Tales Of (Wo)men

[Intro: Akua Naru]
Yeah, we're gonna take this one all—all around the world, y’all
Yeah, yeah
This ione—this one right here goes out to all my people
Wherever you are, uh

[Chorus: Akua Naru]
To my people stuck in poverty, uh
All around the world, yeah
To my people who be sufferin', uh
This for you, y'all
To my people who be fatherless
You’re just like me, ay
To my people who be sufferin'
My ghetto children

[Verse 1: Akua Naru]
Yo, they say that time tells the tales of men
The clock ticks as I dwell within where the self begins
My school of thought start expellin' friends
Till I'm a— yo, I'm alone again, on the poem again
A Love Jones in the cold of winter, lecture new
Move to Cologne for him, my heart and soul for him
I figure love is like a journey when
You lose yourself to find your home again, and yo, the road is thin
Let's travel my path, a long battle
Teenage parents and drug addicts, gangster rap, love ballads
Green tea and thug passion, the plight is enough
Passive [?] like say somethin', see what happen
Another portrait of the [?]
Hard stares, fingers snappin', raw and wasted talent
Handcuffs urban fashion
I suppose it’s off balance and it must be
Where you at y’all? Hey

[Chorus: Akua Naru]
To my people stuck in poverty, uh
All around the world, yeah, that's right, uh
To my people who be sufferin’, uh
This for you, hey
To my people who be fatherless
Uh-huh, yeah, uh
To my people who be sufferin'
Uh, my ghetto children
Look

[Verse 2: Akua Naru]
I was in Beijing carrying the burden of [?]
Had to put it down to dissect, overstand it
The antics of life and livin' could damage the [?]
So I stay strict and keep my name balanced like I'm Robin Givens
Scottie Pippen status [?] Malcolm
Been the dreams deferred, we know all about ’em
So found 'em, renaissanced on the streets of Harlem
North Philly, Hussein, that modern day Sodom
Phone call with a sister that I known since college
Talkin' that old waitin', that exhale garbage
The problem we forget with how we play a part in
How we attract [?] maintain the nonsense
Regardless, had to climb inside, search the gardens, uh
Astonished to find I was lookin' for a father
A elder sat me down, stripped me of my armor
Said you'll only find his private parts
He'll never have half his heart
Uh, and he will never have half his heart
And he could never have half his heart
And he will never have
Said he will never have half his heart

[Chorus: Akua Naru]
To my people stuck in poverty, uh
All around the world, yeah, uh
To my people who be sufferin', uh
This for you, y'all, uh
To my people who be fatherless
Uh-huh, that's right, uh
To my people who be strugglin', strugglin'
Hey, my ghetto children, uh
And for all my people stuck in poverty, uh
All around the world, yeah, uh
To my people who be sufferin', uh-huh, damn uh
To my people who be motherless, uh, that's right, mm
To my people who be sufferin'
For all my people, uh, to all my people, y'all

[Bridge: Akua Naru]
From Lagos to Cape Coast
San Juan to LA
Caracas, Kinshasa, uh
And all around the world, uh
From Brooklyn to Kingston
From Illadelph' to Paris
Bangkok to Berlin, uh
And all around the world

[Outro: Akua Naru]
Rock!
Hey
Uh
Uh
Y'all better play the horns y'all
Hey
They say that time tells the tales of men, come on!
All right, okay
Uh, hey
They say that time tells the tales of men, yeah
Uh