Yuri Kochiyama-Blue Scholars

[ti:Yuri Kochiyama] [ar:Blue Scholars] [al:Cinemetropolis] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Yuri Kochiyama - Blue Scholars [00:13.60]Oh yeah oh yeah yeah yeah oh yeah [00:18.25] [00:19.07]Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah yeah yeah yeah [00:25.03]I got that third world militant still think it's relevant [00:27.76] [00:28.27]Even if them kids copped the shirts and stopped wearin' em [00:31.41]Humbled in the presence of the veterans [00:33.35]And not the ones who picked up their guns [00:35.09]But who picked up their brethren and sister and [00:37.32]History in the making I was witnessin' [00:39.62]Listenin' seein' this old japanese lady with a sticker on her walker said free mumia and [00:44.80]This was before the trustafarians were sayin' it [00:48.19]Taking it for granted that we talk about the 60's and [00:50.78]Never get to talk to anybody who done live this sh*t and still exist [00:54.37]Or better yet sh*t she still resist speaking to a myriad of young dumb and ignorant kids [00:59.32]I was one of em [01:00.64]Stuck around lingering [01:01.85]Said that it's a privilege to meet you in person and [01:04.69]She took my hand said it's good to meet you too [01:07.48]And when I'm out of school asked me what I'm gonna do [01:10.18]I had to think about it but truth is I knew [01:12.95]That it was something for the youth and sh*t [01:15.11]Truly I'd probably be a teacher if the music didn't make enough [01:18.22]To make me wanna gamble on it's sustenance [01:20.54]And that's why I'm writing this to tell ya'll [01:22.90]From a scholar [01:23.93]When I grow up I wanna be just like yuri kochiyama [01:26.76] [01:27.51]Holla swear to my kasamas [01:29.75]When I grow up I wanna be just like yuri kochiyama [01:33.25]And if she ever hear this its an honor [01:35.61]Cause when I grow up I wanna be just like yuri kochiyama [01:38.36] [01:38.89]Imma serve the people proper [01:41.15]When I grow up I wanna be like yuri kochiyama [01:44.16] [01:55.63]I see the picture up in life magazine [01:57.82]You were sittin' front seat for malcolm's last speech [02:00.78]Saw the first man with the shotgun boom [02:02.91] [02:03.79]Two more came to get the job done [02:05.68] [02:06.43]Now who would've thought that it'd be you holding him [02:09.21]I wonder what you felt when his eyes were going dim [02:12.02]And if he never died would we know that he exists [02:14.72]Or would he have been the leader that we always seem to miss [02:17.31]Now there's no taking back whatever happens in our midst [02:20.07]You remind me that it's more than just a martyr and a myth [02:22.68]You could've said it quits many times ever since and you find [02:26.54]There will always be a reason for the fist [02:28.83]The last one to hold him could've been somebody else [02:31.46]You'd still be remembered for the people that you helped [02:34.61]They said to keep trying but never losing hope [02:37.40]Revolutionaries die but the revolution don't [02:40.00]And it won't and I put that [02:41.38] [02:42.09]On my momma [02:43.05]Cause when I grow up I wanna be just like yuri kochiyama [02:46.74]Holla swear to my kasamas [02:48.75]When I grow up I wanna be just like yuri kochiyama [02:52.28]And if she ever hear this it's an honor [02:54.57]Cause when I grow up I wanna be just like yuri kochiyama [02:57.96]Imma serve the people proper [03:00.13]When I grow up I wanna be just like yuri kochiyama