Текст песни Blackalicious - Making Progress
Blackalicious - Making Progress слова песни
Chorus: Gift of GabWe keep embellishin upon a new uncharted pathExpressin what we see and how we comprehend the mathSo there`s enough for everyone we gotta make it lastWe gotta make it last..[Gift of Gab]As I embark on life`s journey from the point where I`m atPeace to everyone I know or who I go way back witEvery pimp every mack, every gangsta to jackEvery hustler feedin babies, anybody pro-blackEvery sister raisin kids without the help of a dadWantin for they children all the things that they never hadAll the brothers handlin business even though shit`s hardWakin up at five A.M., holdin down three jobsAll my rasta brethern gettin insight from treesTo my brothers up in college gettin Ph.D`sor any other degree, even if you just readfor mental health, see you`re concious that your mind is freeAll my people locked down, for your past mistakesMentally and spiritually, dwellin past the gatesYou could change your ways, elevate todayTo all recovered alcoholics chillin up in AAEvery black-owned business, keep doin for selfHelpin out the community and spreadin the wealthUnderstand that help ain`t gonna come from nowhere elseRevolutionaries makin the unjust get dealth withead on black people got to meet the taskEducate, keep learnin, gotta question, ask!And let your light keep shinin and remember the pastBy any means necessary, we`ll be free at lastChorus[Gift of Gab]As I embark on life`s journey from the point where I`m atPeace to everybody strivin to live right and exactEven though anxieties try to pull you downSee your troubles as a blessin and you`re homeward boundEverybody gotta struggle, that`s the way of the worldCan`t develop biceps if you don`t do curlsCan`t achieve a a garden if you never water your cropsIf you never paid your dues, then you don`t get propsCouldn`t eat a proper meal without cookin it firstCan`t receive a paycheck if you don`t do workIf it wasn`t for the rain, then the trees won`t growWhen the spring came around, what a sight to bestowWhen you face adversities, dark clouds won`t lastIf you never study, how do you expect to pass?The grasshoppers laid around while the ants did choresWhen the winter came around, he was left outdoorsSee the cycle keeps moving like a big machineEvolution of the mind, soul body and beingGod`ll never put upon you more than you can takeSometimes you even gotta learn from OTHER people`s mistakesSo head on black people got to meet the taskEducate, keep learnin, gotta question, ask!And let your light keep shinin and remember the pastBy any means necessary, we`ll be free at lastChorus