I

am

not

throw

ing

a

way

my

shot

50

I

am

not

throw

ing

a

way

my

shot

102

Hey

yo,

I’m

just

like

my

coun

try

130

I’m

young,

scrap

py,

and

hung

ry

157

And

I’m

not

throw

ing

a

way

my

shot

201

I’

mma

get

a

scho

lar

ship

to

King’s

Col

lege

247

I

pro

’bly

should

n’t

brag,

but

dag,

I

a

maze

a

sto

nish

300

The

pro

blem

is

I

got

a

lot

of

brains,

but

no

po

lish

354

I

got

ta

hol

ler

just

to

be

heard

386

With

e

ve

ry

word

I

drop

know

ledge

424

I’m

a

dia

mond

in

the

rough,

a

shin

y

piece

of

coal

475

Try

in’

to

reach

my

goal,

493

My

po

wer

of

speech:

un

im

pea

cha

ble

534

On

ly

nine

teen,

but

my

mind

is

ol

der

584

These

New

York

Ci

ty

streets

get

ting

col

der,

I

shoul

der

634

Eve

ry

bur

den,

eve

ry

dis

ad

van

tage

667

I

have

learned

to

ma

nage

688

I

don’t

have

a

gun

to

bran

dish

713

I

walk

these

streets

fa

mished

743

The

plan

is

to

fan

this

spark

in

to

a

flame

794

But

damn,

it’s

get

ting

dark,

816

So

let

me

spell

out

my

name

I

am

the—

850

A-

L,

E-

X,

A-

N,

D,

E-

R

918

We

are

meant

to

be

948

A

co

lo

ny

that

runs

in

de

pen

den

tly

1002

Mean

while,

Bri

tain

keeps

shit

ting

on

us

end

less

ly

1057

Es

sen

tial

ly,

they

tax

us

re

lent

less

ly

1109

Then

King

George

turns

a

round,

runs

a

spen

ding

spree

1162

He

ain’t

ne

ver

gon

na

set

his

de

scen

dants

free

1213

So

there

will

be

a

re

vo

lu

tion

in

this

cen

tur

y

1267

EN

TER

ME!

1297

Don’t

be

shocked

when

your

his

t’ry

book

men

tions

me

1373

I

will

lay

down

my

life

if

it

sets

us

free

1426

Even

tual

ly

you’ll

see

my

a

scen

dan

cy

1479

And

I

am

not

throw

ing

a

way

my

shot

1531

I

am

not

throw

ing

a

way

my

shot

1580

Hey

yo,

I’m

just

like

my

count

ry

1612

I’m

young,

scrap

py,

and

hung

ry

1641

And

I’m

not

throw

ing

a

way

my

shot

1689

I

am

not

throw

ing

a

way

my

shot

1742

I

am

not

throw

ing

a

way

my

shot

1791

Hey

yo,

I’m

just

like

my

coun

try

1821

I’m

young,

scrap

py,

and

hung

ry

1848

And

I’m

not

throw

ing

a

way

my

shot

1899

It’s

time

to

take

a

shot

1962

Shot

2175

Shot

2386

Shot

2594

Shot

2777

Burr,

check

what

we

got

2802

Mr

La

fa

yette

hard

rock

like

Lan

ce

lot

2855

I

think

your

pants

look

hot

2880

Lau

rens,

I

like

you

a

lot

2907

Let’s

hatch

a

plot

bla

cker

than

the

ket

tle

cal

lin’

the

pot

2959

What

are

the

odds

the

gods

would

put

us

all

in

one

spot

3013

Pop

pin’

a

squat

on

con

ven

tio

nal

wis

dom,

like

it

or

not

3065

A

bunch

of

re

vo

lu

tio

na

ry

ma

num

is

sion

a

bo

li

tion

ists

3128

Give

me

a

po

si

tion,

show

me

where

the

am

mu

ni

tion

is

3197

Oh,

am

I

tal

kin’

too

loud?

3226

Some

times

I

get

o

ver

ex

ci

ted,

shoot

off

at

the

mouth

3280

I

ne

ver

had

a

group

of

friends

be

fore

3314

I

pro

mise

that

I’ll

make

y’all

proud

3365

I

am

not

throw

ing

a

way

my

shot

3439

I

am

not

throw

ing

a

way

my

shot

3489

Hey

yo,

I’m

just

like

my

coun

try

3519

I’m

young,

scrap

py,

and

hun

gry

3545

And

I’m

not

throw

ing

a

way

my

shot

3597

I

am

not

throw

ing

a

way

my

shot

3649

I

am

not

throw

ing

a

way

my

shot

3700

Hey

yo,

I’m

just

like

my

coun

try

3729

I’m

young,

scrap

py,

and

hun

gry

3757

And

I’m

not

throw

ing

a

way

my

shot

3808

Woah

woah,

wo

ah

oh

3889

Wo

ah

oh

3934

Wo

ah

oh

3990

Yeah

4025

Woah

woah,

wo

ah

oh

4094

Wo

ah

oh

4152

Wo

ah

oh

4202

Yeah

4227

Rise

up

4258

When

you’re

li

ving

on

your

knees,

you

rise

up

4311

Tell

your

bro

ther

that

he’s

got

to

rise

up

4363

Tell

your

sis

ter

that

she’s

got

to

ri

~se

up

4434

Wo

ah

oh

4520

Wo

ah

oh

4574

Wo

ah

oh

4625

Rise

up

4649

I

i

ma

gine

death

so

much

it

feels

more

like

a

me

mo

ry

4701

When’s

it’s

gon

na

get

me?

