(Music Video version)
L'union fait la force
Yeah!
R.I.P. Jimmy-O!
From the ashes we shall rise!
Fuhn Fuh!
Young Cliff!
To my country of Haiti!
(Original Version)*
Why you wanna shoot up your school today?*
Why you wanna shoot up your school today?*
Think about it, think about it*
Think think think about it, think about it*
Hey!*
(Chorus)
Hold On, be strong
No matter what you're going through
You know it's going to be okay(Okay!)
Today Even when the earth quakes
Yeah!
Verse 1: Wyclef Jean
Like I said on BET, from the Hut, to the projects To the Mansion
So you got no excuse stop blaming the recession
Go Hard!
If you a single mom raising babies on your own*
this one for you play it as loud as you want*
And for Haiti send a text on your phone
Y-E-L-E 5-0-1-5-0-1
Every block, every school, gang initiation,
For the world to make it a better place,
Like Michael Jackson
we don't wanna see another ending up dead,
shout out trying to talk to them teenagers
with the RPGs going
On to our Navy Seals and
I would tell them that there's a better way
There's gotta be a better way!
(Chorus)
We gotta hold on, be strong
I know that you don't think that I can read your palms
But I see the dawn(The Dawn!)
Beyond(Ahhhhhhh..!)
Knowing I can see the sunlight!
(Bridge)
And if the rain comes down!
It ain't nothing but a blessed day today!
The Sun will shine!
I feel the rain dry!
Verse 2(Hook): Mavado
To all my thugs that gone
Memories live on
I guess
See you at the crossroads
So many cry when we die and they wonder if we're in the sky
See you at the crossroads
I see you in my dream
But not that crime scene, but don't worry
See at the crossroads
Remember we're still a team
And I know you can hear me now
See you at the crossroads!
(Chorus)
There's gotta be a better way!(better way...!)
Verse 3: Wyclef Jean
She wanna know how long I been playing(And so she wants to know)
As long as my mama she been praying(as long as Mama)
She bought me a guitar at Eleven(She bought me a guitar!)
She ain't want me to use the MAC-11(Warrior Call)
So when I said that he was gone 'till November(when I said)
I knew that he would be back in November(I knew)
Cause I could've been the one in the bank
With a shank,
With a pump, and a ski mask
My bank is the stage
And my 12-gauge's the backup
(Chorus)
We gotta find a better way! And if the rain comes down! It ain't nothing but a blessed day today! The Sun will shine! I feel the rain dry!
L'union fait la force
Yeah!
R.I.P. Jimmy-O!
From the ashes we shall rise!
Fuhn Fuh!
Young Cliff!
To my country of Haiti!
(Original Version)*
Why you wanna shoot up your school today?*
Why you wanna shoot up your school today?*
Think about it, think about it*
Think think think about it, think about it*
Hey!*
(Chorus)
Hold On, be strong
No matter what you're going through
You know it's going to be okay(Okay!)
Today Even when the earth quakes
Yeah!
Verse 1: Wyclef Jean
Like I said on BET, from the Hut, to the projects To the Mansion
So you got no excuse stop blaming the recession
Go Hard!
If you a single mom raising babies on your own*
this one for you play it as loud as you want*
And for Haiti send a text on your phone
Y-E-L-E 5-0-1-5-0-1
Every block, every school, gang initiation,
For the world to make it a better place,
Like Michael Jackson
we don't wanna see another ending up dead,
shout out trying to talk to them teenagers
with the RPGs going
On to our Navy Seals and
I would tell them that there's a better way
There's gotta be a better way!
(Chorus)
We gotta hold on, be strong
I know that you don't think that I can read your palms
But I see the dawn(The Dawn!)
Beyond(Ahhhhhhh..!)
Knowing I can see the sunlight!
(Bridge)
And if the rain comes down!
It ain't nothing but a blessed day today!
The Sun will shine!
I feel the rain dry!
Verse 2(Hook): Mavado
To all my thugs that gone
Memories live on
I guess
See you at the crossroads
So many cry when we die and they wonder if we're in the sky
See you at the crossroads
I see you in my dream
But not that crime scene, but don't worry
See at the crossroads
Remember we're still a team
And I know you can hear me now
See you at the crossroads!
(Chorus)
There's gotta be a better way!(better way...!)
Verse 3: Wyclef Jean
She wanna know how long I been playing(And so she wants to know)
As long as my mama she been praying(as long as Mama)
She bought me a guitar at Eleven(She bought me a guitar!)
She ain't want me to use the MAC-11(Warrior Call)
So when I said that he was gone 'till November(when I said)
I knew that he would be back in November(I knew)
Cause I could've been the one in the bank
With a shank,
With a pump, and a ski mask
My bank is the stage
And my 12-gauge's the backup
(Chorus)
We gotta find a better way! And if the rain comes down! It ain't nothing but a blessed day today! The Sun will shine! I feel the rain dry!