Testo Nappy Roots Day - Nappy Roots
Testo della canzone Nappy Roots Day (Nappy Roots), tratta dall'album Wooden Leather (Explicit Content U.S. Version)
A holiday
A holiday
One of them's fat and loud, second one's black and proud
Third one's drunk and wild, fourth one slim and sly
One of them's just shy, last one young and wise
Homegrown, battle tested, you gon' love these guys
Brotherhood all you got, the best story told yet
Bonded against all odds, ain't no tearin' them apart
Swore, panic, vile, 'til death do 'em in
Even in reincarnation, they would do it again
Who would ever thought six different strands would lock together, locked forever
Rockin' leather and wood, told you chicken and grits go good
With some watermelon, album sellin' coast to coast, across the seas
Gave everything we could, our tears, our sweat, our blood, 'cause
I am because we are, we are because I am
Everybody say (we are a holiday)
Now throw your hands to the sky, turn up the music just right
We representin', why? (We are a holiday)
We are because I am, I am because we are
Hey, it's Nappy Roots Day (we are a holiday)
Throw your hands to the sky, bounce to the music we write
We represintin', why? (We are a holiday)
Now we stronger than wood, player (we tougher than leather)
Us yeagas hustle together (uh-uh, not just for the cheddar)
Look here we trustin' each other (say, "Um, you fuck with my brother?")
You gotta suffer the repercussions, we come from the gutter
Check it (white Kangol, white classics, strikin' two with the matches)
Capitals came from the ostrich, blowin' smoke out the nostrils
(Prolly trouble with student loans, we struggle for too long)
But now we can move on, put that on my tombstone
We are because I am, ain't hard to understand it
Far from a shootin' star, rather play on my planet
Power, respect, demand it, to us nothin' was handed
Play it loud as you can and say it just how we planned it
I am because we are, we are because I am
Everybody say (we are a holiday)
Now throw your hands to the sky, turn up the music just right
We representin', why? (We are a holiday)
We are because I am, I am because we are
Hey, it's Nappy Roots Day (we are a holiday)
Throw your hands to the sky, bounce to the music we write
We representin', why? (We are a holiday)
(Harris) bring out your kids and treat 'em, cotton candy plus freedom
Raise one for cows and feed 'em, sweet as Shirly Temple's singin'
Clown on the carousel horse, spin on the Ferris wheel
It's magic floatin', smokin', takin' up a call from Fish Scales
Man, now we livin' straight, health plans and real estates
Weapons we put away, we reachin' out with Nappy Day
Sparklers light up the dark, fireworks in the park
We eatin' shrimp à la carte, red wine, holly tart
Like soldiers comin' home, watchin' after war is gone
Sky's rainin' confetti, singin' out the Nappy meddlies
Get rid of felonies, wash away with melodies
Irish to ebonies, Haitians to the Lebanese
As I jot down in my notepad, some dates considered important to me (one)
The birth of my son, the day I signed my first recordin' agreement (yeah)
It was sorta like my soul to the devil and I was kinda like allowin' him to keep it
But the true essence of this art form can't be confined to temptation and evil
Lost some folks on the grind to this bullshit, but my real yeagas stuck around
So this day's a tribute, a celebration, I am because we all stay down
Shit, I'ma keep it Nappy 365 and seven days a week
We fortunate to make it out that trap 'cause the forest roots, they runnin' deep, yup
I am because we are, we are because I am
Everybody say (we are a holiday)
Now throw your hands to the sky, turn up the music just right
We representin', why? (We are a holiday)
We are because I am, I am because we are
Hey, it's Nappy Roots Day (we are a holiday)
Now throw your hands to the sky, bounce to the music we write
We representin', why? (We are a holiday)
Today I'm feelin' so alive (alive)
Revive (revive)
September 16th
Today I'm feelin' so alive (alive)
Revive (revive)
September 16th
Today I'm feelin' so alive
Credits
Writer(s): Robin Hugh Gibb, Barry Alan Gibb, Vito J. Tisdale, Brian K. Scott, Melvin Adams, Ronald Wilson, Lavell W. Crump, Kenneth R. Anthony, William Rahsaan Hughes
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