Dollar Day-Mos Def

[ti:Dollar Day] [ar:Mos Def] [al:True Magic] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.57]So there's a story about [00:01.70]The lady in Louisiana [00:03.31] [00:04.18]She's a flood survivor [00:06.47]And the rescue teams [00:08.43]They come through [00:09.63]And they [00:11.07]I guess tryna recover people [00:13.18] [00:13.77]And they see this women [00:14.95]She's wadin through the streets [00:16.58] [00:17.76]I guess it'd been [00:18.97]Some time after the storm [00:20.29] [00:21.99]And I guess they were shocked [00:23.97]That you know she was alive [00:26.14]And rescue worker said [00:27.67]So oh my God h-how [00:29.73]Did you survive [00:31.62]How did you do it [00:32.70]Where've you been [00:33.67]And she said [00:34.47]Where I been [00:35.61]Where you been [00:36.87] [00:38.01]Hah Where you been [00:41.32]You understand [00:42.60] [00:43.48]That's about the size of it [00:45.94]This for the streets [00:46.96]The streets everywhere [00:47.63] [00:48.28]The streets affected [00:49.15]By the storm called [00:50.27]America [00:51.54] [00:52.61]I'm doin this for y'all [00:54.05]And for me for the Creator [00:55.85]God save these streets [00:59.27]One dollar per every human being [01:02.31]Feel that Katrina clap [01:03.41] [01:05.24]See that Katrina clap [01:06.42] [01:07.72]Listen homie [01:08.99]It's Dollar Day in New Orleans [01:11.22]It's water water everywhere [01:12.57]And people dead in the streets [01:14.38]And Mr President [01:16.04]He bout that cash [01:17.34]He got a policy for handlin [01:18.86]The niggaz and trash [01:20.72]And if you poor you black [01:23.46]I laugh a laugh they won't [01:25.40]Give when you ask [01:26.47] [01:27.91]You better off on crack [01:29.99]Dead or in jail [01:30.91]Or with a gun in Iraq [01:32.85] [01:34.08]And it's as simple as that [01:35.69]No opinion my man [01:36.81]It's mathematical fact [01:38.31]Listen a million poor since 2004 [01:41.19]And they got -illions and [01:42.49]Killions to waste on the war [01:44.44]And make you question [01:45.90]What the taxes is for [01:47.52]Or the cost to reinforce [01:48.73]The broke levee wall [01:50.31]Tell the boss [01:51.08]He shouldn't be the boss anymore [01:53.60] [01:54.96]Y'all pray amin [01:56.29]God save these streets [01:59.39]One dollar per every human being [02:02.23]Feel that Katrina clap [02:03.67] [02:05.12]See that Katrina clap [02:06.25] [02:08.36]God save these streets [02:10.94]Quit bein' cheap ni**a [02:12.30]Freedom ain't free [02:14.24]Feel that Katrina clap [02:15.72] [02:17.09]See that Katrina clap [02:18.24] [02:19.41]Lord have mercy [02:21.16]Lord God God save our soul [02:23.08]A God save our soul a God [02:25.23]A God save our souls [02:26.87]Lord God God save our soul [02:28.95]A God save our soul soul soul [02:31.09]Soul survivor [02:32.74]It's Dollar Day in New Orleans [02:35.08]It's water water everywhere [02:36.87]And babies dead in the streets [02:38.94]It's enough to make you holler out [02:41.28]Like where the f**k is Sir Bono [02:42.96]And his famous friends now [02:44.60]Don't get it twisted man I dig U2 [02:47.22]But if you ain't about the [02:48.58]Ghetto then f**k you too [02:50.19]Who care bout rock 'n roll [02:51.86]When babies can't eat food [02:53.62]Listen homie man that sh*t ain't cool [02:56.38]It's like Dollar Day for New Orleans [02:59.29]It's water water everywhere [03:00.24]And homies dead in the streets [03:03.00]And Mr President's a natural a** [03:05.09]He out treatin niggaz worse [03:06.57]Than they treat the trash [03:08.13]God save these streets [03:10.80]One dollar per every human being [03:13.82]Feel that Katrina Clap [03:15.44] [03:16.71]See that Katrina Clap [03:18.13] [03:19.96]God save these streets [03:22.77]Quit bein cheap ni**a [03:24.05]Freedom ain't free [03:26.17]Feel that Katrina Clap [03:27.64] [03:28.89]See that Katrina Clap [03:30.00] [03:31.15]Soul survivor [03:32.10] [03:33.05]God God God save our soul [03:35.07]A God save our soul [03:36.39]A God a God save our soul [03:38.54]Lord God God save our soul [03:40.83]A God save our soul [03:42.23]A God a God save [03:44.05]Lord did not intend [03:47.00]For the wicked to rule the world [03:49.86]Say God did not intend [03:52.87]For the wicked to rule the world [03:56.24]God did not intend [03:59.01]For the wicked to rule the world [04:01.97]And even when they [04:03.18]Knew it's a matter of truth [04:04.90]Before they wick-ed ruling is through [04:07.25] [04:08.04]God save these streets [04:11.65]A Dollar Day for New Orleans [04:14.00]God save these streets [04:16.37] [04:17.04]Quit bein cheap homie [04:18.63]Freedom ain't free [04:20.11]God save these streets [04:22.17] [04:22.78]One dollar per every human being [04:25.77]Feel that Katrina Clap [04:27.85] [04:28.76]See that Katrina Clap [04:29.98] [04:32.01]God save these streets [04:34.09] [04:34.69]Quit bein cheap ni**a [04:35.95]Freedom ain't free [04:37.87]Feel that Katrina Clap Ha [04:40.24] [04:40.78]Ghetto Katrina Clap Ha [04:43.07]Soul survivor [04:44.54]Lord God God save our soul [04:46.69]A God save God save our soul [04:49.71]Feel that Katrina Clap [04:52.18] [04:52.69]Let's make them dollars stack [04:54.10] [04:55.10]And rebuild these streets [04:56.84]God save these streets [04:58.03]God save these streets [04:59.38]God save the soul [05:01.71]Feel that Katrina Clap [05:03.08] [05:04.64]See that Katrina Clap [05:05.83] [05:06.89]Soul survivor [05:08.28] [05:10.18]Don't talk about it [05:11.12]Be about it [05:11.91]Peace [05:12.47]Dollar Day - Mos Def