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zondag 17 maart 2019 om 17:12
Liefde is vrij bescheiden.
Het woord beteugelen leidt vanzelf tot een stilte, maar goed, tja.
*
Hoi mensen,
Ik was even ongerust om alle chaos in het nieuws, vandaar dat ik mijn toevlucht in de muziek en liedjes zocht. Echter kreeg ik na een tijdje niet echt het gevoel dat er veel animo voor was, integendeel, ik merkte dat sommigen zich eraan ergerden, dus leek het mij wel een goed plan om de meeste liedjes etc. te verwijderen. En ja, zo is het wel goed, vind ik nu nog steeds.
Bedankt voor de gezelligheid allemaal en nog een goede voortzetting van alles,
Vriendelijke groet
Jeweetwel
Het woord beteugelen leidt vanzelf tot een stilte, maar goed, tja.
*
Hoi mensen,
Ik was even ongerust om alle chaos in het nieuws, vandaar dat ik mijn toevlucht in de muziek en liedjes zocht. Echter kreeg ik na een tijdje niet echt het gevoel dat er veel animo voor was, integendeel, ik merkte dat sommigen zich eraan ergerden, dus leek het mij wel een goed plan om de meeste liedjes etc. te verwijderen. En ja, zo is het wel goed, vind ik nu nog steeds.
Bedankt voor de gezelligheid allemaal en nog een goede voortzetting van alles,
Vriendelijke groet
Jeweetwel
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zondag 17 maart 2019 om 17:25
zondag 17 maart 2019 om 17:34
These are the days of the open hand
They will not be the last
Look around now
These are the days of the beggars and the choosers
This is the year of the hungry man
Whose place is in the past
Hand in hand with ignorance
And legitimate excuses
The rich declare themselves poor
And most of us are not sure
If we have too much
But we'll take our chances
'Cause God's stopped keeping score
I guess somewhere along the way
He must have let us all out to play
Turned his back and all God's children
Crept out the back door
And it's hard to love, there's so much to hate
Hanging on to hope
When there is no hope to speak of
And the wounded skies above say it's much, much too late
Well, maybe we should all be praying for time
These are the days of the empty hand
Oh, you hold on to what you can
And charity is a coat you wear twice a year
This is the year of the guilty man
Your television takes a stand
And you find that what was over there is over here
So you scream from behind your door
Say, "What's mine is mine and not yours"
I may have too much but I'll take my chances
'Cause God's stopped keeping score
And you cling to the things they sold you
Did you cover your eyes when they told you
That he can't come back
'Cause he has no children to come back for
It's hard to love, there's so much to hate
Hanging on to hope when there is no hope to speak of
And the wounded skies above say it's much too late
So maybe we should all be praying for time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goroyZbVdlo
They will not be the last
Look around now
These are the days of the beggars and the choosers
This is the year of the hungry man
Whose place is in the past
Hand in hand with ignorance
And legitimate excuses
The rich declare themselves poor
And most of us are not sure
If we have too much
But we'll take our chances
'Cause God's stopped keeping score
I guess somewhere along the way
He must have let us all out to play
Turned his back and all God's children
Crept out the back door
And it's hard to love, there's so much to hate
Hanging on to hope
When there is no hope to speak of
And the wounded skies above say it's much, much too late
Well, maybe we should all be praying for time
These are the days of the empty hand
Oh, you hold on to what you can
And charity is a coat you wear twice a year
This is the year of the guilty man
Your television takes a stand
And you find that what was over there is over here
So you scream from behind your door
Say, "What's mine is mine and not yours"
I may have too much but I'll take my chances
'Cause God's stopped keeping score
And you cling to the things they sold you
Did you cover your eyes when they told you
That he can't come back
'Cause he has no children to come back for
It's hard to love, there's so much to hate
Hanging on to hope when there is no hope to speak of
And the wounded skies above say it's much too late
So maybe we should all be praying for time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goroyZbVdlo
"I'm gonna see if you know the words to this song. If you don't you better ask somebody!"
zondag 17 maart 2019 om 17:36
Oh yeah!
In France, a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name
By chance his girlfriend came across a needle and soon she did the same
At home there are seventeen-year-old boys and their idea of fun
Is being in a gang called 'The Disciples'
High on crack and totin' a machine gun
Time
Times
Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling of a church and killed everyone inside
You turn on the telly and every other story is tellin' you somebody died
A sister killed her baby 'cause she couldn't afford to feed it
And yet we're sending people to the moon
In September, my cousin tried reefer for the very first time
Now he's doing horse, it's June, unh
Times
Times
It's silly, no?
