音乐视频
音乐视频
制作
出演艺人
Common
声乐
BJ the Chicago Kid
声乐
Samora Pinderhughes
钢琴
Burniss Travis
贝斯
Karriem Riggins
鼓
作曲和作词
Samora Pinderhughes
词曲作者
Karriem Riggins
词曲作者
Burniss Travis
词曲作者
Lonnie Lynn
词曲作者
Bryan James Sledge
词曲作者
制作和工程
Samora Pinderhughes
联合制作人
Karriem Riggins
制作人
Burniss Travis
联合制作人
Chris Galland
工程师
Jeremie Inhaber
助理混音工程师
Manny Marroquin
混音工程师
Michelle Mancini
母带工程师
Robin Florent
助理混音工程师
Scott Desmarais
助理混音工程师
歌词
[Verse 1]
My first memory, my birthday on a party bus
Pops wasn't there but that wasn't obvious
In moms' arms, in God we trust
Black mama love, everything marvelous
I didn't know what I was missing
Part of a system, pops is gone
Uncle in prison, inside wishing
For a man to teach me about girls and religion
Made my own rendition of grinding and kissing
Weekend calls to my dad, I'd listen
Still I felt distant, distant like love
There's only so far that words could really hug
Didn't want to be a thug, older **** I banged with
I learned a lot from them cuts in the basement
The smell of blunts laced with a little bit of spice
Wise, high ****, giving me advice
We go out and start fights, scuff up our Nikes
Come back and talk crap and shoot a little dice
This is a slice of life in memories
Sitting in my mind vividly, often they visit me
[Verse 2]
I'm just trying to find a way to understand (Trying to understand)
How do I rewind the tape and live in it?
Staying out late and playing in wonderland
Is it in God's plan?
I'm just trying to find a way to understand
[Verse 3]
Metaphors can't explain how far I've came
A young man at work, I made my own lane
Steered away from pain, relied on drive
There's an old saying, "Don't cry, survive"
As I kept building there were cranes in the sky
Certain memories my brain would deny
A tear laid in my eye
I was afraid to reply to the hurt that was calling
It came form the sky
An older play-cousin, of course I trust him
But he was touching where he wasn't supposed to be touching
What's a kid supposed to do, what they going through
What I was going though, don't know who to go to
You wanna tell somebody
In many ways I failed somebody, that somebody was me
Now I'm talking to little Rashid
Incarnated heart, man, you gotta be free
I felt it, when I told my man I would help with
Things he was dealing with, I really hadn't dealt with
Emotions melted, I began to release it
Things you can't change, you can come to peace with
At least get it better for the children of forever
I read the Lord's letter, I forgive our debtors
They don't talk about it, many sharin' this story
Memories of home, shared pain and glory
[Verse 4]
I'm just trying to find a way to understand (Trying to understand)
How do I rewind the tape and live in it?
Staying out late and playing in wonderland
Is it in God's plan?
I'm just trying to find a way to understand
(Said I'm trying to understand, understand, understand, understand)
Written by: Bryan James Sledge, Burniss Travis, Karriem Riggins, Lonnie Lynn, Samora Pinderhughes
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