Testo My Culture - 1 Giant Leap
Testo della canzone My Culture (1 Giant Leap), tratta dall'album Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost
I'm the sum total of my ancestors
I carry their DNA
We are representatives of a long line of people
And we cart them around everywhere
This long line of people that goes back to the beginning of time
And when we meet, they meet other lines of people
And we say, "Bring together the lines of men"
When I look back over the years at the
Things that brought tears to my eyes
Papa said we have to be wise to live long lives
Now I recognize what my father said before he dies
Vocalize things I've left unsaid
Left my spirit unfed for too long
I'm coming home to my family where I can be strong
Be who I plan to be, within me my ancestry
Giving me continuity
Would it be remiss to continue in this way?
Would you rather I quit?
Come with that other shit, making people hips sway
Lip service I pay, but I'm nervous I pray
For all the mothers who get no sleep
Like a lifeline, I write lines 'cause my compassion is deep
For the people who fashioned me, my soul to keep
And this is who I happen to be
And if I don't see that I'm strong, then I won't be
This is what my daddy told me
I wished he would hold me a little more than he did
But he taught me my culture and how to live positive
I never wanna shame the blood in my veins
And bring pain to my sweet grandfather's face
In his resting place, I made haste to learn
And not waste everything my forefathers earned in tears
For my culture
Fall back again
Crawl from the water (For my culture)
Water to air
You're on your feet again
Your feet again
Hello dad, remember me?
I'm the man you thought I'd never be
I'm the boy who you reduced to tears
Dad, I've been lonely for twenty-seven years
Yeah, that's right, my name's Bob
I'm the one who landed the pop star's job
I'm the one who you told, "Luke, don't touch"
I'm the kid who wouldn't amount to much
I believe in the senses, sight and sound
I have always been too loud
Won't you help me drown it out?
I'm what I feel, and what I'm feeling is surreal
I'm a mass of spinning wheels
Always digging in my heels
Now I got the faith to
Fall back again
Crawl from the water
Water to air
You're on your feet again
Your feet again
Ha, lace up your boots, we're going back to the roots
Speaking to my Ghetto Roots, freak-freaking for loot
And nice things, better check what your future brings
It's now, hand your forefathers all the know-how
Go now into the world without hatred
Use your head, if the needle is wise, be the thread
And weave ancestral wisdom, yours by birth
Spreading the Lord's word over this broad Earth
This is what my daddy told me
I wished he would hold me a little more than he did
But he taught me my culture and how to live positive
I never wanna shame the blood in my veins
And bring pain to my sweet grandfather's face
In his resting place, I made haste to learn
And not waste everything my forefathers earned in tears
For my culture
Fall back again
Crawl from the water
Water to air
You're on your feet again
Your feet again (For my culture)
Fall back again
Crawl from the water
Water to air
You're on your feet again
Your feet again (For my culture)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Peter Williams, Duncan Philip Bridgeman, Nigel Butler, James David Catto, Maxwell Alexander Fraser
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