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I want to be as free as the spirits of those who left
나는 떠나버린 이들의 영혼처럼 자유롭고 싶어 I'm talking Malcom, Coltrane, my man Yusef 예를 들면 Malcolm X, Coltrane, 내 친구 Yusef Through death through conception 죽음과 생각을 통해서 New breath and resurrection 새로 숨을 쉬며 부활해 For moms, new steps in her direction 그것은 엄마들에겐, 앞으로 내딛는 새로운 발걸음 In the right way 올바른 방법으로 Told inside is where the fight lay 싸움이 벌어지는 곳에서 속으로 말을 하고 And everything a nigga do may not be what he might say 우리가 하는 것이 말대로 돌아가지 않을 수 있어 Chicago nights stay, stay on the mind 시카고의 밤은, 밤은 마음 속에 머물러 But I write many lives and lay on these lines 하지만 난 많은 생명을 적어 이 가사에 담아 Wave the signs of the times 시간의 징조를 표현해 Many say the grind's on the mind 많은 이들이 성공은 마음 속에 있다 하지 Shorties blunted-eyed and everyone wanna rhyme 눈을 반쯤 감은 이들, 모두들 라임을 하고 싶어해 Bush pushing lies, killers immortalized Bush는 거짓말을 하고, 킬러는 죽지 않네 We got arms but won't reach for the skies 무기는 있지만 하늘까지 가질 못해 Waiting for the Lord to rise 하느님이 다시 나타나시길 기다리는 수 밖에 I look into my daughter's eyes 내 딸의 눈을 바라보고 And realize that I'ma learn through her 그녀를 통해 배울 것이 있음을 깨닫지 The Messiah, might even return through her 메시아는, 어쩌면 그녀의 몸으로 돌아올지도 If I'ma do it, I gotta change the world through her 해야한다면, 그녀를 통해 세상을 바꾸겠어 Furs and a Benz, gramps wantin 'em 모피코트와 Benz, 할아버지들은 그걸 원하지 Demons and old friends, pops they hauntin' him 악마와 옛친구, 아버지들은 그를 찾지 The chosen one from the land of the frozen sun 얼어붙은 태양의 대지에서 선택받은 이 When drunk nights get remembered more than sober ones 그곳은, 술취한 밤이 정신 말짱할 때보다 더 많은 곳 Walk like warriors, we were never told to run 전사처럼 걸어가, 도망가는 법은 배우지 않았어 Explored the world to return to where my soul begun 내 영혼이 시작한 곳으로 돌아가기 위해 세상을 탐험해 Never looking back or too far in front of me 절대 뒤, 혹은 너무 멀리 보지 않을 것 The present is a gift 현재 이 순간은 선물 and I just wanna BE 난 단지 이렇게 있고 싶을뿐 |
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Verse 1:(Common)
Memories on corners with the fo's and the mo's Walk to the store for the rose, talking straightforward to hoes Got uncles that smoke, and some put blow up they nose To cope with the lows, the wind is cold and it blows In they socks and they soles, niggaz holdin' they rolls Corners leave souls opened and closed, hopin' for mo' We know where to go, niggaz rollin' in droves They shoot the wrong way, cuz they ain't know and they goes The streets ain't safe cuz they ain't knowing the code By the foes I was told, either focus or fold Got cousins with flows, hope they open some doors So we can cop clothes and roll in a Rolls Now I roll in a Olds, with windows that don't roll Down the roads where cars get broken and stole These are the stories told by Stony and Cottage Grove The world is cold, the block is hot as a stove On the corners Hook: (Kanye West) I wish I could give you this feelin' I wish I could give this feelin' On the corners niggaz rob or kill And dyin' just to make a livin', huh? (Spoken: The Last Poets) We overstated, we underrated, we educated The corner was our time when time stood still and Gators and snakeskins and Yellow and pink and Powder blue profiles glorifying them Verse 2: (Common) Street lights and deep nights, cats tryin' to eat right Ridin' no-seat-bikes, with work to feed hypes So they can get sweet Nike's, they head and they feet right Desires of street life, cars and weed types Its hard to breathe nights, days are thief-like The beasts roam the streets, the police is Greek-like Game that is deep, we speak and believe hype Banged in the streets has cop left for deep life (?) Its steep life, coming up where niggaz is sheep-like Rappers and hoopers, we strive to be like G's with three strikes, seeds that need light Cheese