[00:00.000] 作词 : Rory Allen Philip Ferreira[00:00.671] 作曲 : Rory Allen Philip Ferreira[00:01.343] Moving forward, dearly beloved[00:03.793] Make I and I recall[00:05.782] Bob's son set in Babylon[00:07.725] Atop the very high mountain[00:09.795] Carving prophecy into rock[00:11.937] Blood from a stone is the wickedest task[00:14.969] Yet, rivers to flow, lyrics do grow[00:18.495] And rise and rise to terrible, terrible proportions[00:23.093] Stifling the weak heart, made they tremble[00:25.991] But the dreadlocks say, fear not[00:28.457] Stamp foot and flatten a raindrop[00:30.941] For in Bob and his children's temple[00:32.864] It is strictly reality we are dealing with[00:35.082] Strictly reality, so rejoice[00:42.981] Beepеr buzzin', semper fi cousins[00:45.210] When in hot ovеns, et cetera, et cetera[00:47.768] Wind chimes gone dummy[00:49.250] Delirium, serious serum, celiacs, belly out, sippin' 'gnac[00:53.526] Yacked, redacted[00:54.424] Told navel, "Strike that from the record"[00:56.398] Quarter zips, meanin' none to flip[00:58.089] You know where the poets is[00:59.718] Under some gutter, at the library, by the café, at the ATM[01:03.317] You know where the poets is[01:04.610] At the perfume store, in the buffet line[01:06.916] On a philosophical corner, drawing sevens in concrete[01:09.975] You know where the poets is[01:11.270] Off riding green horses, profaning the inevitable[01:14.087] But never on purpose[01:15.527] Lips pursed in verses, spitting juice like plums do[01:19.896] Ooh, that ish delicious[01:21.316] Yo, I croon like doo-wops[01:22.926] You, you know this life is vicious[01:24.950] And it seems, the only option is to cling[01:28.406] To the mind that retains the faculty to dream[01:32.032] And it seems, the only option is to cling[01:35.470] To the mind that retains the faculty to dream[01:39.428] In Duane Reade screaming, "I'm not the same me"[01:42.102] Meaning soul graffiti bubblin' over[01:44.810] Summer soldier, cut from the cloth of October[01:47.376] Beat made from two metal cans[01:49.294] Various spectrums of an evil parallelogram[01:51.525] Could you see that? Would you bear my eyes?[01:53.673] Rhetorical gestures that merit reply[01:55.752] State communist verse the based abomunist[01:58.453] Entrance fee is paying homage[02:00.283] Patiently awaiting context[02:01.760] White boys in my crew look Amish, honest[02:04.450] And the negros is walkin' around talkin' 'bout NeoHooDoo[02:07.132] Askin', "Who you?"[02:08.302] Don't mention what you do for money[02:09.823] Isn't that funny? Screw face, moot case[02:11.938] I never demean the self with definition[02:14.098] Exquisite sense of what's hittin'[02:15.681] That's kept me on this lonesome trail[02:17.306] Sink or swell, I'm out to open sea[02:19.261] Croonin', strummin', open C, no capo[02:21.807] Coterie of lame-os, skullduggery and baking soda volcanoes[02:25.631] Laser eye like Kano[02:27.225] So run up to get done up[02:28.591] You lookin' like the corduroy coon's latest come up, psh[02:32.732] "Welcome to my rap show," said the spider to the fly[03:02.334] As long as I'm living, as long as I'm alive, as long as I'm in this environment[03:05.724] There's certain things that not only myself, but everyone should do to be able to survive[03:10.542] I find that it's very important for me to understand the idea of martial art[03:21.246] Actually it's spontaneous[03:24.361] Me it was only natural, just to flow into this type of movement[03:26.971] Since it was part of my culture and lifestyle[03:31.126] You see, some people play tennis, some people deal with golf[03:33.925] I don't feel like I'm getting that kind of confrontation[03:36.723] That thing coming at me, that's a negative aspect[03:41.624] Saying was that we lost a language[03:44.562] And being more specific, in terms of the music, drum instruments[03:47.414] They said— just now, you see, what it was—[03:49.419] I don't— sendin' God hope— and because of certain kind of—[03:51.787] Relying on your past— that— But the thing that I've—[03:56.665] Yeah, I think so— you know, that' the big—[04:01.864] Sometimes almost like a contradiction that you set up with inside[04:04.987] And it's not only two-fold with it, they talkin' about the two parts of the brains[04:07.678] It's multi-fold[04:09.848] Because, see, that simple type of sadness may produce, like, just, subdivisions of that sadness[04:15.480] That takes on all different kinds of degrees of sadness[04:20.320] See, and maybe sadness 'cause somebody told you that there was death[04:22.794] And maybe sadness because you broke your favorite dish[04:25.979] But it's all sadness, but different types of sadness[04:27.853] But lumped up, it's just one big sadness