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God Control

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God Control

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Everybody knows the damn truthOur nation lied, and lost respectWhen we wake up, what can we do?Get the kids ready, take them to schoolEverybody knows they don't have a chanceTo get a decent job, to have a normal lifeWhen they talk reforms, it makes me laughThey pretend to help, it makes me laughI think I understand why people get a gunI think I understand why we all give upEvery day they have a kind of victoryblood of innocence, spread everywhereThey say that we need loveBut we need more than thisWe lost God controlWe lost God controlWe lost God controlWe lost God controlThis is your wake-up callI'm like your nightmareI'm here to start your dayThis is your wake-up callWe don't have to fallA new democracyGod and pornographyA new democracyPeople think that I'm insaneThe only gun is in my brainEach new birth, it gives me hopeThat's why I don't smoke that dopeInsane people think I amBrain inside my only friendHope it gives me birth each newThat dope I don't smoke it's trueEverybody knows the damn truthEverybody knows the damn truth, wake upWe got to wake up, wake up, wake up, wake upWake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake upWe need to wake up, wake up, wake up, wake upWake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake upIt's a hustle, yeahIt's a hustleIt's a conIt's a hustleIt's a weird kind of energyA bizarre thing that happens to beAn abnormal fraternityAnd I feel more than sympathyWe need to wake up, wake up, wake up, wake upWake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake upWe need to wake up, wake up, wake up, wake upWake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake upPeople think that I'm insaneThe only gun is in my brainEach new birth, it gives me hopeThat's why I don't smoke that dopeInsane people think I amBrain inside my only friendHope it gives me birth each newThat dope I don't smoke it's trueEverybody knows the damn truthEverybody knows the damn truthWe need to wake up, wake up, wake up, wake upWake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake upWake upA new democracyEverybody knows the damn truthOur nation lied, and lost respectWhen we wake up, what can we do?Get the kids ready, take them to schoolEverybody knows they don't have a chanceTo get a decent job, to have a normal lifeWhen they talk reforms, it makes me laughThey pretend to help, it makes me laughWe lost God controlWe lost God controlWe lost God controlWe lost God controlWe lost God controlWake up, wake up, wake up, wake upWake up, wake up, wake up, wake upWake up, wake up, wake up, wake upWake up, wake up, wake up, wake upWake up, wake up, wake up, wake upWake up, wake up, wake up, wake upWake up, wake up, wake up, wake upWake up, wake up, wake up, wake up
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