illest in the world, I'm only second to Lantz making records for champs, The Walt Frazier of Hip Hop always winning and grinning, the spitting image of God I want world wide worship, and a church in my name Might even exploit the proletariat for commercial gains I want irreversible fame, I want a personal plane I want a house on the hills, models twerking dem thangs I'm thirsty for change, so yo I'm a go and get it Til I'm known as a legend and dead presidents represent it
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Verse 1: Lately been angry with myself, I don't even know why With no reason or rhyme, but I find a reason to rhyme Self loathin' keeps me going, and then treasons a high like Lantz, no piece a cake, to get my piece of the pie Wishing ridiculous, like asking peace from the sky A peaceful vibe, couple beers, and I'm leavin my mind Dissociate, then negotiate with the demon inside but I ain't possessed, It's all me, grievin this time I know my path destructive, but I'm the man fuck it Born alone, die alone, in between I stand rugged I can't recant ruckus, the ambulance comin' The bodies pilling up, don't care they can't judge em Enough to give a fuck, that i'd change my ways Contradict my own album, the same old Dave Be the change I shovel shit on my own damn grave Got a baby on the way and still I can't behave Hook x 2: I don't know what it is, nah i don't know what to do But i'll keep writing this rhymes, until they're re-writing the rules Verse 2: Lately having troubling writing, I don't know what it is I don't know if I'm being honest, or if I'm holdin in it Making excuses for my boozing like I know when to binge I don't drink that much, I think I'm just coping with sins Coke and hen, rum and sprite, or dr. pepper with crown I chug it down, to act up, and then forever I clown Don't take life seriously, unless I'm alone Less i'm recite a poem on this microphone I'm narcissistic, linguistics keep me controlled Life a bitch, you can fuck her but she ain't easy to hold Bitch caught me slippin like there's grease on my sole To each his own, to me theres only what I reason to know Speaking my soul but it's empty, tired and drunk I'm so selfish, got so much, yet my life ain't enough It's fucked up, what I got people are dying to love Ungrateful, unfaithful, and keep trying to run Hook x 2
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Verse 1: I'm tired of giving a fuck, and listenin to the critics I'ma say whatever I want, not giving into the gimmicks Played safe for too long, no limits or restrictions I'm embrace who I am, not giving into the business They don't care what happens to me, I'm socially detached My motive speakin on a tracks 'fore I emotionally collapse My flow deliver the facts, my goal to never react I just watch the world burn, no concern, leave me with that It's the freedom I think I deserve, it's words I think I've earned Keeping a firm grip on things, till I'm extinct put in an urn Never censor any term, a message worth being heard If it falls on deaf ears, I'm still be here repping my work Put my heart and my soul in it, lost my mind within the process They rather discredit my conscious, than to recognize my logic Could be portrayed as a prophet, but they say that I'm obnoxious So I'm sitting here alone, cuz I embraced too many conflicts Hook x 2 And I've been goin' through hell, caught in a Vicious Spell Blinded by the lite, crossbow string but it fell. I'm feeling so alone, I think I'm 'bout to explode. System overload Verse 2: No longer holding back, I'm a go where no ones at, Explore how to get more, kick down doors, and blow up on these tracks My motive go attack, take what's mine, they owe me that Take whiskey, throw it back, speak my souls, I'm so detached Yea but it sets me free, I'm gonna say what I believe, I'm a speak on what I see, beat the disease to its knees I ain't afraid to meet my needs, I'm afraid I'll reach my peak My Boiling point, to where I can barely believe in peace Keep us scared, staring at screens and rarely are sheep freed gotta open up ya mind, not fall victim to the schemes Consumerism, human prisons, youth sickened and weak And all i can do is speak, and help music listeners to see And I never feel lonely, in fact I crave solitude Philosophical genius, split reason break molecules Pick a beat raise the volume, feel the bass thru my follicles Sip from bottles, feeling volatile, got change my ways as follow thru Hook x 2
