Ben Harper -> Fight For Your Mind
VOLTAR A "LETRAS BEN HARPER" VOLTAR A "LETRAS MUSICAIS" VOLTAR À PÁGINA PRINCIPAL
1 - Oppression
Oppression you prey on us when we sleep
oppression you chase after the tired the poor the weak
oppression you know you mean only harm
oppression you reach out with your long arm
But oppression I won't let you near me
oppression you shall learn to fear me
Oppression you seek population control
oppression to divide and to conquer is your goal
oppression I swear that hatred is your home
oppression you just won't leave bad enough alone
But oppression I won't let you near me
oppression you shall learn to fear me
Oppression I don't see how you sleep
oppression for your bleeding conscience I weep
oppression you may have the dollar on your side
but oppression from the gospel truth you cannot hide and
oppression I won't let you near me
oppression you shall learn to fear me
oppression I won't let you near me
oppression you shall learn to fear me
I believe in a few things
God the devil and love
cause I've looked up from the bottom
and I've stared down from above
I have faith in a few things
divinity and grace
but even whin I'm on my knees I know the devil prays
and you're working you way from the ground on down
I hate to say I love you
because it means that I will be with you forever
or will sadly say goodbye.
I love to say I hate you
because it means that I will live happily without you
or will sadly live a lie
and you're working your way from the ground on down
Life is short and if your lookin' for extension
with your time you had best do well,
cause there's good deeds and there is good intention
they're as far apart as heaven and hell
and your working your way from the ground on down
Yes indeed I'm alone again
and here come emptiness crashing in it's either love or hate
I can't find in between cause I've been with witches
and I have been with a queen
It wouldn't have worked out any way
so now it's just another lonely day
Wish there was something I could say
or do I can resist anything but the temptation from you
but I'd rather walk alone than chase you around
I'd rather fall myself than let you drag me down
It wouldn't have worked out any way so now
it's just another lonely day further along we just may
but it's just another lonely day
yesterday seems like a life ago cause the one I love today
I hardly know you I held so close in my hear oh dear
grow further from me with every fallen tear
It wouldn't have worked out any way so now
it's just another lonely day further along we just may
but for now it's just another lonely day
4 - Please Me Like You Want To
Don't do me any favours matter of fact
Why don't you do yourself a few?
Your presence ain't nobody's blessing I've got plenty
Of other things I could do.
Oh no, not another excuse your tired silly games
For me are just no use and now it's plain
For me to see you're with somebody that you don't want to be
So won't you please please me like you want to?
Not like you have to or won't you just go on
And leave me leaving me is the least that you could do
You could have spared me so much misery
And told me you just wanted a friend.
Believe me there is a difference when you mean it
And when you pretend
Or was I just you habit
Cause I know a habit is a hard thing to break,
But won't you spare me a little mercy
There’s only so much that I can take
But won't you please please me like you want to
Not like you have to or won't you just go on
And leave me leaving me is the least that you could do
You look like gold to me
And I'm not too blind to see you look like gold.
You make me wanna sing with all the joy you bring
You look like gold
Like the rays down from the sun
When a new day has just begun you look like gold
I've been fooled before
But I know now I've made the mistake in the past
But I know now the difference from gold and brass
But the kind of gold you wear
But the kind that can fell my care you look like gold.
Some shine when the day is new
But fade when the day is through but you look like gold
I've been wrong before
But now I know I've made mistakes in the past
But now I know the difference from gold and brass
You look like gold to me and I'm down on bending knees
You look like gold and I just want you to know
To me you mean so much more than all the gold
You look like gold
Let us burn one from end to end
And pass it over to me my friend burn it long,
We’ll burn it slow to light me up before I go
If you don't like my fire then don't come around
Cause I'm gonna burn one down
Yes I'm gonna burn one down
My choice is what I choose to do
And if I'm causing no harm it shouldn't bother you
Your choice is who you choose to bo
And if you're causin' no harm then you're alright with me
If you don't like my fire then don't come around
Cause I'm gonna burn one down
Yes I'm gonna burn one down
Herb the gift from the earth and what's from the earth
Is of the greatest worth
So before you knock it try it first
You'll see it's a blessing and not a curse
If you don't like my fire then don't come around
Cause I'm gonna burn one down yes I'm gonna burn one down
Excuse me Mr. do you have the time
Or are you so important that it stands still for you
Excuse me Mr. lend me your ear
Or are you not only blind but do you not hear
Excuse me Mr. isn't that you oil in the sea
And the pollution in the air Mr. whose could that be
Excuse me Mr. but I'm a mister too
And you're givin' Mr. a bad name Mr. like you
So I'm taking the Mr. from out in front of your name
Cause it's a Mr. like you that puts the rest of us to shame
It’s a Mr. like you that puts the rest of us to shame
And I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much
Excuse me Mr. take a look around
Mr. just look up and you will see it comin' down
Excuse me Mr. but I'm a mister too
And you're givin' Mr. a bad name Mr. like you
So I'm taking the Mr. from out in from of your name
Cause it's a Mr. like you that puts the rest of us to shame
It’s a Mr. like you that puts the rest of us to shame
And I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much
So Mr. when you're rattling
On heaven's gate let me tell you Mr. by this it is too late
