歌曲 | The Proud - Album Version (Explicit) |
歌手 | Talib Kweli |
专辑 | Quality |
下载 | Image LRC TXT |
作曲 : Dorrell, Greene | |
The proudStand tall or don't stand at all, c'mon | |
Uhh, yeahBreak it down | |
What we do? | |
We survive, it's more than pride | |
We stay alive, ready to ride | |
Aight put it down yo | |
June 21, 2001 | |
Timothy Mc | |
Veigh is executed | |
And the country breathe a sigh of relief | |
Goodness prevails over evil, it seems | |
Somehow when he's gone, we feel safer | |
Little do we know | |
Today the paper say | |
Timothy Mc | |
Veigh's in hell | |
So everything's okay and all must be well | |
I remember | |
Oklahoma when they put out the blaze | |
And put Islamic terrorist bombing, on the front page | |
It's like saying only gays get | |
AIDS, propaganda | |
Like saying the problem's over when they locked that man up | |
Wrong! It's just the beginning, the first inning | |
Battle for | |
America's soul, the devil's winning | |
The President is | |
Bush, the | |
Vice President's a | |
DickSo a whole lot of ****in is what we gon' get | |
They don't wanna raise the babies so the election is fixed | |
That's why we don't be ****in with politics | |
They bet on that, parents fought and got wet for that | |
Hosed down, bit by dogs, and got blacks into house arrest for that | |
It's all good except for that - we still poor | |
Money, power and respect is what we kill for, for real | |
We survive, it's more than pride | |
We stay alive, ready to ride | |
August 4, 2001 | |
A drunken police officer mows down an entire family in | |
BrooklynThe judge lets him go with no bail | |
It reminds us, of just how worthless our lives are to the justice system | |
I struggle, to explain the situation to my son, it's hard | |
Niggaz with knowledge is more dangerous than than niggaz with guns | |
They make the guns easy to get and try to keep niggaz dumb | |
Target the gangs and graffiti with the | |
Prop 21I already know the deal but what the **** do | |
I tell my son? | |
I want him livin right, livin good, respect the rules | |
He's five years old and he still thinkin cops is cool | |
How do I break the news that when he gets some size | |
He'll be percieved as a threat or see the fear in they eyes | |
It's in they job description to terminate the threat | |
So 41 shots to the body is what he can expect | |
The precedent is set, don't matter if he follow the law | |
I know I'll give my son pride and make him swallow it all (damn!) | |
**** the pigs! | |
I think the pigs killed | |
Big and 'Pac too | |
If they didn't they know who did, they got to | |
Who they serve and protect, nigga not you | |
Cops shot off of ten | |
G's but they got glocks too | |
Let you protect yourself, or better yet respect yourself | |
Straight into the hospital is where you gotta check yourself | |
They be gettin tips from snitches and rival crews | |
Doin them favors so they workin for the drug dealers too | |
Just business enforcers with hate in they holsters | |
Shoot you in the back, won't face you like a soldier | |
Kurt Loder asked me what | |
I say to a dead cop's wife | |
Cops kill my people everyday, that's life | |
We survive, it's more than pride | |
We stay alive, ready to ride | |
September 11, 2001 | |
Terrorists attack the | |
Pentagon and the | |
World Trade | |
CenterKills thousand and permanently scars | |
America's false sense of security | |
We see the best examples of humanity in the face of the worst | |
As fire fighters, police officers, rescue workers | |
And volunteers of all sorts, fight to save lives | |
The world will never be the same again | |
My heart go out to everybody at | |
Ground Zero | |
Red, black, yellow, white and brown heroes | |
It's more complicated than black and white | |
To give your own life is the greatest sacrifice | |
But it's hard for me to walk down the block | |
Seeing rats and roaches, crack viles and 40 ounce posters | |
People broken down from years of oppression | |
Become patriots when they way of life is threatened | |
It's a hard conversation to have | |
We lost kids, moms and dads, people ready to fight for the flag | |
Damn, when did shit get this bad? | |
America kill the innocent too, the cycle of violence is sad | |
Damn! Welcome to the world, we here | |
We've been at, war for years but it's much more clear (yeah) | |
We got to face what lies ahead | |
Fight for our truth and freedom and, ride for the dead | |
