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IN THE THIRD GRADE

CHORUS In the third grade, In the third grade
Ricky and Noah, remember them
The very best of friends
Come on out and play
In the third grade
Once upon a time.

VERSE In the third grade, they were masters of the universe
Both of them were mighty but who goes first
Costumes were blue and red, rags
They were hero supermen, but the outfit sags
In the play ground when Noah fell down
Ricky came around to pick him up off the ground
Yo, you could say they were actors until they died
Some times they laughed until they cried

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VERSE In the Eighth grade Noah hung out with Leon G. O. Jackson
One kid short of a trio, red
And Ricky cooled out with Marcus E. Cool, trip
He wore blue I guess he's a Crip
But the game had new rules
They both had tools, and they did what they had to
As they think back through out the years
They were both too old, too big, too bold for tears

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VERSE Friends were mourning in the morning
While the rest of America was yawning
Damn, ignorant sons with guns in the kettle
Went out to lighten two pounds of medal
All for the color of a rag
So they both lay stiffs in a bag
Your mom thinks back when they were children
And how they played, back in the third grade

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BRIDGE Two young men, all alone, two A.M. on the play ground
A chill in the air, and they lay so still
And ribbons of red pool and spread, pool and spread
Hear their mamas crying, dying in the morning

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Ray Palmer
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