Rememba Lyrics - Nile - Patrice

This city ain't for the livin' 

It is for the dead 

And this place ain't for the givin' 

It's for the ones that take 

Nine to five twenty four seven 

Everyday's the same 

Don't want to die this way 

I want to fly away 

The meter ah run 

And soon we gotta pay 

There's a traffic jam 

On the fast lane 

If I could I woulda run 

But I'm too far away 

Mystery Babylon get off my brain 

You're callin' this freedom 

Tru you no see no chains 

Look what I've become 

A stranger to myself 

I can't think straight 

Let me hear you if you feel the same 

[Chorus:] 

Gotta rememba 

The dreams we used to have 

Gotta rememba 

Things used to be so simple then 

Gotta rememba 

Rememba and learn 

And never surrender (never surrender) 

This is my life my only turn 

When you meet the King of Kings 

Will it matter then? 

All your diamond rings 

Will they matter then? 

When we get an inch 

We take a mile my friend 

Tell me what are you respected for? 

You think you got a lot of game (yau) 

Nuff people once were black 

And now them no black again 

Reachin' out to all the rude boys 

And the shotter them 

Reachin' out to all the good girls 

And the hooker them 

From those that push afros 

Down to the red neck cracker them 

From the highest of uptown 

Down to the gutter them 

From those that love black music 

Down to the rocker them 

(He tried to kill my daddy?) 

Not again! 

[Chorus:]