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Verse 1: It's like the voices in my head got me tossing in my bed Insanity and genius, I've been walking on the edge I been targeted by Feds, and they marking me for dead Replace a caste system with anarchy instead My weaponry a pen, but I keep a sword in hand for when there's a war by chance, as I dream of lawless lands New world order take a glance, how they slaughter every lamb And push an illness on us,thought disorders every where I was born without a care, and live without the stress But somehow developed fear, now I'm living out my death I isolate myself, I can live without the rest I deprecate my health, my liver is a mess Too much Johnny, Jack, and Jim only seem to capture sin Turn my back into the wind, the clouds are black and grim I tend to mock my family while laughin at my friends Welcome to psychosis, the voice is back again Hook x 4 I know you want to enter but I can't let you in My mind states the maddest, I'm gone with the wind (So please don't push me) Verse 2: My mind state gettin madder, my views are truly scattered Narcissistic tendencies, delusion of grandeur Supremely confident, like I'm immune to slander The bliss of ignorance, maneuver through the chatter Angel on my left shoulder, the devil on my right one Need a shot of whiskey, would settle for a spiced rum Hemingway, Allen Poe, my level when I write drunk Always tryna fight some, rebel on the mic son Everything I like dumb, ignorant repugnant I embrace terror and stickin it to government may sound redundant, but my thinkin maladjusted give a shit bout judgement, i'm bringin out the ruckus the game is rigged fuck it, i'm buckin til the end my sanity disrupted, my patience fuckin thin Running on empty, completely suckin wind The noise abrupt, the voice stuck within my head Hook Verse 3: The chaos in my brain, got me savoring the pain Dave Z misanthropic, hate the player and the game Completely self destructive, but never take the blame Still i'd rather suffocate, than to ever change my ways I favor making flames, and watching this all burn waiting on the world to end, apocalyptic earth Nihilist Survivalist, in philosophic terms We're confined by minds behind this diagnostic serge to label us psychotic, that take myopic visions But more hungry, poor, homeless, are call neurotic. Listen, they wanna socially divide us, keep us lock is prison I refuse to believe this ain't a product of the system Honestly too many victims, I'm kickin this for them, Help the people see the world through a little different lens But the fact is I'm sick, and addicted to my sins So all I have to offer is the voice within my head Hook x 2
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Verse 1: Lets set the stage, I'm next to reign came to recreate the game Quick to deflect the pain, take the weight and be the change All I know is how to flow, and how to train to free my brain How to shake it off, recollect and regain my aim Never let the stress get me, perceive threats as challenges At times all I needs is to reflect in the silences I'll never let em see me sweat, too sexy and talented Adept at balancing, I'm complex and gallant kid But naw it aint' arrogance, it's pure self-assuredness Had to earn confidence, raw with no formulas At times i have doubt, there's no such thing as flawlessness I lift my head and stand proud cuz just like the chorus sings I've practiced long enough, is time to ride, route the trail People tried to hold me back, and shoot down my sails Don't question my methods, respect how I do prevail The inspirational tale how I refuse to fail Hook Verse 2: I take risks and make mistakes, and hate to admit I play the game Survival of the fit, in a cage laced with razorblades Nothins the same as I age, miss the days of making waves Like I slowed down, sold out with every major change Should be so proud, to own a house, but only think of the debt Its like I'm jumping out the window, but I refuse to hit the deck Fight or flight, my life aight, my only vice drinking and sex Mortality my reality, yea I'm slowly frightened of death Every time I write these checks, but I've done more with even less Struggle builds character, the reward for being stressed Wish me the best, but I don't need it I believe in myself Cuz every demon, need some freedom and relief from his hell Take beatens for no reason, and still move through the realm I'm hoping to keep going, let the truth be revealed Don't question my methods, respect how I do prevail The inspirational tale how I refuse to fail Hook Bridge x 2: Make moves and break loose, no need for strings attached staying true to what I do, who else can drink to that this a toast to my people, raise up and cling ya glass Struggle leads to progress, smile as Im thinking back Making moves and breaking loose, no need for strings attached Staying true to what I do, who else can bring you that Struggle leads to progress, and progress is all we have Wish me the best, better yet witness me evolve on tracks Verse 3: From the bottom to the top with it, never check the populous