[00:00.00] 作词 : Lonnie Lynn/Samora Pinderhughes/Burniss Travis/Karriem Riggins/Bryan James Sledge
[00:01.00] 作曲 : Lonnie Lynn/Samora Pinderhughes/Burniss Travis/Karriem Riggins/Bryan James Sledge
[00:30.85]My first memory, my birthday on a party bus
[00:34.91]Pops wasn't there but that wasn't obvious
[00:37.49]In Mom's arms, in God we trust
[00:40.02]Black Mama love, everything marvelous
[00:42.40]I didn't know what I was missin', part of a system
[00:45.75]Pops is gone, Uncle in prison
[00:48.33]Inside wishin' for men to teach me 'bout girls and religion
[00:52.11]Made my own rendition of grindin' and kissin'
[00:54.63]Weekend calls to my Dad I'd listen
[00:57.26]Still I felt distant, distant like love
[00:59.78]There's only so far that words could really hug
[01:02.34]Didn't wanna be a thug, older niggas I banged with
[01:04.92]I learned a lot from them cuts in the basement
[01:07.61]The smell of blunts laced with a little bit of spice
[01:10.35]Wise, high niggas, giving me advice
[01:13.09]We go out and start fights, scuff up our Nikes
[01:15.77]Come back to talk crap and shoot a little dice
[01:18.18]This is a slice of life and memories
[01:20.81]Sittin' in my mind vividly, often they visit me
[01:23.62]Oh baby, Da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da (Oh, oh)
[01:27.76]I'm just tryna find a way to understand (I'm tryna understand)
[01:33.67]Oh, oh, oh, oh
[01:38.08]How do I rewind the tape and live in it?
[01:42.81](Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
[01:47.45]Stayin' out late and playin' in Wonderland (Ooh-ooh, oh-oh-oh)
[01:55.61]Is it in God's plan?
[01:58.76]I'm just tryna find my way to understand it
[02:03.68]Metaphors can't explain how far I came
[02:06.44]A young man at work, I made my own lane
[02:09.09]Steered away from pain, relied on drive
[02:11.69]There's a old saying, "Don't cry, survive"
[02:14.20]As I kept building there were cranes in the sky
[02:16.74]Certain memories my brain would deny
[02:19.18]A tear laid in my eye, I was afraid to reply
[02:21.83]To the hurt that was callin', it came from the sky
[02:24.34]An older play cousin, of course I trust him
[02:27.01]But he was touchin' where he wasn't supposed to be touchin'
[02:29.47]What's a kid supposed to do?
[02:30.71]When they goin' through, what I was goin' through
[02:33.27]Don't know who to go to
[02:34.48]You want to tell somebody
[02:35.93]In many ways, I failed somebody
[02:38.53]That somebody was me
[02:39.88]Now I'm talking to little Rasheed
[02:42.07]Incarcerated heart, man, you gotta be free
[02:44.75]I felt it, when I told my man I would help with
[02:47.59]Things he was dealin' with I really hadn't dealt with
[02:50.04]Emotions meltin', I began to release it
[02:52.49]Things you can't change, you could come to peace with
[02:55.16]At least get it better for the children of forever
[02:57.53]I read the Lord's letter, I forgive our debtors
[03:00.13]They don't talk about it, maybe sharing their story
[03:02.64]Memories of home, shared pain and glory
[03:05.27]Oh baby, Da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da (Oh, oh)
[03:10.03]I'm just tryna find a way to understand (I'm tryna understand)
[03:15.61]Oh, oh, oh, oh
[03:19.51]How do I rewind the tape and live in it?
[03:24.41](Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
[03:29.55]Stayin' out late and playin' in Wonderland (Ooh-ooh, oh-oh-oh)
[03:37.55]Is it God's plan?
[03:40.66]I'm just tryna find my way to understand it
[03:48.15]Said I'm tryna understand, understand, understand, understand
[03:57.89]Ayy-hey, oh-oh, oh