THE ROOTS – DON’T FEEL RIGHT

Lyrics

(feat. Maimouna Youssef)
[Chorus]
It don't feel right, it don't feel right
It don't feel, it don't feel, I can't feel it no more
It don't feel right, it don't feel right
It don't feel, it don't feel, I don't feel it no more
Things don't feel right over here
Lately I ain't been seein' clear
It don't feel right, it don't feel right
It don't feel, it don't feel, I can't feel it no more
It don't feel right, it don't feel right
It don't feel, it don't feel, I can't feel it no more
Seems to me nowadays things have changed
I don't know if I feel the same
[Verse 1-Black Thought]
Yo, in the land of the unseen hand, and hold trouble
Theorize your game, it's difficult to roll a double
The struggle ain't right up in your face, it's more subtle
But it's still comin' across like the bridge and tunnel vision
I try to school these bucks, but they don't wanna listen
That's the reason the system makin' its paper from the prison
And that's the reason we livin' where they don't wanna visit
Where the dope slang and keep swayin' like Sonny Liston
The money missin' and there's mouths to feed
Yet the brain kickin', thinkin' of a thousand things
Remember back in the days, when the kitchen had eggs
And pancakes, chicken and greens and Kool Aid
When the ‘fridgerator naked then the cupboard is bare
People got to strip naked, stick ‘em up in the air
Was it lies when they told you wasn't nothin' to fear
Somethin' don't feel right out here, nahmsayin'? Check it out
[Chorus]
It don't feel right, it don't feel right
It don't feel, it don't feel, I can't feel it no more
It don't feel right, it don't feel right
It don't feel, it don't feel, I don't feel it no more
Things don't feel right over here
Lately I ain't been seein' clear
It don't feel right, it don't feel right
It don't feel, it don't feel, I can't feel it no more
It don't feel right, it don't feel right
It don't feel, it don't feel, I can't feel it no more
Seems to me nowadays things have changed
I don't know if I feel the same
[Verse 2-Black Thought]
Look, my eyes open ‘cause I'm really a watchman
And when inviting me thoughts, I'm really unboxin'
My main adversary in this silly concoction
Freeze your face like bosilium toxin
If you ain't tryin' to get popped, then give me a option
Helicopters choppin' from Philly to Compton
The Jones, the Richardsons, the Smiths and the Johnson's
If you ain't sayin' nothin', you the system's accomplice
It should play with your conscience, do away with the nonsense
I'm overseeing anything within my circumference
This ain't a press junket, I ain't seekin' responses
I stand where the people got the heat in they pocket
You mesmerized by the calm nonchalant-ness
I spit a dart, rub on some John Hitchcock shit
If you ain't speakin' your life, your rhyme's adopted
If it don't feel right, then stop it, you nahmsayin'?
[Chorus]
It don't feel right, it don't feel right
It don't feel, it don't feel, I can't feel it no more
It don't feel right, it don't feel right
It don't feel, it don't feel, I don't feel it no more
Things don't feel right over here
Lately I ain't been seein' clear
It don't feel right, it don't feel right
It don't feel, it don't feel, I can't feel it no more
It don't feel right, it don't feel right
It don't feel, it don't feel, I can't feel it no more
Seems to me nowadays things have changed
I don't know if I feel the same
[Verse 3-Black Thought]
Yo, children workin', weapon producin'
Natural disaster got the planet in a panic yo
We all gots to make that livin'
Sex, drugs, murder, politics and religion
Forms of hustlin', watch who you put all your trust in
Worldwide, we coincide with who sufferin'
Who never had shit and ain't got nothin'
But most strugglin', and make you wanna run up in the ma' fuckin'
Hot zone for a piece of the cake back
I can't work for it, I can certainly take that
I'm fired up, thinkin' about the payback, except
You fuck around and be a enemy of the state, black
Ill, but that'd be too real for TV
It's crazy when you too real to be free
If you ain't got no paper then steal this CD
Listen man, I'll let you know how it feel to be me, it don't feel
[Chorus]
It don't feel right, it don't feel right
It don't feel, it don't feel, I can't feel it no more
It don't feel right, it don't feel right
It don't feel, it don't feel, I don't feel it no more
Things don't feel right over here
Lately I ain't been seein' clear
It don't feel right, it don't feel right
It don't feel, it don't feel, I can't feel it no more
It don't feel right, it don't feel right
It don't feel, it don't feel, I can't feel it no more
Seems to me nowadays things have changed
I don't know if I feel the same

Paroles (Traduction)

(avec Maimouna Youssef)
[Refrain]
Ça ne semble pas juste, ça ne semble pas juste
Ça ne se ressent pas, ça ne se ressent pas, je ne le ressens plus
Ça ne semble pas juste, ça ne semble pas juste
Ça ne se ressent pas, ça ne se ressent pas, je ne le ressens plus
Les choses ne vont pas bien ici
Dernièrement, je ne vois plus clair
Ça ne semble pas juste, ça ne semble pas juste
Ça ne se ressent pas, ça ne se ressent pas, je ne le ressens plus
Ça ne semble pas juste, ça ne semble pas juste
Ça ne se ressent pas, ça ne se ressent pas, je ne le ressens plus
Il semble que de nos jours les choses ont changé
Je ne sais pas si je ressens la même chose
[Couplet 1 - Black Thought]
Yo, dans le pays de la main invisible, et des ennuis
Théoriser ton jeu, il est difficile de lancer un double
La lutte n'est pas juste en face de toi, c'est plus subtil
Mais ça passe quand même comme la vision du pont et du tunnel
J'essaie d'instruire ces gars, mais ils ne veulent pas écouter
C'est la raison pour laquelle le système tire son argent des prisons
Et c'est la raison pour laquelle nous vivons là où ils ne veulent pas visiter
Où la drogue circule et continue de s'étendre comme Sonny Liston
L'argent manque et il y a des bouches à nourrir
Pourtant, le cerveau fonctionne, pensant à mille choses
Souviens-toi du temps où la cuisine avait des œufs
Et des pancakes, du poulet et des légumes verts et du Kool Aid
Quand le frigo était vide et le placard était vide
Les gens devaient se déshabiller, les mains en l'air
Étaient-ce des mensonges quand ils t'ont dit qu'il n'y avait rien à craindre
Quelque chose ne va pas bien ici, tu vois ce que je veux dire ? Regarde ça

Thématique La musique

Style Hip-hop

Keywords Philadelphie, Rap alternatif

Entités normées Black Thought, Questlove, The Roots