[00:00.00] 作词 : Stanley Bryan Robinson
[00:00.00] 作曲 : Marcus D. Marino
[00:00.00] He was the oldest of 3,
[00:37.83]Lil' sis and a little brother.
[00:39.60]Same old song, raise by a single mother.
[00:42.09]His schoolin' is third rate.
[00:43.68]Only in second but he should be in 3rd grade.
[00:46.29]Or was it 4th? Can't remember it escapes me.
[00:48.63]Didn't have a clue that his little life was crazy.
[00:51.48]All I knew, was in class
[00:52.83]He would spaz!
[00:53.61]Could sit for a minute.
[00:54.96]Throw a fit before ya' finish.
[00:56.46]Wanted the best for him
[00:57.75]And I was tough on him
[00:59.04]Until my boss told me the deal.
[01:00.63]His momma worked hard!
[01:01.92]Scooped the kids straight from her job
[01:03.96]And would black out soon as they got home.
[01:06.18]No spouse.
[01:06.93]He was the little man of the house.
[01:08.73]Fix'em dinner and put'em to bed  on his own.
[01:11.25]How?
[01:11.82]So in school, when he would act wild,
[01:13.92]It's because it's the only  he had to be a child.
[01:16.68]Wow.
[01:18.78]Boy... with... no...
[01:26.34]Name
[01:34.50]I once knew this youngin, I forget was his name was.
[01:37.29]He was a lil' playa,
[01:38.43]Some say a trouble maker,
[01:39.78]'Cause he would act a fool.
[01:41.19]Came to see me  after school.
[01:42.81]Said, he wanna change.
[01:44.10]Told him that it's never out of range,
[01:45.81]Long as you ain't scared to work for it.
[01:47.46]Fast forward,
[01:48.45]He was in a gang fight
[01:49.92]Over something petty, it ain't right.
[01:51.78]But  he came clean when he came to me.
[01:53.97]So I tried to get his folks to let him stay with me
[01:56.61]At the center.
[01:57.45]Said I could work with'em, help to prevent a
[02:00.03]Situation like this from happening again. But,
[02:02.52]His stepdad wasn't trying to hear me at all.
[02:04.92]He was fed up and said that it was the last straw.
[02:07.47]Tried to check up on'em they would  return my call.
[02:10.02]What's that about?!
[02:11.16]When we spoke, man, we had it out.
[02:13.08]'Cause they told me that they him committed.
[02:15.21]Hurt me to my soul, man, I have to admit it. Damn.
[02:31.26]It  feels like the world's against you.
[02:40.35]And I can't imagine the hell you been through.
[02:42.57]When they put you down,
[02:44.13]Don't give up!
[02:45.09]If they knock you down,
[02:46.41]Then you gotta get up, get up!
[02:48.45]I struggle to remember your name,
[02:50.34]But just know I never will forget your pain!
[02:52.77]When they put you down,
[02:54.27]Don't give up!
[02:55.29]If they knock you down,
[02:56.58]Then you gotta get up, get up, get up...
[02:59.46]Ain't too many days I meet...
[03:01.29]A young man, that's born with  HIV.
[03:03.60]I was there speaking on diversity  and poetry.
[03:06.81]But, you seemed to be more into art.
[03:09.06]Asked you to write what you felt, didn't know where to start.
[03:12.09]So, you chose to draw from the heart.
[03:14.01]You were a young man in the body of a child.
[03:16.53]Who wouldn't let a disease  rob you of your smile.
[03:19.17]Nowadays, that type of courage is rare.
[03:21.39]The words that you hear
[03:22.29]Can never compare...
[03:23.37]To the struggle you face, day in and day out.
[03:26.31]Every single day, pray-in' for a way out!
[03:29.07]See there's one too many youth like the 3  I spoke on.
[03:31.92]No one cuttin' slack but fightin' to hold on.
[03:34.59]Maintain youngin's in these troublin' times.
[03:36.93]And I care because your struggle is mine. One love!