Who Tells Your Story (feat. Common & Ingrid Michaelson) (Explicit)

Who Tells Your Story (誰講述你的故事) - The Roots/Common/Ingrid Michaelson (英格麗·邁克爾森)

Written by：Lin-Manuel Miranda

My mind flashes I see the asses of the masters

Who test the masses I ask if I'll ever be one

When I die will heaven be done

What will my legend become

I will forever be young

Through old tales of breakdancing down at Odell's

Streets named after me is where my soul dwells

Desires of a church choir trinity united

I think of good memories that Hennessy provided

Memories divided by perception

Will it be water for chocolate or resurrection

The path to perfection is rarely achieved

I head in that direction I dream and believe

An underground dude that overachieve

From the windy city I was blowing they eaves

Somewhere along the way I aired out MCs

But to stand out some days you may freeze

Degrees

Who lives

And who dies

Who holds on to all our lives

Time and time and time again

Will they tell your story in the end

Who lives who dies who tells your story

Yo the anticipation arose as time froze

The black men in the morgue were John Does

Lynched for whistling at blond-oes

I said a prayer with my eyes closed

As I loaded the Roscoe's at the sink yo

I been a bullet on the brink

But being a young king

Probably different than you think though

The quills that I dip into the ink go to document

And you'll remember me when I'm extinct

Yo sing the carol at a young pharaoh

Who slew Leviathan with one arrow

As I revolve through the gun barrel just to watch it unravel

I tell them have heart must travel

Keep my legacy alive even if I don't survive 'til the curtain call

First of all realize what we working towards

F**k around find what we searching for

The earth my name written in cursive on

Who lives

And who dies

Who holds on to all our lives

Time and time and time again

Will they tell your story in the end

Who lives who dies who tells your story

Who lives

And who dies

Who holds on to our lives

Time and time and time again

Will they tell your story in the end

Who lives who dies who tells your story

Frozen in time I can't let it go

Nat cole unforgettable

The pedestal I'm on I'mma end up on the Federal

Reserve note your money with a hip hop quote

I might change legislation with some sh*t that I wrote

From boats that we came on to lights with our name on

Through hard times we spark minds to keep the flame on

I write hard rhymes like I'm running out of time

Truthfully my stopwatch is one with the divine

Centuries from now they'll play my freestyle

And say this is the brilliance of a black American child

Endowed by the streets and the chi proud

Known to move in silence but can be loud

The noise of beat girls and boys

Building to destroy the perception of urban aggression

My life is progression of chords for the oppressors

A chorus my story is the glory of the lord

Who lives who lives

And who dies who dies

Who holds on to all our lives

Time and time and time again

Will they tell your story in the end

Who lives who dies who tells your story