Sons (Young Kings) - Nas/DJ Premier.mp3

[00:00.000] 作曲 : N. Jones/C. MARTIN/M. Polo
[00:04.302] Yeah
[00:08.211] Young kings
[00:11.588] It all starts, humble beginnings
[00:16.849] Young kings, young, young kings, yeah
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[00:21.757] Head on a swivel, loaded lead in the nickel
[00:23.905] The devil holding a sickle, wanna sever your tissue
[00:26.556] That's forever the issue, then candlelight at a vigil
[00:29.224] They say jail is both a rehab center and homeless shelter
[00:32.273] And life and death is close as a tonic and seltzer
[00:34.716] Never fold under pressure, give you my manifesto
[00:37.350] Every man is a vessel, my son is my reflection
[00:39.734] He from the highest heaven, I try not to possess him
[00:42.517] Allow him to be tested
[00:43.726] One day the words may come out the mouth of a reverend
[00:46.060] "By the power vested in me," loud at his wedding
[00:48.410] Give flowers while you can smell them, I try to tell him
[00:51.004] All the diamonds and foreigns, all the finest of garments
[00:53.704] It's really how it ends and not how it started
[00:55.745] Filthy rich, scuba diving in your wealthy pockets
[00:58.395] Louis, prada, but health is my most valuable stock tip
[01:01.199] Y'all 'bout to run things, to my young kings
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[01:04.137] To my brothers with sons, let 'em run
[01:06.786] To my brothers with sons, so fun
[01:09.072] I pray y'all both share the most powerful bond
[01:12.089] A little different from him and his mom
[01:14.692] To my sisters with boys, the joy
[01:17.263] To my sisters with boys, enjoy
[01:19.539] Tell him stand tall, know he should go for it all
[01:22.733] He's a glorious king
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[01:24.157] Plenty stuff I used to see I often thought was a image of us
[01:27.366] Getting off the city bus, all the memories rush
[01:30.016] I used to look up at the crossing sign
[01:31.716] A child with a grown-up holding his arm while I was walking with my mom
[01:35.180] I pointed at it, automatic
[01:36.872] I saw it as a little boy who was the baddest, like don't let 'Im run in traffic
[01:40.575] I really thought the crossing sign was me and my mom
[01:43.075] Like who thought we was that important for a street sign?
[01:45.755] One year, she told me that sign was for everybody
[01:48.372] I'm like, "We ain't everybody, nah, we special, mommy"
[01:51.455] Playin' with toys, yo, she got us atari
[01:53.748] Those is miss anne's boys, nasir and jabari
[01:56.623] Our youth was constantly fighting institutional racism
[01:59.419] In school, we questioned the bias, two little future lions
[02:02.419] Haile selasies in training
[02:04.306] Y chromosome, in no time they grown
[02:07.599] First born be like the mom
[02:08.993] Second born is usually like dad
[02:10.950] Then you add the other siblings
[02:12.822] Hold each other down 'cause love brings
[02:14.688] The world at your feet, my young kings
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[02:18.016] To my brothers with sons, let 'em run
[02:20.692] To my brothers with sons, so fun
[02:22.941] I pray y'all both share the most powerful bond
[02:25.926] A little different from him and his mom
[02:28.561] To my sisters with boys, the joy
[02:31.136] To my sisters with boys, enjoy
[02:33.226] Tell him stand tall, know he should go for it all
[02:36.536] He's a glorious king