Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song If You Don't Know , by - Us3. Song from the album Say What!?, in the genre Рэп и хип-хопRelease date: 03.06.2007
Record label: Us3.com
Song language: English
If You Don't Know |
| When I think about the branches of my family tree |
| I see the roots underground in the land of the free |
| But they were choked by the weeds and the vandalous thieves |
| Branded and keyed |
| Beaten like a gamblers knees |
| I can’t weep for the willow |
| I’m angry as bees demanding a queen |
| Trapped by humanity’s greed |
| I give thanks that my ancestors planted a seed |
| So I know I can’t sleep til I abandon the dream |
| I don’t count sheep |
| I’m living with my eyes open |
| Trying to laugh and act happy like God’s joking |
| The poems I rhyme remind me to find hope |
| And I’m keeping my mind focused following divine motion |
| But I get paid to glance down over the waves that buried the slaves |
| And gave evolution a stage |
| In a plane I can’t fathom or imagine the pain |
| The same teardrops rage every time that it rains |
| (chorus) |
| If you don’t know where you come from |
| How you’re gonna know how to go through what you go through |
| (How you gonna know, how you gonna know |
| If you don’t know where you come from?) |
| Travelling around the world carrying a heavy weight |
| Here in this suitcase, the struggles that my family faces |
| Anywhere that I go I’m still riding the same train |
| On the same stage in the same play |
| Even if the faces change |
| Can I cry when I know the things they’ve been through? |
| Can I smile when I know how much they cried? |
| Should I lie to myself when I know the past? |
| I guess I’ll try my best to carry on |
| Because I know where I come from |
| (chorus) |
| The pain of the past can easily eclipse the present |
| But raindrops relieve tears like kisses from heaven |
| And they’re flooding the streets deeper than a busted levy |
| They try to smile on the news, I don’t trust the TV |
| Cause there’s another branch breaking and you can’t feel it |
| And there’s another tree falling and you can’t hear it |
| We’re the lost generation of youth looking for truth |
| It’s a strange fruit trying to change suit with the same roots, but yo |
| Can I cry when I know the things they’ve been through? |
| Can I smile when I know how much they cried? |
| Should I lie to myself when I know the past? |
| I guess I’ll try my best to carry on |
| Because I know where I come from |