《The Proud(Album Version|Explicit)》歌词

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

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

[00:00:10] Uhh yeah

[00:00:14] Break it down

[00:00:18] What we do

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

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

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

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

[00:00:41] June 21 2001

[00:00:42] Timothy McVeigh is executed

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

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

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

[00:00:58] Little do we know

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

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

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

[00:01:06] Put out the blaze

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

[00:01:09] On the front page

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

[00:01:11] Propaganda

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

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

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

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

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

[00:01:20] The President is Bush

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:01:37] Money power and respect

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

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

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

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

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

[00:01:59] August 4 2001

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:02:30] Respect the rules

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

[00:02:32] Thinkin cops is cool

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:02:43] The precedent is set

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:03:33] September 11 2001

[00:03:35] Terrorists attack the Pentagon

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:03:49] Rescue workers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:04:09] Seeing rats and roaches

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:04:34] Ride for the dead