When a rocket ship explodes and everybody still wants to fly
But some say a man ain't happy unless a man truly dies
Oh why?
Time
Time
Baby make a speech, Star Wars fly
Neighbors just shine it on
But if a night falls and a bomb falls
Will anybody see the dawn?
Time, mm
Times
Is it silly, no?
When a rocket blows and, and everybody still wants to fly
Some say man ain't happy truly until a man truly dies
Oh why, oh why?
Sign o' the times, unh
Time
Time
Sign o' the times mess with your mind
Hurry before it's too late
Let's fall in love, get married, have a baby
We'll call him Nate
If it's a boy
Time
Times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EdxM72EZ94
In France, a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name
By chance his girlfriend came across a needle and soon she did the same
At home there are seventeen-year-old boys and their idea of fun
Is being in a gang called 'The Disciples'
High on crack and totin' a machine gun
Time
Times
Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling of a church and killed everyone inside
You turn on the telly and every other story is tellin' you somebody died
A sister killed her baby 'cause she couldn't afford to feed it
And yet we're sending people to the moon
In September, my cousin tried reefer for the very first time
Now he's doing horse, it's June, unh
Times
Times
It's silly, no?
When a rocket ship explodes and everybody still wants to fly
But some say a man ain't happy unless a man truly dies
Oh why?
Time
Time
Baby make a speech, Star Wars fly
Neighbors just shine it on
But if a night falls and a bomb falls
Will anybody see the dawn?
Time, mm
Times
Is it silly, no?
When a rocket blows and, and everybody still wants to fly
Some say man ain't happy truly until a man truly dies
Oh why, oh why?
Sign o' the times, unh
Time
Time
Sign o' the times mess with your mind
Hurry before it's too late
Let's fall in love, get married, have a baby
We'll call him Nate
If it's a boy
Time
Times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EdxM72EZ94
"I'm gonna see if you know the words to this song. If you don't you better ask somebody!"
zondag 17 maart 2019 om 17:37
Amoi Seg' Ma Uns Wieder
Andreas Gabalier
Uns oin is die Zeit zu gehen bestimmt
Wie a Blattl trogn vom Wind geht's zum Ursprung zruck als Kind
Wenn des Bluat in deine Adern gfriert
Wie dei Herz aufhört zum Schlogn und du aufi zu die Engerl fliagst
Dann hob ka Angst und loss di anfoch trogn
Weil es gibt was nach dem Lebm, du wirst scho segn
Amoi seg ma uns wieder
Amoi schau i a von obm zua
Auf meine oitn Tag leg i mi dankend nieder
Und moch für olle Zeitn meine Augen zua
Ois wos bleibt ist die Erinnerung
Und schön langsam wird da kloar, dass nix mehr is wias woar
Dann soll die Hoffnung auf a Wiedesehn
Mir die Kroft in mein Herzschlog legn, um weiter zu lebm
Amoi seg ma uns wieder
Amoi schau i a von obm zua
Auf meine oitn Tag leg i mi dankend nieder
Und moch für olle Zeitn meine Augen zua
A Liacht sui da leichtn bis in die Ewigkeit
Zur Erinnerung an die Lebenszeit.
Amoi seg ma uns wieder
Amoi schau i a von obm zua
Auf meine oitn Tag leg i mi dankend nieder
Und moch für olle Zeitn meine Augen zua
Auf meine oitn Tag leg i mi dankend nieder
Und moch für olle Zeitn meine Augen zua
Songwriters: Andreas Gabalier
Andreas Gabalier
Uns oin is die Zeit zu gehen bestimmt
Wie a Blattl trogn vom Wind geht's zum Ursprung zruck als Kind
Wenn des Bluat in deine Adern gfriert
Wie dei Herz aufhört zum Schlogn und du aufi zu die Engerl fliagst
Dann hob ka Angst und loss di anfoch trogn
Weil es gibt was nach dem Lebm, du wirst scho segn
Amoi seg ma uns wieder
Amoi schau i a von obm zua
Auf meine oitn Tag leg i mi dankend nieder
Und moch für olle Zeitn meine Augen zua
Ois wos bleibt ist die Erinnerung
Und schön langsam wird da kloar, dass nix mehr is wias woar
Dann soll die Hoffnung auf a Wiedesehn
Mir die Kroft in mein Herzschlog legn, um weiter zu lebm
Amoi seg ma uns wieder
Amoi schau i a von obm zua
Auf meine oitn Tag leg i mi dankend nieder
Und moch für olle Zeitn meine Augen zua
A Liacht sui da leichtn bis in die Ewigkeit
Zur Erinnerung an die Lebenszeit.
