[[Damon Albarn:]]
Picture I'm the dreamer,
I'll take you deeper,
Down into the sleepy glow,
Time is a low,
Don't you know,
What are we going to do?
When you go down,
After all the sick, and selfless days, Don't you know it's getting harder,
To see the sun coming through,
I love you, but what are we going to do?

[[Lupe:]]
Is it somethin' in the air,
Do you feel it?
Is it close, is it far, is it here,
Do you feel it?
Are you happy, you sad, you scared,
When you feel it?
Is it right, is it wrong, is it fair,
Do you feel it?
Is it real, is it fake, do you care,
Do you feel it?
When he stopped and he payed for head,
Did he feel it?,
With his wife, when he laid in the bed, Did she feel it?
When the police kicked in the door,
Did he feel it?
When he had to go to war,
Did he feel it?
When they hung, and they swung, from a tree,
Did they feel it?
When I know when they come for me,
Will I feel it?
When he blew all his money to ball,
Did he feel it?
When that bullet came through a wall,
Did she feel it?
When he stopped, and he dropped, and he died,
Did he feel it?
When his momma closed his eyes,
Did he feel it?
When she couldn't take the pain,
Did she feel it?
When the dope flows through her veins,
Do she feel it?
When she took of all her clothes,
Did she feel it?
When she slid down that pole,
Did she feel it?
Will it all be clear to see,
When I feel it?
When God forgives me,
Will I feel it?

[[Damon Albarn:]]
I asked my baby if she loved me, she said she don't know,
She said The Game's got her heart, The Streets have got her soul,

I asked my baby if she loved me, she said she don't know,
She said The Game's got her heart,
The Streets have got her soul, I said woe....

[[Lupe:]]
When his food come out the trash,
Does he feel it?
When he sleeps under the underpass,
Does he feel it?
When she's pregnant and smokin' weed,
Do she feel it?
When the jury just won't believe,
Do they feel it?
When a song come on in the club,
Do you feel it?
When a racist shows you love,
Do you feel it?
When he know he won't win the game,
Do he feel it?
When a preacher is driven insane,
Do he feel it?
Every time I write a rhyme,
Do I feel it?
When I'm running out of time,
Do I feel it?
When the liquor is poured on the ground,
Do they feel it?
For music to make a sound,
Do you feel it?

[[Damon Albarn & Lupe]]
I asked my baby if she loved me,
she said she don't know,
She says The Game's got her heart,
The Streets have got her soul,

I asked my baby if she loved me,
She said she said she don't know,
She said The Game's got her heart,
The Streets have got her soul,
I said woe...

[[Lupe]]
I asked my baby if she loved me,
She said she don't know,
She said the Game's got her heart,
The Streets have got her soul.

FIN!



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    love the Blues feel to this song first of all. I agree with TB31's Reply to an extent-I dont think this song is about Michael Young or the story of the Cool in particular. The main reason why people say that is because of the hook ('I asked my baby if she loved me etc). I do however think this is a story of one of many unknowns that the Streets and the Game have brought down. The first verse seems like one story-a man, similar to Michael Young who has let the Game-greed and other wordly things-lead to his death. One part of it gets a bit mixed though-at the lines of 'when his momma closed his eyes' then to 'when she couldnt take the pain and then the story of this her-I'm not sure whether its referring to his mother or his wife. But then again this is Lupe-he doesn't have to make perfect sense. The second verse is just about general things lupe probably wonders about. All, in all, this to me is a story of how dehumanised people may become because of worldly things-the constant repetition of the question 'did he/she feel it' would explain that. To try to fit it into the Cool's story is still an interesting interpretation though.

    goodtuneseekeron July 26, 2009   Link

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