Dave do what Dave does, no matter what the problem is I find a way to solve the shit, but no I'm not I'm optimist I just know I got this, in my prime like I'm Opitmus Droppin' discs since I was seventeen with a mean mug Simpler times, kickin rhymes trying to get my d sucked Now spitting like a hippy trying to spread the free love Digging deep, reaching up, to be the change I speak of Want my team to eat up, feed the famm, whose meal is this Wanna house the poor, the end the war, and heal the sick Who feelin this, I love you back, hardcore real with this Only through struggle can we come through and deal with it Steady vibing, I'm improving, review the details Won't let the music be stale, wont let the movement derail So you can question the method, but respect I do prevail My inspirational tale how I refuse to fail Hook
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Verse 1: I'm celebratin' destruction, while elevating discussion I'm embracing the ruckus, the devastation and corruption The buckets of blood, homicide, over hustling drugs Bustin of slugs, genocide, over government funds Puppets and dumb, politicians, and a public that listens Dogmatic fascist, whether Muslim or Christian Radical activist, bomb and nuking a building Killing women and children, more innocent civilians Oil drilling, oil spilling, either way it's sickening Fear mongering, and posturing, the people are bickering Picking fights with each other, but never the sovereignty Afraid to bite the hand that feeds, caged by prophecy No change in policy, could reframe our philosophy No length of honesty, could help to embrace our modesty We're capitalistic, animalistic since birth Learned I can't if resist it, I can still watch as it's burns Hook x 2 Watching it burn, burn burn burn Watching it burn, burn burn burn Watching it burn, burn burn burn Setting the world on fire and scorch the earth Verse 2: Natural disasters, a catatonic god Tragedies worsened by our catastrophic response Catholic remarks, bible quoters, pointing their fingers Annoyed and bitter, I just sit here, enjoyin my liquor Addictions, mental illness, people told be resilient But wages remain stagnant, and people seem emollient Afraid to be militant, and deflect the significance Yo respect my existence or expect the resistance Neglect assistance to us but aid corporations Republican, democrats, the same propagation Foreign relations, nations beefing and throwing stones Simultaneously scheme for increased social controls Terrorism, freedom fighters they one in the same Suicide, escapism, with one foot in the grave Slavery and chains, pulling strings and dulling our brains Mind control media, deception, bullying, hate Hook x 2
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Emma Zerella, my bella, my beautiful little girl Haven't even met you yet, ready to give you the world Need you to know I'm not perfect, I'm as flawed as they come but i'll be sure to adore you, support with all of my love Want to see your smiling face and if it looks like mine Be safe, know there's no mountain worth being shook to climb And childhood is precious tho the stresses will grow Appreciate the things you have and the less you know Don't be like your old man, always fighting his cause but i'll teach you resiliency and to right your wrongs and if your interested can show you how write some songs Be sweet as corn like ya mom, with enlightened charm Be Strong minded, and self assured, in the ways of ya dad a little quick witted narcissism, it's okay to brag and it's okay to succeed, but be aware of other's needs be careful and carefree and daring enough to dream Some people shoot for the stars Dream upon dream They long to go far Chasing their rainbow so high Wish upon wish They'll reach for the sky But I got one little dream Emma Zerella, imma tell her everyday that I love her Hope she have the mind of her pops, but the grace of her mother A complimentary, combination of strength and features Try to educate her but I know only experience teaches But use your reason and discretion and embrace the lesson Be confident in your knowledge but never afraid to question I'm gonna wanna protect you, from all the harm and evil But I can't, so we'll prepare you for the warmth of people See the good not the badness, gladness over sadness Think for yourself and imagine, and make the world your canvas Keep a youthful passion, don't let your world turn stagnant Bring da ruckus baby girl, and flip the world on its axis Have compassion and mercy, don't hold grudges like me It's not worth the aggravation, use better judgement than me But be tough, stand up for yourself, do whatever you need And take time to take chances so you can take on your dreams

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