| Arrested Development의 싱글 | ||||
| - | → | Tennessee (1992) | → | "People Everyday" (1992) |
| Tennessee | ||||
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| 수록 음반 | 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of... | |||
| 아티스트 | Arrested Development | |||
| B-Side | "Natural" "Tennessee (Remix)" (카세트 싱글) "Tennessee (For DJ's Only)" (7인치 싱글) "Tennessee (Dubb Mix)" "Natural" (12인치 싱글) | |||
| 발매일 | 1992년 3월 24일 | |||
| 녹음 | 1991년 | |||
| 장르 | 얼터너티브 힙합 | |||
| 재생 시간 | 4:32 (앨범 버전) | |||
| 레이블 | Cooltempo, Chrysalis, EMI | |||
| 송라이터 | Speech, Aerle Taree[1] | |||
| 프로듀서 | Speech[2] | |||
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1. 개요
미국의 얼터너티브 힙합 그룹 어레스티드 디벨롭먼트의 싱글이며 이들의 데뷔 앨범 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of...의 첫 싱글로 1992년 3월 24일에 발매되었다.2. 오디오/뮤직 비디오
3. 가사
| [Verse 1: Speech] Lord, I've really been real stressed Down and out, losing ground Although I am Black and proud Problems got me pessimistic Brothers and sisters keep messin' up Why does it have to be so damn tough? I don't know where I can go To let these ghosts out of my skull My grandma's passed, my brother's gone I never at once felt so alone I know you're supposed to be my steering wheel Not just my spare tire (home) But Lord I ask you (home) To be my guiding force and truth (home) For some strange reason it had to be (home) He guided me to Tennessee (home) [Chorus] Take me to another place Take me to another land Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan [Verse 2: Speech] Lord it's obvious we got a relationship Talking to each other every night and day Although you're superior over me We talk to each other in a friendship way Then outta nowhere you tell me to break Outta the country and into more country Past Dyersburg into Ripley Where the ghost of childhood haunts me Walk the roads my forefathers walked Climbed the trees my forefathers hung from Ask those trees for all their wisdom They tell me my ears are so young (home) Go back to from whence you came (home) My family tree, my family name (home) For some strange reason it had to be (home) He guided me to Tennessee (home) [Chorus] Take me to another place Take me to another land Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan [Interlude: Aerle Taree] Eshe, she went down to Holly Springs Rasadon and Baba, they went down to Peachtree Headliner, I challenge you to a game of horseshoes, a game of horseshoes [Verse 3: Speech] Now I see the importance of history Why my people be in the mess that they be Many journeys to freedom made in vain By brothers on the corner playing ghetto games I ask you Lord why you enlightened me Without the enlightenment of all my folks He said cause I set myself on a quest for truth And he was there to quench my thirst But I am still thirsty The Lord allowed me to drink some more He said what I am searching for are The answers to all which are in front of me The ultimate truth started to get blurry For some strange reason it had to be It was all a dream about Tennessee [Chorus] Take me to another place Take me to another land Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan [Outro: Aerle Taree] Headliner, I won the game of horseshoes Now you owe me a watermelon Let's go climb trees and skip over rocks Do like they do below the border Speech's hair Don't it look like the roots of the tree that the ancestors were hung from But that's okay, get it cause he's down to Earth |
4. 차트 성적
빌보드 R&B 차트에서 1992년 7월 둘째 주에 1주 1위, 빌보드 핫 100에서 6위를 기록했다.1992년 빌보드 R&B 연말 차트에서 9위, 1992년 빌보드 핫 100 연말 차트에선 40위에 올랐다.