"Both of Us", B.o.B. ft Taylor Swift

   O rap não é bem a minha "onda", mas a letra desta música, simplesmente, prendeu-me. Se pensarmos bem e reflectirmos sobre a sociedade actual, em todos os pontos de vista (político, económico, social, cultural...), provavelmente apercebemo-nos no quanto fútil e superficial ela é. Hoje em dia, perdemos-nos nas aparências, na beleza exterior, no dinheiro que temos (ou que os outros têm), nas ideologias contrárias, nas opiniões fatais dos outros; ignoramos o interior, o sentimento leal, preocupado e protector, as emoções dos outros, as suas palavras, os seus gestos, os seus problemas... Preocupamo-nos com a nossa reputação e aquilo que os outros pensam (ou deveriam pensar) de nós, quando há gente à nossa volta que nos ama e nos pede ajuda para se erguer de novo, que se preocupa em mantermo-nos com os pés bem assentes na terra e quase nos obriga a apreciar a vida. A essas pessoas e a pessoas como essas na minha vida, um sincero, sentido e emotivo 'muito obrigada' por terem essa função e por continuarem a exercê-la, porque, no fundo, quem salva a sociedade desta crescente falta de princípios, valores e 'bons' sentimentos são elas. Porque, se pudessem, elas arrancavam de nós o sofrimento, as preocupações, as desilusões, os problemas e a dor e vivê-lo-iam elas próprias, porque não conseguem, pura e simplesmente, ver-nos sofrer.

   "Both of Us" reflecte muito bem o que escrevi. Gostaria que todos aqueles que lerem e que recuperassem os seus 'verdadeiros' sentimentos.

P.S.: Dedico esta música a todas aquelas pessoas que me ergueram quando eu mais precisava, nomeadamente os meus amigos. Obrigada do fundo do coração. Adoro-vos.

"[Taylor Swift]

I wish I was strong enough to lift not one but both us

Someday I will be strong enough to lift not one but both of us

[B.o.B]

Ever thought about losing it?

When your money is all gone and you lose your whip

You might lose your grip

When the landlord tell you that you're due for rent

And the grass so green on the other side

Make a nigga wanna run straight through the fence

Open up the fridge about 20 times

But still can't find no food in it

That's foolishness

And sometimes I wonder

All we care so much about the way we look

And the way we talk, and the way we act

And the clothes we bought, how much that cost?

Does it even really matter?

Cuz if life is an uphill battle,

We all try to climb on the same old ladder

In the same boat with the same old paddle

Why so shallow, I'm just asking

What's the pattern to the madness?

Everybody in a #1 draft pick

Most of us aint Hollywood actors

But if it's all for one, and one for all

Then maybe one day we all can ball

Do it one time for the underdogs

Sincerely yours, from one of y'all

[Taylor Swift]

I wish I was strong enough to lift not one but both us

Someday I will be strong enough to lift not one but both of us

[B.o.B]

I can feel your pain,

I can feel your struggle

You just want to live

But everything so low,

That you can drown in the puddle

That's why I gotta hold us up

Yeah hold us up

For all the times no one ever spoke for us

So every single time that they play this song

You can say that, "that's what Bobby Ray wrote for us"

When his eyes get too high

And the sea up underneath get so deep

And you feel like you're just another person

Getting lost in the crowd

Way up high in the nosebleeds (Uh)

Because we've both been there

Yeah both of us

But we still stand tall

With our shoulders up

And even though we always against the odds

These are the things that have molded us

And if life hadn't chosen us

Sometimes I wonder

Where I would have wound up

Cuz if it was up to me

I would make a new blueprint

Then build it from the ground up

Hey, but if its all for one

And One for all

Then maybe one day

We all could ball

Do it one time for the underdogs

From Bobby Ray to all of y'all

[Taylor Swift]

I wish I was strong enough to lift not one but both us

Someday I will be strong enough to lift not one but both of us"