Bornfree - Speak Up [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

I told myself I wouldn’t do this
Stay focused on my music, away from the newsprint
Hold on to my two cents
Because the minute I use it may be the moment I lose it
But I refuse to stand indolent pretending to be ignorant
I’m twenty years old and I ain’t never seen grown men scared at the magnitude I’m seeing it now
You mean every one of y’all is gonna sit there and allow
This plague to overtake us, the industry to rape us
Monster and A Millie be the standard of greatness?
Yeah, you’re getting paid but is fame really worth the repossession of your soul by idol gods and Satan
Hey, maybe I’m mistaken;
Maybe when you sold your soul you’re just playing
Maybe every single time you bring it up you faking
It wouldn’t be the first time you’re caught perpetrating
Ungh, I got one single out and I doubt any one of y’all have ever even heard of me
Better believe when the streets hear me
You’ll be listening to every word that Bornfree speaks
When Bornfree breathes you’ll stop and freeze
When Bornfree blinks you’ll pray “not me.”
I’mma keep hunting til the motherfuckers running have enough courage to stand and SPEAK UP!

(chorus)
Hip-Hop was a movement but what I’m hearing nowadays is a whole lotta bullshit
Some say its just music; but there are people other than me who have openly refuted it
How can I just watch as my people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge?
If I’m the only one standing against this madness then I gotta let them have it

So what are you afraid of?
This is the perfect opportunity to show us what you’re made of
From the looks of it many of the game’s big names
Are either slaves or getting played by the label
And those who resist either remain independent or are paid the very minimum attention by the System
Until the people in power look down and collectively decide that it’s time for one of us to be silenced
So – where do you stand?
Is a mic in your possession a weapon against us or them?
Are you here to spit the truth or to prove to your allegiance?
People are demanding that you tell them what you mean
When every song that you’ve released has a dark interpretation
You may call it art but as far as we’re concerned
Your intentions are determined by the energy you brought into the equation
Before they even gave you a release date
I’mma throw my red flag and challenge every rapper
Not as an attack but as a call to action:
What is your reaction when you listen to the music
Influenced by a movement started by youth to distract them from the same negativity embraced in it now
Fakes are the face of it now
Enslaved by the pay
Caged by the fame
Only to be slain by the same kid that PRAYED for the day to be among you cowards

(chorus)