and recite, needs and BE strife The corner, where struggle and greed fight We write songs about wrong cuz its hard to see right Look to the sky, hoping it will bleed light Reality's a bitch, and I heard that she bites The corner Hook: (Kanye West) I wish I could give you this feelin' I wish I could give this feelin' On the corners niggaz rob or kill And dyin' just to make a livin', huh? (Spoken: The Last Poets) The corner was our magic, our music, our politics Fires raised as tribal dances and war cries Broke out on different corners Power to the people Black power Black is beautiful Verse 3: (Common) Black church services, murderers, Arabs serving burgers As cats with gold permanents, move they bags as herbalists The dirt isn't just fertile, its people workin' and earnin' this The curb getters go where the cats flow and the current is Its so hot that niggaz burn to live The furnace is, whether money movin', the determined live We talk shit, play lotto, and buy German beers Its so black packed with action that's affirmative The corners Hook: (Kanye West) I wish I could give you this feelin' I wish I could give this feelin' On the corners niggaz rob or kill And dyin' just to make a livin', huh? (Spoken: The Last Poets) The corner was our Rock of Gibraltar, our Stonehenge Our Taj Mahal, our monument Our testimonial to freedom, to peace, and to love Down on the corner |
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| 3. |
| 3:44 |
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Chorus]
(Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three (가) 가, 가, 가, 가, 가 그리고 셋을 세면 (Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three (가) 가, 가, 가, 가, 가 그리고 셋을 세면 (Go) go, go, go, go, go, go (가) 가, 가, 가, 가, 가, 가 Uh, on the count of three everybody run back to your fantasy, now 어, 셋을 세면 모두다 네 환상 속으로 다시 돌아와, 이제 (Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three (가) 가, 가, 가, 가, 가 그리고 셋을 세면 (Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three (가) 가, 가, 가, 가, 가 그리고 셋을 세면 (Go) go, go, go, go, go, go (가) 가, 가, 가, 가, 가, 가 And on the count of three everybody run back to your fantasy, now 그리고 셋을 세면 모두다 네 환상 속으로 다시 돌아와, 이제 (Common) (Go) She was a bad (uh), the type at the club niggaz would grab her (가) 그녀는 지독했지 (어), 클럽에서 남자들이 가다가 붙잡을 타입 (Go) Fantasized when I had her, in the bathroom sweatin' with her ass up (가) 그녀를 가졌을 땐 공상에 잠겼었지, 화장실에서 그녀의 엉덩이를 보면서 땀을 흘리는 걸 (Go) The body of a dancer, we had chemistry cuz she was a Cancer (가) 댄서 같은 몸매, 그녀는 게자리였으니 궁합도 잘 맞았지 Thought forever it would last for, but forever move faster, so I had to 영원히 남을 거라고 생각했지만, 영원도 빠르게 지나가더군, 그래서 난 (Go) Still I gotta pause when I think about her in dem draws (갔지) 하지만 속옷을 입은 그녀를 생각만 하면 여전히 잠시 조용해져 (Go) And a ooh baby she liked it raw and like rain when she came it poured (가) 그리고 우 베이비, 그녀는 거친걸 좋아했고, 마치 비처럼 그녀가 오면 땀이 쏟아졌지 (Go) And like a car that I can't afford I would want it then want some more (가) 그리고 내가 살 수 없는 차처럼 원하는 게 끝이 없었어 The positions our frames explored let me know she was secure, back for more I wanna 우리가 알아낸 자세는 그녀가 안전하다는 걸 알려줘(?), 더 많은 걸 위해 돌아왔지 [Chorus] (Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three (가) 가, 가, 가, 가, 가 그리고 셋을 세면 (Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three (가) 가, 가, 가, 가, 가 그리고 셋을 세면 (Go) go, go, go, go, go, go (가) 가, 가, 가, 가, 가, 가 Uh, on the count of three everybody run back to your fantasy, now 어, 셋을 세면 모두다 네 환상 속으로 다시 돌아와, 이제 (Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three (가) 가, 가, 가, 가, 가 그리고 셋을 세면 (Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three (가) 가, 가, 가, 가, 가 그리고 셋을 세면 (Go) go, go, go, go, go, go (가) 가, 가, 가, 가, 가, 가 And on the count of three