Текст песни: Skin On The Drum + перевод

I’m a little under the weather today

Too much of pepper spray can make a brother congested

You know what I’m saying

But the harder they hit us the louder we become

Kinda like the skin on the drum, you what I’m saying?

I was born botanical, the soul of an animal

Deep beneath the layers, I sink my roots

No need for mechanical, I come strictly organical

When I need to feast, I look to the East

That’s why I’m never scared of the beast

Even though they try to prey upon me

I’m protected by the one always greater than me

So now I reveal to thee because you wanna see

The contour of my mystery, the strength of my arches

The color of my conscience and the way that I process my diction

Some fact, some fiction, some mystery and some future fantasy

I’m the trunk that holds the branches

The leaves who do the dances

My flowers romantic, my love gigantic

From Africa, transplanted to transatlantic

In the heat of the sun, I bring shade for everyone

Like the beat on the one, I’m the skin on the drum

I keep on living with the fullness of the one

Like the heat of the sun or the skin on the drum

I keep on living with the fullness of the one

Like the heat of the sun or the skin on the drum

I keep on living with the fullness of the one

Like the heat of the sun or the skin on the drum

I keep on living with the fullness of the one

Like the heat of the sun or the skin on the drum

I’m fully marinated and now I’m ready for the fire

So you can fire one, fire one, fire two

See I’m fully marinated and now I’m ready for the fire

So you can fire one, fire one, fire two

Fire one, fire two, fire one, fire two, fire one, fire two

See I’ve been fully marinated and now I’m ready for the fire

See I’m beginning to perspire from deep within to the skin

Yo, the feminine and the masculine

The pieces of the puzzle, see me reflections in the puddle

After the storm the purple of the sky brings to mind another time

When we resided below the water line, life was fine there human divine

But in the years following, evil men came swallowing everything in sight

Some learned to run, some stayed to fight

I knelled at the tomb of the soldier, said I would love to behold her

The magic in store there, she touched me on the shoulder

She said, «In time all is revealed, box of light be unsealed

Now listen to me son, be like the skin on the drum»

I keep on living with the fullness of the one

Like the heat of the sun or the skin on the drum

I keep on living with the fullness of the one

Like the heat of the sun or the skin on the drum

I keep on living with the fullness of the one

Like the heat of the sun or the skin on the drum

I keep on living with the fullness of the one

Like the heat of the sun or the skin on the drum

I’m fully marinated and now I’m ready for the fire

So you can fire one, fire one, fire two

See, I’m fully marinated and now I’m ready for the fire

So you can fire one, fire one, fire two

See I’m fully marinated and now I’m ready for the fire

So you can fire one, fire one, fire two

See, I’m fully marinated and now I’m ready for the fire

So you can fire one, fire one, fire two

Fire one, fire two, fire one, fire two

And as the pepper gas clears and police and protesters go home

Just as the morning dew are tear drops of the night

My emotions are always there for you and will never leave you dry

Bless

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