Amoi seg ma uns wieder
Amoi schau i a von obm zua
Auf meine oitn Tag leg i mi dankend nieder
Und moch für olle Zeitn meine Augen zua
Auf meine oitn Tag leg i mi dankend nieder
Und moch für olle Zeitn meine Augen zua
Songwriters: Andreas Gabalier
zondag 17 maart 2019 om 17:37
En de (wat rare) vertaling:
https://lyricstranslate.com/nl/amoi-seg ... -weer.html
Eens zien we elkaar weer
Ons allen is de tijd van gaan vastberaden
Zoals een blad door de wind gedragen wordt
gaat het terug naar de oorsprong als kind
Wanneer het bloed in je aders bevriest
Wanneer je hart stopt met kloppen
en je heen vliegt naar de engelen
Heb dan geen angst
en laat je gewoon dragen
Omdat er wat is na het leven,
je zal het al zien
Eens zien we elkaar weer
Eens zal ik ook van boven toekijken
Op mijn oudere dag leg in mij dankbaar neder
en doe voor altijd mijn ogen dicht
Alles wat blijft is de herinnering
En langzaam wordt het je duidelijk,
dat niets meer is zoals het was
Dan moet de hoop op terugzien
mij de kracht in mijn hartslag leggen,
om verder te leven
Eens zien we elkaar weer
Eens zal ik ook van boven toekijken
Op mijn oudere dag leg in mij dankbaar neder
en doe voor altijd mijn ogen dicht
Een licht moet je tot in de eeuwigheid laten schijnen
ter herinnering aan je tijd van leven
Eens zien we elkaar weer
Eens zal ik ook van boven toekijken
Op mijn oudere dag leg in mij dankbaar neder
en doe voor altijd mijn ogen dicht
Op mijn oudere dag leg in mij dankbaar neder
en doe voor altijd mijn ogen dicht
https://lyricstranslate.com/nl/amoi-seg ... -weer.html
Eens zien we elkaar weer
Ons allen is de tijd van gaan vastberaden
Zoals een blad door de wind gedragen wordt
gaat het terug naar de oorsprong als kind
Wanneer het bloed in je aders bevriest
Wanneer je hart stopt met kloppen
en je heen vliegt naar de engelen
Heb dan geen angst
en laat je gewoon dragen
Omdat er wat is na het leven,
je zal het al zien
Eens zien we elkaar weer
Eens zal ik ook van boven toekijken
Op mijn oudere dag leg in mij dankbaar neder
en doe voor altijd mijn ogen dicht
Alles wat blijft is de herinnering
En langzaam wordt het je duidelijk,
dat niets meer is zoals het was
Dan moet de hoop op terugzien
mij de kracht in mijn hartslag leggen,
om verder te leven
Eens zien we elkaar weer
Eens zal ik ook van boven toekijken
Op mijn oudere dag leg in mij dankbaar neder
en doe voor altijd mijn ogen dicht
Een licht moet je tot in de eeuwigheid laten schijnen
ter herinnering aan je tijd van leven
Eens zien we elkaar weer
Eens zal ik ook van boven toekijken
Op mijn oudere dag leg in mij dankbaar neder
en doe voor altijd mijn ogen dicht
Op mijn oudere dag leg in mij dankbaar neder
en doe voor altijd mijn ogen dicht
zondag 17 maart 2019 om 17:39
Ik kan hier serieus een traan om laten elke keer dat ik het hoor.Parelsnoer schreef: ↑17-03-2019 17:20Yes!
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You, you may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you will join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You, you may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you will join us
And the world will live as one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOgFZfRVaww
John Lennon "Imagine" 1971
Universele liefde, een schitterende droom.
Net als Billy Joel 's" Goodnight Saigon "
zondag 17 maart 2019 om 17:44
+1. 1 van de beste/mooiste nummers ooit.DG2015 schreef: ↑17-03-2019 17:36Oh yeah!
