当前位置:首页 > 歌词大全 > Retrospect For Life (Featuring Lauryn Hill)歌词
  • Yo, we gotta start respectin life more y'all
    You look at your brother man you gotta see yourself
    Gotta see the God within him
    Brothers gettin changed real quick over nothin
    We losin too many of ours
    Gotta recreate y'all
    Yo, check it
    Knowin you the best part of life, do I have the right to take yours
    Cause I created you, irresponsibly
    Subconciously knowin the act I was a part of
    The start of somethin, I'm not ready to bring into the world
    Had myself believin I was sterile
    I look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl
    Turnin this woman's womb into a tomb
    But she and I agree, a seed we don't need
    You would've been much more than a mouth to feed
    But someone, I woulda fed this information I read
    to someone, my life for you I woulda had to leave
    Instead I lead you to death
    I'm sorry for takin your first breath, first step, and first cry
    But I wasn't prepared mentally nor financially
    Havin a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me
    Plus I wanted you to be raised within a family
    I don't wanna, go through the drama of havin a baby's momma
    Weekend visits and buyin J's ain't gon' make me a father
    For a while bearing a child is somethin I never wanted to do
    For me to live forever I can only do that through you
    Nerve I got to talk about them ****** with a gun
    Must have really thought I was God to take the life of my son
    I could have sacrificed goin out
    To think my homies who did it I used to joke about, from now on
    I'ma use self control instead of birth control
    Cause $315 ain't worth your soul
    $315 ain't worth your soul
    $315 ain't worth it
    I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer
    You said you would be here when it rained
    Yo,why didn't you stay
    Seeing you as a present and a gift in itself
    You had our child in you, I probably never feel what you felt
    But you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are
    Through our trials and tribulations, child's elimination
    An intergration of thoughts I feel about the situation
    Back and forth my feelings was pacin
    Happy deep down but not joyed enough to have it
    But even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it
    Is this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust
    Bustin, more than the sweat in somebody you trust
    Or is it that we don't trust each other enough
    And believe, havin this child'll make us have to stay together
    Girl I want you in my life cause you have made it better
    Thinkin we all in love cause we can spend a day together
    We talkin spendin the rest of our lives
    It's too many black women that can say they mothers
    but can't say that they wives
    I wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding
    But I want our Parenthood to come from Planning
    It's so much in my life that's undone
    We gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one
    If you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run from
    But I'm walkin, findin myself in my God
    So I can, discipline my son with my writin
    Not have a judge tellin me how and when to raise my seed
    Though his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame
    I had a book of Afrikan names, case our minds changed
    You say your period hasn't came, and lately I've been sleepy
    So quit smokin the **** and the beadies and let's have this boy
    I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer
    You said you would be here when it rained
    You said you would be here when it rained
    Ohh I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer
    Now the situation's made things change
    Things change
    Why, didn't you stay
    Why didn't you stay...
    I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer
    In summer
    You said you would be here when, it rained
    When it rained, it rained
    Ohhhohh I, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer
    You said you wouldn't leave
    Now the situation's made things change
    Things change, why didn't you stay?
    Stay, stay stay stay stay stay stay
    Mmmmm, stayyy
    Uh-uh
    Ohh why didn't you stay..
