Wyclef Jean - Gunpowder lyrics
[Wyclef Jean - Gunpowder lyrics]
I asked my mother, "Why do you cry?"
She said, "Your brother, he just died"
Well, I told him not to go outside
He said he had to fight
For his country's rights
But don't you know that mo-mother
Don't you know that we can't
Stop the violence? No
Because the war is not over
Until you can feel love, peace
And hear silence but I smell gunpowder (Pow)
My brother's been dead ever since
I didn't believe it
But when I saw him I was convinced
Two shots to the head, he was already dead
Lord i headed for revenge in
The city of Port-au-Prince
Screaming bro-brother
Don't you know that we can't
Stop the violence? No
Because the war is not over
Until you can feel love, peace
And hear silence but I smell gunpowder (Pow)
Zion's gunpowder (Pow) lA's gunpowder (Pow)
I wanna know why Christians pray
For a new day
We don't need no, we don't need no
We don't need no but it's still the same way
I wanna know why ghetto people
Pray for a new day, hey hey hey
And it's still the same way
But the preacher man told me
Good things come to those who wait
Do good things come to those who wait?
I wanna know, tell me
Good things come to those who wait
Do good things come to those who wait?
We wanna know, we wanna know, we wanna know
Pe-people
Don't you know that we can't
Stop the violence? No
Because the war is not over
Until you can feel love, peace
And hear silence
But I smell gunpowder (Gunpowder)
Brooklyn's gunpowder (Gunpowder)
Shaolin's gunpowder (Gunpowder)
Uptown's gunpowder (Gunpowder)
Jersey's gunpowder (Gunpowder)
Even New Zealand's gunpowder (Gunpowder)
Australia's gunpowder (Gunpowder)
Brixton's gunpowder (Gunpowder)
Even New Haven's gunpowder (Gunpowder)
The Carnival, anything can happen
Rest in peace, rest in peace
She said, "Your brother, he just died"
Well, I told him not to go outside
He said he had to fight
For his country's rights
But don't you know that mo-mother
Don't you know that we can't
Stop the violence? No
Because the war is not over
Until you can feel love, peace
And hear silence but I smell gunpowder (Pow)
My brother's been dead ever since
I didn't believe it
But when I saw him I was convinced
Two shots to the head, he was already dead
Lord i headed for revenge in
The city of Port-au-Prince
Screaming bro-brother
Don't you know that we can't
Stop the violence? No
Because the war is not over
Until you can feel love, peace
And hear silence but I smell gunpowder (Pow)
Zion's gunpowder (Pow) lA's gunpowder (Pow)
I wanna know why Christians pray
For a new day
We don't need no, we don't need no
We don't need no but it's still the same way
I wanna know why ghetto people
Pray for a new day, hey hey hey
And it's still the same way
But the preacher man told me
Good things come to those who wait
Do good things come to those who wait?
I wanna know, tell me
Good things come to those who wait
Do good things come to those who wait?
We wanna know, we wanna know, we wanna know
Pe-people
Don't you know that we can't
Stop the violence? No
Because the war is not over
Until you can feel love, peace
And hear silence
But I smell gunpowder (Gunpowder)
Brooklyn's gunpowder (Gunpowder)
Shaolin's gunpowder (Gunpowder)
Uptown's gunpowder (Gunpowder)
Jersey's gunpowder (Gunpowder)
Even New Zealand's gunpowder (Gunpowder)
Australia's gunpowder (Gunpowder)
Brixton's gunpowder (Gunpowder)
Even New Haven's gunpowder (Gunpowder)
The Carnival, anything can happen
Rest in peace, rest in peace