In France, a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name
By chance his girlfriend came across a needle and soon she did the same
At home there are seventeen-year-old boys and their idea of fun
Is being in a gang called 'The Disciples'
High on crack and totin' a machine gun
Time
Times
Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling of a church and killed everyone inside
You turn on the telly and every other story is tellin' you somebody died
A sister killed her baby 'cause she couldn't afford to feed it
And yet we're sending people to the moon
In September, my cousin tried reefer for the very first time
Now he's doing horse, it's June, unh
Times
Times
It's silly, no?
When a rocket ship explodes and everybody still wants to fly
But some say a man ain't happy unless a man truly dies
Oh why?
Time
Time
Baby make a speech, Star Wars fly
Neighbors just shine it on
But if a night falls and a bomb falls
Will anybody see the dawn?
Time, mm
Times
Is it silly, no?
When a rocket blows and, and everybody still wants to fly
Some say man ain't happy truly until a man truly dies
Oh why, oh why?
Sign o' the times, unh
Time
Time
Sign o' the times mess with your mind
Hurry before it's too late
Let's fall in love, get married, have a baby
We'll call him Nate
If it's a boy
Time
Times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EdxM72EZ94
zondag 17 maart 2019 om 17:47
Talking Heads- Listening Wind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aCJbeyW7as
Mojique sees his village from a nearby hill
Mojique thinks of days before Americans came
He sees the foreigners in growing numbers
He sees the foreigners in fancy houses
He thinks of days that he can still remember...now.
Mojique holds a package in his quivering hands
Mojique sends the package to the American man
Softly he glides along the streets and alleys
Up comes the wind that makes them run for cover
He feels the time is surely now or never...more.
The wind in my heart
The wind in my heart
The dust in my head
The dust in my head
The wind in my heart
The wind in my heart
(Come to)
Drive them away
Drive them away.
Mojique buys equipment in the market place
Mojique plants devices in the free trade zone
He feels the wind is lifting up his people
He calls the wind to guide him on his mission
He knows his friend the wind is always standing...by.
Mojique smells the wind that comes from far away
Mojique waits for news in a quiet place
He feels the presence of the wind around him
He feels the power of the past behind him
He has the knowledge of the wind to guide him...on.
The wind in my heart
The wind in my heart
The dust in my head
The dust in my head
The wind in my heart
The wind in my heart
(Come to)
Drive them away
Drive them away.
Mojique sees his village from a nearby hill
Mojique thinks of days before Americans came
He sees the foreigners in growing numbers
He sees the foreigners in fancy houses
He thinks of days that he can still remember...now.
Mojique holds a package in his quivering hands
Mojique sends the package to the American man
Softly he glides along the streets and alleys
Up comes the wind that makes them run for cover
He feels the time is surely now or never...more.
The wind in my heart
The wind in my heart
The dust in my head
The dust in my head
The wind in my heart
The wind in my heart
(Come to)
Drive them away
Drive them away.
Mojique buys equipment in the market place
Mojique plants devices in the free trade zone
He feels the wind is lifting up his people
He calls the wind to guide him on his mission
He knows his friend the wind is always standing...by.
Mojique smells the wind that comes from far away
Mojique waits for news in a quiet place
He feels the presence of the wind around him
He feels the power of the past behind him
He has the knowledge of the wind to guide him...on.
The wind in my heart
The wind in my heart
The dust in my head
The dust in my head
The wind in my heart
The wind in my heart
(Come to)
Drive them away
Drive them away.
nounou
zondag 17 maart 2019 om 17:53
Er is een versie op youtube van een live-optreden ter ere van Billy Joël, waarbij er halverwege een heel stel veteranen het podium op komen en meezingen. Kippevel!Ana_Isabel** schreef: ↑17-03-2019 17:39Ik kan hier serieus een traan om laten elke keer dat ik het hoor.
Net als Billy Joel 's" Goodnight Saigon "
I was born in the sign of water, and it's there that I feel my best
zondag 17 maart 2019 om 18:33
Parelsnoer schreef: ↑17-03-2019 18:12Van mij ook!
Love song van Prince met Madonna is ook een van mijn vele favorieten.
