Dance or Die
Janelle Monáe"Dance or Die" is a song by Janelle Monáe, released in 2010 in the Pop genre. The song is 2:38 long and contains 67 lines and 598 words.
Lyrics
0:08Vision insight stronghold heartless ice cold mystery mastery solar battery
0:17Some will pull the gun because they want to be stars
0:19Snatching up your life into the blink of an eye
0:21And if you see your cloning on a street walking by
0:23Keep a running for your life cause only one will survive
0:25War is in the street and it's an eye for an eye
0:27Run on for your life or you can dance you can die
0:29She's praying in the sand like she's the last samurai
0:31It's a stick up stick up and a pick up pick up
0:33Telling lies and telling lies will put your face on fire
0:34Run and tell your friends to never dream never win
0:37Ghettos keep a crying out to streets full of zombies
0:38Kids are killing kids and then the kids join the army
0:40Rising and a waking yes sir here comes the sun
0:42March into the war and with the kick of the drum
0:44The wiser simians have got the bombs and the guns
0:46So you might as well keep dancing if you're not gonna run
0:50A long long way to find the one
0:51We'll keep on dancing till she comes
0:53These dreams are forever
0:54Oh these dreams are forever
0:56And if you wanna wake the sun
0:58Just keep on marching to the drums
1:00These dreams are forever
1:02Oh these dreams are forever
1:04Now I'm not saying it's better to bailar (Spanish for dance)
1:08You can pull the trigger or you can build you an ark
1:10My words are rather kind you keep them held in contempt
1:12Looking for a nine and then a droid you can tempt
1:14Zombie zombie zombie where do dreams come from
1:15A little bird is chirping and she's singing a song
1:17She's shaking em and waking em and giving em mas
1:19As the clock tick tocks and the bodies drop
1:20I'm gonna lay myself so far way down right in your chops
1:22Modern day example of the wolf vs flock
1:24Freedom necessary and it's by any means
1:25Frozen they were stolen all the kings and queens
1:27Sudanese and Congolese who put the roll in the rock
1:29From here to Sudan Metropolis to Iraw
1:32It's a minute to the dawn and yet the sun ain't back
1:34It's still a war in all the stress and yes freaks will dance or die
1:37A long long way to find the one
1:39We'll keep on dancing till she comes
1:40These dreams are forever
1:41Oh these dreams are forever
1:45And if you wanna wake the sun
1:46Just keep on marching to the drums
1:48These dreams are forever
1:50Oh these dreams are forever
1:54Angel blossom gunshot dodging dream bright beat
2:00Light breathe live help give focus trance wake up dance
2:09I'm praying for the man sitting without much time
2:10May he understand the clock will never rewind
2:11Wisen him and sharpen him and give him a motto
2:14Hate no more said he must hate no more
2:16You see the daylight comes into the kingdom
2:17But the kingdom's full of ignorant men
2:19Just keep rebelling away you gotta dream it away
2:22Because the weatherman on TV ain't creating the weather
2:25This man wants to see another jubilation
2:27And that man wants us in emancipation
2:28And then there is the man who wants a stronger nation
2:30You see we really got to and I think that we ought to
2:32Protect the mind from degradation
2:33Sow in the seeds of education
2:36They run from us are we that dangerous
2:38There's a war in all the streets and yes the freaks must dance or die
Vision insight stronghold heartless ice cold mystery mastery solar battery Some will pull the gun because they want to be stars Snatching up your life into the blink of an eye And if you see your cloning on a street walking by Keep a running for your life cause only one will survive War is in the street and it's an eye for an eye Run on for your life or you can dance you can die She's praying in the sand like she's the last samurai It's a stick up stick up and a pick up pick up Telling lies and telling lies will put your face on fire Run and tell your friends to never dream never win Ghettos keep a crying out to streets full of zombies Kids are killing kids and then the kids join the army Rising and a waking yes sir here comes the sun March into the war and with the kick of the drum The wiser simians have got the bombs and the guns So you might as well keep dancing if you're not gonna run A long long way to find the one We'll keep on dancing till she comes These dreams are forever Oh these dreams are forever And if you wanna wake the sun Just keep on marching to the drums These dreams are forever Oh these dreams are forever Now I'm not saying it's better to bailar (Spanish for dance) You can pull the trigger or you can build you an ark My words are rather kind you keep them held in contempt Looking for a nine and then a droid you can tempt Zombie zombie zombie where do dreams come from A little bird is chirping and she's singing a song She's shaking em and waking em and giving em mas As the clock tick tocks and the bodies drop I'm gonna lay myself so far way down right in your chops Modern day example of the wolf vs flock Freedom necessary and it's by any means Frozen they were stolen all the kings and queens Sudanese and Congolese who put the roll in the rock From here to Sudan Metropolis to Iraw It's a minute to the dawn and yet the sun ain't back It's still a war in all the stress and yes freaks will dance or die A long long way to find the one We'll keep on dancing till she comes These dreams are forever Oh these dreams are forever And if you wanna wake the sun Just keep on marching to the drums These dreams are forever Oh these dreams are forever Angel blossom gunshot dodging dream bright beat Light breathe live help give focus trance wake up dance I'm praying for the man sitting without much time May he understand the clock will never rewind Wisen him and sharpen him and give him a motto Hate no more said he must hate no more You see the daylight comes into the kingdom But the kingdom's full of ignorant men Just keep rebelling away you gotta dream it away Because the weatherman on TV ain't creating the weather This man wants to see another jubilation And that man wants us in emancipation And then there is the man who wants a stronger nation You see we really got to and I think that we ought to Protect the mind from degradation Sow in the seeds of education They run from us are we that dangerous There's a war in all the streets and yes the freaks must dance or die
Translation
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