Gunpowder Songtext

von Wyclef Jean

I asked my mother why do you cry?
She said your brother had, he just died
Well, I told him not to go outside
Said, he said he had to fight for his country's rights
But don't you know that Mo-MOTHER!
Don't you know that we can't just stop the violence
NO..because the war is not over
Until you can feel love, peace, and hear silence
But I smell gunpowder
My brother's been dead ever since
I didn't beleive 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' here bro-BROTHER!
Don't you know that we can't just stop the violence
NO..because the war is not over
Until you can feel love, peace, and hear silence
But I smell gunpowder
Zaire's gunporder
L.A's gunpowder
I wanna know why
Gentle people pray from day to day
But it's still the same wayI wanna know why
Gentle people pray from day to day
But it's still the same way
But the preacher man told me
Good things come to those who wait
The good things come to those who wait
I wanna know, tell me
Good things come to those who wait
The good things come to those who wait
We wanna now
Pe-PEOPLE!
Don't you know that we can't just stop the violence
NO..because the war is not over
Until you can feel love, peace, and hear 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 Brixxton's gunpowder
Even in New Haven's gunpowder
The Carnival....anything can happen