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.
You've got a lot of
Things to say about the
Big world and the
High skies so you
Walk a little in a
Long mile to be
Sure your eyes can see the
Right sights
I see a
Pale girl in a
Blue room with a
Pink dress and a
Wide smile I see a
Pale girl in a
Blue room with a
Pink dress and a
Wide smile
You've got a little
Way to go before you
Find the knowledge that you're
Searching for so you'll
Turn the big world
Upside down
To find the things that you
Never wanted
I see a
Pale girl in a
Blue room with a
Pink dress and a
Wide smile I need a
Pink smile on a
Dark night from the
Right girl to be
Sure it's right
You've got three million things to get mad about
Another hundred things to get glad about
Junk food
The whole world over's good at standing round
So baby twist and shout baby
Find out baby
Find out baby
Find out baby
So it's April and the
Things you say don't
Seem as certain as on
Hogmanay when we
Kissed at midnight and a
Wee wee bells had
Gave me courage for my
My heart to tell
I see a
Pale girl in a
Blue room with a
Pink dress and a
Wide smile I need a
Pink smile on a
Dark night from the
Right girl to be
Sure it's right
I see a
Pale girl in a
Blue room with a
Pink dress and a
Wide smile I need a
Pink smile on a
Dark night from the
Right girl to be
Sure it's right
You need the right girl
Mhm
You need the right girl
Come on, come on, come on baby
You need the right girl
I'm working on it
You need the right girl
Twist and shout
Come on, come on baby
Things to say about the
Big world and the
High skies so you
Walk a little in a
Long mile to be
Sure your eyes can see the
Right sights
I see a
Pale girl in a
Blue room with a
Pink dress and a
Wide smile I see a
Pale girl in a
Blue room with a
Pink dress and a
Wide smile
You've got a little
Way to go before you
Find the knowledge that you're
Searching for so you'll
Turn the big world
Upside down
To find the things that you
Never wanted
I see a
Pale girl in a
Blue room with a
Pink dress and a
Wide smile I need a
Pink smile on a
Dark night from the
Right girl to be
Sure it's right
You've got three million things to get mad about
Another hundred things to get glad about
Junk food
The whole world over's good at standing round
So baby twist and shout baby
Find out baby
Find out baby
Find out baby
So it's April and the
Things you say don't
Seem as certain as on
Hogmanay when we
Kissed at midnight and a
Wee wee bells had
Gave me courage for my
My heart to tell
I see a
Pale girl in a
Blue room with a
Pink dress and a
Wide smile I need a
Pink smile on a
Dark night from the
Right girl to be
Sure it's right
I see a
Pale girl in a
Blue room with a
Pink dress and a
Wide smile I need a
Pink smile on a
Dark night from the
Right girl to be
Sure it's right
You need the right girl
Mhm
You need the right girl
Come on, come on, come on baby
You need the right girl
I'm working on it
You need the right girl
Twist and shout
Come on, come on baby
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1 A young happy girl, growing up to discover (as we all do) that the world isn't as lovely as we imagined as kids. Searching for her identity and set of values.
The April referred to in the song might be her maturing as an adult and realizing what she thought was right as a young lady (hogmanay) isn't necessarily so. eg Black and white... Now realises there are grey areas inbetween where most things actually are.
2 I might come back to this... The predictive text on this android keyboard is making this a real burden to type out. But basically it could be about the uncertainty of the girls relationship with the singer.