Dead Prez - This Is Life [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Intro]
9 months in darkness, total darkness
Then we born into the light, giving thanks
For the days and the nigths
This is life

[Hook]
We born today, and gone the next, this is life
Take your soldier steps, have no regrets this is life
The sun will rise, the sun will set, this is life
We born to live so don't forget this is life
When you’ve done your best, you’ll have no regrets, this is life

[Verse 1:]
Sperm to an egg, prince to a king
It was sent through my genes, run thick through my veins
The seed, the tree, the Ying and the Yang
It's the God within, I reject your King James
No chains on my neck but my mind bling bling
My future it's not defined by street dreams
The sky is the limit gotta spread my wings
And soar, like brainwaves throughout the cosmos
As above, so below to the crossroads
Bringing strength to a heart that has lost hope
Life is a methapor of the seasons
It's a time in your life for some spring cleaning
You got to live it to understand it
We only get a moment on the planet
Don't take it for granted
When you fall into a winter
And your heart turn cold like December
The summer gon' come back remember, this is life

[Hook]

(Mr Curtis, you have been
Lawfully tried in this court
And found guilty on all charges
I do hereby sentence you to the custody of the
Attorney General of the United States
For a period of 15 years to life.)

[Verse 2:]
The gavel slam down, fuck you your magistrate
Another man down for a year and a date
To hibernate, a manchurian candidate
Fucked by the state or is he touched by the hand of fate?
It ain't the end, it's a start
Depend on your heart, it's a dark, like nightvision in darkness
Against the odds like the lotus in the forest
Concrete and bars is just soil for the harvest
You 'bout to incubate, rewind but think your fate
Reinvigorate, reach out for bigger stakes
Reinvent yourself, turn your worries into wealth
180 degrees, you gon' pinch yourself
In your chromosomes, buried in your DNA
Is somebody that's waiting to get free today
Either man up or you could take the easy way
Ain't nobody promised tomorrow, that's why you gotta live life

[Hook]