I Find It Hard To Say (Rebel) Testo

[Lauryn Hill Talking]...I've written it about the whole Amadou Diallo situation......It was such a hot time in the city at that point, I was afraid that if Iput the record out, people would Misunderstand what I meant by "Rebel" andthey just take it to the streets...[One and only verse]Ok, yeah, alright...I find it hard to say, that everything is alrightDon't look at me that way, like everything is alrightCuz my own eyes can see, through all your false pretensesBut what you fail to see, is all the consequencesYou think our lives are cheap, and easy to be wastedAs history repeats, so foul you can taste itAnd while the people sleep, too comfortable to face itHis life so incomplete, and nothing can replace itAnd while the people sleep, too comfortable to face itYour lives so incomplete, and nothing can replace itFret not thyself I say, against these laws of manCuz like the Bible says, His blood is on their handsAnd what I gotta say, and what I gotta say, is rebelWhile today is still today, choose wellAnd what I gotta say, is rebel, it can't go down this wayChoose well, choose well, choose well......choose well, choose well, choose wellAnd while the people sleep, too comfortable to face itYour lives are so incomplete, and nothing, and no one, can replace itNo, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, noAnd what I gotta say, and what I gotta sayAnd what I gotta say, and what I gotta sayAnd what I gotta say, and what I gotta sayAnd what I gotta say, and what I gotta sayIs rebel... rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebelRebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebelRepent, the day is far too spent, rebel... rebel!Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up...Wake up and rebelWe must destroy in order to rebuildWake up, you might as wellOh are you... oh are you satisfiedOh are you satisfiedRebel... ohhh rebelWhy don't you rebel, why don't you rebel?Why don't you rebel?I'm fading myself down now...