Why We Speak (feat. Q-Tip & Esperanza Spalding)

L'eau Terre (ah, ah) Feu (ah, ah, ah) Air (ah, ah, ah, ah) Coeur de l'eau, coeur de terre Ils s'étouffent dans votre papier cadeau, mmm I cut the bow and remember Vous n'avez jamais eu la liberté de donner (donner pas de prix) C'est dans l'esprit de la terre Ce qui n'a pas de prix, n'a pas de prix Tout est durci maintenant Qui peut même encore pleurer We got a long way left to burn But it's easier when you know water is alive in you (Nous sommes réveillés maintenant) It's love alive (une cuisse a la porte) Et l'arbre de vie (ah), et l'œuf cosmique Et le sang de la terre Se souvenir Se souvenir (while we speak the English) Se souvenir (while we speak the French) Se souvenir (while we speak the Spanish) Se souvenir (and bargain with the vendors) Se souvenir (not to sell our souls) Se souvenir (in between, remember how to speak) L'eau (out of my mouth before I had to say) Nobody ever asked us if we wanted it Je me suis souvenu Toutes les sept couleurs du ciel Et c'est dans le cœur de mon ventre Tout est durci maintenant Qui peut même encore pleurer We got a long way left to go But it's easier when you know whatever's alive in you (Nous sommes réveillés) Oh, love alive (maintenant et puis en avant) Et l'arbre de vie (ah), et l'œuf cosmique Et le sang de la terre Sometimes in life when you go too far The truth will bring you to who you are Sometimes in life when you go too far The truth will bring you to who you are Sometimes in life when you go too far The truth will bring you to who you are Sometimes in life when you go too far The truth will bring you to who you are Life can bring you down when you're living in it These circles and cycles go 'round, though you even spin it But you stoppin' it when your shoulder is a reminder To not run yourself in the ground, to yourself be kinder Sometimes, I got real cast by truth even in the rearview Driving aimlessly around with nowhere to stay to She ain't, they should be them, the vibes like an abstract poet If somebody asks who you are, well, you better know it Better know it, better know it (better know it, better know it, better know it) Ehh (better know it, better know it, better know it) (Pa pa, pa pa, pum) se souvenir (Pa pa, pa pa, pum) se souvenir (while we speak the English) Se souvenir (while we speak the French) Se souvenir (while we speak the Spanish) Se souvenir (while we, ah) Se souvenir (and bargain with the vendors) Not to sell our souls In between, remember how to speak (L'eau) how we speak, (air) how she speaks (Out of my mouth before I had to say) Nobody ever asked us if we wanted it, ah (air) To remember after all their sage disaster are done (I remember after all their sage disaster are done) (Se souvenir) (Se souvenir) Se souvenir How to cry How to ground How to burn How to breathe Se souvenir (to remember after all their sage disaster are won) How to ground How to burn How to breath (se souvenir) L'arbre de vie, l'œuf cosmique Et le sang de la terre (se souvenir) L'arbre de vie, l'œuf cosmique Et le sang de la terre We got a lot left to unlearn But it's easier when you know water is alive in you It's alive L'arbre de vie, l'œuf cosmique Et le sang Coeur de l'eau, coeur de terre Se souvenir (souvenir, souvenir, souvenir)