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