The test begins, now I thought I was smart, I thought I was right I thought it better not to fight, I thought there was a Virtue in always being cool, so when it came time to Fight I thought I'll j...

I saw the rain wash her away ...Took me to the wire ...The sun erasing her in ...Stay the same ...I'd rather fight then fade away ...Stay the same ...I'd rather fight then fade away ...Stay the same ...I'd rather fight then fade away

The daylight had alread...It was such a fight to fade away asleep ...Found to chase down the dawn ...Til the daylight turns to a

{Jeru The Damaja} ...Still mothers in the ghetto, rent don't ... life, if you don't fight you fade ...Surviving in the streets, not a task...Growing up in the hood, young black a...Caught up in the game of blocks and ...My niggas in the ghetto, give it eve...ause until we reach the top, can't stop and...The presha, the the the presha ...The presha, the the the presha ...{Jeru The Damaja} ...I'm trying to reach the youth, to preserve ...There's a fork in the road, choose life o...The rest, rest in the Earth, only the best progress ...{Jeru The Damaja} ...Baby in the crib, and dad got n...s time to stabilize the structure ...now sing praise to the gutter ...The blazed double X, co...Word, to the mother land, kill the other man ...Lord of the concrete jungle, an...ibin, been balancin the eco system ...s no more niggas in the ghetto, here I am

eal my scars, erase the past...So let them go and fade into light...Give up the fight here...Let my eyes take in the beauty that's here...So let them go and fade into light...Give up the fight here...Stealing the only dignity in me...The cause of ...I take the joy away from me...The dragon is reeking h...So let them go and fade into light...Give up the fight here...I want the night just to color the day...The morning to chase al...So let them go and fade into light...Give up the fight here

Warriors of the night ...You will never fade away ...ledge allegiance to the rock ...Fight for the rock ...You know you better fight for the rock ...Fight for the rock 'n roll ...Piercing sound the thunder clouds explode into the night. ...Fight for the rock ...You know you better fight for the rock ...Fight for the rock 'n roll ...Warriors of the fight soldiers of the night ...We will never fade away ...Let the torches light the sky ...Fight for the rock ...You know you better fight for the rock ...Fight for the rock 'n roll ...Fight for the rock ...You know you better fight for the rock ...Fight for the rock 'n roll

Kids kissing on the floor...Up on the gallery wall...They take the world apart...The tension on the string... time to reign over the king...The archer fires away (...Then the arrow comes down...The pale imitation...The whole facade is wea...'Til people take the power back...Moving out the cavalcade...We live to fight another day...See the arrows fly...Make you master of the house...With the sucker hanging from...s time to take over the hill...The archer fires away (...When the colors come down...The pale imitation...The whole facade is wea...'Til people take the power back...Moving out the cavalcade...We live to fight another day...See the archer's arrows fade (Hey, hey)...See the archer's arrows fade (Hey, hey)...See the archer's arrows fade (Soon find out if w...See the archer's arrows fade (Soon find out, lea...See the archer's arrows fade...See the archer's arrows fade (Hey, hey)

Kids kissing on the floor...Up on the gallery wall...They take the world apart...The tension on the string... time to reign over the king...The archer fires away (...Then the arrow comes down...The pale imitation...The whole facade is wea...'Til people take the power back...Moving out the cavalcade...We live to fight another day...See the arrows fly...Make you master of the house...With the sucker hanging from...s time to take over the hill...The archer fires away (...When the colors come down...The pale imitation...The whole facade is wea...'Til people take the power back...Moving out the cavalcade...We live to fight another day...See the archer's arrows fade (Hey, hey)...See the archer's arrows fade (Hey, hey)...See the archer's arrows fade (Soon find out if w...See the archer's arrows fade (Soon find out, lea...See the archer's arrows fade...See the archer's arrows fade (Hey, hey)

forces, thunder in the east...arrior could subdue the beast...Somewhere in the dark, a light or ju...ning back, brothers fight or fall...From the ashes we will rise, like a Phoenix to the skies...ning back, brothers fight or fall...d, don't let us all fade away, fade away...1666, we stood in the valley of death...Steel in our hands, the final command...t up don't stare at the ground...ning back, brothers fight or fall

rather be dead than fade away ...rather be dead than fade away ...rather be dead than fade away ...rather be dead than fade away ...This is the real Mccoy ...clinkin' I'm losin' the fight ...rather be dead than fade away ...rather be dead than fade away ...rather be dead than fade away ...rather be dead than fade away ...Upfront the down stroll ...Every nigga in the crew that didn't sc...rather be dead than fade away ...rather be dead than fade away ...rather be dead than fade away ...It's the same ol same ...Everybody knows the 411 ...Lets smoke the flat lines once the hammer clicks ...rather be dead than fade away ...rather be dead than fade away ...rather be dead than fade away

all walk, we all do the things we want...o why can't we stop the hate...ll me how to get to the place...Where all the color lines fade away...But the world will never ch...ok, [unverified] at the color of my sin and...Yo, what about the great American drea... a twisted plot for the sequel?...And the wonder why your pea...And shake the entire being of Ame...For this land of the free, home of the brave...all walk, we all do the things we want...o why can't we stop the hate...ll me how to get to the place...Where all the color lines fade away...I ain't the first to paint this...kin, became king of the hole above their ch...all walk, we all do the things we want...o why can't we stop the hate...ll me how to get to the place...Where all the color lines fade away...Who needs the sunlight, when free...ht, betray, we know the games we play... I can't figure out the reason why tell me ...we're grown but yet fight over skin tone...all walk, we all do the things we want...o why can't we stop the hate...ll me how to get to the place...Where all the color lines fade away

Did you hear of the city on the hill...Said one old man to the other...You see the poets thought the dancers were shallo...And the soldiers thought the poets were weak...And the elders saw the young ones as fooli...And the rich man never heard the poor man speak...And the light began to fade...In the City on the Hill, the City on the Hill...And the light began to fade...In the City on the Hill, the City on the Hill...And the world is searching ...But it was the rhythm of the dancers...That gave the poets life...It was the spirit of the poets...That gave the soldiers strength to fight...It was fire of the young ones...It was the wisdom of the old...It was the story of the poor man...It is the rhythm of the dancers...That gives the poets life...It is the spirit of the poets...That gives the soldiers strength to fight...It is fire of the young ones...It is the wisdom of the old...It is the story of the poor man...As the light begins to fade in the City on the Hill...As the light begins to fade in the City on the Hill...The city on the hill...And the Father's calling st...To the city on the hill

The streets of the future littered wit...The streets of the future littered wit...Of both the fools and the so-called brains ...Of both the fools and the so-called brains ...The whole prediction is...The whole prediction is...But the rest are crying "Wh...But the rest are crying "Wh...But the truth is we've forgotten how we used to fight ...But the truth is we've forgotten how we used to fight ...We've found the piper, but we've lost the rats ...We've found the piper, but we've lost the rats ...But the kids are crying "Wh...But the kids are crying "Wh...Maybe if we smile, the clock'll fade away ...Maybe if we smile, the clock'll fade away ...Maybe we can force the hands to just rever...Maybe we can force the hands to just rever...ever been taught to fight or to face up to fa...ever been taught to fight or to face up to fa

see me crawl across the floor?...I don't want to fade away...I don't want to fade away...The way that you treat ...s strong but I lost the fight...see me crawl across the floor?...I don't want to fade away...I don't want to fade away...see me crawl across the floor to you?...I don't want to fade away...I don't want to fade away...see me crawl across the floor to you?...I don't want to fade away...I don't want to fade away...I don't want to fade away...I don't want to fade away...I don't want to fade away...I don't want to fade away

hy you have to feel the things that hurt yo...Cause the pain that you've be...It can't compare to the joy that's coming... you gotta wait for the light...Press on and just fight the good fight...Cause the pain that you've be...It's just the dark before the morning...But you'll see the bigger picture...Once you feel the weight of glory...All your pain will fade to memory...Once you feel the weight of glory...All your pain will fade to memory...Cause the pain that you've be...It can't compare to the joy that's coming... you gotta wait for the light...Press on and just fight the good fight...Cause the pain that you've be...It's just the hurt before the healing...Oh the pain that you've be...It's just the dark before the morning

ess arrested unless the drama expires ...i sleep on the pavement, the one man movement, ...the band, a circus with all the members drunk and o...yo fuck is the word as hostile as the world ...entertaining the crowd but thinking ...with the stereo beats and the club and the heat ...with the glimpses of skin, a...where the idiot's been, oh lo...and when the ratings drop they get the army and cops ...to fight an impossible cause...i don't fight the mind (x3) ...i don't fight the mind (x3) ...yeah, the phones the cash, electrical as...tits and ass, the present, the past, the future is fast. ...the fashion junkies are...ht was on fire, all the streets run cool. ...leasure, singing to the racer. ... uniform is unique, the shopping mall chic....I write records in the sky with God. He's ...es are alright. all the blacks are white. ...everyday is the night and my talent...fashion is the devil ...i don't fight the mind (x3) ...i don't fight the mind (x3) ...i don't fight the mind (x3) ...i don't fight the mind (x3) ...fight the mind (x8) ...i don't fight the mind (x3) ...i don't fight the mind (x3) ...i don't fight the mind (x3)