everybody run back to your fantasy, now 그리고 셋을 세면 모두다 네 환상 속으로 다시 돌아와, 이제 (Common) (Go) Freaky like the daughter of a pastor, said I was bait for her to master (가) 목사의 딸처럼 별나, 난 그녀가 길들여야할 미끼였지 (Go) Little red corvette now she was faster, wet dreams Le'maire cream the bathroom (가) 작고 빨간 Corvette 이제 그녀는 더 빨라, 끈적한 꿈, 크림, 화장실 (Go) We made love and then laughter, and anyway I wanted I could have her (가) 우린 사랑을 나누고 웃었지, 어쨌든 난 그녀를 가지고 싶었어 Said there were some girls that did attract her, a new chapter she was after so I said let's 정말로 그녀를 끌어들이는 여자가 있다고 하더군, 새로운 챕터를 열고 싶어하길래 난 말했지 (Go) To a place that you wanna be, uh get what you want from her and me uh (가자) 네가 가고 싶은 곳으로 uh 그녀와 내게서 원하는 것을 가져가 uh (Go) Free love I wanna see uh, hot sex in the third degree uh (가) 자유로운 사랑을 보고 싶어 uh, 3도 화상을 입을 정도의 화끈한 섹스 uh (Go) You gettin' served while servin' me uh, dirty words encourage me to (가) 나를 기쁘게 해주면 너도 기뻐지는 거야 uh, 외설적인 단어가 내게 흔들리지 Rock steady and sturdily on, you turnin' me no turnin' back the further we 않을 힘을 계속 주지, 너는 나를 돌아설 수 없게 하고 있어, 이렇게 멀리 갈 수록 [Chorus] (Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three (가) 가, 가, 가, 가, 가 그리고 셋을 세면 (Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three (가) 가, 가, 가, 가, 가 그리고 셋을 세면 (Go) go, go, go, go, go, go (가) 가, 가, 가, 가, 가, 가 Uh, on the count of three everybody run back to your fantasy, now 어, 셋을 세면 모두다 네 환상 속으로 다시 돌아와, 이제 (Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three (가) 가, 가, 가, 가, 가 그리고 셋을 세면 (Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three (가) 가, 가, 가, 가, 가 그리고 셋을 세면 (Go) go, go, go, go, go, go (가) 가, 가, 가, 가, 가, 가 And on the count of three everybody run back to your fantasy, now 그리고 셋을 세면 모두다 네 환상 속으로 다시 돌아와, 이제 |
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(sample) Faithful to the end
끝까지 굳은 믿음으로 (Common) We got to be 우린 반드시 (sample) Faithful to the end 끝까지 굳은 믿음으로 (Common) I want to be 난 원하지 (sample) Faithful to the end 끝까지 굳은 믿음으로 (Common) Yes, its for the people, God moves, yeah 그래, 사람들을 위해, 신은 움직여, 그래 [Verse 1] I was rollin' around, in my mind it occurred 그냥 할일없이 시간을 때우다, 갑자기 생각났어 What if God was a her? 만약 신이 여자였다면 어떨까? Would I treat her the same? Would I still be runnin' game on her? 그래도 주님을 똑같이 생각할까? 계속 그분을 따를까? In what type of ways would I want her? 어떤 방식으로 그녀를 원하게 될까? Would I want her for her mind or her heavenly body? 주님의 마음 혹은 환상적인 몸매? Couldn't be out gettin' bogus with someone so godly 물론 주님 같은 분하고 이상한 걸 상상할 수야 없지 If I was wit' her would I still be wantin' my ex? 하지만 그랬다면, 내가 헤어진 여자친구를 그리워할까? The lies, the greed, the weed, the sex 거짓말, 욕심, 마리화나, sex Wouldn't be ashamed to give her part of my check 그런데도 다른 편의 뺨을 돌리는건 부끄러운 일 아닐까? Wearin' her cross, I mean the heart on my neck 그녀의 십자가를 목걸이로 해, 바로 내 목에서 심장까지 Her I would reflect on the streets of the Chi' 그녀와 Chicago의 거리를 바라보겠지 Ride wit' her, 'cause I know for me she'd die 언제나 그녀와 함께, 날 위해서 희생도 할 수 있는 분이니 Through good and bad call on her like I'm chirpin' her 어떤 일이 있어도, 새가 지저귀듯 그녀를 불러 Couldn't be jealous 'cause other brothers worship her 다른 남자들이 그녀를 추앙한다고 질투할 순 없지 Walk this earth for her, glory, I'm grateful 내가 이 땅을 걷는 것도 그녀 덕분, 감사해 To be in her presence I try to stay faithful 그녀의 존재를 생각하며 난 믿음을 다지지 [Chorus] (sample) Faithful to the end 끝까지 굳은 믿음으로 (sample) Faithful to the end 끝까지 굳은 믿음으로 (sample) Faithful to the end 끝까지 굳은 믿음으로 (sample) I'd like to be her very best friend 그녀의 친한 친구가 되고 싶어 [Verse 2] He worked with her, she was his lady's best friend 한 남자가 있었지, 같이 일하는 여자는 남자의 애인의 친구 Even if they don't try some ladies test men 서로가 시험 같은 걸 보려고 하는게 아니더라도 And this was a test that was bigger than him 그 상황은 그를 압도하는 시험이었지 Some believe its the nature that is given to men 몇몇은 그건 남자의 본성이라고 말해 He had a good gig, a wife, a kid, a decent home 그에겐 직장, 아내, 자식에 멋진 집이 있었지만 One reason or another couldn't find peace at home 왜인진 몰라도, 평화를 얻을 수 없었어 She asked, "Why do men always have to stray?" 