Loose Ends (Album Version|Edited)-Sergio Mendes

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[ar:Sergio Mendes]
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[00:19.55]Dear Mom
[00:20.41]Alana's in her second trimester
[00:21.86]Stressed out
[00:22.97]'Cause I'm gone she acting all extra
[00:24.98]We're happy cause she knows it's a girl
[00:26.85]But we doubtful if we should bring another one in the world
[00:29.41]An' the pic you sent with you and the kids is da bomb;
[00:31.71]I'm keepin all my photos in my 23rd Psalm
[00:34.21]My best friend Armani lost her arm at the border
[00:36.70]Just tryin to restore a little peace and order an'
[00:39.76]It's strange cause she reads the koran
[00:41.51]Torn between what side she needs to be on
[00:43.88]Haven't slept for days
[00:44.94]I squeeze Visine
[00:46.26]Cause no man's eyes should see what I've seen
[00:48.81]Soldiers lost their mind
[00:50.25]Robbin pillagin
[00:51.43]Tomahawk missiles into civilian villages
[00:54.05]And they ease the pain with narcotics
[00:55.98]I'm scared but I'm tryin to remain patriotic
[00:58.30]My father
[00:59.23]
[01:00.98]Forgive us cause we know not what we doin
[01:03.36]
[01:07.84]And my brothers
[01:08.39]
[01:10.71]How we gonna tie up all these loose ends
[01:13.39]
[01:17.52]And my mother
[01:18.14]
[01:19.57]Tryin to use ev'rything you taught me to keep it movin'
[01:23.00]
[01:27.19]And my brothers & sisters
[01:28.80]
[01:29.93]How we gonna tie up all these loose ends
[01:32.93]
[01:36.31]New message from mom at
[01:38.18]Bringbackthetroopsdot-com:At
[01:39.92]Home they 'Nam
[01:41.73]So sad you had to miss Shavonne's prom
[01:44.42]Just some songs off the Marvin Gaye Whats going on album
[01:46.47]And her smile lit up the room
[01:49.22]She asks me
[01:50.03]If at night when she stares at the moon
[01:51.79]Is it possible at the same moment of time
[01:54.21]You're starin' as well 'cause you two were in tune
[01:56.52]Your dad's Purple Heart now hangs over his ashes
[01:59.02]An' Trini's alive and wake up with hot flashes
[02:01.70]They say the disease's gastric --
[02:03.77]
[02:04.34]Have yet to explain the migraines and rashes
[02:06.77]And have you seen what the price of gas is
[02:09.39]We can't afford the property taxes
[02:11.02]
[02:11.85]We just want you back at home
[02:13.40]Where you belong with your family
[02:14.83]You're the backbone
[02:15.89]My father
[02:16.46]
[02:18.33]Forgive us 'cause we know not what we doin'
[02:20.76]
[02:25.32]And my brothers
[02:25.94]
[02:28.25]How we gonn tie up all these loose ends
[02:30.88]
[02:35.11]And my mother
[02:35.67]
[02:37.11]Tryin to use ev'rything you taught me to keep it movin'
[02:40.73]
[02:44.78]And my brothers & sisters
[02:46.29]
[02:47.40]How we gonna tie up all these loose ends
[02:49.45]
[02:54.32]Tell me how can we live this way
[02:57.31]We've gone so far astray
[02:59.69]No one knows what to say
[03:01.72]
[03:04.02]We got young peoples lives at stake
[03:07.02]What is it gonna take
[03:09.27]For us to find a way
[03:12.14]
[03:14.19]The world is changin
[03:15.19]We in danger
[03:16.44]'Cause We ain't changin
[03:17.69]Our behaviour
[03:18.88]We behave like
[03:20.20]Calm is nothing
[03:21.44]Ain't concerned with
[03:22.62]Repercussions
[03:23.87]Ain't that somethin
[03:25.05]Check 'em out now
[03:26.30]Pointin fingers
[03:27.37]When they know how
[03:28.68]We got to this point of terror
[03:31.05]Precaution could have
[03:32.29]Made the road clearer
[03:33.48]But we stuck with
[03:34.66]Mediocre leadership
[03:35.97]
[03:37.04]So we'll just suffer
[03:38.29]Who knows what the
[03:39.54]Hell is going on
[03:40.71]With conflicts they keep on growing
[03:43.21]It's a f**ked up situation
[03:45.59]When you ain't got no education
[03:47.90]On the problem
[03:49.15]Or know what its about
[03:50.52]
[03:51.14]You gotta help me out