[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I was born in Chicago at nineteen and forty-one
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I was born in Chicago at nineteen and forty-one
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Well, my father told me "Son, you had better get a gun"
[Verse 2]
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Well, my first friend went down when I was 17 years old
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Well, my first friend went down when I was 17 years old
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Well, there's one thing I can say about that boy "He gotta go"
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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Well, my second friend went down when I was 21 years of age
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Well, my second friend went down when I was 21 years of age
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Well, there's one thing I can say about that boy "He gotta pray"
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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Well, now rules are alright if there's someone left to play the game
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Well, now rules are alright if there's someone left to play the game
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All my friends are going and thing's just don't seem the same
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Oh, thing's just don't seem the same, babe
[Instrumental]
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[Outro]
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