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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, even
All you crackheads, pimps and pedophiles
The end of this album is the beginning of me. No it's the beginning
Of you. No I'm wrong again. It's the beginning of us. Yes. To the
Beautiful people who reside in the most van glorious state on the
Planet. The dirt road dons and dirt road divas whose voices have not
Been heard. This is for us all. Barack Obama speaks about change
To me, change is the basis of growth. Growth is the basis of life
If you're not constantly growing, then you're dying. And I feel so
Alive. The air I breathe through my nostrils smells sweet. And being
That I am South Carolina, if the state could talk it would sound like
Me. Then South Carolina must feel alive too. Breathe my people
Breathe. God is good. Allah has his hands on us. In the book of
Matthew, chapter 20, verse 16, it says, "So the last shall be first
And the first last." Well, we're last in everything that matters
And first in everything that's corrupt. Our schools are some of the
Worst in the country. Why? Because they're too busy using the money
To build prisons. To lock our black asses up. The Dixie flag still
Flies on the state house lawn in Columbia. The slave market. The
Auction blocks where our ancestors were beaten and sold, that's
A major tourist attraction in Charleston. Now, I guess that did
Make us last, but if you're in tune with your creator, then you
Should realize it was only a matter of time before we became first
Ladies and gentlemen, I want to thank you for your purchase
I want to thank you for your download. I want to thank you for
Stealing this CD. Whatever you had to do to get your hands on this
Music, South Carolina appreciates you. We just want you to listen
We just want to be heard. Now remember, take this jewel with you
It's very important. If you're out there grinding, hustling
Beating the block, making moves, remember one thing. If the moves
You bust on a daily basis are not stupid dope moves, what's the
Point of busting them? Until next
Time, Charlemagne the God says peace
Written by: Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad, DAHI DACOURY NATCHE, Dong Hwa Chung, Isabel Gilberto de Oliveira, James Dewitt Yancey, John Tanner, Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor, Sean Michael Anderson, William Pulliam

