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.
Talk To Me
You Never
Talk To Me
Do We Suffer
From
Social Atrophy
And When The Conversation's Over
When The Conversation's Over
We've Taken What's Been Given
And We Throw It All Away
Walk With Me
Come On And
Walk With Me
Take A Look
Around You
Do You Like
What You See
We've Taken What's Been Given
And We Throw It All Away
It's Hard To Be Forgiven
When There's Nothing Left To Say
When The Conversation's Over
The Silence Just Gets In The Way
Conversation's Over
Talk To Me
Don't Ever
Talk For Me
We've Taken What's Been Given
And You Throw It All Away
It's Hard To Be Forgiven
When There's Nothing Left To Say
There's Nothing Left To Say
You Never
Talk To Me
Do We Suffer
From
Social Atrophy
And When The Conversation's Over
When The Conversation's Over
We've Taken What's Been Given
And We Throw It All Away
Walk With Me
Come On And
Walk With Me
Take A Look
Around You
Do You Like
What You See
We've Taken What's Been Given
And We Throw It All Away
It's Hard To Be Forgiven
When There's Nothing Left To Say
When The Conversation's Over
The Silence Just Gets In The Way
Conversation's Over
Talk To Me
Don't Ever
Talk For Me
We've Taken What's Been Given
And You Throw It All Away
It's Hard To Be Forgiven
When There's Nothing Left To Say
There's Nothing Left To Say
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He's singing about his wife. Social Atrophy...the way he is using it is him saying hey Talk to me.... let's get our feelings out...and she's the one who has nothing to say... she is in silence. Sounds like they had an argument. He wants to work it out but there is that "awkward silence"((social atrophy)) on the phone where emotions/feelings are just not coming out the way they want. So he's saying lets see how far we've come.... after all this time your going to just throw it all away??? Everything they've built together. Yeah go ahead walk around.... look at what you see... he's knows what to expect from the world and doesn't like what he sees. He could see anger, depression, poverty,, just not his form of happyness.... and when he was with her she brought him happyness and he wants her to see that!!!!! She takes what he has given to her.... and vise versa......and instead of talking about it and trying to make sense of it all.......they both hang up/ So he uses his past experiences and the conversations they've had to tell her this is the way life has to be......either you want to be happy and keep going in life.... or just drown in misery...and suffer the consequences from stupidity.