[Verse 1]
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Everybodys got to love each other
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Stop throwin stones at your sisters and your brothers
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Man, it wasnt that long ago we were all living in the jungle
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So why do we gotta put each other down
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When theres more than enough love to g-g-go around?
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[Chorus]
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Come to mama
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Tell me who hurt ya
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Theres gonna be no future
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If we dont figure this out
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[Verse 2]
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Dude in a lab coat and a man of God
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(Come onto mama, come on, mama)
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Fought over prisms and a forty-day flood
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(Come onto mama, come on, mama)
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Well, I say rainbows did more than theyve ever done
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(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
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So why do we gotta fight over ideas?
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(Aah, aah, aah)
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Were talkin the same old shit after all of these years
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(Ayi, yi, yi)
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[Chorus]
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Come to mama
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Tell me who hurt ya
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Theres gonna be no future
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If we dont figure this out
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Oh, come tomorrow
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Who are you gonna follow?
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Theres gonna be no future
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If we dont figure this out
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[Verse 3]
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Psychic guru catches minnows in the harbor
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(Come onto mama, come on, mama)
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Everyone tells him he should work a little harder
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(Come onto mama, come on, mama)
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{Hey, man, get to work! Catch em!}
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They all tell you that freedom must be bought
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But baby, hes already caught em
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So why do we gotta tell each other how to live?
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The only prisons that exist are ones we put each other in
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[Chorus]
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Come to mama
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Tell me who hurt ya
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Theres gonna be no future
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If we dont figure this out
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Oh, come tomorrow
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Who are you gonna follow?
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Theres gonna be no future
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If we dont figure this out
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[Outro]
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Come to mama (Come onto me)
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(Woah, oh-oh oo oh-oo-oh)
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(Woah, oh-oh oo oh-oo-oh)
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Come on mama
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Come on mama
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Come on mama
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Woohoo-hoo woohoo hoo-oo-hoo
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Woohoo-hoo woohoo hoo-oo-hoo
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‘Cause I wanna be there
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I wanna be there for you
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I wanna be there
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Why do we gotta tell each other how to live?
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The only prisons that exist are ones we put each other in
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Why do we gotta tell each other how to live?
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Look what that rainbow did
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Oo-hoo woohoo-oo-hoo woohoo-hoo
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Oo-hoo woohoo-oo-hoo woohoo-hoo
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Oo-hoo woohoo-oo-hoo woohoo-hoo