  • [00:00.515]Yo, we gotta start respectin life more y'all
    [00:03.770]You look at your brother man you gotta see yourself
    [00:07.042]Gotta see the God within him
    [00:09.306]Brothers gettin changed real quick over nothin
    [00:13.234]We losin too many of ours
    [00:16.330]Gotta recreate y'all
    [00:18.842]Yo, check it
    [00:21.489]Knowin you the best part of life, do I have the right to take yours
    [00:25.676]Cause I created you, irresponsibly
    [00:28.193]Subconciously knowin the act I was a part of
    [00:31.145]The start of somethin, I'm not ready to bring into the world
    [00:33.876]Had myself believin I was sterile
    [00:36.115]I look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl
    [00:39.257]Turnin this woman's womb into a tomb
    [00:41.585]But she and I agree, a seed we don't need
    [00:44.660]You would've been much more than a mouth to feed
    [00:47.238]But someone, I woulda fed this information I read
    [00:50.165]to someone, my life for you I woulda had to leave
    [00:52.801]Instead I lead you to death
    [00:54.660]I'm sorry for takin your first breath, first step, and first cry
    [00:58.425]But I wasn't prepared mentally nor financially
    [01:01.025]Havin a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me
    [01:03.601]Plus I wanted you to be raised within a family
    [01:06.297]I don't wanna, go through the drama of havin a baby's momma
    [01:09.297]Weekend visits and buyin J's ain't gon' make me a father
    [01:11.988]For a while bearing a child is somethin I never wanted to do
    [01:14.723]For me to live forever I can only do that through you
    [01:17.489]Nerve I got to talk about them ****** with a gun
    [01:20.145]Must have really thought I was God to take the life of my son
    [01:22.822]I could have sacrificed goin out
    [01:24.755]To think my homies who did it I used to joke about, from now on
    [01:28.321]I'ma use self control instead of birth control
    [01:30.937]Cause $315 ain't worth your soul
    [01:33.757]$315 ain't worth your soul
    [01:36.466]$315 ain't worth it
    [01:38.761]I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer
    [01:47.458]You said you would be here when it rained
    [01:57.928]Yo,why didn't you stay
    [02:01.456]Seeing you as a present and a gift in itself
    [02:03.328]You had our child in you, I probably never feel what you felt
    [02:06.724]But you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are
    [02:09.275]Through our trials and tribulations, child's elimination
    [02:12.224]An intergration of thoughts I feel about the situation
    [02:15.152]Back and forth my feelings was pacin
    [02:17.347]Happy deep down but not joyed enough to have it
    [02:19.705]But even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it
    [02:23.099]Is this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust
    [02:25.858]Bustin, more than the sweat in somebody you trust
    [02:28.432]Or is it that we don't trust each other enough
    [02:31.040]And believe, havin this child'll make us have to stay together
    [02:34.072]Girl I want you in my life cause you have made it better
    [02:36.688]Thinkin we all in love cause we can spend a day together
    [02:39.460]We talkin spendin the rest of our lives
    [02:41.560]It's too many black women that can say they mothers
    [02:43.728]but can't say that they wives
    [02:44.946]I wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding
    [02:47.760]But I want our Parenthood to come from Planning
    [02:49.911]It's so much in my life that's undone
    [02:51.784]We gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one
    [02:55.962]If you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run from
    [02:58.691]But I'm walkin, findin myself in my God
    [03:01.312]So I can, discipline my son with my writin
    [03:04.088]Not have a judge tellin me how and when to raise my seed
    [03:06.672]Though his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame
    [03:09.528]I had a book of Afrikan names, case our minds changed
    [03:12.344]You say your period hasn't came, and lately I've been sleepy
    [03:15.024]So quit smokin the **** and the beadies and let's have this boy
    [03:18.067]I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer
    [03:26.490]You said you would be here when it rained
    [03:36.336]You said you would be here when it rained
    [03:39.041]Ohh I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer
    [03:47.940]Now the situation's made things change
    [03:57.575]Things change
    [03:58.687]Why, didn't you stay
    [04:01.807]Why didn't you stay...
    [04:09.511]I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer
    [04:20.727]In summer
    [04:23.247]You said you would be here when, it rained
    [04:30.945]When it rained, it rained
    [04:33.820]Ohhhohh I, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer
    [04:43.273]You said you wouldn't leave
    [04:44.575]Now the situation's made things change
    [04:51.767]Things change, why didn't you stay?
    [04:56.959]Stay, stay stay stay stay stay stay
    [05:02.673]Mmmmm, stayyy
    [05:07.198]Uh-uh
    [05:09.312]Ohh why didn't you stay..