무하마드 알리의 일대기를 엮은 영화 [ALI]의 사운드트랙으로 최고의 R&B 스타 R. Kelly의 `The World`s Greatest`라는 곡으로 빌보드 상위권에 랭크되며 그 이름을 위시한 역작이다. 그 외에도 Alicia Keys, Al Green, Everlast, Aretha Franklin등 여러 아티스트들의 포진도 괄목할 만하다.
[Intro] Yeah, uh, uh Yeah It's the world's greatest It's the world's greatest C'mon, yeah The world's greatest
I am a mountain, I am a tall tree, oh I am a swift wind sweepin' the country I am a river down in the valley, oh I am a vision and I can see clearly
If anybody asks you who I am Just stand up tall Look 'em in the face and say
I'm that star up in the sky I'm that mountain peak up high Hey, I made it I'm the world's greatest And I'm that little bit of hope When my back's against the ropes I can feel it I'm the world's greatest
(The world's greatest, yo) (The world's greatest ever)
I am a giant, I am an eagle, oh I am a lion, down in the jungle I am a marchin' band, I am the people, oh I am a helping hand, I am a hero
If anybody asks you who I am Just stand up tall Look 'em in the face and say
I'm that star up in the sky I'm that mountain peak up high Hey, I made it I'm the world's greatest And I'm that little bit of hope When my back's against the ropes I can feel it I'm the world's greatest
In the ring of life I'll reign love And the world will notice a king When all is darkest, I'll shine a light And use a success you'll find in me
I'm that star up in the sky
I'm that mountain peak up high Hey, I made it I'm the world's greatest And I'm that little bit of hope When my back's against the ropes I can feel it I'm the world's greatest
I'm that star up in the sky I'm that mountain peak up high Hey, I made it I'm the world's greatest And I'm that little bit of hope When my back's against the ropes I can feel it I'm the world's greatest
I'm that star up in the sky I'm that mountain peak up high Hey, I made it I'm the world's greatest And I'm that little bit of hope When my back's against the ropes I can feel it I'm the world's greatest
1 - It's the greatest Can you feel it It's the greatest Can you feel it
Repeat 1 while: I saw the light At the end of a tunnel Believe in the pot of gold At the end of the rainbow And faith was right there To pull me through, yeah Used to be locked doors Now I can just walk on through Hey, uh, hey, hey, hey It's the greatest I'm that star up in the sky
I'm that star up in the sky I'm that mountain peak up high Hey, I made it I'm the world's greatest And I'm that little bit of hope When my back's against the ropes I can feel it I'm the world's greatest
Hey, yes Where's your faith in Jesus Um hmm, um hmm, um hmm, um hmm
You think I don't understand You think your baby don't know what's going on How come everyone keeps tellin' me What my own two eyes should see Where's your faith in me
* And still I love you And I'm still gonna pray for you And I still got hope for you And I still gotta make my move I don't care what they say to you I still got a thing to do Fight and it's on you So what am I suppose to do
** Is it really not right to fight for you I didn't come all this way just to loose I didn't give you my heart so you could break it We're gonna make it Even if I have to fight for you
Freedom is a basic right You can't take what's mine I don't let nobody hold me down I gotta fight Gotta keep my dignity Gotta do what I believe Can't you understand I'm tryna make a stand, hey hey
* Repeat
** Repeat
Oh, cuz I will if I have to If I have to, I will You know I will if I have to If I have to, I will And I won't loose if I have to If I have to I will, oh And my will's gonna stand, watch you Stand here watch you walk and turn your back on me Said I'll fight for you, baby
Wars, walls, tumble and falls Time, change, clouds and rain Through it all, I will stand Come what may, um hmm Throw in the towel, not today Cuz where there's a will There's a way, whoa
* I'm gonna hold Hold on, hold on, hold on I'm gonna hold Hold on, hold on, hold on Until the finish I'll be strong
Oceans, strong winds, hills and mountains Sacrifice, paying the price, yeah Struggle all your life Through it all, I will stand Come what may, yes I will Throw in the towel, no not today Cuz where there's a will There's a way, whoa
* Repeat
I see tomorrow will surely come And I'm gonna be the first to see the sun Throw in the towel, not today Cuz I know that where there's a will There's a way, whoa
* Repeat
On the highway, and the bi-way If I just hold on I'mma make it there someday Through the storm and through the rain You can knock me down But I'm gonna stand again Yes I will Running on this track, hey If I keep my pace, hey I can see the finish line I'm gonna win this race Hey, hold on, hold on
I was born by the river in a little tent Oh, just like the river, I been running ever since It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change is gonna come Oh, yes it will, look it here
It's been too hard living and I'm afraid to die Look it here Cuz I don't know what's up there beyond the sky It's been a long I wish I could come out there where you are baby A long time coming but I know Look it here A change is gonna come, oh yes it will Look it here
