[00:00.000] 作曲 : F. Porter for The Happiest Africans (SESAC)
[00:00.172]For nearly an hour, the condemned men sat in a bus and watched crews erect their execution posts on the quiet beachfront
[00:33.106]White man's burden, Lloyd, my man, white man's burden
[00:38.432]You paid the price, you followed orders
[00:41.112]Months at a time laying in ambushes by the borders
[00:44.529]The blunt cackle of gun battles, last breath death rattles, air-sucking thump of mortars
[00:50.550]Then flames, hideously gorgeous
[00:53.471]And when command said find the informants
[00:56.184]You followed orders
[00:57.663]You visited the camps
[00:59.320]You oversaw the torture
[01:00.907]You tightened the clamps
[01:02.338]You lied to reporters
[01:03.789]You dug the pits
[01:05.212]You made sure the confessions were recorded
[01:07.801]You still see their faces
[01:09.266]Corners of your eyes is morbid
[01:11.579]Copper in the air, taste it
[01:13.556]Flowing like a open faucet
[01:15.650]Can't erase it
[01:16.905]But you a soldier
[01:18.223]You follow orders
[01:19.990]Once the war was won
[01:21.333]Switched fatigues for corporate
[01:23.204]Suits and ties, but close those eyes
[01:25.936]Still see them, clear as portraits
[01:28.021]Watching yourself go through the motions
[01:30.591]Pretending you're not dead, adrift in a black ocean
[01:34.769]So imagine the relief when the indictments are finally read
[01:38.635]Grey hair on your head
[01:40.378]Lean into the mic, flanked by lawyers
[01:42.656]And finally tell someone
[01:43.870]All you did was follow orders
[01:52.051]One time is one time
[01:53.420]'Cause that's all it takes to change your life
[01:55.772]You been had it coming but no worries
[01:58.301]The postman always rings twice
[02:00.779]Thrice, the Ghosts came, Past, Present, Future
[02:03.842]Price on your dome so chunky, anyone could be the shooter
[02:08.445]Then lay low, as you lie down
[02:11.029]Uneasy is the head that rocks the crown
[02:16.356]One time is one time
[02:17.889]Cause that's all it takes to change your life
[02:20.250]You been had it coming but no worries
[02:22.481]The postman always rings twice
[02:28.815]It always starts small
[02:30.644]Got a little something, made it flip
[02:33.194]Not about to ball, just upgrade the whip
[02:35.501]Maybe a little something on the wrist
[02:37.667]Your little dun seen your new kicks
[02:39.702]He see you in the hall smoking sticks
[02:42.258]Seen the ass on your new bitch, poking
[02:44.951]Baby powder between her tits
[02:47.266]Keep bugging you, he got the itch
[02:49.586]You let him get a taste
[02:50.690]Twelve months later he's taking the trips
[02:53.404]Cause now you shaving bricks, cinder blocks, masonry bits
[02:57.230]Family ties like Cain and Abel
[02:59.629]Cutting cocaine on the kitchen table
[03:02.484]Ain't want no trouble
[03:03.764]But evil got roots
[03:05.197]You said no guns, but he said he had to shoot
[03:08.475]Fire out the cannon
[03:09.900]You can't serve God and Mammon
[03:12.337]Flying back uptown, interior salmon
[03:15.087]Cops got y'all jammed in
[03:17.142]You made the wrong move, trying to ram 'em
[03:19.770]Boys in blue commenced to blammin'
[03:21.541]And just like that you both out the game like the O'Bannons
[03:24.965]Commissioner's press conference only got room for standing
[03:28.283]At the funeral, your team poured some liquor
[03:31.347]Then commence to plotting and planning
[03:33.566]Divide up your re-up before the first shovel full of dirt landin'
[03:37.386]Moms distraught but your uncles' is like
[03:39.754]"What the **** did she think would happen?"
[03:42.886]One time is one time
[03:44.100]'Cause that's all it takes to change your life
[03:46.540]You been had it coming but no worries
[03:48.885]The postman always rings twice
[03:51.589]Thrice, the Ghosts came, Past, Present, Future
[03:54.813]Price on your dome so chunky, anyone could be the shooter
[03:58.875]Then lay low, as you lie down
[04:01.730]Uneasy is the head that rocks the crown
[04:07.158]One time is one time
[04:08.517]Cause that's all it takes to change your life
[04:10.693]You been had it coming but no worries
[04:13.172]The postman always rings twice