When you look at others, you should recognize that they are a reflection of yourself. You look at your brother man you gotta see yourself We need to value life and stop losing people over trivial matters. Yo, we gotta start respectin life more why'all Lauryn Hill’s inclusion at the end evokes sadness in the track and showcases how both parties felt about their unborn child. The song shows that Common and Hill are advocating for respect for human life, both of the unborn child and any human life that might be taken away, more especially by guns. Furthermore, he realizes that guns are not the solution to problems, and his actions were entirely immoral. For him, abortion was a significant loss, and he believes that his child would have done much more than just depend on him for financial support. Lauryn Hill provides both an interlude and outro, stating how she thought that her partner was here to stay, and she didn't think that he would leave in summer.Ĭommon's words show how pressured men can feel in their decision-making when their partner receives an unwanted pregnancy, even though women are primarily affected. He regrets not being mentally, spiritually, and financially ready to have a child and did not want to raise his child outside of the family structure. The lyrics show that Common believed that abortion was morally wrong and thought that he was responsible for taking the life of his child when his partner terminated her pregnancy. The song "Retrospect for Life" by Common and Lauryn Hill is essentially about the ethical dilemma of abortion, and both artists take turns to detail their personal feelings and judgments regarding the process. Oh I, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer You said you would be here when, it rained Oh I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer So quit smoking the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy You say your period hasn't came, and lately I've been sleepy I had a book of African names, case our minds changed Though his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame Not have a judge telling me how and when to raise my seed So I can, discipline my son with my writing If you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run fromīut I'm walking, finding myself in my God We gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one I wouldn't chose any other to mother my understandingīut I want our Parenthood to come from Planning It's too many black women that can say they mothers We talking spending the rest of our lives Thinking we all in love 'cause we can spend a day together Or is it that we don't trust each other enoughĪnd believe, having this child'll make us have to stay togetherĭon't I want you in my life cause you have made it better Is this unprotected love or safe to say it's lustīusting, more than the sweat in somebody you trust Happy deep down but not joyed enough to have itīut even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it Through our trials and tribulations, child's eliminationĪn integration of thoughts I feel about the situation You had our child in you, I probably never feel what you feltīut you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are Seeing you as a present and a gift in itself You said you would be here when it rained I'ma use self control instead of birth control To think my homies who did it I used to joke about, from now on Must have really thought I was God to take the life of my son Nerve I got to talk about them niggas with a gun Weekend visits and buying J's ain't gon' make me a fatherįor a while bearing a child is something I never wanted to doįor me to live forever I can only do that through you I don't want to, go through the drama of having a baby's momma Plus I wanted you to be raised within a family Having a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me I'm sorry for taking your first breath, first step, and first cryīut I wasn't prepared mentally nor financially To someone, my life for you I would of had to leave You would've been much more than a mouth to feedīut someone, I would of fed this information I read I look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girlīut she and I agree, a seed we don't need The start of something, I'm not ready to bring into the world Subconsciously knowing the act I was a part of Knowing you the best part of life do I have the right to take yours
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