그녀는 물어 "왜 남자들은 한 곳을 바라보지 못할까요?" He said, "I'm bad, not as bad as Eric Benet" 그는 "난 나빠요, Eric Benet 만큼은 아니지만" "I used to take 'em out to eat but they wasn't really eatin' "가족을 데리고 외식을 하기도 했지만 사실 식사 같은 기분이 아니었어요 Mighta got a little head but I wasn't really cheatin'" 뭐 다른 여자랑 만났을 수도 있지만 그건 바람이 아니라고요" It's hard when your lady don't believe what you say 아내가 자기 말을 믿지 못하는 건 힘든 일 And what you did in the past you gotta live with today 과거에 한 일은 항상 지고가야할 짐 She asked if they could spend the night together 그녀가 혹시 하룻밤만 같이 보낼 수 없냐고 묻자 He thought, and said, "I'm tryin' to get my life together" 그가 생각하고 답하길 "전 제대로 살고 싶어요" Went home to his lady, these were his confessions 집에 가서 아내를 만나, 이렇게 고백했지 "Baby you a blessin' and my best friend" "여보 당신은 축복이자 나의 가장 친한 친구야" [Chorus] (Bilal with his voice overlapping) Faithful to the end 끝까지 굳은 믿음으로 (Bilal) Faithful to the end 끝까지 굳은 믿음으로 (John Legend singing) (John Legend & Bilal) I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be so faithful 난 언제나, 언제나, 언제나 믿겠어 (John Legend & Bilal) I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be so faithful 난 언제나, 언제나 믿겠어 (Repeat 3x) (Bilal) So 정말 (Bilal) So 정말 (Bilal) So 정말 (John Legend) So 정말 (John Legend) So 정말 (John Legend) So 정말 (John Legend & Bilal) So faithful 정말 믿음직하게 (Bilal) So 정말 (Bilal) So 정말 (Bilal) So 정말 (John Legend) So 정말 (John Legend) So 정말 (John Legend & Bilal) That's what I'm gonna do 그래 그럴거야 (John Legend) Faithful to the end 끝까지 굳은 믿음으로 (John Legend) That's what I'm gonna do 그래 그럴거야 (John Legend) Faithful to the end 끝까지 굳은 믿음으로 (John Legend) That's what I'm gonna do 그래 그럴거야 (John Legend) Faithful to the end 끝까지 굳은 믿음으로 (John Legend) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah |
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[Common]
She walk into the court her knees buckle Saying for a man to survive he needn't hustle Seen and been through struggle her whole life Made a transition from being his ho to his wife Stifling, the night upend the ATF bust in Her daddy was a hustla so she love them Looked at the jury how can they judge him, she screamed [sample] Before you lock my love away, before you lock my love away Before you lock my love away, before you lock my love away Please let me testify [Common] Fear in her chest her face in tears, had her mans back he was facing years In her name though the place was his They trying to take everything except the kids But years she been through stumbling fights While he trying to hustle that white Up all night wondering if hes alive Seeing him tried she bubbled inside and screamed [sample] Before you lock my love away, before you lock my love away Before you lock my love away, before you lock my love away Please let me testify [Common] The judge called for order the court reporter makin her words shorter His lawyer sat next to him, she could see how the trial was affecting him It hurt for her eyes to connect with him, using her lies for protecting him They arrested him for murder, and gun possession As they read back her confession she screamed [sample] Before you lock my love away, before you lock my love away Before you lock my love away, before you lock my love away Please let me testify [Common] The court awaited as the foreman got the verdict from the bailiff Emotional outbursts tears and smeared makeup He stated, he was guilty on all charges She's shaking like she took it the hardest A spin artist, she brought her face up laughing That's when the prosecutor realized what happened All that speaking her mind testifying and crying When this bitch did the crime- the queenpin... [sample] Before you lock my love away, before you lock my love away Before you lock my love away, before you lock my love away Please let me testify You accuse me of a, you accuse me of a, you accuse Please let me testify, please let me testify You accuse me of a, you accuse me of a, you accuse Please let me testify, please let me testify |
