A Better Tomorrow
(专辑: Wu-Tang Forever - 1997)
[Inspectah Deck:] Yo, this goes for all my brothers and sisters locked down For all my peoples incarcerated, for those who ain't make it Yo, in the
housing, thousands seen early graves Victims of worldly ways, memories stays engraved All my live brothers is locked down with high numbers The
young hunger, blind to these lies, they die younger In this New World, the
Order slaughter men, women and children Ten feet gates surround the
building, keep us sealed in The
projects, lifeless like a
Vietnam vet Constant war, except for threats of enemy conquest Crooked cops comb my building complex that's in the
rumble Streets are like a
jungle, can't let my cypher crumble Vivid thoughts, Devils resort to trick knowledge They kick garbage, lust for chicks and quick dollars I
know the
pain the
game bring, I
did the
same thing Spaced out in the
staircase, performing a
sting It's hard to keep control, I
bless those who seek a
scroll Trying to reach a
whole nation and break the
sleeper hold Not a
role model, I
walk a
hard road to follow I
sold bottles of sorrow then chose poems and novels The
gospel was told, some souls it swallowed whole Mentally they fold, and they eventually sold Their life and times, deadly like the
virus design But too minute to dilute the
scientist mind [Inspectah Deck (Masta Killa) {Both}:] You can't party your life away, (drink your life away) Smoke your life away, (fuck your life away) Dream your life away, (scheme your life away) {'Cause your seeds grow up the
same way} [Masta Killa:] A
voice cries from the
wilderness of the
North A
representation of the
families that lost one All victims of incarceration Or other divisions of the
family structure Youths are injected with serums that leads to skin irritations Babies being born with disfigurations, experimentations On their faces, there bear worry-ations Of mothers that carry the
pain Of blood stained streets where sisters mourn and wail Fifth brothers been slain from hails of gun fire It lightly begins to rain Screams of terror are hidden by the
passing trains This can't be little Hussein His uncle cries as he drops to his nephew's side, holding his cane Just give me a
name Of who has inflicted this bitter sickness, and left us to witness [U-God:] Yo, curses from war, innocent blood spills for days Soothe in godly ways, hands, solemn in praise Tree of life, more precious than rubies, golden game The
wise shall flourish inherit, Halls of Fame Crime visions in my blood got me locked in prison While we die, hard-living people whine about religion, vision Blow, spin, and sin and killing what's revealing It's a
never ending battle with no ending or beginning, listen Zero process, progress, become the
hunted America's most wanted, good life, flaunt it, want it Some love the
speed, some satisfy a
need Some wanna be down, young gun seed, jungle breed The
strong must feed, someone die, someone bleed One flew astray, and it caught my little seed Can it be? The
ice savage, trife life, made me grab the
knife The
righteous man was beat with many stripes, pipes Take in my energy, breath and know the
rest 'Cause the
good die young and the
hard die best [Inspectah Deck (Masta Killa) {Both}:] You can't party your life away, (drink your life away) Smoke your life away, (fuck your life away) Dream your life away, (scheme your life away) {'Cause your seeds grow up the
same way} {'Cause your seeds grow up the
same way} {'Cause your seeds grow up the
same way} [RZA:] Y'all bitches love dances, and pulling down your pants While your man's on tour, your spending up his advances Your friends ain't shit, all they do is drink, smoke, and suck dick The
whole projects is trapped in six You either high school drop-outs, one to three cop-outs Fifteen years old, shorty ass and top out Ninety-nine cent beer drinking, pussy stinking Fucking so much, your ass and titties start shrinking New World Order slave trade, minimum wage, Medicaid Can a
devil fool a
Muslim nowadays? Inside my lab, I'm going mad Took two drags off the
blunts, and started breaking down the
flag The
blue is for the
Crips, the
red is for the
Bloods The
white's for the
cops, and the
stars come from the
clubs Or the
slugs that ignites through the
night, by the
dawn early light Why is sons fighting for the
stripe? [Method Man:] As we dwell through this concrete hell, calling it home Mama say, "Take your time, young man, and build your own Don't wind up like your old dad Still searching for them glory days he never had" So many bad want to scheme for American dream, no more kings The
cash rule everything now, we going down These babies looking up to us, it's up to us The
Million Man March MC's, get on the
bus But envy, greed, lust and hate separate Though the
devil mind state blood kin cannot relate No longer brothers, we unstable Like Cain when he slew Abel, killing each other [Inspectah Deck (Masta Killa) {Both}:] You can't party your life away, (drink your life away) Smoke your life away, (fuck your life away) Dream your life away, (scheme your life away) {'Cause your seeds grow up the
same way} {'Cause your seeds grow up the
same way} {'Cause your seeds grow up the
same way}