Joell Ortiz - Modern Day Slavery [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Intro]
They say nothing wrong
A change is gonna come -
You know and I know
You know that I know
I know that you know that a gotta change is gonna come

[Hook]
First you clean his hands from top to bottom
Grab the fabrics then wash em, then you go pick the cotton
Listen y'all I'm tired man, I swear (I've been running)
For so long trying to be strong but yo (I've been running)
I'm exhausted
My feet hurt
Wanna run no more
Wanna run no more
They said
When, when

[Verse 1: Joell Ortiz]
Ain't nothing changed except the chains, they're restraining our physical frame
Mentally, we're still living the same
It's lockdown, they knocked down the Towers to raise tax
Anything they borrow we pay back
I live in the hood; you'll never bump into Pat Sajack
But we spin the wheel every time we chill, cops hate Blacks
And Hispanics they draw gats and just blam it before they ask where your hand is
I don't see how a wallet can be mistaken for a cannon
So please don't let em play us no more
In every way I'm ready, willing, and able to war
Like any day now it could pop, I'll be in the front
Like, please may the force be with me and this pump
Housing want me to work cause I'm still on my mom's lease
Threatening to raise the rent if I don't pick up them park leaves
Ain't nothing in this world for free
But somehow they got us fooled like this world is free

[Hook]
This is modern day slavery, you see
Carry ID
Water is a fee
This ain't how it's supposed to be man
For so long trying to be strong but yo
I'm exhausted
My feet hurt
Wanna run no more
Wanna run no more
They said
When, when

[Verse 2: Immortal Technique]
Our people are the product of genocide and slavery
Everything in the ghetto was how it was made to be
Designed in a process, Prison Industrial Complex
Niggas transformed into numbers and objects
We pay the devil rent for living in hell
Cause the projects was built on the spot where Lucifer fell
Incarcerated knowledge heavy weight (Heavy Nigga)
Every black man should read Deuteronomy Chapter 28
Cursed in the city like we're cursed in the field
Cursed on the border, and cursed by the New World Order
Our sons and daughters were stolen by another people
Yoke of iron, end of the Earth, land of the Eagle
This is the sequel to the prophecy
Freedom, whether peaceful or violent, is my philosophy
I built an army, now I'm gonna build a nation
The foundation of a new civilization and overthrow the plantation

[Hook]
This is modern day slavery, see?
It was designed to be
PATRIOT ACT 3
Just wait young nigga you'll see
For so long, my people been so strong, but yo
I'm exhausted
My heart hurts
Gunning them all
I'm gunning them all
I said, we gotta make a
We gotta make a
Quick motherfucker, lock and load

Immortal Technique
Joell Ortiz
Harlem, Brooklyn
You know what it is nigga, the rebirth of the Young Lords
Coming soon motherfucka

You sleep and you die nigga
Good night motherfucka!