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I'm the keeper of the flame
I'm the keeper of the flame
I'm the keeper of the flame
I'm the keeper of the flame
Deeds are fruits
Words are but leaves
It's better to do well than to say well indeed
So if you come from the rock, please don't run from the rock
Keep your conscience clean and put the world on your back
A foolish builder leaves out the cornerstone
But every dog feels like a lion in his home
My destiny, it's in my own hands
'Cause the child is the father of the man so...
I'm the keeper of the flame
I'm the keeper of the flame
I'm the keeper of the flame
I'm the keeper of the flame
I'm the keeper of the flame
It's been a minute, man
Let's go
I went from caveman to slavemen
Church scream amen and then they lynch men
Brought y'all the 911 before the World Trade
I saw the world through Ray Charles' shades
Try to warn 'em, they ain't wanna listen
Nostradamus saw the birds, now there's two things missing
Two suns hitting, Hussein's suns sitting
So calm, their father Saddam hung in a prison
I'll be damned if a man put a tech in my hand
Had me in the sand, shooting at the brown man
Runner becomes the gunner, the gunner become the hunter
The hunter become the hunted on America's most wanted
How does America's most wanted get apprehended?
When his man turns state on his co-defendant
You need a lawyer?
Let me talk for you
You in a wheelchair, blood?
Let me walk for you
I'm a leader
I'm the keeper of the flame
I'm the keeper of the flame
I'm the keeper of the flame
I'm the keeper of the flame
I'm the keeper of the flame
Man, what happened to the leaders, man?
Yeah, yeah, yeah
What if Martin Luther stayed in the room
Never stepped foot in the balcony?
What if they had a bulletproof car instead of a drop-top for Kennedy?
Malcolm did the speech, what if I sat amongst the congregation?
So when them boys scream, "Get your hands on
Pocket," fire shots at the assassins, rocker
Ain't nothing new under the sun
What if I had put blanks in Marvin Gaye's father's gun?
What if y'all knew the truth before sending your kids to war?
Told y'all that man ain't care about Iraq, he cared about the oil
When you thinking about how many records you gonna sell
I think about getting all of my people out the cell
We put in work, y'all ain't revolutionary '
Cause you got a Jacob Ed T-shirt
It's just a T-shirt
Rocka, why you think I ran for president?
I got five cribs and they said I got no residence
They tried to punk me but I was born with no fear
So I'ma run in like 10 years
I'm the keeper of the flame
I'm the keeper of the flame
I'm the keeper of the flame
I'm the keeper of the flame
'Cause I'm a leader, man
Man, I'm the keeper of the planet, man
Yeah, why?
I'm a leader
I'm the keeper of the flame
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