[00:22.234] These distraught thoughts of a single mother in a homeless shelter
[00:25.487] About pain and heartache, ain't nothing you can tell her
[00:28.170] The case worker says that she should find a job
[00:30.637] But does this worker know what kind of jobs that there are?
[00:33.607] Degrading things like cleaning up people's vomit
[00:36.278] For a little bit of dough, and plus your brain gets nothing from it
[00:39.070] I'm smarter than that this girl thinks to herself
[00:41.529] I'm worth more than that, she thinks to herself
[00:44.265] She pours a drink for herself while she stares out the window
[00:47.157] This guy says he got work for her, maybe she should go to him yo
[00:50.398] The money's good, and plus he'll dress her up nice
[00:52.768] She left her baby's daddy cuz he beat her up twice
[00:55.518] She don't really like ***
[00:56.954] But she hates welfare checks
[00:58.545] And where there's money, that's where she thinks there's respect
[01:01.283] And what's this girl's purpose? Will she self-destruct?
[01:04.143] When this sisters about to go down, who's there to help her up?
[01:06.903] Qui prendra soin de moi, quand dans mon coeur il fait trop froid
[01:09.981] Quand dans la nuit je traîne ma peine;
[01:12.538] Dans l'indifférence générale, je taille ma route
[01:17.933] Qui prendra soin de moi, quand je serai au plus bas
[01:21.184] Qui me dira lève la tête
[01:23.694] Tu vaux mieux que ça. Who’s there? Who’s there ?
[01:29.341] These distraught thoughts of a young man in a rooming house
[01:32.005] This messed up life, this poverty, he could do without
[01:34.891] But what options does he have when all hope is gone?
[01:37.719] A brother gotta eat, plus all the Henny and all the smoke is gone
[01:40.605] All it takes is one quick stick
[01:42.973] Gotta fill his belly now, which vic should he pick?
[01:45.696] He does his dirt all by his lonely, forget his homies
[01:48.374] He doesn't fell like splitting any loot, them suckas be acting phony
[01:51.782] So much potential but all gone to waste
[01:54.168] Now he lurks in night, with a loaded gun on his waist
[01:57.010] Too late for this lost soul, his life's in a chokehold
[02:00.567] Mentality is weak, and doing crime is all he knows
[02:03.520] Never caring who he hurts, as long as he's taking money
[02:05.842] Forget an education, and legal ways of making money
[02:08.549] And what's this kid's purpose? Will he self-destruct?
[02:11.076] When a brother's about to go down, who's there to help him up?
[02:13.940] Qui prendra soin de moi, quand dans mon coeur il fait trop froid
[02:16.870] Quand dans la nuit je traîne ma peine;
[02:19.495] Dans l'indifférence générale, je taille ma route
[02:24.988] Qui prendra soin de moi, quand je serai au plus bas
[02:28.143] Qui me dira lève la tête
[02:30.408] Tu vaux mieux que ça. Who’s there? Who’s there ?
[02:36.384] Who's there for my people on the streets? (Who's there? Who's there?)
[02:39.076] Who's there for my people who got nothing to eat? (Who's there? Who's there?)
[02:41.766] They build more prisons, and close down schools
[02:44.322] Who's there to teach the children the golden rules?(Who's there? Who's there?)
[02:47.519] Who's there for my people in the streets?(Who's there? Who's there?)
[02:50.112] Who's there for my people who got nothing to eat?(Who's there? Who's there?)
[02:52.983] They break our family, neglect the elderly
[02:55.634] Who's there to bring a cure? Where's the remedy?(Who's there? Who's there?)
[02:58.612] Qui prendra soin de moi..
[03:04.181] Who's there？Who's there? Who's there?
[03:10.039] [Chorus - Les Nubians]