Interlude 4 — текст песни (Lauryn Hill)

I`ll tell you every single-We all have gifts, you know, and uh, like special gifts. And there`s this voice inside of us that says "don`t do that," you know, "Why you gonna get up there with that guitar? You`re gonna like like a, a hip hop folk singer. What are you, you know, what are you?..."
(Laughter)
And I really went through, I mean, I`m serious, I mean I can laugh about it now, but it took a long time for me to understand that, you know, what I am is what I am and I can`t be afraid to, you know, to expose that to the public. You know, always-get in trouble trying to make it, tryin` to dress it up, you know what I`m sayin`? Just tired of that, you know. Just tired of that. Tired of frontin`, Tired of that... And until I find a group of people that are as passionate about it as I am, I`ll just roll alone until such time, you know. It`s all good, God is faithful. Y`all still get to hear it, so, you know? `Cause see that enemy he would tell me, you know "You don`t have the 20 piece band, you can`t do nothin`." I said, "Yeah, sure... Keep talkin`." `Cause somebody`s gonna, they gonna see me and they gonna know "Oh I, there`s somethin` that God`s been tellin me to do. I can do it, too. I can do what I`m supposed to be doin`, I don`t need an entourage. What do I need a crew for?" That doesn`t validate you. Okay, let`s see. Mmmm...