Sometimes i mean you should just leave it to god
coz in one way or the other
we all puppets in this game
itand's like
lifeand's a loom and the threads are the days
and only god decides when to cut them
even though the job is unfinished
weand're all by his mercy
[rap verse 1 (waqas)]
You know i can recall when pops left home
he used to write us twice a year
we didnand't have phone
i grew up on my own
my mama cried often
i mean he didnand't even show up when she passed away
she had a heart attack and'cause they said
he got married again
cut all ties with us and'cause he had
a new family and friends
so i was expected to step up and be a man
quit school, got a job, you know
just be there for my family
you see iand'm nothing like my pops
i see my woman twice a year
and one day iand'll bring her and my kid up here
you see that picture there
thatand's our wedding she was 21
ainand't she pretty and my first born was a son
and now sheand's pregnant again
thank you
and if itand's a girl iand'll name her
fatima, give her the world
you see my friend, life is a loom
so you keep smiling like me
oh is this where you get of?
50 bugs please
[chorus]
Life is a loom
threads are the days
god decides when to cut them
even though the work ainand't done
[rap verse 2 (lenny)]
Vamos! gente vamos pronto
esta lleno el aeropuerto
todo esta difuso
tengo un sentimiento incierto
es el dia de su regreso
ha estado encarcelado
tiene un temperamento!
y atencion yo no le he dado
tuvo unos problemas
nadie me ha contado
nunca supe yo que mis palabras
le han faltado
ahora si se la importancia de ser padre
el mio para mi fue un cobarde
pero eso es punto aparte
lo primero sera un abrazo
una lagrima, coraje y alegria
un grito muy oculto
remordimiento y agonia
[translation]
Come on! people hurry up
the airport itand's replete
everything is diffuse
i get an uncertain feeling
today itand's the day of his return
heand's been in prison
he gets a bad temperament
and i didnand't give him attention
got himself into some problems
and nobody ever told me
i did never knew that my advices were missing
now i know the importance of a father
my father to me he was a coward
but thatand's another story
the first thing will be a hug
a tear, madness and joy
a hidden scream
remorse and agony
[chorus]
[rap verse 3 (isam)]
Shu!!!
i ainand't going for the american dream
itand's too fucking far
canand't swim across the atlantic
too many sharks
put me down for the euro instead
i will walk the mediterranean
and andquot;que pasa?!andquot; in spain
donand't give me that weird look hombre
i got my passport
name chris, born swiss, in 1944 sport
ainand't no telling whut iand'll do
just to get up north
iand'm tired of watching them young guns
coming home building them floors
rolling fast cars, but why?
on our streets thereand's no asphalt!
iand'm stuck here, stressed trying to open this door
theyand'd be cashmoney, bling-bling
in front of my boys
playa hating? ya damn right
i hate these moand'fuckers
act like their livesand' like glamour and shit
flash their visa
while my city struggle like gaza
i dream too about looking nice
when i cross the border
and come back on a sunny day and tell my mamma: andquot;i told ya!andquot;
who said anything about illegal gots to be dirty
affirmative action, next year;
a wife and a mansion
[ending]
Believe in the moment and you
will be here with me
here with me
if god is willing
