Saigon - I Know [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Chorus]
I know, I know, I know, I know life got much more to offer me
And I know, I know, I know, I know the system treats us unlawfully
And I know, I know, I know, I know that a new day is yet to come
And I know that I’ll be right here with the nation

[Verse 1]
We live in a place where babies are born addicted to base
If you get arrested, you likely to get kicked in your face
A lot of bitches is sick with the "H."
If you don’t want the “I.V.,” think before you put your dick in her waist
It’s a disgrace. There’s only one particular race
That got fucked ever since we got shipped to the states
Like being trapped in a pit full of snakes
They callin’ the coke dandruff—the ghetto been infected with flakes
I listen to rap but wouldn’t let my kid listen to that
‘Cause if my kid listen to that, then it’s a wrap
Niggas replace wisdom with materialism
I use the rhythm to preach about imperialism
I get on it like Martin Luther King and do the damn thing
Far as snitching go, I’m like J-Lo—I can’t sing
But I’ll eat you like a planet wing
Let’s pop a cop and then pop some champagne
Then listen, hear you sing

[Chorus]
I know, I know, I know, I know life got much more to offer me
And I know, I know, I know, I know the system treats us unlawfully
And I know, I know, I know, I know that a new day is yet to come
And I know that I’ll be right here with the nation

[Verse 2]
They got drugs of all sorts coming through they airports
Only once every five years somebody get caught
How many lives must heroin cut short?
How many black folk gotta grow up to smoke, shoot, sniff, or snort? (Damn…)
We no longer serving them dimes to maneuver through turbulent times
Me and my niggas murdering rhymes
My life breathe like a verse in a song
So it’s in the Quran. Word, bond. Y’all gon’ worship the Don
Convict since a young age. Face plastered on the front page
Picture me working for minimum wage
I went in a rage, packed the Mack 10 and the gage
In the streets, I seen more action than Nicholas Cage
Buck one for my niggas locked for using a gun
Buck two and them niggas that bucked Roo, fuck you!
Buck three for lucky
Buck four for all my dawgs up north
Let’s get this jump off, jumped off
(What you know, though?)

[Chorus]
I know, I know, I know, I know life got much more to offer me
And I know, I know, I know, I know the system treats us unlawfully
And I know, I know, I know, I know that a new day is yet to come
And I know that I’ll be right here with the nation

[Outro]
Salute, all-mighty Abandoned Nation. Everybody in jail, get your education. Yeah… Team work music. Saigon. We back. A.B. Yo, let that fade out real quick, man. Yo, I need you to take me back to the eighties, man. Give me something that I can dance to, man. On some eighties shit, Saigitty