No, we can’t rewind, life ain’t no time machine やり直すことはできない、タイムマシーンじゃないから
[Verse 1]
Fear of what’s in the mirror, yeah
So much to be afraid of
Scared of what we’re?made?of
And what we?might be
Young life flies out the?window, yeah
It’s not the time that changed us
It’s the dreams that we weren’t chasing
Come back to haunt us eventually
[Pre-Chorus]
That’s why every morning, after dawning
Tell ya darling something is calling
Drive me crazy, I just can’t explain it
[Chorus]
Go out of your mind (Out of your mind, out of your mind, out of your mind)
Go out of your mind (Out of your mind, out of your mind)
[Post-Chorus]
No, we can’t rewind, life ain’t no time machine
But once you free your mind, there’s beauty in everything
[Pre-Chorus]
That’s why every morning, after dawning
Tell ya darling something is calling
Drive me crazy, I just can’t explain it
ここで育ち生活をしていたので、この現状を目の当たりに見る事によってできた歌と思われます。他にもスーパーウーマンやEmpire State of Mindなど、現状を打開し上を目指そうとする勇気をもらえる歌が多い。
[Verse 1]
She was walking in the street, looked up and noticed
He was?nameless,?he was homeless
She?asked him his name and told?him what hers was
He gave her a story ‘bout life
With a glint in his eye and a corner of a smile
One conversation, a simple moment
The things that change us if we notice
When we look up sometimes
[Pre-Chorus]
They said I would never make it
But I was built to break the mold
The only dream that I’ve been chasing is my own
[Chorus]
So I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop
Single mothers waiting on a check to come
Young teachers, student doctors
Sons on the front line knowing they don’t get to run
This goes out to the underdog
Keep on keeping at what you love
You’ll find that someday soon enough
You will rise up, rise up, yeah
[Verse 2]
She’s riding in a taxi back to the kitchen
Talking to the driver ‘bout his wife and his children
On the run from a country where they put you in prison
For being a woman and speaking your mind
She looked in his eyes in the mirror and he smiled
One conversation, a single moment
The things that change us if we notice
When we look up sometimes
[Pre-Chorus]
They said I would never make it
But I was built to break the mold
The only dream that I’ve been chasing is my own
[Chorus]
So I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop
Single mothers waiting on a check to come
Young teachers, student doctors
Sons on the front line knowing they don’t get to run
This goes out to the underdog
Keep on keeping at what you love
You’ll find that someday soon enough
[Bridge]
Everybody rise up
You gonna rise up, ayy
[Chorus]
So I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop
Single mothers waiting on a check to come (Say you’re gonna make it)
Young teachers, student doctors (Yeah)
Sons on the front line knowing they don’t get to run
This goes out to the underdog
Keep on keeping at what you love
You’ll find that someday soon enough
You will rise up, rise up, yeah
[Verse 1]
I just want you close
Where you can stay forever
You can be sure
That it will only get better
[Pre-Chorus]
You and me together
Through the days and nights
I don’t worry ‘cause
Everything’s going to be alright
People keep talking, they can say what they like
But all I know is everything’s gonna be alright
[Chorus]
No one, no one, no one
Can get in the way of what I’m feelin’
No one, no one, no one
Can get in the way of what I feel for you, you, you
Can get in the way of what I feel for you
[Verse 2]
When the rain is pouring down
And my heart is hurting
You will always be around
This, I know for certain
[Pre-Chorus]
You and me together
Through the days and nights
I don’t worry ‘cause
Everything’s going to be alright
People keep talking, they can say what they like
But all I know is everything’s gonna be alright
[Chorus]
No one, no one, no one
Can get in the way of what I’m feelin’
No one, no one, no one
Can get in the way of what I feel for you, you, you
Can get in the way of what I feel
[Bridge]
I know some people search the world
To find something like what we have
I know people will try, try to divide, something so real
So ‘til the end of time, I’m telling you there ain’t no one
[Chorus]
No one, no one
Can get in the way of what I’m feelin’
No one, no one, no one
Can get in the way of what I feel for you
そんな気持ちにさせてくれるこの歌「Empire State of Mind」タイムズ・スクエアーで行われたライブはまさに圧巻です。
「LIVE in Times Square」
[Intro]
Ooooh, New York
Ooooh, New York
[Verse 1]
Grew up in a town that is famous as a place of movie scenes
Noise is always loud, there are sirens all around and the streets are mean
If I can make it here, I can make it anywhere, that’s what they say
Seein’ my face in lights or my name in marquees found down on Broadway
[Hook 1]
Even if it ain’t all it seems, I got a pocketful of dreams
Baby, I’m from New York
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There’s nothin’ you can’t do
Now you’re in New York
These streets will make you feel brand-new
Big lights will inspire you
Hear it for New York, New York, New York
[Verse 2]
On the avenue, there ain’t ever a curfew, ladies work so hard
Such a meltin’ pot, on the corner sellin’ rock, preachers pray to God
Hail a gypsy cab, takes me down from Harlem to the Brooklyn Bridge
Someone sleeps tonight with a hunger far more than an empty fridge
[Hook 2]
I’ma make it by any means, I got a pocketful of dreams
Baby, I’m from New York
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There’s nothin’ you can’t do
Now you’re in New York
These streets will make you feel brand-new
Big lights will inspire you
Hear it for New York, New York, New York
[Bridge]
One hand in the air for the big city
Street lights, big dreams, all lookin’ pretty
No place in the world that can compare
Put your lighters in the air, everybody say
“Yeah, yeah! Yeah, yeah!”
[Hook 3]
In New York
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There’s nothin’ you can’t do
Now you’re in New York
These streets will make you feel brand-new
Big lights will inspire you
Hear it for New York