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[Chorus] How beautiful love can be 사랑이란 얼마나 아름다운지 On the streets love is hard to see 거리에선 사랑을 보기 쉽지 않지 It's a place I got to be 내가 있어야할 곳 Loving you is loving me 널 사랑하는 것은 날 사랑하는 것 How beautiful love can be 사랑이란 얼마나 아름다운지 On the streets love is hard to see 거리에선 사랑을 보기 쉽지 않지 Gotta reach that frequency 주파수를 잡아내야해 Loving you is loving me 널 사랑하는 것은 날 사랑하는 것 [Verse 1] Yeah, you know what love is 그래, 사랑이 뭔지 알지 Even found it on the ground where the thugs live thug들이 사는 땅에서도 찾을 수 있지 My man had to dig deep to find his 내 친구는 그의 것을 찾기 위해 땅을 팠어 Couldn't sleep 'cause on the real he had five kids 현실에선 다섯 아이의 아버지, 잠을 이룰 수 없었어 Live nig's, real niggaz express and taste it 진짜배기들은, 그걸 표현하고 맛을 봐 At crap games, black dames and big faces 가짜들에겐, 흑인 여자와 큰 얼굴 Cases in court, fam' showin' love and support 재판을 받을때, 가족들이 사랑과 도움을 줘 You and your baby's mom thought that love was a sport 너와 네 아내는 사랑이 스포츠였다 생각했지 As men we were taught to hold it in 남자로써 우린 그걸 붙잡도록 배웠지 That's why we don't know how 'til we're older men 그래서 늙을 때까지 제대로 모르는 거야 If love is a place I'ma go again 만약 사랑이 장소라면 난 다시 가겠어 At least now, now I know to go within 적어도 이젠, 어디로 갈지 알 수 있어 At time it can take ya for a spin 가끔 니 머리 속을 돌게도 만들지 Heartbreak hotel then you're home again 슬픔의 호텔, 그리고 집으로 돌아와 I've seen love make a nigga soul pretend 가끔 사랑은 남자의 영혼을 가장하게 만들어 Like a story that he don't want to end Yo 마치 끝나지 않길 바라는 이야기처럼 Yo [Chorus] [Verse 2] It's all love where we come from 우리가 온 곳에선 사랑이 가득하지 In the hood love we was told to run from 게토에선 사랑에게서 도망치라 하지 That same hood where the guns sung 총성이 울려퍼지던 그곳 We holla love, hopin' it would come one 우린 사랑을 외쳐, 언젠가 오길 바라면서 Crack got so many lives undone 코카인은 많은 목숨을 끝내버렸지 From lack of love many hide some run 사랑의 부족함에 많은 이들이 숨고 몇몇은 도망가 I knew this girl with a son who dreamt of actin' in plays 연극배우가 되고 싶어하는 아들을 둔 여자를 알고 지냈지 Demonstration with her man had her trapped in a maze 남자와의 관계는 그녀를 미로에 빠뜨려 Tryin' to find herself again, much of that she'd have gave 다시 제정신을 차리려했지만, 벌써 많이 사라진 자기자신 Love can free us, to it some of us react as a slave 사랑은 우릴 자유롭게 할 수 있고, 몇몇은 노예로 만들어 Funny, we love 'em more when they're relaxed in a grave 우습지, 누가 무덤에 누우면 더 사랑하게 되니 Wonder if a thug is raw, is he actin' afraid? thug도 그런가 몰라, 두려워하는 건가? Everybody loves sun, why do I attract shade? 모두 태양을 사랑하는데, 왜 그늘에 끌리나? Heard of the love of money, but compassion it pays 돈에 대한 사랑, 거기엔 동정이 들어가 Talk about it with my youth so she'd understand 내 젊은 시절에 대해 얘기해줄게, 남자에게 What it is to be loved by a man Uh 사랑받는게 어떤건지 알 수 있게 Uh [Chorus] [Verse 3] Some say that I'm a dreamer 'cause I talk about it often 몇몇은 내가 너무 자주 말해서 몽상가라고 하지 Seen the hardest nigga soften wit' his homie in a coffin 관에 누운 친구를 바라보며 부드러워지는 녀석도 있었어 We walk and stand in, fall in it 우린 걷고 그 안에 서고, 그 속으로 빠져 With the right companion we all in it 딱맞는 파트너와 함께 모두 그곳에 있어 Mary sang a song about it, having broad limits Mary는 그것에 관한 노래를 했지 In the game of life, it's the scrimage 삶의 게임, 언제나 싸움이 가득해 Reminiscing on letters I wrote in my small days 어릴 때 썼던 편지들을 회상하네 A letter to the people, love always Yeah 사람들에게 보냈던 편지를, '사랑해' 그래 |
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[Chorus]
