[00:00.00] 作词 : Jeymes Samuel/Lauryn Hill
[00:00.24] 作曲 : Jeymes Samuel/Lauryn Hill
[00:00.48]Woman cry cry
[00:03.57]Give life life
[00:06.33]Mother Mary and baby the burden she carry all time
[00:11.90]Woman cry cry
[00:14.98]When give us life life
[00:18.07]And she beg
[00:18.84]He forgive us
[00:19.82]The sin and dem sinners all time
[00:23.56]Whoa
[00:36.41]Foreign man take me from land
[00:38.78]Land
[00:39.35]Banished my name
[00:40.15]I survive all the same
[00:42.09]Nuff commotion
[00:43.48]Way across ocean ocean
[00:45.26]Through whip and chain
[00:46.04]I survive all the same
[00:48.03]So dem a go make war before we free
[00:50.83]Why dem a go make war before we free
[00:53.88]So dem a go make war before we free
[00:56.85]Why dem a go make war before we free
[00:59.94]Tie my neck ship
[01:01.23]It don't wreck
[01:02.40]Bind me to tree
[01:03.54]I survive they will see ah
[01:05.70]Whip they crack
[01:06.82]Scar me 'pon back
[01:08.25]So we gon' see who survive make us free
[01:11.49]So dem a go make war before we free
[01:14.40]Why dem a go make war before we free
[01:16.34]Main county
[01:17.43]So dem a go make war before we free
[01:20.22]Why dem a go make war before we free
[01:23.28]Follow follow follow people
[01:24.66]They know they follow follow
[01:25.88]People all know they copy copy copy
[01:27.47]People all in my grotto grotto
[01:28.75]They see me like a genie
[01:29.94]Try to keep me in a bottle bottle bottle
[01:31.99]Petty petty people
[01:32.94]Keep them incommunicado-cado
[01:34.74]They tie you up in strings
[01:35.65]They play niggas like pizzicato-cato
[01:37.60]Lose sight of the picture scripture
[01:39.17]Now they not so steady steady
[01:40.76]Meanwhile I'm like Curtis Mayfield
[01:42.14]Getting people ready ready
[01:43.58]To see into the future then cut through like a machete
[01:46.15]Or Cutlass all these trappings leavin' nigga gutless
[01:49.21]Gutless gutless
[01:49.76]You can't make moves for justice
[01:50.89]You can't make no adjustments
[01:52.31]Drowning in corruption
[01:53.39]Charlie addict to convenience
[01:54.90]Convenience
[01:55.47]Now they got you caught up
[01:56.44]And callin' freedom extremists
[01:57.78]Extremists
[01:58.14]We're not in agreement
[01:59.33]I won't lay down politely
[02:00.94]I closed my mouth for years
[02:02.38]And they still tried to fight me
[02:03.72]Fight me
[02:03.93]I sat down on the sidelines
[02:05.33]And they still tried to bite me
[02:06.61]Bite me bite me
[02:07.31]They think they buried my career
[02:08.15]And promoted my peers to spite me
[02:09.52]Spite me
[02:09.89]But they can't tell me nothing Charlie nothing
[02:11.36]They don't underwrite me
[02:12.59]I've had a lot of money thrown at me
[02:14.03]But none of that **** excites me
[02:15.64]It's just another kind of cage
[02:16.95]To get up in my psyche psyche psyche
[02:18.90]To use me as an instrument
[02:19.93]To further push their puppet show
[02:21.26]Puppet show
[02:21.64]But I'm not inexperienced
[02:22.86]And this not my first rodeo rodeo
[02:24.49]I'm not so shallow Charlie
[02:25.57]Charlie
[02:25.92]I call it too precisely
[02:27.28]Separate bone from marrow
[02:28.54]So much soul that they dislike me
[02:30.05]Dislike me dislike me
[02:30.69]Intuitives intuitives Charlie
[02:31.92]We be like fugitives
[02:32.85]Fugitives
[02:33.40]Until the universe responds to show them who the student is
[02:35.86]Woman cry
[02:37.74]Woman cry gives life
[02:40.82]Gives us life
[02:41.88]Mother Mary and baby the burden she carries all time
[02:46.54]Burden she carries
[02:47.75]Woman cry
[02:49.50]Woman cry gives us life
[02:52.41]Gives us life
[02:53.40]And she beg
[02:54.08]He forgive us
[02:54.94]The sin and the sinners all time
[02:58.11]Begs he forgives us
[02:59.76]So dem a go make war before we free
[03:02.67]Why dem a go make war before we free
[03:05.58]So dem a go make war before we free
[03:08.53]Why dem a go make war before we free

作词 : Jeymes Samuel/Lauryn Hill
作曲 : Jeymes Samuel/Lauryn Hill
Woman cry cry
Give life life
Mother Mary and baby the burden she carry all time
Woman cry cry
When give us life life
And she beg
He forgive us
The sin and dem sinners all time
Whoa
Foreign man take me from land
Land
Banished my name
I survive all the same
Nuff commotion
Way across ocean ocean
Through whip and chain
I survive all the same
So dem a go make war before we free
Why dem a go make war before we free
So dem a go make war before we free
Why dem a go make war before we free
Tie my neck ship
It don't wreck
Bind me to tree
I survive they will see ah
Whip they crack
Scar me 'pon back
So we gon' see who survive make us free
So dem a go make war before we free
Why dem a go make war before we free
Main county
So dem a go make war before we free
Why dem a go make war before we free
Follow follow follow people
They know they follow follow
People all know they copy copy copy
People all in my grotto grotto
They see me like a genie
Try to keep me in a bottle bottle bottle
Petty petty people
Keep them incommunicado-cado
They tie you up in strings
They play niggas like pizzicato-cato
Lose sight of the picture scripture
Now they not so steady steady
Meanwhile I'm like Curtis Mayfield
Getting people ready ready
To see into the future then cut through like a machete
Or Cutlass all these trappings leavin' nigga gutless
Gutless gutless
You can't make moves for justice
You can't make no adjustments
Drowning in corruption
Charlie addict to convenience
Convenience
Now they got you caught up
And callin' freedom extremists
Extremists
We're not in agreement
I won't lay down politely
I closed my mouth for years
And they still tried to fight me
Fight me
I sat down on the sidelines
And they still tried to bite me
Bite me bite me
They think they buried my career
And promoted my peers to spite me
Spite me
But they can't tell me nothing Charlie nothing
They don't underwrite me
I've had a lot of money thrown at me
But none of that **** excites me
It's just another kind of cage
To get up in my psyche psyche psyche
To use me as an instrument
To further push their puppet show
Puppet show
But I'm not inexperienced
And this not my first rodeo rodeo
I'm not so shallow Charlie
Charlie
I call it too precisely
Separate bone from marrow
So much soul that they dislike me
Dislike me dislike me
Intuitives intuitives Charlie
We be like fugitives
Fugitives
Until the universe responds to show them who the student is
Woman cry
Woman cry gives life
Gives us life
Mother Mary and baby the burden she carries all time
Burden she carries
Woman cry
Woman cry gives us life
Gives us life
And she beg
He forgive us
The sin and the sinners all time
Begs he forgives us
So dem a go make war before we free
Why dem a go make war before we free
So dem a go make war before we free
Why dem a go make war before we free