Deze mag ook niet ontbreken : 'The message' (
) van Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, het begin van de hiphop, toen het nog ergens over ging. Geen juweeltje van tekst maar wel een erg pakkend nummer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PobrSpMwKk4It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
Broken glass everywhere
People pissin' on the stairs, you know they just don't care
I can't take the smell, can't take the noise
Got no money to move out, I guess I got no choice
Rats in the front room, roaches in the back
Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat
I tried to get away but I couldn't get far
'Cause a man with a tow truck repossessed my car
Don't push me 'cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to lose my head
It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
Standin' on the front stoop hangin' out the window
Watchin' all the cars go by, roarin' as the breezes blow
Crazy lady, livin' in a bag
Eatin' outta garbage pails, used to be a fag hag
Said she'll dance the tango, skip the light fandango
A Zircon princess seemed to lost her senses
Down at the peep show watchin' all the creeps
So she can tell her stories to the girls back home
She went to the city and got so so seditty
She had to get a pimp, she couldn't make it on her own
Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to lose my head
It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
My brother's doin' bad, stole my mother's TV
Says she watches too much, it's just not healthy
All My Children in the daytime, Dallas at night
Can't even see the game or the Sugar Ray fight
The bill collectors, they ring my phone
And scare my wife when I'm not home
Got a bum education, double-digit inflation
Can't take the train to the job, there's a strike at the station
Neon King Kong standin' on my back
Can't stop to turn around, broke my sacroiliac
A mid-range migraine, cancered membrane
Sometimes I think I'm goin' insane
I swear I might hijack a plane!
Don't push me 'cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to lose my head
It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
A child is born with no state of mind
Blind to the ways of mankind
God is smilin' on you but he's frownin' too
Because only God knows what you'll go through
You'll grow in the ghetto livin' second-rate
And your eyes will sing a song called deep hate
The places you play and where you stay
Looks like one great big alleyway
You'll admire all the number-book takers
Thugs, pimps and pushers and the big money-makers
Drivin' big cars, spendin' twenties and tens
And you'll wanna grow up to be just like them, huh
Smugglers, scramblers, burglars, gamblers
Pickpocket peddlers, even panhandlers
You say I'm cool, huh, I'm no fool
But then you wind up droppin' outta high school
Now you're unemployed, all non-void
Walkin' round like you're Pretty Boy Floyd
Turned stick-up kid, but look what you done did
Got sent up for a eight-year bid
Now your manhood is took and you're a Maytag
Spend the next two years as a undercover fag
Bein' used and abused to serve like hell
Til one day, you was found hung dead in the cell
It was plain to see that your life was lost
You was cold and your body swung back and forth
But now your eyes sing the sad, sad song
Of how you lived so fast and died so young so
Don't push me 'cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to lose my head
It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
nounou
zondag 17 maart 2019 om 18:37
zondag 17 maart 2019 om 19:07
Serieus pas gisteren ontdekt en staat op repeat
, vet strakke track, nice!
zondag 17 maart 2019 om 20:48
They say boys don't cry
But your dad has shed a lot of tears
They say I should be a strong man
But baby, I'm still filled with fear
Sometimes I don't know who I am
Sometimes I question why I'm here
I just wanna be a good dad
Will I be I have no idea
They say girls shouldn't be tough
And moms should raise their kids at home
But baby, I know that that isn't true
'Cause your momma's the toughest person I know
I wanna raise you to be like her
And watch you show the world how to do it on your own
I'm still tryna figure out who I am
I don't wanna mess this up or do this wrong
I'm gonna be there for your first breath
I don't know if I'll be there for your first step
I can promise you that I'll try to work less
But the tour's routed, and I got this album
Put in so many hours, and I just want the outcome
To be something that I can look back and I can be proud of
Don't wanna be a dad that's living in FaceTime
But I've got a world to sing to and you at the same time
I won't spoil you, you can trust that
For your sweet sixteen, you get a bus pass
Had your heart broken, been there, done that
I love you and I can't give you enough of that
Get back to community that raised you up
Read Langston Hughes, I suggest A Raisin in the Sun
Listen to Sam Cooke, a change gon' come
You put the work in, don't worry about the praise, my love
Don't try to change the world, find something that you love
And do it every day
Do that for the rest of your life
And eventually, the world will change
