The Proud (Album Version|Explicit) 歌詞
The Proud (Album Version|Explicit) - Talib Kweli
Stand tall or don't stand at all c'mon
Uhh yeah
Break it down
What we do
We survive it's more than pride
We stay alive ready to ride
One two one two yo
Aight put it down yo
June 21 2001
Timothy McVeigh 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 McVeigh'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 Dick
So a whole lot of f**kin is what we gon' get
They don't wanna raise the babies
So the election is fixed
That's why we don't be f**kin 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
It's more than pride
We stay alive ready to ride
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 Brooklyn
The 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 21
I already know the deal
But what the f**k 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 )
F**k 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 ni**a 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
It's more than pride
We stay alive ready to ride
We survive it's more than pride
We stay alive ready to ride
September 11 2001
Terrorists attack the Pentagon
And the World Trade Center
Kills 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 sh*t 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