We survive, it's more than pride | |
We stay alive, ready to ride |
zuo qu : Dorrell, Greene | |
The proudStand tall or don' t stand at all, c' mon | |
Uhh, yeahBreak it down | |
What we do? | |
We survive, it' s more than pride | |
We stay alive, ready to ride | |
Aight put it down yo | |
June 21, 2001 | |
Timothy Mc | |
Veigh is executed | |
And the country breathe a sigh of relief | |
Goodness prevails over evil, it seems | |
Somehow when he' s gone, we feel safer | |
Little do we know | |
Today the paper say | |
Timothy Mc | |
Veigh' s in hell | |
So everything' s okay and all must be well | |
I remember | |
Oklahoma when they put out the blaze | |
And put Islamic terrorist bombing, on the front page | |
It' s like saying only gays get | |
AIDS, propaganda | |
Like saying the problem' s over when they locked that man up | |
Wrong! It' s just the beginning, the first inning | |
Battle for | |
America' s soul, the devil' s winning | |
The President is | |
Bush, the | |
Vice President' s a | |
DickSo a whole lot of in is what we gon' get | |
They don' t wanna raise the babies so the election is fixed | |
That' s why we don' t be in with politics | |
They bet on that, parents fought and got wet for that | |
Hosed down, bit by dogs, and got blacks into house arrest for that | |
It' s all good except for that we still poor | |
Money, power and respect is what we kill for, for real | |
We survive, it' s more than pride | |
We stay alive, ready to ride | |
August 4, 2001 | |
A drunken police officer mows down an entire family in | |
BrooklynThe judge lets him go with no bail | |
It reminds us, of just how worthless our lives are to the justice system | |
I struggle, to explain the situation to my son, it' s hard | |
Niggaz with knowledge is more dangerous than than niggaz with guns | |
They make the guns easy to get and try to keep niggaz dumb | |
Target the gangs and graffiti with the | |
Prop 21I already know the deal but what the do | |
I tell my son? | |
I want him livin right, livin good, respect the rules | |
He' s five years old and he still thinkin cops is cool | |
How do I break the news that when he gets some size | |
He' ll be percieved as a threat or see the fear in they eyes | |
It' s in they job description to terminate the threat | |
So 41 shots to the body is what he can expect | |
The precedent is set, don' t matter if he follow the law | |
I know I' ll give my son pride and make him swallow it all damn! | |
the pigs! | |
I think the pigs killed | |
Big and ' Pac too | |
If they didn' t they know who did, they got to | |
Who they serve and protect, nigga not you | |
Cops shot off of ten | |
G' s but they got glocks too | |
Let you protect yourself, or better yet respect yourself | |
Straight into the hospital is where you gotta check yourself | |
They be gettin tips from snitches and rival crews | |
Doin them favors so they workin for the drug dealers too | |
Just business enforcers with hate in they holsters | |
Shoot you in the back, won' t face you like a soldier | |
Kurt Loder asked me what | |
I say to a dead cop' s wife | |
Cops kill my people everyday, that' s life | |
We survive, it' s more than pride | |
We stay alive, ready to ride | |
September 11, 2001 | |
Terrorists attack the | |
Pentagon and the | |
World Trade | |
CenterKills thousand and permanently scars | |
America' s false sense of security | |
We see the best examples of humanity in the face of the worst | |
As fire fighters, police officers, rescue workers | |
And volunteers of all sorts, fight to save lives | |
The world will never be the same again | |
My heart go out to everybody at | |
Ground Zero | |
Red, black, yellow, white and brown heroes | |
It' s more complicated than black and white | |
To give your own life is the greatest sacrifice | |
But it' s hard for me to walk down the block | |
Seeing rats and roaches, crack viles and 40 ounce posters | |
People broken down from years of oppression | |
Become patriots when they way of life is threatened | |
It' s a hard conversation to have | |
We lost kids, moms and dads, people ready to fight for the flag | |
Damn, when did shit get this bad? | |
America kill the innocent too, the cycle of violence is sad | |
Damn! Welcome to the world, we here | |
We' ve been at, war for years but it' s much more clear yeah | |
We got to face what lies ahead | |
Fight for our truth and freedom and, ride for the dead | |
We survive, it' s more than pride | |
