All Jokes Aside

I don't wanna be the oppressor

And I don't wanna be oppressed

Sometimes I feel depression

But I'm not gonna be depressed

I'm not searchin' for utopia

But I could live without the stress

Still have the King in Ethiopia

For by Ja rule we have been blessed

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All jokes aside

We've been taken for a ride

All jokes aside

Gonna cross that great divide

Some feel their money and possessions

Command superior intellect

Or that the poor can't make decisions

Because they're lazy or inept

These are such gross misconceptions

That so many readily accept

But in life you must learn many lessons

Mostly, to love and to respect

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All jokes aside

We've been taken for a ride

All jokes aside

Put away the foolish pride

I didn't know how much I loved you

Until I had left

Society upon our shoulders

Is causing us to drift apart

Thought I was below or above you

I didn't know how to close the rift

Now that I really want to hold you

You might cry, please don't be deaf

I'm singing'

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All jokes aside

We've been taken for a ride

All jokes aside

Ja love forever guide

400 years down in (eye)Egypt

400 years down in (huh?)

400 years we sat down and waited

By the rivers of Babylon

Under the shade of the Almighty

Under the wings of Ja we trust

Giving praises day and nightly

And thanks to the goodness of Ja love

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Oh, why e why

Oh, why e why

Oh why e why

We've been taken for ride