Donda Lyrics in English Kanye West
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Donda by Kanye West from German to English.
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There can never really be justice on stolen land
There can never really be justice on stolen land
Are you really for peace and equality?
Are you really for peace and equality?
Or when my car is hooked up know you wanna follow me
Or when my car is hooked up know you wanna follow me
Your laws are minimal
Your laws are minimal
'Cause you won't even think about looking at the real criminal
'Cause you won't even think about looking at the real criminal
This has got to cease
This has got to cease
'Cause we be getting hype to the sound of the police
'Cause we're getting hype to the sound of the police
Now here's one little truth, open your eye
Now here's one little truth, open your eyes
While you're checking out the boombox
While you're checking out the boombox
Check out the exercise, take the word overseer
Check out the exercise, take the word supervisor
Like a sample, repeat it very quickly in a crew for example
Like a sample, repeat it very quickly in a crew for example
Overseer, overseer, overseer, overseer
Overseer, overseer, overseer, overseer
Officer, officer, officer, officer, yeah
Officer, officer, officer, officer, yeah
Officer from overseer
Officer from overseer
You need a little clarity? Check out the similarity
Do you need a little clarity? Check out the similarity
The overseer rode around the plantation
The overseer clears around the plantation
The officer is off patrolling all the nation
The officer is off patrolling all the nation
The overseer could stop you from what you're doing
The overseer could stop you from what you're doing
The officer will pull you over just when he's pursuing
The officer will pull you over just when he's pursuing
The overseer had the right to get ill
The overseer had the right to get ill
And if you fought back he had the right to kill
And if you fought back he had the right to kill
The officer had the right to arrest
The officer had the right to arrest
And if you fight back, he'll put a whole in your chest, woop
And if you fight back, he'll put a whole in your chest, woop
They both ride horses
They both ride horses
'After four hundred years', says KRS-One
'After four hundred years', says KRS-One
'I have no choices'
'I have no choices'
Can I hear me a little bit louder?
Can I hear me a little bit louder?
They will overcome
They will overcome
The Devil is using you, confusing you
The Devil is using you, confusing you
Our job is to understand who is who
Our job is to understand who is who
Righteous indignation in this nation
Righteous indignation in this nation
We gon' start a revolution in this basement
We gon' start a revolution in this basement
And at the end of the day it's truly restless
And at the end of the day it's truly restless
Y'all had y'all statistics and all them goofy questions
Y'all had y'all statistics and all them goofy questions
Y'all had y'all fake leaders don't worry we got it
Y'all had y'all fake leaders don't worry we got it
And plus it's only twenty-one days to break a habit
And plus it's only twenty-one days to break a habit
Mama I need you to tuck me in
Mama I need you to tuck me in
I done made some mistakes and they rubbed it in
I made some mistakes and they rubbed it in
I know you and grandma had enough of them
I know you and grandma had enough of them
Why I gotta be so stubborn then?
Why I gotta be so stubborn then?
I'm doin' this one for y'all
I'm doin' this one for y'all
So we can end racism once and for all
So we can end racism once and for all
How many prisons they gon' make?
How many prisons they gon' make?
Watch the safe, one hand wash the other
Watch the safe, one hand wash the other
Both hands wash the face
Both hands wash the face
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