作词 : Jackson Turner 作曲 : Soulspeak Growing up in this world of enormous extremes Separated by nation but together we bleed Every struggle within reaches a point of release Rather die on my feet than have to live on my knees You need money to make money its simple addition There's people living with nothing I get the picture It's bigger than individual lives and criminal minds Hypnotized by the television listen and buy consume Public schools teaching free market values How to be exploited 101 and the house rules Communities are packed Latinos and Blacks No opportunity for ownership their people are trapped And it's real Can't invest in the quality of life when All the money leaving following the white man And he never gonna fight fair **** a dream Type cast living the American nightmare Ghetto teens on the block with crack rocks and stash spots Trying to eat and increase their back pocket Ain't no laptops pools or backyards Just concrete steal bars and get wars The hood is part of your identity So you struggle till the day you rest in peace and never leave Trying to hide from the pain in a bottle of Pueto-Rock rum Your job sucks cleaning **** with a mop bucket At your local Block Buster You knocked up a fast little cock-loving chick with no condom on Now you gotta deal with child support And the cycle continues trapped like a dying dog Growing up in this world of enormous extremes Separated by nation but together we bleed Every struggle within reaches a point of release Rather die on my feet than have to live on my knees Look up the meaning of property it's as simple as pie They keep the pieces for themselves and they leave us the side dishes If this is a contest it's mission impossible The business man is the pimp and the politician the prostitute Guess who the one getting ****** is They call us criminals they don't know **** about justice Slums filled with laborers from the countryside Thrown off the land cause the loan was two months behind Sub-prime decency does not apply Ain't no competition when big business being subsidized You try to find a job out in Islamabad **** a nine to five You in the factory from five to nine with your neck soar Making textiles with an XLarge that's exported to dress shops On West 4th street in New York Living standards on a level that's unreasonable So you sleep on the floor Up in the morning praying for the fait of your two kids Child labor violation lies and abuses The union got you in a strangle hold Cause their working with the management to keep your wages low Bank rolled with a paper trail through the labor bureau Plus they've got the union dues that you paying to them Work you like a slave and it makes sense Cause if the goods we buy are cheap then they can pay us even less Growing up in this world of enormous extremes Separated by nation but together we bleed Every struggle within reaches a point of release Rather die on my feet than have to live on my knees
[00:00.000] 作词 : Jackson Turner [00:01.000] 作曲 : Soulspeak [00:18.19]Growing up in this world of enormous extremes [00:21.02]Separated by nation but together we bleed [00:24.02]Every struggle within reaches a point of release [00:26.90]Rather die on my feet than have to live on my knees [00:29.70]You need money to make money its simple addition [00:31.92]There's people living with nothing I get the picture [00:34.62]It's bigger than individual lives and criminal minds [00:37.95]Hypnotized by the television listen and buy consume [00:41.67]Public schools teaching free market values [00:44.39]How to be exploited 101 and the house rules [00:47.11]Communities are packed Latinos and Blacks [00:49.75]No opportunity for ownership their people are trapped [00:52.68]And it's real [00:53.66]Can't invest in the quality of life when [00:56.47]All the money leaving following the white man [00:59.47]And he never gonna fight fair **** a dream [01:02.12]Type cast living the American nightmare [01:05.37]Ghetto teens on the block with crack rocks and stash spots [01:08.82]Trying to eat and increase their back pocket [01:11.29]Ain't no laptops pools or backyards [01:13.73]Just concrete steal bars and get wars [01:17.23]The hood is part of your identity [01:19.42]So you struggle till the day you rest in peace and never leave [01:22.44]Trying to hide from the pain in a bottle of Pueto-Rock rum [01:26.07]Your job sucks cleaning **** with a mop bucket [01:29.09]At your local Block Buster [01:30.49]You knocked up a fast little cock-loving chick with no condom on [01:35.08]Now you gotta deal with child support [01:37.31]And the cycle continues trapped like a dying dog [01:40.95]Growing up in this world of enormous extremes [01:43.88]Separated by nation but together we bleed [01:46.84]Every struggle within reaches a point of release [01:49.83]Rather die on my feet than have to live on my knees [02:15.72]Look up the meaning of property it's as simple as pie [02:18.59]They keep the pieces for themselves and they leave us the side dishes [02:21.94]If this is a contest it's mission impossible [02:24.74]The business man is the pimp and the politician the prostitute [02:28.99]Guess who the one getting ****** is [02:30.89]They call us criminals they don't know **** about justice [02:33.80]Slums filled with laborers from the countryside [02:36.90]Thrown off the land cause the loan was two months behind [02:40.22]Sub-prime decency does not apply [02:42.90]Ain't no competition when big business being subsidized [02:46.08]You try to find a job out in Islamabad [02:48.78]**** a nine to five [02:49.90]You in the factory from five to nine with your neck soar [02:52.85]Making textiles with an XLarge that's exported to dress shops [02:56.61]On West 4th street in New York [02:58.89]Living standards on a level that's unreasonable [03:01.74]So you sleep on the floor [03:03.39]Up in the morning praying for the fait of your two kids [03:06.49]Child labor violation lies and abuses [03:09.66]The union got you in a strangle hold [03:12.09]Cause their working with the management to keep your wages low [03:15.06]Bank rolled with a paper trail through the labor bureau [03:18.39]Plus they've got the union dues that you paying to them [03:21.39]Work you like a slave and it makes sense [03:23.76]Cause if the goods we buy are cheap then they can pay us even less [03:27.65]Growing up in this world of enormous extremes [03:30.66]Separated by nation but together we bleed [03:33.69]Every struggle within reaches a point of release [03:36.45]Rather die on my feet than have to live on my knees
