listening to the pain...

do these words decribe how pain feels, the desperation? it exists somewhere between the words and the screen, between the words and the listener's ears, between the word and paper, between the speaker's brain, heart, and mouth. ignore the words and listen to the pain...

Heard 'Em Say (Kanye West)

And I heard 'em say,
"Nothing's ever promised tomorrow today."
From the Chi, like Tim its a Harda-way,
So this is in the name of love, like Robert say,
Before y'all ask me to go get a job today,
Can I at least get a raise on the minimum wage?
And I know the government administered AIDS,
So I guess we just pray like the minister say,
Allahu Akbar and throw em some hot cars,
Things we see on the screen is not ours,
But these niggas from the hood so these dreams not far,
Where I'm from, the dope boys is the rock stars,
But they can't cop cars without seein' cop cars,
I guess they want us all behind bars.
I know it.

And I heard 'em say, nothing's ever promised tommorow today.
And I heard 'em say, nothing's ever promised tommorow today.
Nothing's ever promised tommorow today.
But we'll find a way
And nothing lasts forever but be honest babe,
It hurts but it may be the only way.

They say people in your life are seasons,
And anything that happen is for a reason,
And niggas gun clappin and keep to squeezin',
And Gran keep prayin' and keep believin',
In Jesus and one day that she'll see him,
Till then walk in his footsteps and try to be him,
The devil is alive I feel him breathin',
Claimin' money is the key so keep on dreamin',
And put those lottery tickets just to tease us,
My aunt Pam can't put them cigarettes down,
So now my lil' cousin smokin them cigarettes now,
His job try to claim that he too niggerish now,
Is it 'cause his skin blacker than licorice now?
I can't figure it out...
I'm sticking it out....

Uh, And I heard 'em say, nothing's ever promised tommorow today.
And I heard 'em say, nothing's ever promised tommorow today.
Nothing's ever promised tommorow today.
But we'll find a way
And nothing lasts forever but be honest babe,
It hurts but it may be the only way.

With every worthless word we get more far away,
And nothing's ever promised tommorow today,
And nothing lasts forever but be honest babe,
It hurts but it may be the only way.