Luyện nghe bài hát Shuffering And Shmiling

(featuring Bilal, Jorge Ben Jor, Positive Force & Kweli)

[Jorge Ben (scat singing)

[stic.man]
(to the ancestors)
keep quiet
this time gon' be more a riot (to the warriors)
can't quiet
this time gon' be more a riot (to those who came before us)
can't quiet
this time gon' be more than a (long lived the revolution)
can't keep
this time gon' be more than a

[stic.man]
religion is prison
keep the locked up in different divisions
some of them promise you
but I see a whole lot of ism-scism
imperialism in the of spirituality
slave mentality, escape
we supposed to just suffer and smile and be content?
sendin our prayers to the (stic.man - uhn uh)
i want my heaven now, on earth
and if the preacher ain't us, then we takin his church
what is it to have the biggest religion
when the people got miserable conditions?
no water, no lights, no
all africa we fight, but we have to unite
cause no power in the gospel
when the priest puttin powder in his
and the elder's council fails to
and the suffer from daily need
and the can barely eat
is it a sin to up
to fight the ones that put is in handcuffs?
goddamn, what happened to the daily bread, love
and not what the bible said, but in the of the bible
how much love is spread compared to how much is shed

everyday my get inside the bus
(women - and shmiling)
everyday its the
(women - and shmiling)
my people get inside the bus
(women - and shmiling)
its the circle

[Jorge Ben (scat singing)
(women - and shmiling) x4
its the same thing

[Talib
yo
every day I up is a miracle, thank you
seperate and the spiritual, thank you
see, I dont be askin in the air, action is a prayer
the bear won't attack me, I be, the bear, see
back in the day I used to work in a
my job was to find book you look for
i remember one day lady came for a bible
we was out, so I showin here other titles
tryna share information about a
everything I showed her was written by christians, still
she got the hell up outta the
wonderin about me shakin her faith
now, is power, we spread information
how strong is your faith? what it take to be
yo, I she missed what jesus was sayin
can't keep your eyes closed to a
you could be speakin in
be speakin of sons and daughters
my reflection of course, the water is
beautiful, attractive, my contraption
as unusual practice but
thats what it to be a man
free the land, crash down on babylon like the sea to the
peace to the fam, we want you all to stay strong and long
a de la song, c'mon

[stic.man & Talib
can't quiet
this time gon' be than a riot
can't keep
time gon' be more than a riot
can't keep
time gon' be more than a riot
can't quiet
this gon' be more than a riot

this way of life, right
all day and night and don't fight
poped up, up
work jobs to fill the gold cup
no water, no food, no lights, no
no til the people unite
it's gone - divison and they work us in
look round, how my is livin
everything we make, they it to the bank
while we sittin up in the to give thanks
don't you know the got bank? (m1 - uhn uh, uhn uh)
don't you know the deacon smoke (m1 - uhn uh, uhn uh)
did you ever think the was a prank? (m1 - uhn uh, uhn uh)
bout to faint
before came
they had the bible, we had the
now, we got the bible, got the land
and what do you believe in, heaven or
life is what you make it, so why I rebel
uncle sam, got blood on his
god, how the devil can dance
nobody wanna a nigga
put hands together, do it yourself my nigga
sit there
you won't have nobody to die
so do something don't just and smile

[Jorge Ben (scat singing)

[m1] (repeats end)
africa, africa,
is killin
africans, africans,