Tension

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Tension ssit's all that I know
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I got tension out in traffic
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I got tension in my office
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I got tension and it's everywhere that I go


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After the bad guy killed off all the underdeveloped characters
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The good guy put a bullet right through his head
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The screenwriter stood up and told us that all the loose ends had been
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tied, justice is irrelevant
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Violent problems need violent solutions
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'Cause in America we like our bad guys dead

It's called box office, baby
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It's bigger than the damn Stones


(Spoken)

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Well they roped off all of my problems and pointed their fingers at 
addiction
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'Cause they know if you're doin' the pointin' no one's lookin' at you

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But you know this war on drugs it's funded by the Tobacco and Alcohol 
Commissions
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It's not what drugs you're strung out on they care about as much as 
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whose
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You see people....people still love drugs
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Y'all do anyway...I'm over it


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Tension ss
Tension ssit's all that I know
I got tension in my classroom
I got tension in my courtroom
I got tension and it's everywhere that I go


(Spoken)
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When rock and roll first came around the preachers all went crazy
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But soon that wasn't enough to bring people in the door
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So now they jump on any scandal that they can to try and save me
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'Cause they know I don't buy that crap about the Devil's music 
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anymore
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Republicans
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That's what scares people these days
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That and Democrats

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