Po' Folks - Nappy Roots.mp3

[00:00.000] 作词 : M. Williams/R. Anthony/J. Kent/V. Tisdale/W. Hughes
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Anthony, Hughes, Kent, Tisdale ...
[00:10.915]All my life been po' but it really don't matter no mo'
[00:16.147]And they wonder why we act this way,
[00:19.396]Nappy Boys gon' be okay
[00:22.093]All my life been po' but it really don't matter no mo'
[00:27.315]And they wonder why we act this way,
[00:30.131]Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay
[00:34.159]We came in the game, plain ya see
[00:36.549]Average man when the rest was ashamed to be
[00:39.395]Nappy head and all, ain't no changin' me
[00:42.747]So rough it was, downright wrong
[00:47.395]I tell yaNobody never gave us nothin' but tough time and made us somethin'
[00:50.755]Different stretch of road, new somethin' to see
[00:53.444]Every state on the map, a different somethin' to eat
[00:56.567]Daps and handshakes, it meant nuttin' for real
[00:58.747]Everybody makin' a killin' man, showin' no feelin's
[01:01.501]Walkin' off collectin' pay, it's the way of the world
[01:04.154]Can't change it, so
[01:05.551]I guess I'm gon' pray for the world
[01:06.960]Sometimes
[01:07.896]I ask myself, was
[01:08.909]I made for the world?
[01:10.010]I scream this to you, and
[01:11.091]I say it to the world
[01:12.685]Nappy then,
[01:13.596]Nappy now,
[01:14.431]Nappy for a bit
[01:15.935]Knee-deep, head over heels in this country ****
[01:18.078]All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'
[01:22.498]And they wonder why we act this way,
[01:25.959]Nappy Boys gon' be okay
[01:31.138]All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'
[01:33.999]And they wonder why we act this way,
[01:38.592]Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay
[01:40.240]Even though
[01:41.188]I picture better days
[01:42.279]I'm thankful for the chance
[01:43.079]I got to say amen
[01:43.879]The Lord done blessed me with his grace
[01:45.402]I wish this day would never end
[01:46.880]We represent the slums, where we from, we feel they bump
[01:48.815]Polish shot off on these presidents, and hard times they go and come
[01:51.747]Some take up off, without the chance, to make it at all
[01:54.584]Who woulda thought skinny'd be the one that's, makin' this call
[01:57.224]Lord, help me out, tell me where
[01:58.734]I went wrong
[01:59.734]I'm tryna find a righteous path, although it's, never been long
[02:02.685]I gotta do it for my sons, they tellin' me, daddy be strong
[02:05.784]We gon' make it through these hard times
[02:07.935]Even though they go and they come
[02:08.850]Ya absolutely right, for somethin' happen to me on last
[02:10.735]Tuesday night
[02:11.528]It's plain as day, man they with this world trade
[02:12.934]Naw brave any order but confoldure
[02:15.702]Better make it home when nothin' seems to matter
[02:17.816]That's when, see, everything can go any which way
[02:19.744]They got me fooled, see the henny with the
[02:22.296]JFront porch, chillin' broke, country folk, man
[02:24.272]I'm Nappy with my ways yo
[02:25.389]All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'
[02:29.812]And they wonder why we act this way,
[02:32.840]Nappy Boys gon' be okay
[02:35.992]All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'
[02:40.919]And they wonder why we act this way,
[02:44.080]Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay
[02:47.536]It's a blessin' we woke up this mornin'
[02:49.424]All my colored folk stressin', come let's join hands
[02:52.032]Got the folk with depresses of being po' man
[02:55.185]Poppa taught me an order, survive for no man
[02:57.856]Nappy got some from the roots for we gon' stand
[03:00.873]Prophit grew from a juvenile to a grown man
[03:03.798]Ya gotta take responsibility for ya own man
[03:06.328]Zonin', two blunts a mo'nin, by sunrise sometimes
[03:09.896]I love to hear my woman moanin', it's on again
[03:13.194]Damn I hope you play this song again
[03:15.890]The soul cleansin', the melody just read my end
[03:17.376]Not a lot of things but usually just appendin' my lady
[03:20.762]Been searchin' bendin' and saw my folks locked in the tenants
[03:23.833]And it don't make any sense why children and sentencin'
[03:26.689]Broadcastin' from the slums, that's why
[03:28.690]I'm writin' these sentences
[03:30.106]Just lower my income, what though we ain't finish it
[03:33.001]All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'
[03:35.296]And they wonder why we act this way,
[03:39.521]Nappy Boys gon' be okay
[03:42.673]All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'
[03:45.240]And they wonder why we act this way,
[03:50.553]Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay