The Answer

Dream on, dream on Stop, saying again it's old and I be told Try to help the child that's only four years old Why? Why would sit back and relax And watch them kids bump off the track How? How can you sit on the side line and watch it go down You, you need to make someone feel really proud Rhythm is the key, can't you see, Just don't do it for the ? I, I was the boy in the little picture, Always asking questions But never getting really good answers So I screamed out loud, I said please give up the answers Give up the answers, they need the answers So people asked me how was life for me Crawling out in a dark pretty city It was scary, but life was good, see, in my neighborhood In my neighborhood, in my neighborhood, in my neighborhood It's all coming back to me now, see when I was growing up There was a lot of people raising me I didn't know what the time But I listened to everything I heard, every man every woman Every teacher, every preacher, yes I listened to If you gonna do the same things, oh yes you do Oh, months in the slums look all around you, Help somebody find a way, oh yeah We gotta show 'em the way, do it today, show 'em the way Show them the way, Don't let them find out the hard way Show them the way. --- The Answer - Raphael Saadiq