4727

In

my

sleep?

4741

Se

ven

feet

a

head

of

me?

4768

If

I

see

it

co

ming,

do

I

run

or

do

I

let

it

be?

4822

Is

it

like

a

beat

wit

hout

a

me

lo

dy?

4861

See,

I

ne

ver

thought

I’d

live

past

twen

ty

4909

Where

I

come

from

some

get

half

as

many

4960

Ask

a

ny

bo

dy

why

we

li

vin’

fast

and

we

laugh,

reach

for

a

flask

5037

We

have

to

make

this

mo

ment

last,

that’s

plen

ty

5087

Scratch

that

5102

This

is

not

a

mo

ment,

it’s

the

move

ment

5141

Where

all

the

hun

gri

est

bro

thers

with

some

thing

to

prove

went

5197

Foes

op

pose

us,

we

take

an

ho

nest

stand

5247

We

roll

like

Mo

ses,

clai

min’

our

Pro

mised

Land

5307

And

if

we

win

our

in

de

pen

dence

5356

’Zat

a

gua

ran

tee

of

free

dom

for

our

des

cen

dants?

5410

Or

will

the

blood

we

shed

be

gin

an

end

less

5459

Cy

cle

of

ven

geance

and

death

with

no

de

fen

dants?

5519

I

know

the

ac

tion

in

the

street

is

ex

ci

tin’

5559

But

Je

sus,

be

tween

all

the

blee

din’

’n

figh

tin’

5599

I’ve

been

rea

din’

’n

wri

tin’

5626

We

need

to

han

dle

our

fi

nan

cial

si

tu

a

tion

5677

Are

we

a

na

tion

of

states?

5705

What’s

the

state

of

our

na

tion?

5733

I’m

past

pa

tient

ly

wai

tin’

5760

I’m

pas

sio

nate

ly

sma

shin’

every

ex

pec

ta

tion

5803

Eve

ry

ac

tion’s

an

act

of

cre

a

tion

5838

I’m

lau

ghin’

in

the

face

of

ca

sual

ties

and

sor

row

5886

For

the

first

time,

I’m

thin

kin’

past

to

mor

row

5934

And

I

am

not

throw

in’

a

way

my

shot

5990

I

am

not

throw

in’

a

way

my

shot

6039

Hey,

yo,

I’m

just

like

my

coun

try

6070

I’m

young,

scrap

py,

and

hun

gry

6096

And

I’m

not

throw

in’

a

way

my

shot

6145

We

gon

na

rise

up;

time

to

take

a

shot

6198

We

gonna

rise

up;

time

to

take

a

shot

6268

It’s

time

to

take

a

shot

6327

It’s

time

to

take

a

shot

6376

Time

to

take

a

shot

6417

Take

a

shot,

a

shot,

a

shot

6466

It’s

time

to

take

a

shot,

time

to

take

a

shot

6513

And

I

am

6527

Not

throw

ing

a

way

my

6551

Not

throw

ing

a

way

my

shot!

A-

L,

E-

X,

A-

N,

D,

E-

R

918

We

are

meant

to

be

986

He

says

in

pa

ren

the

ses

1359

And

I’m

not

throw

ing

a

way

my

shot

1689

I

am

not

throw

ing

a

way

my

shot

1742

I

am

not

throw

ing

a

way

my

shot

1791

Hey

yo,

I’m

just

like

my

coun

try

1821

I’m

young,

scrap

py,

and

hung

ry

1848

And

I’m

not

throw

ing

a

way

my

shot

1899

It’s

time

to

take

a

shot

1926

I

dream

of

life

with

out

the

mon

ar

chy

1968

The

un

rest

in

France

will

lead

to

“o

nar

chy”

2016

“O

nar

chy?

”

How

you

say,

how

you

s -

Oh,

a

nar

chy

2075

When

I

fight

I

make

the

o

ther

side

pa

nic

ky

2119

With

my

Shot

2138

Yo,

I’m

a

tai

lor’s

ap

pren

tice

2169

And

I

got

y’all

knu

ckle

heads

in

lo

co

pa

ren

tis

2222

I’m

joi

ning

the

re

bellion

cuz

I

know

it’s

my

chance

2271

To

so

cial

ly

ad

vance,

in

stead

of