I'll be patient, one more month
You'll wrap your fingers round my thumb
Times are changing, I know, but who am I if
I'm the person you become
If I'm still growing up, up, up, up
I'm still growing up, up, up, up
I'm still growing up
I recommend that you read The Alchemist
Listen to your teachers, but cheat in calculus
Tell the truth, regardless of the consequence
And every day, give your momma a compliment
Take your girl to the prom
But don't get too drunk hanging out the limo
Slow dance with your woman in your arms
Sneak her in after but boy, you better tiptoe
Don't wake your mom up, do yoga, learn 'bout karma
Find God, but leave the dogma
The quickest way to happiness learning to be selfless
Ask more questions, talk about yourself less
Study David Bowie, James Baldwin and 2Pac
Watch the sun set with best friends from a rooftop
Wear a helmet, don't be stupid, jaywalk, but look before you do it
If it snows, go outside, build a jump, get some help
Get a sled, thrash the hill with your friends, 'til it melts
Go to festivals, camp, fall in love and dance
You're only young once, my loved one, this is your chance
Take risks, 'cause life moves so fast
You're only young once, my loved one, this is your chance
I'll be patient, one more month
You'll wrap your fingers round my thumb
Times are changing, I know, but who am I
If I'm the person you become
If I'm still growing up, up, up, up
I'm still growing up, up, up, up
I'll be patient, one more month
You'll wrap your fingers round my thumb
Times are changing, I know, but who am I
If I'm the person you become
If I'm still growing up, still growing up, still growing up
If I'm still growing up, still growing up, still growing up
If I'm still growing up
I'm still growing up, ooh
I'm still growing up
I'm still growing up
But your dad has shed a lot of tears
They say I should be a strong man
But baby, I'm still filled with fear
Sometimes I don't know who I am
Sometimes I question why I'm here
I just wanna be a good dad
Will I be I have no idea
They say girls shouldn't be tough
And moms should raise their kids at home
But baby, I know that that isn't true
'Cause your momma's the toughest person I know
I wanna raise you to be like her
And watch you show the world how to do it on your own
I'm still tryna figure out who I am
I don't wanna mess this up or do this wrong
I'm gonna be there for your first breath
I don't know if I'll be there for your first step
I can promise you that I'll try to work less
But the tour's routed, and I got this album
Put in so many hours, and I just want the outcome
To be something that I can look back and I can be proud of
Don't wanna be a dad that's living in FaceTime
But I've got a world to sing to and you at the same time
I won't spoil you, you can trust that
For your sweet sixteen, you get a bus pass
Had your heart broken, been there, done that
I love you and I can't give you enough of that
Get back to community that raised you up
Read Langston Hughes, I suggest A Raisin in the Sun
Listen to Sam Cooke, a change gon' come
You put the work in, don't worry about the praise, my love
Don't try to change the world, find something that you love
And do it every day
Do that for the rest of your life
And eventually, the world will change
I'll be patient, one more month
You'll wrap your fingers round my thumb
Times are changing, I know, but who am I if
I'm the person you become
If I'm still growing up, up, up, up
I'm still growing up, up, up, up
I'm still growing up
I recommend that you read The Alchemist
Listen to your teachers, but cheat in calculus
Tell the truth, regardless of the consequence
And every day, give your momma a compliment
Take your girl to the prom
But don't get too drunk hanging out the limo
Slow dance with your woman in your arms
Sneak her in after but boy, you better tiptoe
Don't wake your mom up, do yoga, learn 'bout karma
Find God, but leave the dogma
The quickest way to happiness learning to be selfless
Ask more questions, talk about yourself less
Study David Bowie, James Baldwin and 2Pac
Watch the sun set with best friends from a rooftop
Wear a helmet, don't be stupid, jaywalk, but look before you do it
If it snows, go outside, build a jump, get some help
Get a sled, thrash the hill with your friends, 'til it melts
Go to festivals, camp, fall in love and dance
You're only young once, my loved one, this is your chance
Take risks, 'cause life moves so fast
You're only young once, my loved one, this is your chance
I'll be patient, one more month
You'll wrap your fingers round my thumb
Times are changing, I know, but who am I
If I'm the person you become
If I'm still growing up, up, up, up
I'm still growing up, up, up, up
I'll be patient, one more month
You'll wrap your fingers round my thumb
Times are changing, I know, but who am I
If I'm the person you become
If I'm still growing up, still growing up, still growing up
If I'm still growing up, still growing up, still growing up
If I'm still growing up
I'm still growing up, ooh
I'm still growing up
I'm still growing up
You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, but there will always be someone who hates peaches.
