《The Proud(Album Version|Explicit)》歌词

歌曲： The Proud(Album Version|Explicit)

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歌手： Talib Kweli

时长： 05:06

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The Proud - Talib Kweli[00:00:01]

Stand tall or don't stand at all c'mon[00:00:08]

Uhh yeah[00:00:10]

Break it down[00:00:14]

What we do [00:00:18]

We survive it's more than pride[00:00:20]

We stay alive ready to ride[00:00:24]

One two one two yo[00:00:30]

Aight put it down yo[00:00:33]

June 21 2001[00:00:41]

Timothy McVeigh is executed[00:00:42]

And the country breathe a sigh of relief[00:00:45]

Goodness prevails over evil it seems[00:00:48]

Somehow when he's gone we feel safer[00:00:52]

Little do we know[00:00:58]

Today the paper say Timothy McVeigh's in hell[00:01:00]

So everything's okay and all must be well[00:01:02]

I remember Oklahoma when they[00:01:05]

Put out the blaze[00:01:06]

And put Islamic terrorist bombing [00:01:07]

On the front page[00:01:09]

It's like saying only gays get AIDS [00:01:10]

Propaganda[00:01:11]

Like saying the problem's over[00:01:12]

When they locked that man up[00:01:13]

Wrong It's just the beginning the first inning[00:01:15]

Battle for America's soul [00:01:17]

The devil's winning[00:01:19]

The President is Bush [00:01:20]

The Vice President's a Dick[00:01:21]

So a whole lot of f**kin is what we gon' get[00:01:22]

They don't wanna raise the babies[00:01:24]

So the election is fixed[00:01:26]

That's why we don't be f**kin with politics[00:01:27]

They bet on that parents fought[00:01:28]

And got wet for that[00:01:30]

Hosed down bit by dogs [00:01:31]

And got blacks into house arrest for that[00:01:32]

It's all good except for that - we still poor[00:01:34]

Money power and respect[00:01:37]

Is what we kill for for real[00:01:39]

It's more than pride[00:01:41]

We stay alive ready to ride[00:01:43]

We survive it's more than pride[00:01:48]

We stay alive ready to ride[00:01:53]

August 4 2001[00:01:59]

A drunken police officer mows down[00:02:01]

An entire family in Brooklyn[00:02:03]

The judge lets him go with no bail[00:02:06]

It reminds us of just how worthless[00:02:09]

Our lives are to the justice system[00:02:10]

I struggle to explain the situation[00:02:12]

To my son it's hard[00:02:15]

Niggaz with knowledge is more dangerous[00:02:18]

Than than niggaz with guns[00:02:20]

They make the guns easy to get[00:02:21]

And try to keep niggaz dumb[00:02:22]

Target the gangs and graffiti with the Prop 21[00:02:23]

I already know the deal[00:02:25]

But what the f**k do I tell my son [00:02:26]

I want him livin right livin good [00:02:28]

Respect the rules[00:02:30]

He's five years old and he still[00:02:31]

Thinkin cops is cool[00:02:32]

How do I break the news that[00:02:33]

When he gets some size[00:02:34]

He'll be percieved as a threat[00:02:35]

Or see the fear in they eyes[00:02:37]

It's in they job description to terminate the threat[00:02:39]

So 41 shots to the body is what he can expect[00:02:41]

The precedent is set [00:02:43]

Don't matter if he follow the law[00:02:43]

I know I'll give my son pride[00:02:45]

And make him swallow it all (damn )[00:02:46]

F**k the pigs I think the pigs killed Big and 'Pac too[00:02:48]

If they didn't they know who did they got to [00:02:50]

Who they serve and protect nigga not you[00:02:53]

Cops shot off of ten G's but they got glocks too[00:02:55]

Let you protect yourself or better yet respect yourself[00:02:57]

Straight into the hospital is[00:02:59]

Where you gotta check yourself[00:03:01]

They be gettin tips from snitches and rival crews[00:03:02]

Doin them favors so they workin for the drug dealers too[00:03:04]

Just business enforcers with hate in they holsters[00:03:07]

Shoot you in the back won't face you like a soldier[00:03:09]

Kurt Loder asked me what I say to a dead cop's wife[00:03:12]

Cops kill my people everyday that's life[00:03:15]

It's more than pride[00:03:17]

We stay alive ready to ride[00:03:21]

We survive it's more than pride[00:03:26]

We stay alive ready to ride[00:03:29]

September 11 2001[00:03:33]

Terrorists attack the Pentagon[00:03:35]

And the World Trade Center[00:03:38]

Kills thousand and permanently scars[00:03:40]

America's false sense of security[00:03:42]

We see the best examples[00:03:43]

Of humanity in the face of the worst[00:03:46]

As fire fighters police officers [00:03:48]

Rescue workers[00:03:49]

And volunteers of all sorts fight to save lives[00:03:50]

The world will never be the same again[00:03:54]

My heart go out to everybody at Ground Zero[00:03:55]

Red black yellow white and brown heroes[00:03:58]

It's more complicated than black and white[00:04:01]

To give your own life is the greatest sacrifice[00:04:04]

But it's hard for me to walk down the block[00:04:06]

Seeing rats and roaches [00:04:09]

Crack viles and 40 ounce posters[00:04:11]

People broken down from years of oppression[00:04:13]

Become patriots when they way of life is threatened[00:04:14]

It's a hard conversation to have[00:04:16]

We lost kids moms and dads [00:04:17]

People ready to fight for the flag[00:04:19]

Damn when did shit get this bad [00:04:21]

America kill the innocent too [00:04:23]

The cycle of violence is sad[00:04:25]

Damn Welcome to the world we here[00:04:26]

We've been at war for years[00:04:26]

But it's much more clear (yeah)[00:04:29]

We got to face what lies ahead[00:04:30]

Fight for our truth and freedom and [00:04:32]

Ride for the dead[00:04:34]