Ness Lee - Quest of Life [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Hook]
Life goes on forever
But it changes like the tide
There's a meaning for existence
No need to run and hide
We are fighting for our freedom
We are searching for a way
And we live in hope of some eternal day

[Verse 1]
Ayo I asked the preacher what's the reason of life?
I just came from the West End and seen three fiends on a pipe
Police in a fight, they fail to read you your rights
And if they did, they wasn't reading em right
He looked me in the eye and said that only those questions Jehovah should know
Well see what am I? So I suppose I reach for the sky
Said I was a gangster and a poor man and a leader for Christ
In my past life so there's no need for leading it twice
Man, I couldn't even reply, I don't believe he would lie
He told me I should search deep in the mind
Reading in the bible and the world I should leave it behind
Go on a quest, physical and mental
Take what you been through
And if this doesn't feed your desire
All I have left to tell you is to reach a little higher
He speaking in codes, it's just adding heat to the fire
Before you leave, you should heed this reminder
It's your quest of life

[Hook]
We are riding on a rainbow
It's nearly at an end
It was given as a promise
To each and every man
It's a long since we started
And the days left now are few
It seems the words said long ago were true

[Verse 2]
Ayo I turned and I left, with answers I needed for questions
Thinking the preacher was just trying to teach me a lesson
In the streets again, thinking, I ain't even gon sweat it
Then a dude ran up on me quick, slipping, he crept in
Told me give him in the money and he'd leave in a second
I turned around started to reach for the weapon
I smacked him quick, swing and he fell
Then half his clique came out screaming and yelling like demons and felons
(What's next) them dudes robbed me stupid
They took my shoes, wallet, and socks and my rap book, and that's all that I got
Now I'm dirty looking like a bum roaming the streets
In temperatures lower than 3 and I'm feeling alone
Then I see another bum chilling, I give him my coat
He asked me did I have God, or why we living this low
I told him all I knew about God and in a minute or so
He said "homeboy, you giving me hope"
It's my quest of life

Dag man
Preacher told me I was a gangster, poor man, and a leader for Christ in my past life
I just got gangster on some dudes
Was a bum
And I gave old boy inspiration in an hour
I gotta figure out this thing called life yo
Straight up
It's my quest of life

[Hook x2]
We are riding on a rainbow
It's nearly at an end
It was given as a promise
To each and every man
It's a long since we started
And the days left now are few
It seems the words said long ago were true

We are waiting, we're impatient
We're unfaithful, we are true
There's a lesson in the learning
Of the different things we do
We are fighting for our freedom
We are searching for a way
And we live in hope of some eternal day