[Common sample] And you say Chi city We don't stop naw we don't quit [Repeat 4X] I rap with the passion of Christ, nigga cross me Took it outta space and niggas thought they lost me I'm back like a chiropract wit b-boy survival rap This ain't '94 Joe we can't go back The game need a makeover My man retired, I'ma "Takeover" Tell these halftime niggas, "Break's over" I'm raw hustlas getcha bakin' soda Too many rape the culture Leave rappers with careers and their faith over It's a war goin' on, you can't fake bein' a soldier In the basement listenin' to tapes of Ultramagnetic to the fact the messiah's black I turn the TV down we could take it higher than that I wonder if these wack niggas realize they wack And they the reason my people say they tired of rap Inspired by black Muslims and Christian Pushin' Cutlasses, dope, and other traditions In the conditions of the city, the city, the city, the city, the city, the city, c'mon [Chorus] A black figure, in the middle of chaos and gun fire So many raps about rims, I'm surprised niggas ain't become tires On the street you turn code and then go screech I tell 'em, "Fuck 'em!" like I do the police The beast in runnin' rampant I'm in between sheets tryna have sex that's tantric But the ghetto, tryna make a get up stand up anthem You spit hot garbage son of Sanford What you rappin' for to get fame or get rich? I slap a nigga like you And tell him Rick James bitch Witcha Hollywood stories on porches We prolly heard stories on who became rich And whatever light they hit, we wanna hit the same switch You didn't know where to aim it, you still remain bitch I'm forever puttin' words together Some'll sever mothers from daughters and fathers from sons The name Com has never been involved in Run Unless it's DMC or runnin' these broads to bein' free I'm harder than the times, you hardly scary Holdin' gats inside, you cats is Halle Berry They ask me where hip hop is goin', it's Chicagoin' Poetry's in motion like a picture, now showin' It's the city, the city y'all, the city, the city y'all C'mon |
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| 8. |
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(feat. Kanye West)
I walked in the crib, got 2 kids, and my baby momma late (uh oh, uh oh, uh oh). So I had to did what I had to did, 'cause I had to give (do-ough, do-ough, do-ough). I'm up all night gettin' my money right, until the blue and whites (popo, popo, popo). Now the money coming slow, but at least a ***** know slow motion better than (no-oh, no-oh, no-oh) You love to hear the story, again and again about these young brothers from the city of wind. Like juice and gin in the city we blend amongst the hustle, titties and skin, fifties and rims. Y'all know the spreewells and trucks that's detailed, heartless females that wanna ride in 'em felt the southside in them with raw hides and denim, bent minds collide with them. A system that tries victims, we livin' in. My man in the fast lane pivotin', on the block ******* sellin' like m & m, on the block get jump off like Kim 'n 'em, on the block is how you can feel it in your skin-nin-nin. Shorties get the game with no instructions of asemblin', odds right it seems like the fight is dim in him. Call my man cuzin like I'm kin to him, he tryin' to stay straight, the streets is bendin' him. (Yo) I walked in the crib, got 2 kids, and my baby momma late (uh oh, uh oh, uh oh). So I had to did what I had to did, 'cause I had to give (do-ough, do-ough, do-ough). (Yo) I'm up all night gettin' my money right, until the blue and whites (popo, popo, popo). Now the money coming slow, but at least a ***** know slow motion better than (no-oh, no-oh, no-oh) It's all good in the