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.
One more little one
I'll go down and stay down
Sleep the rest of the day
Dreaming music to calm down
And stay down and keep evil away
I can see you asleep
Changing your shape
Dissolved in some dream
As a new one appears
To take you along where you've never been
The moonlight tonight seems to belong to me
'Cause I never go to sleep
I keep it company
One hit wouldn't matter a bit I'll
Stay down and think
What's here to find
If it's good or?
And I won't know the fact that I'm dying
If I seem to be reckless with myself
It's the fault of no one
All things have a place
Under the moon as well as the sun
One more
Little one I love you
I'll go down and stay down
Sleep the rest of the day
Dreaming music to calm down
And stay down and keep evil away
I can see you asleep
Changing your shape
Dissolved in some dream
As a new one appears
To take you along where you've never been
The moonlight tonight seems to belong to me
'Cause I never go to sleep
I keep it company
One hit wouldn't matter a bit I'll
Stay down and think
What's here to find
If it's good or?
And I won't know the fact that I'm dying
If I seem to be reckless with myself
It's the fault of no one
All things have a place
Under the moon as well as the sun
One more
Little one I love you
Lyrics submitted by dragonflower44, edited by IvanhoeHei, ian1774721, Will26, Jate
Little One Lyrics as written by Paul Smith Gil George
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Walt Disney Music Company
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the moonlight tonight seems to belong to me cause i never go to sleep i keep it company
compare to st. ides heaven, its a nice parallel