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.
Happiness is a warm, smoking gun
I slowly turn around to face her
To face what I have done
Can barely hold open my eyes
All I think about is sleeping
Until I start to be all right
She just wants to feel wanted
All I wanna feel is something
Inside of my dim, little room
I wake up in a panic
This reoccurring dream I'm having
I haven't felt like myself in quite sometime
It was yours
But I thought that is was mine
Standing on the street side
Leave me, I'm the last one
Left with all the things that I've done
For the longest time
For the longest time
Now I'm tearing up these pages
Paragraphs with single spaces
Documented failures, existence of our love
Can barely hold open my eyes
But I'll talk her down from loneliness
It's what I owe her, right?
Another seems to say
Look what she's done to me
I'm not to proud of the person
That you let me become,
I just wanted to feel wanted
But I think that she's forgotten
So let's just see what happens next
Standing on the street side
Leave me, I'm the last one
Left with all the things that I've done
For the longest time
For the longest time
And making the most of the things that we have
And this isn't the way that I want it to be
Happiness is a warm, smoking gun (x4)
Standing on the street side
Leave me, I'm the last one
Left with all the things that I've done
For the longest time
For the longest time
Bodies take me back
Let's forget this ever happened
You've always hurt the ones that we love
For the longest time
For the longest time
Happiness is a warm, smoking gun
I slowly turn around to face her
To face what I have done
Can barely hold open my eyes
All I think about is sleeping
Until I start to be all right
She just wants to feel wanted
All I wanna feel is something
Inside of my dim, little room
I wake up in a panic
This reoccurring dream I'm having
I haven't felt like myself in quite sometime
It was yours
But I thought that is was mine
Standing on the street side
Leave me, I'm the last one
Left with all the things that I've done
For the longest time
For the longest time
Now I'm tearing up these pages
Paragraphs with single spaces
Documented failures, existence of our love
Can barely hold open my eyes
But I'll talk her down from loneliness
It's what I owe her, right?
Another seems to say
Look what she's done to me
I'm not to proud of the person
That you let me become,
I just wanted to feel wanted
But I think that she's forgotten
So let's just see what happens next
Standing on the street side
Leave me, I'm the last one
Left with all the things that I've done
For the longest time
For the longest time
And making the most of the things that we have
And this isn't the way that I want it to be
Happiness is a warm, smoking gun (x4)
Standing on the street side
Leave me, I'm the last one
Left with all the things that I've done
For the longest time
For the longest time
Bodies take me back
Let's forget this ever happened
You've always hurt the ones that we love
For the longest time
For the longest time
Happiness is a warm, smoking gun
Lyrics submitted by AandFprep1
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