Cause Mr. when you get there they don't ask how much you saved
All she'll want to know, Mr. Is what you gave
Excuse me Mr. but I'm a mister too
And you're givin' Mr. a bad name Mr. like you
So I'm taking the Mr. from out in front of your name
Cause it's a Mr. like you that puts the rest of us to shame
It’s a Mr. like you that puts the rest of us to shame
When the people lead
The leaders will have to follow
And all their alibis they will have to swallow
And it's you that has the authority
For the one who is right is the majority
When the people lead
People take the lead children you've got to take your lead
Or you shall be led astray
So as long as someone else controls your history
The truth shall remain just a mystery for you
Can lead a horse to the water
But you cannot make him drink
You can put a man through school
But you cannot make him think
When the people lead
People take the lead
Children you've got to take your lead
Or you shall be led astray
Watch them try to hide this world's imposition
But like disease that has come around from remission
When it seems as if it has left your person all the while
It has only worsened
When the people lead
People shall take the lead children you've got to take your lead
Or you shall be led astray
If you're gonna live
Then live it up and
If you're gonna give
Then give it up if
You’re gonna walk the earth
The walk it proud and
If you're gonna say the word
You got to way it loud
You got to fight for your mind
You got to fight for your mind
While you got the time
You got to fight for your mind
If you're gonna build a house
Make it a home
If you're gonna pull some weight
Pull your own
If you're gonna help
Reach out your hand
If you're getting up then take a stand
You got to fight for your mind
You got to fight for your mind
While you got the time
You got to fight for your mind
If you're gonna step
Step on in
If you're gonna finish
You got to begin
Don’t you fear what you don't know?
Just let that be your room to grow
You got to fight for your mind
You got to fight for your mind
While you got the time
You got to fight for your mind
Have you ever lost your way
have you ever feared another day
have ever misplaced your mind watching this world leave you behind
Won't you
won't you give
won't you give a man give a man a home
Have you ever worn thin
have you ever never known where to begin
have you ever lost your belief watching your faith turn to grief
Won't you
won't you give
won't you give a man give a man a home
In a world that is unwhole
you got to fight to keep your soul
some would rather give than receive
some would rather give up before they believe
Won't you
won't you give
won't you give a man give a man a home
Don't you get ahead of me?
And I won't leave you behind
If you get unhappy show me a sign.
There's no love like lost love
No pain like a broken heart there's
No love like you and me
And no loss likes us apart
Promises promises is only a word
And when softly spoken is never heard
And a heart is not stone and is fragile when alone
By my side
By my side
Won’t you be by my side?
By my side
By my side
Won’t you be by my side?
My care for you is from the ground up to the sky
It’s over under up above down below and to the side.
No use in pretending no use in saving face
My love is never ending you are my saving grace
By my side
By my side
Won’t you be by my side?
By my side
By my side
Won’t you be by my side?
It will make a weak man mighty
it will make a mighty man fall
it will fill your heart and hands
or leave you with nothing at all
it's the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame
it is love for hate and pride for shame
That's the power of the gospel
that's the power of the gospel
that's the power of the mighty power
that's the power of the gospel
Gospel on the water
gospel on the land
the gospel in every woman
the gospel in every man
gospel in the garden
gospel in the trees
the gospel that's inside of you
the gospel inside of me
That's the power of the gospel
that's the power of the gospel
that's the power of the mighty power
that's the power of the gospel
In the hour of the richness
in the hour of need for all of creation
comes from the gospel seed now you may leave tomorrow
and you may leave today
but you've got to have the gospel
when you start out on your way
That's the power of the gospel
that's the power of the gospel
that's the power of the mighty power
that's the power of the gospel
Listen mister brother sister family and friend
I fear with each day pass our time grows closer to the end.
Listen stranger passer by and those I never knew
There’s not one day that you are living has been promised to you
I am a God fearing man
I'm a God fearing man
I reach out for my God's hand
I'm a god fearing man
Listen mother sister brother relatives and kin
You want to know just where you're going
You got to know where you've been.
Tell me what gives one
The right to say their God is better
Than anybody else
Don’t we all have a right to find God for our self?
I am a God fearing man
I'm a God fearing man
I reach out for my God's hand
I'm a god fearing man
When I rise with the morning sun
I give thanks to my God for the gift of another one
And when my day is over and complete
I reach to my God to put me back on my feet
I am a God fearing man
I'm a God fearing man
I reach out for my God's hand
I'm a god fearing man
Tell me which road are you travelling?
Which road are you travelling on?
Tell me who you will turn to
When the light has gone
I hear somebody calling
I hear somebody calling to me
With so many roads to travel
There’s just one can set you free
There's just one road
One road to freedom
There’s just one road
One road to freedom
Just one
In my life I have been blessed
In my life I have been cursed
I have lived the best of times
I have suffered the worst
Do you know which road you're travelling?
Do you know where you want to be?
With so many roads to travel
There’s just one can set you free
There's just one road
One road to freedom
There’s just one road
One road to freedom
There’s just one road
One road to freedom
Just one
VOLTAR A "LETRAS BEN HARPER" VOLTAR A "LETRAS MUSICAIS" VOLTAR À PÁGINA PRINCIPAL