hood like rats and gyms, fullbacks and tims, blacks and rims. Whether on ball courts, attires are ball shorts, we never fall short. With us it's all force like air ones. Some wave some air guns, the day of the fair ones it's over fo'. Cats is colder than four below, wha'sup? I go toe to toe wondering if it's for the art or for the dough. Though I know to grow a ***** gotta learn to let go, though I know the dough I gotta bring back to the ghetto. Aeros or Tarot cards pointin' to the grind, po' livin' and mo' prisons pointin' to my mind. Shine the light up! Clench my fists tight, holdin' it right up. Freedom fight in dark gear for the years to get brighter. Situations, the jaws get tighter, my man trying to get his way to higher (Yo..yo..yo) I walked in the crib, got 2 kids, and my baby momma late (uh oh, uh oh, uh oh). So I had to did what I had to did, 'cause I had to give (do-ough, do-ough, do-ough). I'm up all night gettin' my money right, until the blue and whites (popo, popo, popo). Now the money coming slow, but at least a ***** know slow motion better than (no-oh, no-oh, no-oh) Yo.. hey yo I, I know I could make it right if I can just swallow my pride, but I can't run away or put my gun away. You can't front on me! I, no I can't let it ride.. no no not tonight, no I can't run away or put my gun away. You can't front on me! |
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[Intro]
Yeah, yeah, you know how me and 'Ye do [Verse 1] Real People walk in the streets, the streets is talkin' Often it's beef this city never does People walk and talk in they sleep Cold sweats and wet dreams On how to get green our faith is all in a jeep Black souls raw and they deep Hypes tryna talk with no teeth Shorties sayin' ball or retreat A lesson we all speak at one point or another Whatchu expect from one who smoke a joint with his mother Anointed hustlers in a fatherless region Through the pain wish they know that God was just teachin' We want decent homes So dreams we say out loud like speakerphones just to keep em on It's like a colored song that keep keepin' on I guess knowin' I'm weak is when I'm really bein' strong Somehow through the dust I could see the dawn Like the Bishop Magic Juan, that's why I write freedom songs For the real people [Verse 2] I wonder is the spirits of Bob Marley and Haile Selassie Watch me as the cops be tryna and pop and lock me They cocky, plus they mentality is Nazi The way they treat blacks I wanna snap like paparazzi We're the children of a better God searchin' for better jobs We could cop ghetto cars tryin' not to catch a charge They say the dope game is sour Now they doin' homework that's when they follow you for hours Come to your crib and devour all that you work for Must be more than paper these niggaz hurt for Through the purple haze I circle days I rhyme that work for pays Tryna reverse the slave's mind and insert the brave mentality Heard that it's drama at home Can a dude break free and still get honored at home I was told by a chief it's the games nature When you're glowin' some will love and some will hate ya It's real people [Verse 3] Black men walking wit white girls on they arms I be mad at em as if I know they moms Told to go beyond the surface, a person's a person When we lessen our women our condition seems to worsen The weary cursin' the sky Talkin' to themselves givin' the version of why help and hurt in they eye I live across from it, some of it I do be in I be showin' niggaz lives Like UPN It's real people Yeah. For you and yours Good music Forever Yeah Rock on We keep on Uh.. Yeah Yeah, yeah The real... |
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