Let me say one more thing I go to the movie and I go downtown But I don't like it here Somebody keep telling me oh boy, don't hang around It's been a long, a long If anybody know what I'm talking about Lemme see you wave your hands I know a chance gonna come, oh yes it will But I gotta take, say this here
Then I go to my brother, yes sir And I tell 'em, I say brother help me please But he winds up knockin' me He knocks me back down, back down on my Oh there's been times that I fall Somebody say yeah Life could pass me on, no no I know I'm able, I'm able, I'm able I'm able to carry on It's been a long, good God almighty A long time coming but I know, yeah A change is gonna come, oh yes it will Look it here, one more time
Then I go to my brother Somebody take your hands back and forth like this Everybody, everybody You sittin' in the first balcony too All over the auditorium tonight But he winds up knocking me down, my Back down on, back down on my knee oh
I've been down but I thought I could last Oh, I know I'm able, I'm able, I'm able I know, I know, I know a change gonna come And oh yes it will Somebody say yeah You all back here, lemme hear ya say yeah Somebody say oh yeah Somebody say oh yeah Somebody say yeah Whoa, right on
Ain't no way for me to love you If you won't let me It ain't no way for me to give you all you need If you won't let me give all of me
I know that a woman's duty is to help and love a man And that's the way it was for them Oh but how can I how can I how can I Give you all the things I have If you're tying both of my hands
Oh it ain't no way It ain't no way It just ain't no way baby Ain't no way baby It ain't no way for me to love you If you won't let me
Stop trying to be someone you're not How come it's true there's a man Who payed too much for what he got And if you need me like you say say you do Oh then, then don't you know that I need you
Oh, it ain't no way I tell you that it ain't no way It ain't no way, it ain't no way baby, no It just ain't no way It sho' ain't no way It ain't no way for me to love you If you won't let me
(Intro) This is a song that makes me spill out all my guts Sometimes
Sometimes, I wish I wasn't me Sometimes, I wish I was drug free Sometimes, wish I saw the exit sign first Sometimes, wish I knew the truth without search Sometimes, I wish I could go where I never been See what I never saw, do what I never did Or walk before I could crawl
Sometimes, I wish my eyes wasn't so red Sometimes, I wish I had breakfast in bed Sometimes, I mean it's worth it Since I did all the work last night Sometimes, you ain't good to me, yes I am good to you And you don't see my attention the way that I do
Sometimes, hey slim, you should be nicer than you are Sometimes, you take that complaining shit way too far I mean, I thought it was cute in the beginning but now I think you only do it 'cause you know I hate it Sometimes, you got me wishing I didn't have home training Sometimes, then it wouldn't hurt me so bad With dreams of knocking you in your head Then it wouldn't hurt me so bad With our kitchen knife put up your ass
Sometimes, wish I knew life with no pain, yeah Wish I held the keys to this game Sometimes, I pretend 'cause I'm afraid to be, afriad to be Sometimes, I hope I live to see twenty five
Sometimes, I wish I could be like Moses Round up my people, move out the ghetto And live a better life Sometimes, I wish I didn't try so hard Sometimes, who knows truth any way They don't know nothing, who needs that approval
The sun in your hands player Move at your own pace, listen to your own mind Do your own thing, yeah yeah I'm saying it because I love ya And I wanna grow with you, yeah yeah But you wanna run in the other direction So I got to stay on my path until I win I win, I win, I win I wanna win, I wanna win, I wanna win, I wanna win
Oh sometimes, sing it with me I wish (I wish in love) And I wish, oh I wish (I wish in peace) Oh sometimes (I wish in hope) I wish hope (I wish true) I wish true (I wish clearly) Hey I wish so clearly sometimes (Wish with no fear) I wish with no fear (I have no fear) I have no fear (Have no doubt) I have no doubt (I don't doubt) I don't doubt (Have no doubt) No, I don't doubt (Have no doubt, I wish love) I wish love, hey hey
Said it's a sho' fire testimony Check it, whoa, rap on the do'
Whatcha know about being po' Whatcha know about borrowing From the neighbor next door Whatcha know about bumming rides Whatcha know about heaven, swallow your pride
What do you do when you're through When you're always helping people and Nobody's there for you, come on now What can i do or say When you constantly standing in my face Talking about
1 - can you loan me 20 dollars 'till i get my check next week Said i only got 20 dollars And me and my baby got to eat
Can you loan me 20 dollars 'till i get my check next week Said i only got 20 dollars And me and my baby got to eat
Now i'm suppose to take from the child, oh lord Make it harder on me just to make it worth your While Now honey, i don't think so Cuz you ain't pay me back the ten-spot From three weeks ago, no
