Pete Philly & Perquisite - Hope [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Verse 1: Pete]
Sometimes my hope slips away, I go through the day
Without a way to surpass the decay
To say a better day is coming got me running my mind
Wondering if i'm cunning and if I find
A new pattern of thought, design
So I can deal with this land and concrete
Cause them, facts is ill yo, we facing defeat
From the trees to the seas, to the seas of the ghetto
The flees of the dogs back have already settled, in
On a lot I don't meddle in cause they shoot (shoot, shoot)
Do anything for the loot (loot, loot)
We got politicians making wicked decisions
Straight lying to the public yo
They can make begin another mission of war
And my eyes are sore, shits hardcore
We can all make it taste, what we waiting for
There's a million other people who feel like I feel
Too many cats is sending up with a raw deal, for real
But, I read a book, take a look
Put it all in perspective, ignore the crooks
We be rocking the party freaks, while running for president
If we want their asses kicked, then let's hit the prison then
Cause it's not you versus me
But it's you and me versus the war industry
If you asked of me, what it is we can do against [?]
It's follow to

[Chorus]
It's what makes it cold
It's what makes it grow
It's what makes it go
Against the grain
When they tell you no, but you got to show
The friends and foes that times has changed

It's what makes it cold
It's what makes it roll
It's what makes it go
Against the grain
But they can't tell you no, because now you know
The healing when you get hope


[Verse 2: Talib]
Yeah, I'm holding on life, someone push me over the edge
So sometimes when I'm rhymin, just go over ya head
Try to bring it down the herb without sounding berserk
This for the people high mighty and i'm down in the dirt
Put in work like a nickle or diamond
Standing on the corner religious like a shaman
I ain't [?] ramen
The punchlines why they tickle your spine and picking the line
And I'm never fuck with you
You can't get a consignment
People hope to get signed, but today's a surprise
The industry falling down right in front of their eye
On my block brothers don't live, brother survive
Mothers pray through the night and hope they selling saliv
Check the stoop then the corner then the hospital
Our city mourn, matter a fact shit I got to go
To my sun school, where they call me brother Kweli
No time for crime, waiting and hoping like Buddy Holly

[Chorus]

[Verse 3:Pete]
I'm hoping for better days and better ways to express
I'm hoping for spiritual growth as mental progress
Hoping I won't be chocking, when it's time to take the test
[?] as i'm standing in the limelight and rhyme
Will I shine will I be remembered as a person who took the time
And opportunity to find the goodness of his own kind
The kindness of the mankind
The kind that mixes in the images for [?]
With this state of mind you can find me in
When i'm kicking back and i'm chilling
Looking now playing children impressing buildings
And i'm feeling that we more than the money hungry idiots
Flash marketing cats claim we be, man they can't get with us
It's the fuss of living
Looking for a balance between taking and giving and making a living
Without, making a preemptive killing, This shit is got to stop
I hope we find a revolution back in Hip Hop (back in Hip Hop)

[Chorus](2x)