Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Dance or Die, artist - Janelle Monáe. Date of issue: 16.05.2010
Song language: English
Dance or Die |
| Some will pull the gun because they want to be stars |
| Snatching up your life into the blink of an eye |
| And if you see your cloning on a street walking by |
| Keep a running for your life cause only one will survive |
| War is in the street and it’s an eye for an eye |
| Run on for your life or you can dance you can die |
| She’s praying in the sand like she’s the last samurai |
| It’s a stick up stick up and a pick up pick up |
| Telling lies and telling lies will put your face on fire |
| Run and tell your friends to never dream, never win |
| Ghettos keep a crying out to streets full of zombies |
| Kids are killing kids and then the kids join the army |
| Rising and a waking, yes sir here comes the sun |
| March into the war and with the kick of the drum |
| The wiser simians have got the bombs and the guns |
| So you might as well keep dancing if you’re not gonna run |
| A long long way to find the one |
| We’ll keep on dancing till she comes |
| These dreams are forever |
| Oh these dreams are forever |
| And if you wanna wake the sun |
| Just keep on marching to the drums |
| These dreams are forever |
| Oh these dreams are forever |
| Now I’m not saying it’s better to bailar (Spanish for dance) |
| You can pull the trigger or you can build you an ark |
| My words are rather kind you keep them held in contempt |
| Looking for a nine and then a droid you can tempt |
| Zombie, zombie, zombie, where do dreams come from? |
| A little bird is chirping and she’s singing a song |
| She’s shaking em and waking em and giving em mas |
| As the clock tick tocks and the bodies drop |
| I’m gonna lay myself so far way down right in your chops |
| Modern day example of the wolf vs flock |
| Freedom necessary and it’s by any means |
| Frozen they were stolen all the kings and queens |
| Sudanese and Congolese who put the roll in the rock |
| From here to Sudan, Metropolis to Iraq |
| It’s a minute to the dawn and yet the sun ain’t back |
| It’s still a war in all the stress and yes freaks will dance or die |
| A long long way to find the one |
| We’ll keep on dancing till she comes |
| These dreams are forever |
| Oh these dreams are forever |
| And if you wanna wake the sun |
| Just keep on marching to the drums |
| These dreams are forever |
| Oh these dreams are forever |
| Angel, blossom, gunshot, dodging, dream, bright, beat, light, breathe, live, |
| help, give, focus, trance, wake up, dance! |
| I’m praying for the man sitting without much time |
| May he understand the clock will never rewind |
| Wisen him and sharpen him and give him a motto |
| hate no more, said he must hate no more |
| You see the daylight comes into the kingdom |
| But the kingdom’s full of ignorant men |
| Just keep rebelling away, you gotta dream it away |
| Because the weatherman on TV ain’t creating the weather |
| This man wants to see another jubilation |
| And that man wants us in emancipation |
| And then there is the man who wants a stronger nation |
| You see we really got to and i think that we ought to |
| Protect the mind from degradation |
| Sow in the seeds of education |
| They run from us, are we that dangerous? |
| There’s a war in all the streets and yes the freaks must dance or die! |