Black Man in a White World - Michael Kiwanuka

This is a man's world This is a man's world But it Wouldn't be nothing Nothing Without a woman Or a girl You see Man made the cars To take us Over the road Man made the trains To carry heavy loads Man made Electric light To take us Out of the dark Man made the boat For the water Like Noah Made the ark This is a man's A man's A man's world But it Wouldn't be nothing Nothing without A woman or a girl Man thinks about A little baby girls And a baby boys Man makes then happy 'Cause man Makes them toys And after man Has made everything Everything he can You know that man Nakes money to buy From other man This is a man's world But it Wouldn't be nothing Nothing without A woman or a girl He's lost In the wilderness He's lost In bitterness

Well, you wonder why I always dress in black Why you never see Bright colors on my back And why does my appearance Seem to have a somber tone? Well, there's a reason for the things That I have on I wear the black For the poor and the beaten down Livin' in the hopeless Hungry side of town I wear it for the prisoner Who has long paid for his crime But is there because He's a victim of the times I wear the black For those who've never read Or listened To the words that Jesus said About the road to happiness Through love and charity Why you'd think He's talking Straight to you and me Well, we're doin' mighty fine I do suppose In our streak of lightnin' cars And fancy clothes But just so we're reminded Of the ones who are held back Up front there ought to be A man in black I wear it For the sick and lonely old For the reckless ones Whose bad trip left them cold I wear the black in mournin' For the lives that could have been Each week we lose A hundred fine young men And, I wear it For the thousands who have died Believin' that the Lord Was on their side I wear it for another Hundred thousand who have died Believin' that we all Were on their side Well, there's things That never will be right, I know And things need changin' Everywhere you go But till we start to make a move To make a few things right You'll never see me Wear a suit of white Ah, I'd love to wear a rainbow Every day And tell the world That everything's okay But I'll try to carry off A little darkness on my back Till things are brighter I'm the man in black

The wind blows hard across the Texas plains Makes some people go insane While others quietly pray for rain That's where we came from Two boys playin' in the burnin' sun One with books, one with guns Mama calls but just one comes The other one runs With a Christian sense of wrong and right We were born and raised in black and white One learned to pray, one loved to fight We were born and raised in black and white We were born and raised in black and white Brother took to the gospel road Spent his whole live saving souls When he looked at me, his blood ran cold He didn't even try I had no dreams, I had no plans But a gun felt good in my right hand The warden asked, "How come you killed that man?" I said, "I don't know why" "Welcome home," said the hot moonlight We were born and raised in black and white One lives to pray, one prays for life We were born and raised in black and white We were born and raised in black and white Someone handed me a cigarette They offered me my last request I asked my mortal soul be blessed By someone close to me He came to me with trembling hands He swore he'd never understand I said it's just what life had planned It's destiny Don't waste your tears on me tonight We were born and raised in black and white I chose the dark, you chased the light We were born and raised in black and white We were born and raised in black and white The wind blows hard across the Texas plains Makes some people go insane While others quietly pray for rain

I don't know what I want So don't ask me 'Cause I'm still trying to figure it out Don't know what's down this road I'm just walking Trying to see through the rain coming down Even though I'm not the only one who feels the way I do I'm alone, on my own And that's all I know I'll be strong, I'll be wrong Oh, but life goes on Oh, I'm just a girl trying to find a place in this world Got the radio on, my old blue jeans And I'm wearing my heart on my sleeve Feeling lucky today, got the sunshine Could you tell me what more do I need And tomorrow's just a mystery, oh, yeah, but that's okay I'm alone, on my own And that's all I know I'll be strong, I'll be wrong Oh, but life goes on Oh, I'm just a girl trying to find a place in this world I'm alone, on my own And that's all I know I'll be strong, I'll be wrong Oh, but life goes on Oh, I'm alone, on my own And that's all I know 'Cause I'm just a girl trying to find a place in this world

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع