Who's There?-Guru

[00:22.234] These distraught thoughts of a single mother in a homeless shelter [00:25.487] About pain and heartache, ain't nothing you can tell her [00:28.170] The case worker says that she should find a job [00:30.637] But does this worker know what kind of jobs that there are? [00:33.607] Degrading things like cleaning up people's vomit [00:36.278] For a little bit of dough, and plus your brain gets nothing from it [00:39.070] I'm smarter than that this girl thinks to herself [00:41.529] I'm worth more than that, she thinks to herself [00:44.265] She pours a drink for herself while she stares out the window [00:47.157] This guy says he got work for her, maybe she should go to him yo [00:50.398] The money's good, and plus he'll dress her up nice [00:52.768] She left her baby's daddy cuz he beat her up twice [00:55.518] She don't really like *** [00:56.954] But she hates welfare checks [00:58.545] And where there's money, that's where she thinks there's respect [01:01.283] And what's this girl's purpose? Will she self-destruct? [01:04.143] When this sisters about to go down, who's there to help her up? [01:06.903] Qui prendra soin de moi, quand dans mon coeur il fait trop froid [01:09.981] Quand dans la nuit je traîne ma peine; [01:12.538] Dans l'indifférence générale, je taille ma route [01:17.933] Qui prendra soin de moi, quand je serai au plus bas [01:21.184] Qui me dira lève la tête [01:23.694] Tu vaux mieux que ça. Who’s there? Who’s there ? [01:29.341] These distraught thoughts of a young man in a rooming house [01:32.005] This messed up life, this poverty, he could do without [01:34.891] But what options does he have when all hope is gone? [01:37.719] A brother gotta eat, plus all the Henny and all the smoke is gone [01:40.605] All it takes is one quick stick [01:42.973] Gotta fill his belly now, which vic should he pick? [01:45.696] He does his dirt all by his lonely, forget his homies [01:48.374] He doesn't fell like splitting any loot, them suckas be acting phony [01:51.782] So much potential but all gone to waste [01:54.168] Now he lurks in night, with a loaded gun on his waist [01:57.010] Too late for this lost soul, his life's in a chokehold [02:00.567] Mentality is weak, and doing crime is all he knows [02:03.520] Never caring who he hurts, as long as he's taking money [02:05.842] Forget an education, and legal ways of making money [02:08.549] And what's this kid's purpose? Will he self-destruct? [02:11.076] When a brother's about to go down, who's there to help him up? [02:13.940] Qui prendra soin de moi, quand dans mon coeur il fait trop froid [02:16.870] Quand dans la nuit je traîne ma peine; [02:19.495] Dans l'indifférence générale, je taille ma route [02:24.988] Qui prendra soin de moi, quand je serai au plus bas [02:28.143] Qui me dira lève la tête [02:30.408] Tu vaux mieux que ça. Who’s there? Who’s there ? [02:36.384] Who's there for my people on the streets? (Who's there? Who's there?) [02:39.076] Who's there for my people who got nothing to eat? (Who's there? Who's there?) [02:41.766] They build more prisons, and close down schools [02:44.322] Who's there to teach the children the golden rules?(Who's there? Who's there?) [02:47.519] Who's there for my people in the streets?(Who's there? Who's there?) [02:50.112] Who's there for my people who got nothing to eat?(Who's there? Who's there?) [02:52.983] They break our family, neglect the elderly [02:55.634] Who's there to bring a cure? Where's the remedy?(Who's there? Who's there?) [02:58.612] Qui prendra soin de moi.. [03:04.181] Who's there？Who's there? Who's there? [03:10.039] [Chorus - Les Nubians]