Me'Shell Ndegeocello

Hot Night
"I was a member of the communist partyI'm not a member of the communist party, anymoreBut I consider myself very much a socialistSo we'll get to that later"Let's go"One of the reasons why the war in vietnam was able to happen as long as it did Was because this - of this fear of communismAnd people pointed to the vietnamese as their enemyAs if somehow or anotherIf the country defeated the communist enemy in vietnamThings were gonna be okay at home."But it's a hot nightLet's talk about the sign of the times Politics And the plight of the revolutionary soul singer It's a hot night Head down to the club For the pina coladas without the alcohol And let's talk about the world y'all Can you pick me up? You know I hate driving in the evil city SongtexteAnd baby read my mind, hit la caridad So I can get some coffee And we can get our talk on Seems I got caught up in this romanticized idea of revolution With saviors, prophets and heroes But in the silence of my prayers I had a vision of my hatred Dissolving into grains of sand Realized That to the universe That's all I really am Just a grain of sand I know I get caught up in all that spiritual shit But there ain't much to hold onto We all living in a world built upon Rape, starvation, greed, need, fascist regimes White man, rich man democracy Suffer in the world trade paradise Hear me nowBut it's a hot nightLet's talk about the sign of the times Yeah Politics And the plight of the revolutionary soul singer Word up Come on It's a hot night Head down to the club for the pina coladas without the alcohol Let's go And let's talk about the world y'all "And Nike has a factory in ho chi minh city"Let me be the first to say thisFuck the first bitch That ever asks me to buy her some dumb shit Come on Niggers be fightingFor Jordan's they can't afford Bought in a store Costing more than a hundred, yeah Capitalism got em trapped in a vision That ya love to watch way more than a sunset Ah I feed my babies with music I tell the truth But now I'm a target in they market, Ain't that a summer bitch? It's an urgent emergency Courtesy of the counterinsurgency Trying to murder me Yeah And now it's on, and ah It's 'cause I verbally hurdle all their absurdities Accurate rhyme poem and ISurvive the storm and ah Certainly words can be weapons If people heard me they thinking they godThat they decide what's right and wrong They live in a bubble I live for the struggle After the fightWe home on a hot nightMy woman is nice and warm but ahIt's a hot nightYeah Let's talk about the sign of the times Politics Ah And the plight of the revolutionary soul singer Come on It's a hot night Head down to the club for the Pina Coladas without the alcohol And let's talk about the world y'all Let's do it, come on Join the party, fist in the airEverybody for the Revolutionary soul singer Side to sideThird eye on the prizeWe'll take a ride with the Revolutionary soul singer Give the seeds what they need to breath and proceed It's the revolutionary Soul singer Word up, yeah y'allWe prepared y'all, no fear y'all Come on It's a shame the way we all run around Blind to the facts, yeah It's a shame the way we all run around 'Cause you blind, baby Blind to the facts, ah Yeah It's a shame the way we all run around 'Cause you blind, baby Blind to the facts, yeah It's a shame the way we all run around 'Cause you blind, baby Blind to the facts of who you are Yeah But it's a hot nightAh Let's talk about the sign of the times Politics And the plight of the revolutionary soul singer Come on It's a hot night Head down to the club for the pina coladas without the alcohol And let's talk about the world y'all Let's do itSoul singer Soul singer "And now of course, that the welfare system has been disestablishedAnd there are no jobs, so to speak For for women who are told, that if they don't workThey can only get welfare for a certain period Of time and then they have to find a jobNow they haven't had the opportunity to go to an institution like thisThey may not have the skills. Where are they going to find a job?And if they have children, how are they going to pay for childcare,In order to guarantee the conditions which will allow them to work?" Aus Songtexte Mania