The Believer
(专辑: The Dreamer, The Believer - 2011)
[John Legend Hook] I
believe in the
light that shines and will never die Oh I
believe the
fire burns, we stay alive They will talk about us Like they talked about the
kings before us They will talk about us [Common Verse 1] These are the
words of a
believer, achiever, leader of the
globe Feeding souls of those in need I
bleed the
blood of the
struggle Walking over troubled puddles Hustles in my chest, no hustle no progress Extremities of life and it's process Birth of a
son, death of another With love I
can rest both mothers And told 'em, who's in control is the
one thats above us I
walk where money talks and love stutters Body language of a
nation going through changes The
young become dangerous, pain gets spent into anger Anger gets sent through the
chamber It's tough when your own look like strangers We are the
sons of gangsters and stone rangers If he could how would Ernie Barnes paint us Look at the
picture, hard not to blame us But time forgives and the
Chi where the
young die often Do they end up in a
coffin because we haven't taught them? Is it what we talking we really ain't walking Dudes, hustlers pay, how much did it cost 'em? Find myself on the
same corner that we lost 'em Real talking, in they ear like a
walkman Thoughts spin around the
corner to the
World When I
see them, I
see my baby girl Believe [John Legend Hook] I
believe in the
light that shines and will never die Oh I
believe the
fire burns, we stay alive They will talk about us Like they talked about the
kings before us They will talk about us [Common Verse 2] The
lord lives among us The
young guns hunger become a
means to get it By any means necessary, under pressure Children feeling lesser, with the
steel up on the
dresser Killing will aggressors, destiny's children Survivors, soldiers, in front of buildings they eyes look older Hard to see blessings in the
violent culture Face against weapons, sirens, holsters That aint the
way that Langston Hughes wrote us Soul controllers on the
shoulders of Moses and Noah We go from being oppressors to Oprah Cultivated to overcome ever since we came overseas Today and the
way that you can see we determined Solar keeps burning, shawty's know to keep learning Lesson's in our life, but life stripes that we earning Took raps advice that Christ is returning Like a
thief in the
night, I
write the
beacons of light For those of us in dark alleys and parched valleys Street kids spark rallies of the
conscience conquerors of a
contest That seems beyond us, even through the
unseen, I
know that God watches From one King's dream he was able to Barack us The
prophets, nothing can stop us Believe [John Legend Hook] I
believe in the
light that shines and will never die Oh I
believe the
fire burns, we stay alive They will talk about us Like they talked about the
kings before us They will talk about us I
know I
know I
know our dreams won't turn to dust They will talk about us I
know I
know I
know our dreams won't turn to dust They will talk about us I
know I
know I
know our dreams won't turn to dust They will talk about us