MS. LAURYN HILL - I'VE GOT LIFE

Ain't Got No OR I'VE GOT LIFE

MS. LAURYN HILL

COMPOSers: Ragni, Rado, J. Rado, G. Ragni, G. Macdermott, Macdermot

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

SELECTION: Nina revisited: A tribute to Nina Simone

LABEL: SONY MUSIC

GENRE: PROTESTO

YEAR: 2015

Ainda imersa no universo musical de Nina Simone (1933-2003), Lauryn Hill sucedeu a divulgação do cover de Feeling good na última semana com uma prévia, nesta segunda-feira (22), de I've got life, faixa inédita que usa trecho do single Ain't got no, I got life. Lançada por Nina em 1968, a canção original é releitura de composições do musical Hair, versando sobre o espírito de liberdade e desapego material da juventude nos anos 1960.

Já a faixa de Lauryn trata de racismo e opressão contra minorias, com versos denunciadores como "dois terços do mundo transformados em vítimas" e "a violência oculta por trás de uma democracia". A antecipação de um trecho da gravação tem caráter de gesto político relacionado ao massacre de Charleston.

I ain't got no home, ain't got no shoes

Ain't got no money, ain't got no class

Ain't got no skirts, ain't got no sweater

Ain't got no perfume, ain't got no bed

Ain't got no mind

Ain't got no mother, ain't got no culture

Ain't got no friends, ain't got no schooling

Ain't got no love, ain't got no name

Ain't got no ticket, ain't got no token

Ain't got no God

And what have I got?

Why am I alive anyway?

Yeah, what have I got

Nobody can take away?

Got my hair, got my head

Got my brains, got my ears

Got my eyes, got my nose

Got my mouth, I got my smile

I got my tongue, got my chin

Got my neck, got my boobs

Got my heart, got my soul

Got my back, I got my sex

I got my arms, got my hands

Got my fingers, got my legs

Got my feet, got my toes

Got my liver, got my blood

I've got life, I've got my freedom

I've got the life

I've got the life

And I'm gonna keep it

I've got the life

And nobody's gonna take it away

I've got the life