This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
Suspendid
I'm weightless
Probing through my thoughts
I'm unconcious
I swallow the thought of one day
I will wake to reality
How can I find my own?
Lost in a fantasy
When will this life be whole?
I've tried a million ways
To break free
I stay high
Sedated
Insecurities far away now
Wasted, I stand here and bleed
For a way to reinvent me
Prepare for the leap
There will be no more suffering
Push within to find the will
To plunge to the end
Take a deep breath
Plunge to the face of the earth
For the awakening
Face down on concrete
Pick up all the shattered
Pieces of me
I'm weightless
Probing through my thoughts
I'm unconcious
I swallow the thought of one day
I will wake to reality
How can I find my own?
Lost in a fantasy
When will this life be whole?
I've tried a million ways
To break free
I stay high
Sedated
Insecurities far away now
Wasted, I stand here and bleed
For a way to reinvent me
Prepare for the leap
There will be no more suffering
Push within to find the will
To plunge to the end
Take a deep breath
Plunge to the face of the earth
For the awakening
Face down on concrete
Pick up all the shattered
Pieces of me
Lyrics submitted by gbizzles
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I love the guitar riff in the chorus!
i love the whole fuckin song dude its an amazing song...and i think the end is fuckin badass dude....i think this song is about a drug addiction and how hes tried "a million ways to break free" but he cant so he hopes that one day he will "wake to reality"
I'm not sure what this song is about but I love it. It's the first song I ever heard from them and I can't wait for the full length CD to come out. I was hopin for either Manntis or ADF. I'm glad at least one of them got it.
In the beginning it sounds like he's attempting to hang himself...or maybe somebody hung him? And then he's bleeding, and he's waiting for this life to be whole...and hmmm....To me, this sounds like he's a black slave. He's bleeding and being hung, and he's waiting for this life to be whole, because being a slave is pretty much torture. And then it's a "fantasy" for the white people. There isn't much evidence for what this song is about, but to me it's just about slavery.