[00:00.000] 作词 : Olu Fann/Ian Benjamin Welch/Ruben Lemont Bailey/Marian Mereba/Eian Parker[00:01.000] 作曲 : Olu Fann/Ian Benjamin Welch/Ruben Lemont Bailey/Marian Mereba/Eian Parker[00:15.700]I met a man playin'in the woods[00:18.942]His piano as off-key[00:22.209]He sang to me softly[00:26.195]I bet he wouldn't change it if he could[00:29.451]Gunshots ringin'in my hood[00:32.711]It sounds so off-beat[00:35.953]I'm prayin'they don't off me[00:39.444]I promise i'd change it if i could[00:43.950]Oh,why?(Oh,why?Oh,why?Oh,why?)[00:55.216]Oh,why?(Oh,why?Oh,why?Oh,why?)[01:07.448]I retreat to the trees,surrounded by green,but i need[01:11.635]Need more for my kin and more for my team(Oh **it)[01:14.144]Dance to a different type beat,off kilted rhythm[01:17.131]Took the traces of my feet[01:19.892]But i need more,before i dip out of the scene[01:23.890]For my n**as,for my queens,for the babies,for my rounds[01:27.138]For my sisters missin'crowns,homies victims to apathy,like[01:30.642]Honey drippin'off the table in front of me,ah[01:34.141]They say"Go",but my heart still fights for the seed[01:37.383]They bus shows,but my soul shouldn't back the deed[01:41.129]Oh,why?Oh,why?Why,why,why?[01:48.594]So,you get rich,I'ma try to get free,but[01:51.111]Not exclusive,mutually,but[01:53.595]Oh,I,oh,I gotta find the balance between[02:00.857]Some say,"life is just a hell[02:08.596]And it's here we wait until we dwell truly,truly,truly free"[02:23.855]Some say,"Projects and ghettos and seeds that will never grow[02:30.614]All berries to see"[02:39.610]I'll stay with you through the night and in the darkest times[02:47.355]We'll fight through it all until we reach that dawn[02:53.845]I dream of a world where love is the rule[02:58.854]Where hearts walk two by two[03:02.610]And I with you[03:05.857]I dream of a place where a child's wish can always come true[03:13.349]And the old and withered become renewed[03:19.608]I met a man playin'in the woods[03:23.596]His piano as off-key[03:27.091]He sang to me softly[03:30.351]I bet he wouldn't change it if he could[03:33.846]Gunshots ringin'in my hood[03:36.843]I't sounds so off-beat[03:40.103]I'm prayin'they don't off me[03:43.601]I promise i'd change it if i could[03:47.856]Oh,why?(Oh,why?Oh,why?Oh,why?)[04:00.100]Oh,why?(Oh,why?Oh,why?Oh,why?)[04:12.344]I can see the ripple,I can see the changes,oh,my[04:15.106]I can feel the reaper,I can hear the angels,oh,I[04:18.348]Cross my heart for safety,hope I stay alive,oh,lord[04:21.609]They always go too crazy,it's really peace of mind,good God[04:24.857]All my life,I had to fight,all my life,passin'by[04:27.032]All my life,I had to write,all my life,I had to die[04:31.281]All I had to sacrifice,blood,sweat,and tears pays the price[04:34.790]Start to think the better day's tomorrow,keep my spirits high up[04:37.542]When it rains,it pours,my ceiling go up[04:39.296]Then it turn in my floor,then the gang show love[04:40.544]Then count my blessings,my praise goes up[04:42.291]Big dawg,my n**ga since day one[04:44.030]When the sun go down,when the lights go up[04:45.780]Still ten toes down,I'ma keep mine tucked[04:47.277]I'ma bang my buck,I'ma play my hand[04:48.787]Then I ain't gon'change'til I free my lands[04:50.534]I'ma use my hands,I'ma play my songs[04:52.032]I'ma play mine right'til I prove my dance[04:53.794]And the key to my life,I'ma sing my wrongs[04:55.278]I'ma be that light,I'ma clap my hands[04:57.033]I'ma smoke my weed,see my hands[04:58.729]And I lead by faith,and I play my jam[04:59.742]And you might think I'm out of tune[05:01.494]But it ain't got **it to do you with you,oh my,God[05:06.229]Your freedom is beyond anyone outside of yourself's controllin'[05:10.235]It can't be bought and sold,given away,or even stolen[05:13.997]It's a divine entitlement,vital to the nourishment of the soul[05:18.250]Encoragin'spritual growth to channel the ethereal flow of creation's rive across the cosmos[05:24.491]This blessed osmosis,triggerin'consciousness to focus[05:28.493]And the paradigm ascension,transcendin'beyond all space and time dimensions[05:32.990]Not to mention my pinch off from an addiction[05:36.495]Been addicted minds,been consistent in my grind[05:40.480]Of usin'every pen and pencil I can find[05:42.499]To elevate the state of decline[05:44.489]That's draggin'my people down so deep that the climb could never be done in a single lifetime[05:49.232]So I write life's lines,correction,my lines write life[05:54.248]Correction,my life lines right up[05:56.497]When serving'my purpose to write and recite what touches[06:00.178]And sights ignite that unites us[06:01.934]So we can finally stop runnin'from freedom[06:06.682]Yeah