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.
The echoes of a dream I dreamt
In a distant past is here at last
Drowning me fast
Why are the ripples so old and vast
Catching up to me?
What did I see?
The tower of life, or was it death
Erected by the sea
The spawn of the earth was flocking up
Some went to the top, others halted up
At different levels people threw themselves at the waves
And when they fell in, they were all dead as sin
I climbed up to the very top
Wanting to see all that can be
Why waste a wicked view
When after all, all, and all
To our death will fall
To our death we fall?
This foretelling I knew to be deeper than words
And true as pain hurts
Now I am in free flight
It does not feel right
No time to think
I'll be gone in a wink
In between waking and true sleep
What I find I treasure and keep
The tower of wisdom
The fall to the deep
In a distant past is here at last
Drowning me fast
Why are the ripples so old and vast
Catching up to me?
What did I see?
The tower of life, or was it death
Erected by the sea
The spawn of the earth was flocking up
Some went to the top, others halted up
At different levels people threw themselves at the waves
And when they fell in, they were all dead as sin
I climbed up to the very top
Wanting to see all that can be
Why waste a wicked view
When after all, all, and all
To our death will fall
To our death we fall?
This foretelling I knew to be deeper than words
And true as pain hurts
Now I am in free flight
It does not feel right
No time to think
I'll be gone in a wink
In between waking and true sleep
What I find I treasure and keep
The tower of wisdom
The fall to the deep
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