[00:00.000] 作词 : Marlanna Evans/Eric Gabouer/Marian Mereba/John Herbert
[00:00.472] 作曲 : Marlanna Evans/Eric Gabouer/Marian Mereba/John Herbert
[00:00.945][Rapsody:]
[00:07.172]Black widow, young kiddo
[00:08.683]Tear stained pillow, 'nother black man died
[00:10.448]Wade in the water, I don't mean baptized
[00:12.245]Dark ass times, can't bat no eye
[00:14.252]I see 'em, our BMs
[00:15.509]IBM windows, they don't look through ours
[00:17.515]We got a fire and it's big like Cali's
[00:19.280]But they ain't for us, we ain't Forrest
[00:20.779]They only for it, if we servin' time
[00:22.606]Butler boys, that's a bigger crime
[00:24.411]We gave ours to the rallies, funerals, black Denalis
[00:28.449]Can't let a day go by
[00:29.965]Esau, she saw, Eric die
[00:31.968]We saw people cry, think about all of our people's wives
[00:34.979]Raise the kids in the world they know ain't safe to live
[00:37.536]Like Myrlie, emergency
[00:39.041]The mirror me said I could be her too, the day I say I do
[00:41.802][Mereba:]
[00:42.053]Black men bleeding, it's your time
[00:45.574]Not so funny, Valentine
[00:49.124]Take, don't take, my love away (Oh don't you)
[00:52.642]Take, don't take, my love away
[00:56.150]Made a widow from a wife
[00:59.664]Took the love of my whole life
[01:03.177]Take, don't take, my love away (Oh don't you)
[01:06.434]Take, don't take, my love away
[01:09.553][Rapsody:]
[01:09.794]Yeah
[01:10.000]Invisible veil, Coretta wore that, you could see Israel
[01:12.765]Martin Luther wasn't a big enough deal?
[01:14.443]Trayvon Martin ain't a big enough deal?
[01:15.955]I kid you not
[01:17.019]How many Martin's we had shot?
[01:18.522]Pouring Remy Martin on the block
[01:20.303]In memory, documented by the Roc
[01:22.109]Yeah, I hope you watched, let's talk about
[01:23.860]What Betty did, she saw X die
[01:25.365]We saw X die, how Betty did
[01:27.222]Now when I exit, for the baby kid
[01:28.992]Cry for the baby Mama and the baby crib
[01:30.748]That's a broken home, I could be on that
[01:32.520]That's reality, that's a big ol' fact
[01:34.299]'Cause I'ma marry black, a hard truth
[01:36.054]Think about the widows, that could be us too
[01:38.634]Myrlie, I miss you Miss Myrlie. Still holding yourself to sleep all night, still drunk off the shit that keeps you up at night. Still feel haunted, still exhausted. I can love you if you needing love Myrlie. Can you love me back?
[01:52.453][Mereba:]
[01:52.962]Black men bleeding, it's your time
[01:55.635]Not so funny, Valentine
[01:58.440]Take, don't take, my love away (Oh don't you)
[02:02.484]Take, don't take, my love away
[02:06.058]Made a widow from a wife
[02:09.580]Took the love of my whole life
[02:13.089]Take, don't take, my love away (Oh don't you)
[02:16.635]Take, don't take, my love away