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.
Britney
I made it through
The wilderness
Somehow I made it through[huh!]
Didn't know how lost I was
Until I found you
I was beat incomplete
I'd been had
I was sad and blue
But you made me feel
Yeah, you made me feel
Shiny and new(Oooh)
[ringing of Bells]
Christina
Like a virgin(Úh!!)
Touched
For the very first tiiiime mooore
Like a virgin[Aah!]
When your heart beats
Next to miiiine [ooúúúh yeah!!]
Britney and Christina:
Ououooo...
ououooo...Ououooo...
music of marriage
Madonna sings “Hollywood”
Everybody comes to Hollywood
They wanna make it in the neighbourhood
They like the smell of it in
Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks
so good?
Everybody comes to Hollywood
They wanna make it in the neighbourhood
They like the smell of it in
Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks
so good?
Get me Body, me Body, me Body, me Body...[16x]
Madonna, Britney, Christina:
Shine your light now
This time it's got to be good
You get it right now(Oooyeah!!)
Cause you're in Hollywood
you're in Hollywood
[Madonna]
Everybody comes to Hollywood
They wanna make it in the neighbourhood
They like the smell of it in
Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks
so good?
[Madonna Kisses Britney and Christina]
Go,go,goo hood that beat!
(Missy Eliott)
I works it, and I works it
Can I put my bang down, flip it and reverse it
Come on, go ahead! (2x)
Party people, let me show you how to work it!
(Madonna)
Trip the station
Change the channel
Get me Body, me Body, me Body, me Body...[16x]
Madonna)
Hollywood, Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks so good?
Hollywood, Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks so good?
(Madonna, Britney, Christina and Missy Eliott)
Hollywood, Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks so good?
Hollywood, Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks so good?
(Madonna, Britney, Christina and Missy Eliott)
Music stations always play the same songs
We're bored with the concept of right and wrong
[Robotical voice]
TRIP THE STATION, CHANGE THE CHANNEL!
I made it through
The wilderness
Somehow I made it through[huh!]
Didn't know how lost I was
Until I found you
I was beat incomplete
I'd been had
I was sad and blue
But you made me feel
Yeah, you made me feel
Shiny and new(Oooh)
[ringing of Bells]
Christina
Like a virgin(Úh!!)
Touched
For the very first tiiiime mooore
Like a virgin[Aah!]
When your heart beats
Next to miiiine [ooúúúh yeah!!]
Britney and Christina:
Ououooo...
ououooo...Ououooo...
music of marriage
Madonna sings “Hollywood”
Everybody comes to Hollywood
They wanna make it in the neighbourhood
They like the smell of it in
Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks
so good?
Everybody comes to Hollywood
They wanna make it in the neighbourhood
They like the smell of it in
Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks
so good?
Get me Body, me Body, me Body, me Body...[16x]
Madonna, Britney, Christina:
Shine your light now
This time it's got to be good
You get it right now(Oooyeah!!)
Cause you're in Hollywood
you're in Hollywood
[Madonna]
Everybody comes to Hollywood
They wanna make it in the neighbourhood
They like the smell of it in
Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks
so good?
[Madonna Kisses Britney and Christina]
Go,go,goo hood that beat!
(Missy Eliott)
I works it, and I works it
Can I put my bang down, flip it and reverse it
Come on, go ahead! (2x)
Party people, let me show you how to work it!
(Madonna)
Trip the station
Change the channel
Get me Body, me Body, me Body, me Body...[16x]
Madonna)
Hollywood, Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks so good?
Hollywood, Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks so good?
(Madonna, Britney, Christina and Missy Eliott)
Hollywood, Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks so good?
Hollywood, Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks so good?
(Madonna, Britney, Christina and Missy Eliott)
Music stations always play the same songs
We're bored with the concept of right and wrong
[Robotical voice]
TRIP THE STATION, CHANGE THE CHANNEL!
Lyrics submitted by annazoff
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