Why We Speak

[Intro: Esperanza Spalding]

L'eau

Terre

Feu

Air

[Verse 1: Esperanza Spalding]

Coeur de l'eau

Coeur de terre

Ils s'étouffent dans votre papier cadeau

I cut the bow and remember

Vous n'avez jamais eu la liberté de donner

C'est dans l'esprit de la terre

Ce qui n'a pas de prix

N'a pas de prix

[Pre-Chorus: Esperanza Spalding]

Tout est durci maintenant

Qui peut même encore pleurer

We got a long way left to burn

But it's easier when you know water is alive in you

Nous sommes réveillés maintenant

It's love alive (Une cuisse a la porte)

Et l'arbre de vie

Et l'œuf cosmique

Et le sang de la terre

[Chorus: Esperanza Spalding]

Se souvenir

Se souvenir

While we speak the English

Se souvenir

While we speak the French

Se souvenir

While we speak the Spanish

Se souvenir

And bargain with the vendors

Se souvenir

Not to sell our souls

Se souvenir

In between, remember how to speak

Out of my mouth before I had to say

Nobody ever asked us if we wanted it

[Verse 2: Esperanza Spalding]

Je me suis souvenu

Toutes les sept couleurs du ciel

Et c'est dans le cœur de mon ventre

[Pre-Chorus: Esperanza Spalding]

Tout est durci maintenant

Qui peut même encore pleurer

We got a long way left to go, but it's easier when you know water is alive in you

Nous sommes réveillés maintenant

It's love alive (Une cuisse a la porte)

Et l'arbre de vie

Et L'œuf cosmique

Et le sang de la Terre

[Bridge: Q-Tip]

Sometimes in life when you go too far

The truth will bring you to who you are

Sometimes in life when you go too far

The truth will bring you to who you are

Sometimes in life when you go too far

The truth will bring you to who you are

Sometimes in life when you go too far

The truth will bring you to who you are

[Verse 3: Q-Tip]

Life can bring you down when you're living in it

These circles and cycles go round though you even spin it

But you stoppin it when your shoulder is a reminder

To not bring yourself in the ground, to yourself be kinder

Sometimes I drive right past by truth even in the rear view

Driving aimlessly around with nowhere to steer to

She ain't distributing the vibes like an abstract poet

But if somebody ask who you are, well, you better know it, better know it, better know it

[Chorus: Esperanza Spalding]

Se souvenir

Se souvenir

While we speak the English

Se souvenir

While we speak the French

Se souvenir

While we speak the Spanish

Se souvenir

While we ah

Se souvenir

And bargain with the vendors

Not to sell our souls

In between, remember how to speak

L'eau

How we speak

Air

How she speaks

Out of my mouth before I had to say

Nobody ever asked us if we wanted it

Ah

Air

To remember after all their sage disaster are done

Se souvenir

Se souvenir

Se souvenir

How to cry

How to ground

How to burn

How to breath

Se souvenir

To remember after all their sage disaster are won

[Outro: Esperanza Spalding]

How to ground

How to burn

How to breath

Se souvenir

L'arbre de vie

L'œuf cosmique

Et le sang de la terre

Se souvenir

L'arbre de vie

L'œuf cosmique

Et le sang de la terre

We got a lot left to unlearn

But it's easier when you know water's alive in you

It's alive

L'arbre de vie

L'œuf cosmique

Et le sang

Coeur de l'eau

Coeur de terre

Se souvenir