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.
Remember the girl
Abused with forks ,knives and razorblades
Remember the girl
Abused with forks, knives and razorblades
She finally left him, she had enough of her man's rage
Band-aids cover her scars, she left him bloodied
Beat his ass with a bat, face sunk like Silly Putty
Y'all can sit back so I can study
Destruction of the family design
And how the morals of society decline
Essentially it's beats to rhymes like grapes to wine
It's alright we're in love
Can't live with or without
See, see she can't live with him and can't live without him
Stress got her down, she needs to deal with her problems
While the drama gets deeper, I put on the reefer
She took the last step and sent his ass to the reaper
Chaos is what she saw in the mirror
Scared of herself and the power that was in her
It took over and weighed heavily on her shoulders
Militant insanity is now what controlled her
It's alright we're in love
Can't live with or without
We're in love
We're in love
Kill it, before it reaches you
Missiles won't work, it's approaching the mainland
What if it reaches the metropolitan areas, Cosmopolitan areas
Secure the lines, prepare for departure,
Calm, calm, calm
It is a big business and seems to be advancing underground
Because my style is underground
I'm green with my red eyes mad tint
Flee, fly, flow, rapido rapido
She feeds plentiful, electrifying the nation
Electrifying the nation
Don't you see that we are in danger
How will we stop it
She is attacking
Come on, we're runnin out
Runnin out of time
Runnin out of time
Runnin out of time
It's alright we're in love
Can't live with or without
Abused with forks ,knives and razorblades
Remember the girl
Abused with forks, knives and razorblades
She finally left him, she had enough of her man's rage
Band-aids cover her scars, she left him bloodied
Beat his ass with a bat, face sunk like Silly Putty
Y'all can sit back so I can study
Destruction of the family design
And how the morals of society decline
Essentially it's beats to rhymes like grapes to wine
It's alright we're in love
Can't live with or without
See, see she can't live with him and can't live without him
Stress got her down, she needs to deal with her problems
While the drama gets deeper, I put on the reefer
She took the last step and sent his ass to the reaper
Chaos is what she saw in the mirror
Scared of herself and the power that was in her
It took over and weighed heavily on her shoulders
Militant insanity is now what controlled her
It's alright we're in love
Can't live with or without
We're in love
We're in love
Kill it, before it reaches you
Missiles won't work, it's approaching the mainland
What if it reaches the metropolitan areas, Cosmopolitan areas
Secure the lines, prepare for departure,
Calm, calm, calm
It is a big business and seems to be advancing underground
Because my style is underground
I'm green with my red eyes mad tint
Flee, fly, flow, rapido rapido
She feeds plentiful, electrifying the nation
Electrifying the nation
Don't you see that we are in danger
How will we stop it
She is attacking
Come on, we're runnin out
Runnin out of time
Runnin out of time
Runnin out of time
It's alright we're in love
Can't live with or without
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