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I asked my mother, "Why do you cry?" She said, "Your brother, he just died" Well, I told him not to go outside He said he had to fight for his country´s right But don´t you know that mo-mother Don´t you know that we can´t stop the violence, no Because the war is not over Until you can feel love, peace an´ hear silence But I smell gunpowder My brother´s been dead ever since I didn´t believe it, but when I saw him I was convinced Two shots to the head, he was already dead, Lord I headed for revenge in the city of Port-au-Prince Screamin´, "Bro-brother" Don´t you know that we can´t stop the violence, no Because the war is not over Until you can feel love, peace an´ hear silence
But I smell gunpowder Zion´s gunpowder, L.A.´s gunpowder I wanna know why Christians pray for a new day We don´t need no, we don´t need no, we don´t need no But it´s still the same way I wanna know why Ghetto people pray for a new day Hey, hey, hey An´ it´s still the same way But the preacher man told me "Good things come to those who wait" Do good things come to those who wait? I wanna know tell me Good thing come to those who wait Do good things come to those who wait? We wanna know, we wanna know, we wanna know
Pe-people Don´t you know that we can´t stop the violence, no Because the war is not over Until you can feel love, peace, an´ hear the silence But I smell gunpowder Brooklyn´s gunpowder, Shaolin´s gunpowder Uptown´s gunpowder, Jersey´s gunpowder Even in New Zealand´s gunpowder Australia´s gunpowder, Brixton´s gunpowder Even in New Haven´s gunpowder The Carnival, anything can happen [Incomprehensible] Rest in peace, rest in peace