Tom: A minor
Verse 1
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You know, it hit me one night I was reading my
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daughter a bedtime story and uhm
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You know every time I read this story
it never fails
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You know the tortoise he always
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wins
Verse 2
This ain't a game, standard- bearer,
raise the banner
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You should demand better,
homie, raise the banner
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Testify, rally cry, under the banner
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Jah Jah, King Nissi, follow the banner
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Uh, for your children, for your neighbors,
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for your com munities
Follow the banner
lock your arms, plant your feet
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Look around, they need you,
Verse 3
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Eey yo, tios, tias, ates,
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qyas; consider your influence
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The little ones want to be us
stop thinking so selfishly
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Called to be the best is what's best
for our community
Consistency,
change the future of a family
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When one goes to college,
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it breaks the cycle of poverty
I know a ex- vice lord dropped his flags
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And picked up the pulpit,
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put a price on his head
We're tortoise- and- the- hare style,
brave in the drought
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And just last week he baptized
they guy who put the hit out
My cousin Era shootin' kites to aunt
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Carolinabout how he hates his life
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And tell me a lil' more about Christ
Well- versed in gang talk
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Fooled them OGs and them prison guards
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Now he walks a yard he owns
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No could- a should- a would- a's,
ask all my kinfolks
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I read the story a million times
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Tortoise always wins
Verse 4
This ain't a game, standard- bearer,
raise the banner
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You should demand better,
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Testify, rally cry, under the banner
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Jah Jah, King Nissi, follow the banner
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Uh, for your children, for your neighbors,
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Follow the banner
lock your arms, plant your feet
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Look around, they need you,
Verse 5
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Better husbands, better fathers,
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more servants, more diligence
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No excuses, they are useless
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You can do this, follow the banner
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It takes discipline, to be dead to sin
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Can't do it alone, you need your kin
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Just keep the pace, understand the race
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You ain't gotta be fast,
just don't run out of gas
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No honorable mentions, leave no leftovers
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Lick the plate of life clean
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No Ponzi schemes (nope), just
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Just reverence, He is our banner
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Just look around, examine creation,
The pictures he painted
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Beeline the finish line,
don't mind if you quote me
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Ask why we ain't hot yet? We
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cookin' ours slowly
Verse 6
This ain't a game, standard- bearer,
raise the banner
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You should demand better,
homie, raise the banner
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Testify, rally cry, under the banner
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Jah Jah, King Nissi, follow the banner
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Uh, for your children, for your neighbors,
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for your com munities
lock your arms, plant your feet
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Look around, they need you,
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
This ain't a game, standard- bearer,
raise the banner
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You should demand better, homie,
Testify, rally cry, under the banner
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Jah Jah, King Nissi, follow the ban ner
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Uh, for your children, for your neighbors,
lock your arms, plant your feet
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Look around, they need you, follow the banner
Outro 1
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