[00:00.00] 作词 : Joy Bogat[00:01.00] 作曲 : Joy Bogat/Jacco Herhaus[00:21.24]Raise my glass to all the ones before me[00:26.16]How they paved a way[00:31.47]Swear to do my best to break the circles[00:36.21]Free us from all the weight we’ve been carrying[00:41.07]For generations[00:51.45]It’s not only me standing in front of you[00:54.12]Load of my family sits with me in the booth[00:56.55]When the melodies come and a vibe enters the room[00:58.98]I feel my mama’s glance saying“ I’m proud of you“[01:01.83]The house she’s living in is growing taller every day[01:04.20]Just like she’s growing smaller, I see it in her face[01:07.23]But she is one of the strongest, one of the bravest[01:09.99]Had me in her belly when she crossed that ocean[01:12.06]And made sure we had a safe haven[01:14.10]Made sure we had a paved way[01:15.45]When that was nothing that she ever had for herself[01:18.09]Raising three kids on her own[01:19.62]She took a job and a step back[01:22.26]Pressed pause on things that could’ve been[01:24.69]Ignored the past and how I wish she didn’t[01:27.27]But she made way so that we could soar to heights[01:29.91]That make her dizzy[01:31.50]I look at her gratefully[01:33.54]Raise my glass to all the ones before me[01:38.43]How they paved a way[01:42.69]I swear to do my best to break the circles[01:48.42]Free us from all the weight we’ve been carrying[01:52.95]For generations[01:53.97]Draw a map of the world[01:55.17]Trace the lines[01:56.13]Clay and blue, there’s green in between[01:58.08]Things coming together finally[01:59.94]Like two trains colliding on full speed[02:02.22]Packed with history, culture, grief[02:04.35]I awake sometimes from my ancestors screams[02:06.60]Surely of joy but who knows what did they see[02:08.73]With their eyes - I have my grandma’s[02:11.01]Her hands, her walk[02:12.78]And I didn’t even know her at all[02:14.40]But it shows that loneliness is a concept to abandon[02:17.34]I might not always like it but every time I laugh[02:20.49]My father’s features speak right through me[02:24.81]And I’m happy to be the joy that he could never feel[02:30.48]Proud to pass it on to the next one[02:33.39]I look at himgratefully