歌手:Janelle Monáe
专辑:《Metropolis: The Chase Suite》

Left the city my momma she said don't come back home
These kids round' killin each other they lost they minds they gone
They quittin' school making babies and can barely read
Some gone off to their fall lord have mercy on them
One two three four your cousins is round' here sellin' ****
While they're daddies your uncle is walking round' strung out
Babies with babies and their tears keep burning while their dreams go down the drain now

Are we really living or just walking dead now
Or dreaming of a hope riding the wings of angels
The way we live
The way we die
What a tragedy I'm so terrified
Day dreamers please wake up we can't sleep no more
Love don't make no sense ask your neighbor
The winds have changed; it seems they have abandoned us
The truth hurts and so does yesterday
What good is love if it burns bright and explodes in flames
(I thought every little thing had love but uhh)
Are we really living or just walking dead now
Or dreaming of a hope riding the wings of angels
The way we live
The way we die
What a tragedy I'm so terrified
Day dreamers please wake up we can't sleep no more
I've seen them shootin' up funerals in they Sunday clothes
Spending money on spinners but won't pay college loans
And all you gangers and bangers rollin' dice and taking lives in a smokey dark
Lord have mercy on you
Teacher teacher please reach those girls in them videos
The little girls just broken Queen confusing bling for soul
Danger there's danger when you take off your clothes all your dreams go down the drain girl
Are we really living or just walking dead now
Or dreaming of a hope riding the wings of angels
The way we live
The way we die
What a tragedy I'm so terrified
Day dreamers please wake up we can't sleep no more

We live and then we die and we never know the right
So now now were gone now on your mark
We live and then we die and we never touch the sky
So now now were gone now on your mark
Five seven eight two one
It is now time for you to come home my dear
You've been gone long enough

You must come you must go