K’naan, Tracy Chapman - Voices At The Crossroads lyrics
[K’naan, Tracy Chapman - Voices At The Crossroads lyrics]
You into it?
Alright, well let's get into this one
Close your eyes on this one and vibe with me
So in the beginning there was hum
From a poet whose pulse fell drum drum drum!
He would perform prayers and all
Till one day he heard a voice call
Come come come!
Suspicious he moved with vicious caution
Dismisses, he thinks it's a little off
People get held back
By the voice inside them
Yo - the voice said I'm poised
To speak inside you
Rejoice and please let me invite you
To evil, greed and lies too
Yeah - confused and dazed he moved in ways
He soon became a kunni boom boom boom
And knock on his door his heart is no more
And knock on his door his soul is no more
All you folks think I got my price
At which I'll sell all that is mine
You think money rules when all else fails
Go sell your soul and keep your shell
I'm trying to protect what I keep inside
All the reasons why I live my life
So so so - the poet's got a proposal
He would own his soul but never know
What it feels to be free
He would be the frozen imposed as
The chosen on all those opposing
But he would be greed that's got him there
He's power hungry and proud too
People don't care, people just scared
People don't care, people just prayer
All you folks think I got my price
At which I'll sell all that is mine
You think money rules when all else fails
Go sell your soul and keep your shell
I'm trying to protect what I keep inside
All the reasons why I live my life
(Interviewer)
So K'naan, you have a unique as far as
Your life goes at the same time
It's very familiar to a lot of people on
The planet you wanna share with us?
(K'naan)
Man, that of the displaced peoples yeah
That's everywhere i was born and raised
In Mogdishu, Somalia um, spent a lot
Of time here and, you know
Around the world traveling
Doing my music, my word, you know
Spoken word and poetry and that's where I
Groove, you know, that's how I became a
Full-on artist is through the word, hip-hop
Alright, well let's get into this one
Close your eyes on this one and vibe with me
So in the beginning there was hum
From a poet whose pulse fell drum drum drum!
He would perform prayers and all
Till one day he heard a voice call
Come come come!
Suspicious he moved with vicious caution
Dismisses, he thinks it's a little off
People get held back
By the voice inside them
Yo - the voice said I'm poised
To speak inside you
Rejoice and please let me invite you
To evil, greed and lies too
Yeah - confused and dazed he moved in ways
He soon became a kunni boom boom boom
And knock on his door his heart is no more
And knock on his door his soul is no more
All you folks think I got my price
At which I'll sell all that is mine
You think money rules when all else fails
Go sell your soul and keep your shell
I'm trying to protect what I keep inside
All the reasons why I live my life
So so so - the poet's got a proposal
He would own his soul but never know
What it feels to be free
He would be the frozen imposed as
The chosen on all those opposing
But he would be greed that's got him there
He's power hungry and proud too
People don't care, people just scared
People don't care, people just prayer
All you folks think I got my price
At which I'll sell all that is mine
You think money rules when all else fails
Go sell your soul and keep your shell
I'm trying to protect what I keep inside
All the reasons why I live my life
(Interviewer)
So K'naan, you have a unique as far as
Your life goes at the same time
It's very familiar to a lot of people on
The planet you wanna share with us?
(K'naan)
Man, that of the displaced peoples yeah
That's everywhere i was born and raised
In Mogdishu, Somalia um, spent a lot
Of time here and, you know
Around the world traveling
Doing my music, my word, you know
Spoken word and poetry and that's where I
Groove, you know, that's how I became a
Full-on artist is through the word, hip-hop