Lyrics Why We Speak (feat. Q-Tip & Esperanza Spalding) - Robert Glasper

L'eau
Terre
Feu
Air

Coeur de l'eau, coeur de terre
Ils s'étouffent dans votre papier cadeau, mmm
I cut the bow and remember
Vous n'avez jamais eu la liberté de donner
C'est dans l'esprit de la terre
Ce qui n'a pas de prix, n'a pas de prix
Tout est durci maintenant
Qui peut même encore pleurer

We got a long way left to burn
But it's easier when you know water is alive in you
(Nous sommes réveillés maintenant)
It's love alive (une cuisse a la porte)
Et l'arbre de vie, et l'œuf cosmique
Et le sang de la terre

Se souvenir
Se souvenir (while we speak the English)
Se souvenir (while we speak the French)
Se souvenir (while we speak the Spanish)
Se souvenir (and bargain with the vendors)
Se souvenir (not to sell our souls)
Se souvenir (in between, remember how to speak)
Out of my mouth before I had to say
Nobody ever asked us if we wanted it

Je me suis souvenu
Toutes les sept couleurs du ciel
Et c'est dans le cœur de mon ventre
Tout est durci maintenant
Qui peut même encore pleurer

We got a long way left to go
But it's easier when you know whatever's alive in you
(Nous sommes réveillés)
Oh, love alive (maintenant et puis en avant)
Et l'arbre de vie, et l'œuf cosmique
Et le sang de la terre

Sometimes in life when you go too far
The truth will bring you to who you are
Sometimes in life when you go too far
The truth will bring you to who you are
Sometimes in life when you go too far
The truth will bring you to who you are
Sometimes in life when you go too far
The truth will bring you to who you are

Life can bring you down when you're living in it
These circles and cycles go 'round, though you even spin it
But you stoppin it when your shoulder is a reminder
To not run yourself in the ground, to yourself be kinder
Sometimes I got real cast by truth even in the rear view
Driving aimlessly around with nowhere to stay to
She ain't the should be them, the vibes like an abstract poet
If somebody ask who you are, well, you better know it
Better know it, better know it

Se souvenir
Se souvenir (while we speak the English)
Se souvenir (while we speak the French)
Se souvenir (while we speak the Spanish)
Se souvenir (while we, ah)
Se souvenir (and bargain with the vendors)
Not to sell our souls
In between, remember how to speak (l'eau)
How we speak (air), how she speaks
Out of my mouth before I had to say
Nobody ever asked us if we wanted it, ah (air)

To remember after all their sage disaster are done (I remember after all their sage disaster are done)
Se souvenir
Se souvenir
Se souvenir
How to cry, how to ground
How to burn, how to breath
Se souvenir (to remember after all their sage disaster are won)

How to ground, how to burn, how to breath (se souvenir)
L'arbre de vie, l'œuf cosmique
Et le sang de la terre (se souvenir)
L'arbre de vie, l'œuf cosmique
Et le sang de la terre
We got a lot left to unlearn
But it's easier when you know water is alive in you
It's alive
L'arbre de vie, l'œuf cosmique
Et le sang

Coeur de l'eau, coeur de terre
Se souvenir