(feat. Giant Leap, Neneah Cherry & Ulali) 



[Speech:] 

Yeah? Yo we was talkin earlier and I was 

I was tellin you, I was talkin 'bout life 

And I.. I feel like life is really just like braided hair 

Cause it's, it's got like twists 

Y'know, you know about braidin? Heh 

Like twists you know, three strands twist together 

Ultimately you get to where you gonna get to, y'know 



[Verse 1:] 

From the same dirt, from the hills of my ancestors 

The naked rows and the fields where the pain festered 

I wonder where the hole came from 

In the deeps of my heart, make me yearn for the drum 

It's the same place where the cross is burned 

The same place where the loss was earned 

It's the place where the floss was yearned 

Gold teeth and bling ice on the rings baby sure 



[Chorus: Neneh Cherry + Speech] 

Yo we all got things that hangin about 

Things that make us cool, things that make us whack 

Things that make us mad 

Things we wish we never had... done 

But they're just the things that make us real 

Not the maps to guide where we go from here 

The road twists and braids like hair 

Until we all get there 



[Verse 2:] 

I like that I don't know some mysteries 

Ancient things and beginnings 

Excited 'bout the day when I don't have to hear all the theories 

My scalp needs some grease 

In the same place where the cross is burned 

The same place where the loss was earned 

The only way we all can learn 

Is if we have these brais with the twists and turns 



[Chorus] 



[Verse 3: Neneh Cherry] 

Walkin in the race of life, lookin for my own pace 

Not always wantin to, but I have to 

Sometimes feelin like I've bitten off much more than I can chew 

But the wind goes though my hair 

And lifts me up with ease, not a crease 

Hair full of grease, no weave embracin me 

It's you I see 

I am you and you are me I see, yeah 



[African chanting interlude] 



I am you and you are me I see, yeah 



[Speech: repeat to fade] 

We might survive as brothers yeah or perish here as fools 

Go place your bets; but don't bet too soon 

Yeah you might find me in another, feels like someone you once knew 

You know that face, yeah we all do