《Letter To My Countrymen》歌词

歌曲： Letter To My Countrymen

所属专辑：Mourning In America And Dreaming In Color

歌手： Brother Ali&Dr. Cornel We

时长： 04:04

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Letter To My Countrymen - Brother Ali[00:00:00]

I used to think I hated this place[00:00:31]

Couldn't wait to tell the president straight to his face[00:00:34]

But lately I changed nowadays I embrace it all[00:00:37]

Beautiful ideals and amazing flaws[00:00:40]

Got to care enough to give a testament[00:00:43]

'Bout the deeply depressing mess we're in[00:00:45]

It's home so we better make the best of it[00:00:48]

I wanna make this country what it says it is[00:00:51]

Still dream in the vividest living color[00:00:53]

No matter how many times my love been smothered[00:00:55]

Who's ever above us won't just let us suffer[00:00:58]

All of this struggling got to amount to something[00:01:01]

This is a letter to my countrymen[00:01:04]

Especially those my age and younger than[00:01:06]

We're up against an ugly trend[00:01:09]

Everybody's hustling don't nobody touch their friends[00:01:11]

No group singing and dancing[00:01:15]

No anthem nobody holds hands and [00:01:17]

Instead they give a handheld[00:01:20]

And make you shoulder life's burden by your damn self[00:01:22]

One thing that can't be debated[00:01:25]

Power never changed on it's own you got to make it[00:01:27]

That's why community is so sacred[00:01:30]

That's the symbol that we make when we raise fists[00:01:33]

"Sooner or later"[00:01:37]

"Sooner or later"[00:01:42]

We don't really like to talk about the race thing[00:01:47]

The whole grandparents used to own slaves thing[00:01:49]

Pat ourselves on the back in February[00:01:51]

Looking at pictures of Abe Lincoln and the great King[00:01:54]

But the real picture's much more embarrassing[00:01:57]

We're still not even close to really sharing things[00:01:59]

The situation of oppressed people[00:02:02]

Shows what we feel it means to be a human being[00:02:04]

What does it mean to be American [00:02:08]

I think the struggle to free is our inheritance[00:02:10]

And if we say it how it really is[00:02:13]

We know our lily skin still give us privilege[00:02:15]

Advantages given to the few[00:02:18]

That are built into the roots of our biggest institutions[00:02:20]

That's the truth in life we got to choose[00:02:23]

Do I fight in the movement or think I'm entitled to it[00:02:25]

This is not a practice life[00:02:30]

This is the big game we got to attack it right[00:02:31]

Each one of us is headed for the grave[00:02:34]

This old crooked world won't be saved by the passive type[00:02:36]

This is a letter to my countrymen[00:02:40]

Not from a Democrat or a Republican[00:02:42]

But one among you that's why you call me brother[00:02:45]

Ain't scared to tell you we're in trouble 'cause I love you[00:02:47]

"Sooner or later"[00:02:51]

"Sooner or later"[00:02:57]

They tell me I'm a dreamer they ridicule[00:03:01]

They feel defeated old bitter and cynical[00:03:03]

Excuse me but I see it from a different view[00:03:06]

I still believe in what a driven few could really do[00:03:08]

I know that the masses want to sleep[00:03:11]

And they would just rather hear me rapping to the beat[00:03:13]

But I want to pass this planet to my son[00:03:16]

A little better than it was when they handed it to me[00:03:19]

So I wrote a letter to my countrymen[00:03:21]

I'll be happy if it only reaches one of them[00:03:24]

Reporting live A-L-I your brother[00:03:27]

Mourning in America dreaming in color[00:03:29]

My dear Brother Ali [00:03:33]

I think you know deep down in your soul that[00:03:36]

Something something just ain't right [00:03:38]

You don't want to be just well adjusted to injustice[00:03:42]

And well adapted to indifference You want to be[00:03:46]

A person with integrity who leaves a mark on the world [00:03:49]

People can say when you go that you left the world[00:03:54]

Just a little better than you found it I understand I want[00:03:57]

To be like that too [00:04:02]

Lyrics by 卟 断 努 力[00:04:03]