Sweetness - Speedin' [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Verse 1: Sweetness]
Close your eyes, find peace, find silence
I close my eyes and all I see is violence
Corporations making billions and our people being made pliant
Leaders being tyrants
And idols becoming fraudulent
To society I think it’s time to look at our reflection
Dreams getting interrupted like Interception
Just go back to the good old days, I think that’s just perception
To go back in time, I think that would be the most deadliest invention
Man is just playing god, who knows what the future may hold
Man, It feels like yesterday I was only 8 years old..
Went from readin books to watching the news
Traded the Capri Suns in for a case of brews
Life went from don’ts to do’s
People being utilized to people being used
Loved women into women abused
Boys with stacks of books into adults running with the crooks
Go from being on top of the world to just getting by
While Businessmen out there on drugs; buying low and selling high
Kids getting’ bad grades because they are too busy tryin’ to stay fly
Try to take off but their minds are too heavy, Rest in Peace Aaliyah
Now it’s blood, sweat and tears just to give rise to an idea
And people treatin’ each other so bad, I can’t even stand it
Rodney King, you wouldn’t believe me unless you got it candid
They killed that kid on the street corner, do you know who planned it?
Livin’ life like a game, who would have thought a King could get cornered by a couple pawns
For our dead president we out here tryin to get our Jack Ruby on…
The legends above, they keep the fire burning inside, the farthest thing from gone
It’s amazing to see the people you meet when you kick it with a Don
No Corleone, just a person to his generation who is leadin’
Life is just speedin’
I swear they make it seem like a race
People wreckin’ each other just to get to 1st place
I just want to slow down, break bread, say grace
If it wasn’t for music, I think I would have lost pace
This fast life is a killer, so If I ever go down, give me CPR through the bass

[Verse 2: J Lee]

[Verse 3: Sweetness]
But there ain’t no stopping us now, better keep the faith
Death stares at us all, only thing to do is look back in the face
I’ve been Rickey Henderson to this game, who’s tryin to keep pace?
Just ridin around like Training Day, tryin to find my place
Just dreamin about checkin bags, but Father Time checkin pockets
Where did all the time go? I think I must have lost it
This life roller coaster, I can’t get off it
Holdin’ on for dear life now, all this motion got me sick
Got me thinking back to my recess days, I was always the first one picked
On to my working days, seems like my application is the first one kicked
Life is just Speedin’
So you can catch me movin’ through my city, Jehovah’s Witness
Via Dolorosa, living life is a test of fitness
Musicians used to be prophets, now must of you all just Hova’s Witness
Who’s getting the most money, tell me who’s winning the race
Feels like yesterday I was sittin’ in class thinkin about blastin’ off into space
They tell you can be whatever you wanna be until the institutions put you in your place
The media broadcasting lies, you all should be disgraced
It’s all about the money, all about the sex, all about the work, all about what’s next…
But I’m just here now, thinkin about the past
Askin’ myself why does time move so fast
Yeah, this life hourglass
I just want to flip it
Sometimes I really want to slow down and just kick it
This beautiful life, let’s drink it in, but instead of chugging, just sip it
Life is just speedin’
So let’s have the time of our lives
Everybody hop in, let’s go for a ride