所属专辑:Inner City Griots
时长: 05:13
Park Bench People - Freestyle Fellowship[00:00:00]
I see an old man[00:00:38]
Sittin' on a park bench[00:00:39]
Lookin' in the skies when[00:00:41]
He can see the mouth-stench[00:00:42]
Of the range[00:00:45]
Of the people[00:00:46]
Walkin'[00:00:47]
And talkin'[00:00:47]
Nonsense[00:00:47]
In the park[00:00:51]
I see a man[00:00:53]
Sittin' there[00:00:54]
With a newspaper[00:00:56]
Under his head and hair[00:00:56]
I think[00:00:58]
He would be down for me[00:00:58]
To tell him[00:01:00]
That he'd been waiting 'round here[00:01:00]
For all[00:01:02]
Of his life and[00:01:03]
It took time[00:01:06]
For the soul to come[00:01:07]
When it came[00:01:08]
I saw the same[00:01:09]
Old scene[00:01:10]
Over and over again[00:01:11]
My friend[00:01:12]
People's talkin' and squackin' in[00:01:13]
The park[00:01:14]
And[00:01:15]
Sittin' on a bench[00:01:16]
Thinkin' 'bout things[00:01:17]
I think of all the[00:01:18]
People of the park[00:01:20]
Sleepin' in the street[00:01:22]
Livin' from their hearts[00:01:24]
Sleepin' in the street[00:01:26]
Livin's kinda hard[00:01:27]
Sleepin' in the street[00:01:29]
People fall apart[00:01:31]
There's a park bench[00:01:33]
That's painted[00:01:34]
Black and white[00:01:35]
And when you[00:01:37]
Sleep there[00:01:38]
It won't get wet when you wake up[00:01:40]
Because the trees are withered[00:01:43]
And so you dry in the sunlight[00:01:45]
You sit there and you[00:01:48]
Prepare to make[00:01:51]
A move[00:01:52]
And so you go through[00:01:52]
Each and every can[00:01:54]
Lookin' inside[00:01:56]
Tryin' to see somethin'[00:01:56]
That you didn't[00:01:57]
See last night[00:01:59]
Wantin' to get somethin' to eat[00:02:00]
And you go down the street[00:02:01]
You see some friends of yours[00:02:05]
And then they all speak[00:02:07]
Sayin' what's happenin' man[00:02:08]
You sleepin' in the park again[00:02:10]
Yeah nothin' but a survival thang[00:02:12]
You know what I'm sayin'[00:02:14]
Insha'Allah[00:02:15]
Then again my friend[00:02:15]
All they want to[00:02:16]
Do is play you[00:02:18]
Like you are a fool[00:02:20]
But I know better[00:02:21]
You're safe from school[00:02:23]
Through this stay cool[00:02:25]
Mark you are mis-skewed[00:02:27]
An' now I know better[00:02:28]
I maintain black[00:02:29]
We'll overcome[00:02:31]
In the Sun[00:02:35]
On the bench[00:02:37]
In the park[00:02:37]
Where you lay[00:02:38]
When it's dark[00:02:39]
And it's wet[00:02:40]
Cuz it's raining on you[00:02:42]
You have newspapers and you'd like to go home[00:02:44]
But you can't[00:02:47]
Cuz you just got put out[00:02:48]
On your own[00:02:50]
You're thinkin' 'bout your kids[00:02:53]
You're thinkin' 'bout your girl[00:02:54]
You're thinkin' of all the[00:02:56]
Things you did[00:02:57]
You see the children play[00:03:00]
You hear the people barely look at you[00:03:02]
Laughing while they[00:03:03]
Run away[00:03:04]
Sleeping in the street[00:03:07]
Living from the heart[00:03:09]
Sleeping in the street[00:03:14]
People fall apart[00:03:16]
In the park[00:03:19]
Where are[00:03:21]
They's every people[00:03:23]
Walkin' round[00:03:24]
Lookin' at themselves far[00:03:25]
As if they were somethin'[00:03:26]
But they ain't nothin'[00:03:28]
They frontin'[00:03:29]
Not a people nowhere standing[00:03:30]
Aw these people are something[00:03:31]
Earth[00:03:34]
Perched on[00:03:35]
The edge of all time[00:03:35]
And yet they search[00:03:36]
For drums imperial dreams[00:03:38]
Similarly so barred[00:03:39]
Can't buy my soul[00:03:41]
Won't sell my soul[00:03:42]
To the Devil[00:03:43]
On the other level[00:03:43]
Never[00:03:44]
With another rebel[00:03:44]
Under trouble[00:03:45]
Aw no[00:03:45]
I'll never see you go down[00:03:46]
My people can't go down[00:03:49]
Oh no[00:03:50]