The spoken bit at the beginning is Dr. Light explaining the situation to Megaman- that he cannot both save mankind and avenge Protoman's death, because the one he seeks to destroy and the one he seeks to avenge are indeed the same man... robot... whatever. They're both Protoman.
Protoman, then, tells Megaman to give up on saving humanity because the people are all cowards who will rely on a "hero", and would let Megaman die just as they had let Protoman "die" in the first song.
((And by the way a few corrections:
Line #4 is "And you see now, you cannot do both."
Line #19 is "They called me their hero, the Hero of Man"
Line #21 is "If they deserve life, let them stand for themselves."
Line#26 is "So let them watch as we decide"))
My absolute favorite Protomen song.
The spoken bit at the beginning is Dr. Light explaining the situation to Megaman- that he cannot both save mankind and avenge Protoman's death, because the one he seeks to destroy and the one he seeks to avenge are indeed the same man... robot... whatever. They're both Protoman.
Protoman, then, tells Megaman to give up on saving humanity because the people are all cowards who will rely on a "hero", and would let Megaman die just as they had let Protoman "die" in the first song.
((And by the way a few corrections:
Line #4 is "And you see now, you cannot do both." Line #19 is "They called me their hero, the Hero of Man" Line #21 is "If they deserve life, let them stand for themselves." Line#26 is "So let them watch as we decide"))