Gunpowder (feat. Ms. Lauryn Hill)

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] Drums, huh, where it all started, another level

I asked my mother, "Why do you cry?"

She said, "Your brother, he just died"

Well, I told him not to go outside

He said he had to fight for his country's right

But don't you know that mo-mother

Don't you know that we can't stop the violence, no

Because the war is not over

Until you can feel love, peace an' hear silence

But I smell gunpowder

My brother's been dead ever since

I didn't believe it, but when I saw him I was convinced

Two shots to the head, he was already dead, Lord

I headed for revenge in the city of Port-au-Prince

Screamin', "Bro-brother"

Don't you know that we can't stop the violence, no

Because the war is not over

Until you can feel love, peace an' hear silence

But I smell gunpowder

Zion's gunpowder, L.A.'s gunpowder

I wanna know why

Christians pray for a new day

We don't need no, we don't need no, we don't need no

But it's still the same way

I wanna know why

Ghetto people pray for a new day

Hey, hey, hey

An' it's still the same way

But the preacher man told me

"Good things come to those who wait"

Do good things come to those who wait?

I wanna know tell me

Good thing come to those who wait

Do good things come to those who wait?

We wanna know, we wanna know, we wanna know

Pe-people

Don't you know that we can't stop the violence, no

Because the war is not over

Until you can feel love, peace, an' hear the silence

But I smell gunpowder

Brooklyn's gunpowder, Shaolin's gunpowder

Uptown's gunpowder, Jersey's gunpowder

Even in New Zealand's gunpowder

Australia's gunpowder, Brixton's gunpowder

Even in New Haven's gunpowder

The Carnival, anything can happen

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Rest in peace, rest in peace