BibleRaps - Cain and Abel - Am I My Brother's Keeper? [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

Am I My Brother's Keeper?


Rabbi A.J. Heschel: The Bible is a a book about man
Rather than man's book about gd
The great problem is how to answer, to respond to the human situation?

8 AM, I wake up and then
Go back to sleep I ain't waking til' 10
I make a bagel with the cream cheese, working at three
Until then I'm trying to take it easy
Turn on the T.V., loads of shows
That just go so slow with those highs and lows
No - I ain't feeling that
Turn on the news and the news is revealing that:
Single mom going crazy
Working two jobs can't provide for her baby
People in Darfur like "who's gonna save me? Enslave me?"
Members of the government again acting shady
Man on the streets next meal is a 'maybe,'
It doesn't even phase me, it's not that I'm lazy
My coffee is warm and my bagel is tasty
So why would it phase me, let alone change me?
What that phrase be?

CHORUS
(3X) Am I my brother's, my brother's keeper
I'm all about my people, I'm all about my people
(3X) Ha Shomer Achi Anochi, הֲשֹׁמֵר אָחִי אָנֹכִי
I'm all about my people, I’m all about my people

I go to work, I teach about Cain and Abel
Some say it really happened some say it's just a fable
It doesn't matter to me
There's something sadder to see
Kicked out the garden, no pardon
Yeah Cain and Abel are startin'
To live in the real world giving gifts to the Lord
Poor Cain's is rejected but he don't know what for
Mad at the Lord, he takes it out on Abel
With that murder, murder Mo murder - Cain is willing and able
The blood started flowing til it wetted up the ground
The ground started moaning so the Lord came round
Put that mark on his head, though he's better off dead
When the people see him coming they'll say "there's a fugitive!"
Yeah, he was a farmer, but now when he digs
The earth is wearing armor and his shovel's made of twigs
Cursed all his days til he faces the reaper
All Cain had to say for himself is.....

CHORUS