We stay alive, ready to ride |
zuò qǔ : Dorrell, Greene | |
The proudStand tall or don' t stand at all, c' mon | |
Uhh, yeahBreak it down | |
What we do? | |
We survive, it' s more than pride | |
We stay alive, ready to ride | |
Aight put it down yo | |
June 21, 2001 | |
Timothy Mc | |
Veigh is executed | |
And the country breathe a sigh of relief | |
Goodness prevails over evil, it seems | |
Somehow when he' s gone, we feel safer | |
Little do we know | |
Today the paper say | |
Timothy Mc | |
Veigh' s in hell | |
So everything' s okay and all must be well | |
I remember | |
Oklahoma when they put out the blaze | |
And put Islamic terrorist bombing, on the front page | |
It' s like saying only gays get | |
AIDS, propaganda | |
Like saying the problem' s over when they locked that man up | |
Wrong! It' s just the beginning, the first inning | |
Battle for | |
America' s soul, the devil' s winning | |
The President is | |
Bush, the | |
Vice President' s a | |
DickSo a whole lot of in is what we gon' get | |
They don' t wanna raise the babies so the election is fixed | |
That' s why we don' t be in with politics | |
They bet on that, parents fought and got wet for that | |
Hosed down, bit by dogs, and got blacks into house arrest for that | |
It' s all good except for that we still poor | |
Money, power and respect is what we kill for, for real | |
We survive, it' s more than pride | |
We stay alive, ready to ride | |
August 4, 2001 | |
A drunken police officer mows down an entire family in | |
BrooklynThe judge lets him go with no bail | |
It reminds us, of just how worthless our lives are to the justice system | |
I struggle, to explain the situation to my son, it' s hard | |
Niggaz with knowledge is more dangerous than than niggaz with guns | |
They make the guns easy to get and try to keep niggaz dumb | |
Target the gangs and graffiti with the | |
Prop 21I already know the deal but what the do | |
I tell my son? | |
I want him livin right, livin good, respect the rules | |
He' s five years old and he still thinkin cops is cool | |
How do I break the news that when he gets some size | |
He' ll be percieved as a threat or see the fear in they eyes | |
It' s in they job description to terminate the threat | |
So 41 shots to the body is what he can expect | |
The precedent is set, don' t matter if he follow the law | |
I know I' ll give my son pride and make him swallow it all damn! | |
the pigs! | |
I think the pigs killed | |
Big and ' Pac too | |
If they didn' t they know who did, they got to | |
Who they serve and protect, nigga not you | |
Cops shot off of ten | |
G' s but they got glocks too | |
Let you protect yourself, or better yet respect yourself | |
Straight into the hospital is where you gotta check yourself | |
They be gettin tips from snitches and rival crews | |
Doin them favors so they workin for the drug dealers too | |
Just business enforcers with hate in they holsters | |
Shoot you in the back, won' t face you like a soldier | |
Kurt Loder asked me what | |
I say to a dead cop' s wife | |
Cops kill my people everyday, that' s life | |
We survive, it' s more than pride | |
We stay alive, ready to ride | |
September 11, 2001 | |
Terrorists attack the | |
Pentagon and the | |
World Trade | |
CenterKills thousand and permanently scars | |
America' s false sense of security | |
We see the best examples of humanity in the face of the worst | |
As fire fighters, police officers, rescue workers | |
And volunteers of all sorts, fight to save lives | |
The world will never be the same again | |
My heart go out to everybody at | |
Ground Zero | |
Red, black, yellow, white and brown heroes | |
It' s more complicated than black and white | |
To give your own life is the greatest sacrifice | |
But it' s hard for me to walk down the block | |
Seeing rats and roaches, crack viles and 40 ounce posters | |
People broken down from years of oppression | |
Become patriots when they way of life is threatened | |
It' s a hard conversation to have | |
We lost kids, moms and dads, people ready to fight for the flag | |
Damn, when did shit get this bad? | |
America kill the innocent too, the cycle of violence is sad | |
Damn! Welcome to the world, we here | |
We' ve been at, war for years but it' s much more clear yeah | |
We got to face what lies ahead | |
Fight for our truth and freedom and, ride for the dead | |
We survive, it' s more than pride | |
We stay alive, ready to ride |