Stevie Wonder - cold world

나쁜 꿈 속에서의 두려움을 이야기하며, 힘든 현실에서 생존하는 사람들의 이야기를 전한다
폭력과 범죄가 만연한 주변 환경 속에서 개인의 고뇌와 고통을 표현하고, 사회의 숨막히는 상황을 생생하게 그려낸다
불안정한 삶 속에서 서로의 목숨을 위협하며 살아가는 모습이 그려지고 있다

"I had a bad dream"
"Don't be afraid, bad dreams are only dreams"
"What a time you chose to be born"
Babies cryin', brothers dyin' and brothers gettin' knocked
Shit is deep on the block and you got me locked
Down in this cold, cold world
It was the night before New Year's, and all through the fuckin' projects
Not a handgun was silent, not even a TEC
Outsiders were stuck by enemies who put fear
And blasted on the spot before the pigs were there
You know hoods rob and snipe what’s new in sight, fuck blue and white!
They escape before them flash the fuckin' lights
Gunshots shatter first-floor window panes
Shells hit the ground and blood stained the dice game
Whether pro-calisthenic, any style you set it
Beat niggas toothless, physically cut up like gooses
But with iron on the sides, thugs took no excuses
Therefore, your 52 handblocks was useless
Linx was snatched off necks, there's scars on throats
Jackets took, after bullet rips through coats
Against those who felt the cold from the steel, made 'em fold and squeal
Once the metal hit the temple of his grill
Construction worker who was caught for his bomber
No time to swing the hammer that was hangin' from his farmers
And it's bugged how some niggas catch slugs
And pockets dug from everythin' except check stubs
And it does sound ill like wars in Brownsville
Or fatal robberies in Red Hook where Feds look
For fugitives to shoot cops, niggas layin' on roof tops
For his cream he stashed in a shoebox
But he was hot and the strip was filled with young killers
You don't suspect, so cops creep like caterpillars
And born thieves stay hooded with extra bullets
Those who try to flee, they hit the vertebrae, increase the murder rate
Similar to hitmen who pull out TECs and then
Drop those who crack like tacos from Mexican
Rapid, like recipients cashin' checks again
Back to the motherfuckin' spot on Lexington