歌词
Yeah, yeah, uh
I don't know what I'ma do
我该怎么做？
I don't know where I'ma live
我又该身处何地？
'Cause it feel like
为了谋生
I ain't got nothing give
我早已竭我所能
Just wanna follow my dreams
人们都说随心之所愿
Just wanna follow my heart
朝着梦想大步走
But the world wanna tear me apart
可这操蛋的现实
Right from start
早就把我的梦想撕碎
Everything I ever wanted
我所做的
It ain't what I thought
早已和我的初衷背道而驰
Bring it back to the roots
我想做的，就是想成为
Like my name Black Thought
the Roots的成员Black Thought一样的Rapper
This shit right here
道理就摆在这里
No it can't be taught
无法言传
Gotta be learned
只能感受
It gotta be earned
我只想事业有成，过上衣食无忧的生活
I ain't got a pocket full of money
即使穷困潦倒
But I'm full of hope
可我还会惦记着我的信心
I don't wanna rob people
我不会为了那些钱去剑走偏锋
I don't wanna push dope
去铤而走险
I just wanna live, I just wanna maintain
我只想讨个活口但不只只是苟活
Like a bullet to the brain
像出膛之弹一般勇敢地向目标冲去
Gotta play the game like a chess board
同时还要有下棋时的步步为营的觉悟
If ya wanna go to war
工欲善其事
Gotta bring ya best sword
必先利其器
I feel like I'm going crazy
淦 我快要疯了
Like I need a psych ward
我需要做心理检查了吧？
Think my mind playing tricks on me
听着Geto Boys的My Mind Playing Tricks on Me
Like a ghetto Boy
一遍又一遍
Feel like I need to murder 'em
感觉我都能倒着唱出来了
In the moment I deploy
这时候我想到了
Everybody, anybody
我们作为新生代
Somebody fill the void
都去尝试填补Rap圈的空白 做那些新奇的概念
Somebody fill the void
可这时候又有多少人能念念旧 重新捡起那些黄金年代的玩意？
Listen, I don't wanna work a job
我不想朝九晚五的工作
Motherfuck a 9 to 5
到头来都不知道自己在忙活些什么
Every time I get a check
每到出粮日拿到自己的工资
What I really get, Robbed
可是你真的获得什么了吗？
Livin in America, this shit is a facade
美国梦看似美好 可是事实呢？（美国并没有人们所想的那么好）
But you gotta push through
每当你向命运不断挣扎
And persevere, word to God
每当你不屈不饶的去抗争
Tryna find a home
想找一处港湾躲躲的时候
But I can't afford a home
却发现自己无处可去
'Cause I'm 25
我25岁的时候
And owe a hunnid grand in student loans
还欠着上学的贷款没还
Tryna get healthcare, but I'm on welfare
握着所谓的社会福利 可我连医保都没有？
Man I swear to god
噢 老天
I wish I was living in Bel Air
我真希望我住在Bel Air
Fuck Medicaid, I just wanna get paid
去它的医保 我只想要实际金钱的赔偿
Wit' a couple bad bitches
晚上带上几个女人
At the crib, gettin' laid
在住处翻云覆雨一番
That's what I'm taught by the media
这就是现在媒体所教的
Television tellin' my vision
这就是孩子们从电视上学的道理
To get greedier
人只会愈加贪婪
Come now everybody stay tune like T-Pain
（Logic本人在Genius上说这句话只是他随便加在这里做押韵用的）
Operate the drive in ya mind
Like a keychain
Come now folk, get woke, stay woke
大伙都醒醒
'Cause the white man
总有些一小部分贪婪的白人暗箱操作这一套体系
Want the black man stay broke
富人越富 而那些穷困的黑人呢？
Fuck that, I'm finna buck back
淦 我们黑人总有出人头地的那一天
But not wit' bullets
不靠枪支 不靠偷抢
I'ma use my education to the fullest
以我们的学识去争取自己的幸福
I'ma get out of debt, I'ma reset
我们总有一天不会再受债务困扰
I'ma get out of debt, I'ma reset
我们总有一天不会再因穷困担忧
Do whatever you gotta do whenever to live
生活仍在继续
But you gotta remember to give back
生活不单单为了苟且
When you get that
只要你想着讨生活
When you finally get to the top
总会有办法
And you hit that pinnacle
去创造自己的天地
I ain't being cynical
我不想太愤世嫉俗去吐槽这破烂的体系
I'm just being real
我只是将事实陈述出来
I believe that everybody feel
我知道在座的各位都能感受得到
Everybody feel, listen up
就是此时
Everybody over here
就是此刻
I promise to God on everything
我们应该勇敢的站起来
It ain't nothing to fear
勇敢的面对困难
Anybody that can hear, just fight
共勉吧
Fight for the right
Fight for ya life
Fight for what you believe is right
Fight for the right
Fight for ya life
Fight for what you believe is right
Everybody fight
Everybody fight
Matter fact, everybody beautiful
But right now, what I need
Black people, to just fight
Fight for ya right, fight for ya life
Black people, just fight
Fight for the right
Fight for ya life
Black people
Are beautiful, incredible, amazing
Black people, intelligent
So elegant, it's crazy
Black people
Sit back, just love, and adore
Black people
One thing, that I, can be sure
Black people
Are beautiful, amazing, incredible
Black people
Are beautiful, amazing, incredible
Black people
Get up, get up, get up
Black people
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Black people
Get up get up get up get up get up get up
Black people
Get up, get up
Come on, get up, everybody, everybody
Black people, get up, get up
Get up, get up, Black people
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Black people, get up, get up
Get up, get up Black people
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Black people, we are
Black people, you know we are
Black people, we are
Black people, you know we are
Black people, come on, get up
Black people, get up, get up
Black people, get up, get up
Black people, get up, get up
Black people, get up, get up
Black people get up get up get up get up
Black people, get up, get up
Black people, come on, get up
Everybody, everybody Black people
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