Po' Folks-Nappy Roots

[00:00.000] 作曲 : Anthony, Hughes, Kent, Tisdale ... [00:10.915]All my life been po' but it really don't matter no mo' [00:16.147]And they wonder why we act this way, [00:19.396]Nappy Boys gon' be okay [00:22.093]All my life been po' but it really don't matter no mo' [00:27.315]And they wonder why we act this way, [00:30.131]Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay [00:34.159]We came in the game, plain ya see [00:36.549]Average man when the rest was ashamed to be [00:39.395]Nappy head and all, ain't no changin' me [00:42.747]So rough it was, downright wrong [00:47.395]I tell yaNobody never gave us nothin' but tough time and made us somethin' [00:50.755]Different stretch of road, new somethin' to see [00:53.444]Every state on the map, a different somethin' to eat [00:56.567]Daps and handshakes, it meant nuttin' for real [00:58.747]Everybody makin' a killin' man, showin' no feelin's [01:01.501]Walkin' off collectin' pay, it's the way of the world [01:04.154]Can't change it, so [01:05.551]I guess I'm gon' pray for the world [01:06.960]Sometimes [01:07.896]I ask myself, was [01:08.909]I made for the world? [01:10.010]I scream this to you, and [01:11.091]I say it to the world [01:12.685]Nappy then, [01:13.596]Nappy now, [01:14.431]Nappy for a bit [01:15.935]Knee-deep, head over heels in this country **** [01:18.078]All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo' [01:22.498]And they wonder why we act this way, [01:25.959]Nappy Boys gon' be okay [01:31.138]All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo' [01:33.999]And they wonder why we act this way, [01:38.592]Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay [01:40.240]Even though [01:41.188]I picture better days [01:42.279]I'm thankful for the chance [01:43.079]I got to say amen [01:43.879]The Lord done blessed me with his grace [01:45.402]I wish this day would never end [01:46.880]We represent the slums, where we from, we feel they bump [01:48.815]Polish shot off on these presidents, and hard times they go and come [01:51.747]Some take up off, without the chance, to make it at all [01:54.584]Who woulda thought skinny'd be the one that's, makin' this call [01:57.224]Lord, help me out, tell me where [01:58.734]I went wrong [01:59.734]I'm tryna find a righteous path, although it's, never been long [02:02.685]I gotta do it for my sons, they tellin' me, daddy be strong [02:05.784]We gon' make it through these hard times [02:07.935]Even though they go and they come [02:08.850]Ya absolutely right, for somethin' happen to me on last [02:10.735]Tuesday night [02:11.528]It's plain as day, man they with this world trade [02:12.934]Naw brave any order but confoldure [02:15.702]Better make it home when nothin' seems to matter [02:17.816]That's when, see, everything can go any which way [02:19.744]They got me fooled, see the henny with the [02:22.296]JFront porch, chillin' broke, country folk, man [02:24.272]I'm Nappy with my ways yo [02:25.389]All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo' [02:29.812]And they wonder why we act this way, [02:32.840]Nappy Boys gon' be okay [02:35.992]All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo' [02:40.919]And they wonder why we act this way, [02:44.080]Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay [02:47.536]It's a blessin' we woke up this mornin' [02:49.424]All my colored folk stressin', come let's join hands [02:52.032]Got the folk with depresses of being po' man [02:55.185]Poppa taught me an order, survive for no man [02:57.856]Nappy got some from the roots for we gon' stand [03:00.873]Prophit grew from a juvenile to a grown man [03:03.798]Ya gotta take responsibility for ya own man [03:06.328]Zonin', two blunts a mo'nin, by sunrise sometimes [03:09.896]I love to hear my woman moanin', it's on again [03:13.194]Damn I hope you play this song again [03:15.890]The soul cleansin', the melody just read my end [03:17.376]Not a lot of things but usually just appendin' my lady [03:20.762]Been searchin' bendin' and saw my folks locked in the tenants [03:23.833]And it don't make any sense why children and sentencin' [03:26.689]Broadcastin' from the slums, that's why [03:28.690]I'm writin' these sentences [03:30.106]Just lower my income, what though we ain't finish it [03:33.001]All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo' [03:35.296]And they wonder why we act this way, [03:39.521]Nappy Boys gon' be okay [03:42.673]All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo' [03:45.240]And they wonder why we act this way, [03:50.553]Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay