Park Bench People-Freestyle Fellowship

[ti:Park Bench People] [ar:Freestyle Fellowship] [al:Inner City Griots] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Park Bench People - Freestyle Fellowship [00:38.02]I see an old man [00:39.35]Sittin' on a park bench [00:41.11]Lookin' in the skies when [00:42.88]He can see the mouth-stench [00:44.57] [00:45.92]Of the range [00:46.54]Of the people [00:47.08]Walkin' [00:47.27]And talkin' [00:47.71]Nonsense [00:49.56] [00:51.21]In the park [00:51.93] [00:53.37]I see a man [00:54.66]Sittin' there [00:55.34] [00:56.23]With a newspaper [00:56.75]Under his head and hair [00:58.16]I think [00:58.93]He would be down for me [01:00.35]To tell him [01:00.96]That he'd been waiting 'round here [01:02.34]For all [01:02.83] [01:03.89]Of his life and [01:05.44] [01:06.09]It took time [01:07.00]For the soul to come [01:08.44]When it came [01:09.33]I saw the same [01:10.46]Old scene [01:11.09]Over and over again [01:12.37]My friend [01:13.31]People's talkin' and squackin' in [01:14.24]The park [01:14.82] [01:15.33]And [01:15.53] [01:16.11]Sittin' on a bench [01:17.05] [01:17.59]Thinkin' 'bout things [01:18.33] [01:18.88]I think of all the [01:20.11]People of the park [01:22.57]Sleepin' in the street [01:23.67] [01:24.50]Livin' from their hearts [01:26.15]Sleepin' in the street [01:27.09] [01:27.92]Livin's kinda hard [01:29.60]Sleepin' in the street [01:30.77] [01:31.35]People fall apart [01:33.55]There's a park bench [01:34.75]That's painted [01:35.44]Black and white [01:36.45] [01:37.85]And when you [01:38.43]Sleep there [01:39.12] [01:40.56]It won't get wet when you wake up [01:43.18]Because the trees are withered [01:45.00] [01:45.92]And so you dry in the sunlight [01:48.10] [01:48.98]You sit there and you [01:51.30]Prepare to make [01:52.37]A move [01:52.84]And so you go through [01:54.04]Each and every can [01:55.12] [01:56.05]Lookin' inside [01:56.83]Tryin' to see somethin' [01:57.81]That you didn't [01:59.00]See last night [02:00.33]Wantin' to get somethin' to eat [02:01.92]And you go down the street [02:04.27] [02:05.88]You see some friends of yours [02:07.44]And then they all speak [02:08.90]Sayin' what's happenin' man [02:10.74]You sleepin' in the park again [02:12.78]Yeah nothin' but a survival thang [02:13.89] [02:14.43]You know what I'm sayin' [02:15.39]Insha'Allah [02:15.60]Then again my friend [02:16.70]All they want to [02:18.32]Do is play you [02:20.05]Like you are a fool [02:21.79]But I know better [02:22.56] [02:23.67]You're safe from school [02:25.32]Through this stay cool [02:27.08]Mark you are mis-skewed [02:28.75]An' now I know better [02:29.83]I maintain black [02:30.42] [02:31.27]We'll overcome [02:32.56] [02:35.21]In the Sun [02:35.98] [02:37.00]On the bench [02:37.94]In the park [02:38.64]Where you lay [02:39.47]When it's dark [02:40.29]And it's wet [02:41.18] [02:42.23]Cuz it's raining on you [02:43.52] [02:44.06]You have newspapers and you'd like to go home [02:46.53] [02:47.54]But you can't [02:48.45]Cuz you just got put out [02:50.53]On your own [02:51.64] [02:53.23]You're thinkin' 'bout your kids [02:54.99]You're thinkin' 'bout your girl [02:56.68]You're thinkin' of all the [02:57.70]Things you did [02:58.40] [03:00.33]You see the children play [03:02.05]You hear the people barely look at you [03:03.87]Laughing while they [03:04.45]Run away [03:05.44] [03:07.48]Sleeping in the street [03:08.64] [03:09.34]Living from the heart [03:10.94] [03:14.57]Sleeping in the street [03:15.72] [03:16.27]People fall apart [03:19.31]In the park [03:20.04] [03:21.05]Where are [03:22.39] [03:23.63]They's every people [03:24.81]Walkin' round [03:25.24]Lookin' at themselves far [03:26.80]As if they were somethin' [03:28.06] [03:28.57]But they ain't nothin' [03:29.71]They frontin' [03:30.11]Not a people nowhere standing [03:31.69]Aw these people are something [03:32.76] [03:34.51]Earth [03:35.23]Perched on [03:35.78]The edge of all time [03:36.81]And yet they search [03:38.48]For drums imperial dreams [03:39.89]Similarly so barred [03:41.12]Can't buy my soul [03:42.21]Won't sell my soul [03:43.11]To the Devil [03:43.69]On the other level [03:44.37]Never [03:44.60]With another rebel [03:45.20]Under trouble [03:45.75]Aw no [03:46.58]I'll never see you go down [03:48.36] [03:49.26]My people can't go down [03:50.99]Oh no