[00:00.000] 作曲 : Chancelor Bennett, Rodney Jerkins, Antonio Kearney, Mykel Brown, Rachel Robinson, Jabari Rayford[00:00.293]I was in need[00:02.548]I was in need[00:04.717]I remember a long time ago[00:10.167]I remember a long time ago[00:30.553]They say Chi don't dance no more[00:32.724]And the little kids don't got a chance no more[00:35.200]They ain't even tryna free the old man no more[00:37.740]One day there won't be no old man no more[00:40.223]Mr. Darden used to take the bus over from Halsted[00:43.066]Mr. Harper used to be so exhausted[00:45.521]The barbershop bustlin', bootleg Lacoste fits[00:47.977]Forget the DVDs, they tryna get that golf drip[00:50.561]Freckles, bifocals and Kangol hats[00:52.846]Spinning stories 'bout blocks that they can't go back[00:55.349]Singing songs about the women that they can't hold back[00:57.726]They used to rub 'em on their hair that they can't grow back[01:00.365]Clippers buzzing, crying grandbaby boy cousin[01:03.114]The first cut, "Lil' man, quit all that fussin'"[01:05.663]God the Father may love you, the world doesn't[01:08.207]That's how I learned to put my dukes up and play the dozens[01:10.814]Lessons and the strategies of love and war[01:13.158]Chessboards and King magazines galore[01:15.658]It's a lot less love than it was before[01:18.126]It's a lot less old men than it was before[01:19.934]I say we gon' live till our hair turn white[01:25.558]No law can find our names[01:30.623]And when we run, no one's chasing us[01:35.865]Streetlights on, the kids all come back home (Kids always come home, y'all)[01:41.027]On and on and on and on, I know it go (On and on and on and on, I know it go)[01:46.080]On and on and on and on, I know it go (On and on and on and on, I know it go)[01:51.110]On and on and on and on, I know it go (On and on and on and on, I know it go)[01:56.178]On and on and on and on, I know it go (On and on and on and on, I know it go)[02:01.557]They say Chi don't dance no more[02:03.608]And the kids don't even got a chance no more[02:06.081]They ain't even tryna free the old man no more[02:08.597]Pretty soon there won't be no old man no more[02:11.167]I dance with my father Luther Vandross[02:13.542]We played catch so much, I turned to Randy Moss[02:16.168]I had uncles all up and down 79th[02:18.751]With his boys betting on Floyd every fight[02:21.221]Cold beers and cigar smoke[02:23.041]Pelle coats, card decks and some harsh jokes, jacks when they cars broke[02:26.821]Sleep in separate rooms for years when they hearts broke[02:29.283]So at least somebody there if they start stroke[02:31.849]I used to play Street Fighter with my play cousin[02:34.489]Now the streets'll have you playing with your real cousin[02:36.914]They said the world didn't love me and it still doesn't[02:39.374]I guess that "real old love" wasn't real, was it?[02:41.956]The present is past, the future is sick[02:43.887]The culture gave us cutout life-sized funeral pics[02:46.610]Where's your instincts, ****? Act like you forgot[02:48.947]It's the Four Black Commandments, man, you know how we rock[02:51.445]It goes one, watch your health, that's your wealth[02:54.354]Two, watch yo' brother, that's yo'self[02:56.837]Three, watch your home, that's your door[02:59.383]Four, if they want it, we go to war[03:01.908]In the distant future, the twilight of our lives[03:04.365]Contains all the laughs and highlights of our lives[03:06.968]The knowledge that could help a young man go forth[03:09.329]'Fore the day you don't see these old men no more[03:11.123]I say we gon' live till our hair turn white (Till our hair turn white)[03:16.802]No law can find our names (Law can't find our names)[03:21.779]And when we run, no one's chasing us[03:27.042]Streetlights on, the kids all come back home (Kids always come home, y'all)[03:32.254]On and on and on and on, I know it go[03:37.226]On and on and on and on, I know it go[03:42.256]On and on and on and on, I know it go (On and on and on and on, I know it go)[03:47.321]On and on and on and on, I know it go (On and on and on and on, I know it go)[03:52.381]On and on and on and on, I know it go (On and on and on and on, I know it go)[03:56.452]Till our hair turn white (On and on and on and on, I know it go)[04:00.005]Law can't find our names[04:02.553]On and on and on and on, I know it go (On and on and on and on, I know it go)[04:10.044]Kids always come home, y'all[04:11.658]I say we gon' live till our hair turn white[04:17.357]No law can find our names[04:22.369]And when we run, no one's chasing us[04:27.605]Streetlights on, the kids all come back home[04:32.856]On and on and on and on, I know it go (On and on and on and on, I know it go)[04:37.869]On and on and on and on, I know it go (On and on and on and on, I know it go)[04:42.971]On and on and on and on, I know it go (On and on and on and on, I know it go)