What do you do when you're through When you're always helping people and Nobody's there for you (tell me) What can i do or say When you constantly staring in my face Talking about
2
Tell me What have you done for me Besides being too busy, busy Stressin' me constantly Now i, now i, now i I can see where your head is at See i only got 20 dollars And you still want half of that
Your precious love, love means more to me More, more than any love can ever mean, baby You're entire truth, oh and I Oh, I wanted you, lately I was so lonely So lonely, lonely, so lonely and so blue Good God, and that That's what love will do, do
And you know something ladies And especially you ladies I'd like to speak to Because you know something ladies You got a man, I don't care what kind of man you got He wants you to get down on your knees every once in a while And kinda crawl to him And you know I got a man that's somewhere out there That I don't mind crawling to Sometimes I wake up in the midnight hour Tears rolling down my face And if I look around for my man and I can't find him Hey I follow the Lord Look a little higher, kinda pray to the Lord Because I always believe that the Lord can help ya if nobody else could But sometimes I think he don't even hear me So after falling alone on my knees, look a little higher Kinda raise my voice a little higher And this is what I say when I call on my man I especially want you ladies to listen to me Cuz maybe you can try this It might help you every once in a while This is what you say when you call on your man Give it to 'em to
Darlin', yeah darling, oh ladies Darlin' don't you know that I love you so much, hey yeah Oh, whew, fall down on my knees Beg my baby please I got to tell the man that I love him, yes I will Whew
For your precious love For your precious love There's nothing, there's nothing Nothing in this whole wide world I wouldn't do for you darling, oh I'd walk all night out in the rain Lord I got to see my baby again I gotta tell the man that I love him One more time ya'll, whew
For your precious love For your precious love There's nothing, there's nothing Nothing in this whole wide world That I wouldn't do for you darling, oh I'd walk all night out in the rain Lord I got to see my baby again I gotta tell the man that I love him Yes I do, whew
For your precious love For your precious love There's nothing, nothing Nothing in this whole wide world That I wouldn't do for you darling, oh whew Get down on my knees I gotta beg you baby please I gotta tell ya that I love ya One more time, whew
Don't throw no roses on my grave, boo That's not a soldier, it's more like an angel You got no where to run, no one to pray to Jesus and Moses ain't comin' to save you (The greatest, the the the greatest)
I flow like a butterfly, I sting like a hornet They won't let me have it Not even if no one else want it And if I try to take it They wanna break me down and strip me naked They write a brand new rule and break it They lie, they cheat, they steal, they fake it
But I'mma make it, Lord I can take it I'm the (The greatest man alive) Cut the drama boy, save it for your mama I'm the (The greatest man alive) I can't sweat it, know I got to get it I'm the (The greatest man alive) Without no doubt, my name will survive (The greatest the the greatest man alive) (The greatest man) (The greatest, the the)
I'mma make it, Lord I can take it I'm the (The greatest man alive) Cut the drama boy, save it for your mama I'm the (The gratest man alive) I can't sweat it, I know I got to get it I'm the (The greatest man alive) Without no doubt, my name will survive (The, the greatest man alive)
(The greatest, the the greatest man) (The the, the greatest man alive) (The, the the greatest, the the the greatest man) (The greatest man alive)
I'mma make it, know that I can take it I'm the (The greatest man alive) Cut the drama boy, save it for your mama I'm the (The greatest man alive) I can't sweat it, I know I gotta get it I'm the (The greatest man alive) Without no doubt my name will survive (The greatest man, the greatest man alive)
It only gets harder It always seems so far away The sky's getting darker Another storm is on the way (The the greatest, the the the greatest,the the) Another storm is on the way (The the the the greatest, the the greatest) (The greatest man alive)
There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief, "There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief. Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, None of them along the line know what any of it is worth."
"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke, "There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate, So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."
All along the watchtower, princes kept the view While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.
Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl, Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl