[Verse 1] They tell you love don't cost a thing Them folks all got diamond rings And they say it's the punch that you don't see coming They can't hit me if I don't stop running, running, running, running [Chorus] We are what they aren't, we do what they don't We love how we live, we live how they won't We say what we say and we don't give a damn We ain't living in no promised land Until the day that we die they drink from our cup Sell us a lie and we buy it up And I'm just a fool who understands That we ain't living in no promised land We ain't living in no promised land We ain't living in no promised land [Verse 2] They say work real hard and it all works out From their penthouse suite or their spot uptown I can hear the sound of the footsteps coming Yeah, but they can't hurt me if I don't fear nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin' [Chorus] We are what they aren't, we do what they don't We love how we live, we live how they won't We say what we say and we don't give a damn We ain't living in no promised land Until the day that we die they drink from our cup Sell us a lie and we buy it up I'm just a fool who understands That we ain't living in no promised land No, we ain't living in no promised land We ain't living in no promised land [Chorus] We are what they aren't, we do what they don't We love how we live, we live how they won't We say what we say and we don't give a damn We ain't living in no promised land Until the day that we die they drink from our cup Sell us a lie and we buy it up I'm just a fool who understands That we ain't living in no promised land We are what they aren't, we do what they don't We love how we live, we live how they won't We say what we say and we don't give a damn We ain't living in no promised land Until the day that we die they drink from our cup Sell us a lie and we buy it up I'm just a fool who understands That we ain't living in no promised land No, we ain't living in no promised land We ain't living in no promised land
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