• The Odds
• Mason Jennings
• Loretta Lynn
• Megadeth
• Jellyfish
• Gerry Rafferty
• Darryl Worley
• Ben Kweller
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
• Belle & Sebastian
• Nefertiti
• H2O

There is always someplace safer than the playground
So let's walk to our private beach at night
We could always roll these drums down the sand dunes
Into the surf and continue to think that they're safe, sealed up tight, up tight
I'll be gone before the things that I do now go wrong
Family tree is burning to heat my house a little longer
Bobbing up and down in the waves with the moonbeams
They shine like turtles' backs in bleach and I,
I hope that they'll be sinking soon under the seaweed
'Cause inside the atoms are moving and helping the fish grow extra eyes
I'll be gone before the things that I do now go wrong
Family tree is burning to heat my house a little longer
To heat my house a little longer
I'll be gone before the things that I go now go wrong
Family tree is burning to heat my house a little longer
To heat the house a little longer
Now that all the poison's taken off our red hands
It's percolating in the deep blue dump
We'll be counting pay cheques, with all the zeros
Mother of nature has gone to the doc for a test, she's found a lump
I'll be gone before the things that I do now go wrong
Family tree is burning to heat the house a little longer
I'll be gone before the things that I do now go wrong
Family tree is burning to heat the house a little longer
We'll move on to planets where we don't belong
Family tree is burning the rocket's waiting on the lawn
The rocket's waiting on the lawn

Well all the dreams have gone from my worried mind
Ain't no pretty pictures left by luck's design
And baby, i'm just a leaf hanging on my family tree
I'm just a leaf hanging on my family tree
And it's a weak branch that's been hanging me
April if you may comes to june and july
All these months to the flame and still no butterfly boy
I'm just a leaf blowing on my family tree
I'm just a leaf blowing on my family tree
And it's strong wind that's been blowing me
Baby don't you cry
It won't matter to you
'cause every bad life goes by and your mama loves you
Yes she does
Now there's alotta good things that my daddy did but
There ain't no burden like an unplanned kid
And baby, i'm falling now don't know where i'm gonna land
I'm falling now don't know where i'm gonna land
Half in the shadows, honey, and half in the light, that's right
Baby don't you cry
It won't matter to you
It won't matter to you
'cause every bad life goes by and your mama loves you

Woman, you don€™t know me, but you can bet that I know you
Everybody in this whole darn town knows you too
I brought along our little babies, €˜cause I wanted them to see
The woman that€™s burnin€™ down our family tree
No I didn€™t come to fight
If he was a better man I might
But I wouldn€™t dirty my hands on trash like you, no
Bring out the babies€™ daddy, that€™s who they€™ve come to see
Not the woman that€™s burnin€™ down our family tree
Their daddy once was a good man, until he ran into trash like you
Take a look at the baby€™s face and tell me who loves who
I brought along his old dog Charlie and the bills that€™s overdue
The job you€™re workin€™...Lord, we need money, too
No I didn€™t come to fight
If he was a better man I might
But I wouldn€™t dirty my hands on trash like you, no
Bring out the babies€™ daddy, that€™s who they€™ve come to see
Not the woman that€™s burnin€™ down our family tree
No not the woman that€™s burnin€™ down our family tree

Forgotten things remembered
The tigers eat their young
The body stayed but inside the head
The mind was on the run
A conspiracy of silence
The only way out of pain
Is turn around, run through it man
Too wet to come in from the rain,
Tell them...
I know they were doing it to you
But don't try doing it to me
Let me show you, how I love you
It's our secret, you and me
But keep it in the family tree
The secret of the family tree
When you hear them saying "Trust me"
Don't wait to see what's next
Thrown to the wolves
Forever trusting
Raised in a form of living hell
Sing a one note song of rage
Live and die within your heart
So beware in the shadows
Your family tree waits in the dark
I say...

It's old news on the radio
How you broke through and how you let it go.
So all could see how good it feels to be free
Your digging up all your old playmates.
crossing your fingers back at the garden gates.
Cause planted seed don't always grow a family tree.
And you can call on your brother (to understand)
And you can call on your sister ( To make amends )
Although the feud in this family is through now that we live together.
Fast willys' back from Mexico.
He traded all his missils in for mistletoe.
Changed his plea how good it feels to be free.
So You married candy with a silicone doubt
Yes she tasted so sweet until the money ran out.
Now he's back for his seeds handing bullets to the new nominee.
So you can call on your brother (to understand)
you can call on your sister ( To make amends )
Although the feud in this family is through now that we live together.
So you can call on your brother (to understand)
you can call on your sister ( To make amends )
Although the feud in this family is through now that we live together.
Break out the teargas and sufferagy now.
We're gonna' talk about the good old days of cigarettes and dynamite.
So you can call on your brother (to understand)
you can call on your sister ( To make amends )
Although the feud in this family is through now that we live together.
(there's no rest for me)
You know the future is here when you pretend we live together.

When we were young we used to sing
And we could feel the harmony
You€™d sit there waiting in the wings
How long have you been waitin€™ to let your light shine?
Many years have gone since then
Seen us go our different ways
But now we sit here once again
Tonight we€™re gonna sing out, tonight our light will shine.
This is the time and place
To bring out our memories
It€™s written on every face
I can see it in you, you can see it in me.
In all the years we had
As part of a family tree
We knew the good and bad
I can see it in you, you can see it in me.
I know it€™s left its mark on you
I see the same things in myself
You know there€™s nothin€™ we can€™t do
We€™ve been a long time waitin€™, but some things never die.
It€™s time to leave all that behind
It€™s time to lay that ghost to rest
We can€™t deny the ties that bind
Tonight we€™re gonna sing out, tonight our light will shine.
This is the time and place
To bring out our memories
It€™s written on every face
I can see it in you, you can see it in me.
In all the years we had (when we were young we used to sing)
As part of a family tree (we could feel the harmony)
We knew the good and bad
I can see it in you, you can see it in me.
When we were young we used to sing...
Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Keyboards: Graham Preskett
Fiddle: Graham Preskett
Electric Guitars: Richard Thompson
Acoustic Guitar: Richard Brunton / Gerry Rafferty
Solo Guitar: Richard Brunton
Accordion: John Kirkpatrick
Recorders: Richard Harvey
Pipe Organ: Richard Harvey
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Barbara Dickson

Family Tree
(Darrell Scott)
Dancin' in the living room cuttin' up a rug
Dancin' with a baby looks more like a hug
Livin' in a house made of saw mill wood
¡°Roll over Beethoven¡± never sounded so good
chorus:
Come on baby, baby let's go
Where we get the money honey I don't know
One more baby's alright by me
We'll just add another limb to the family tree
Well raising up babies is our new sport
You're one day late and I'm a dollar short
Now maybe it was planned maybe it was a goof
But a cat just has to dance on a hot tin roof
chorus
Well the lawnmower's broken, the tax is due
And if I find another tick I'm gonna come unglued
We got hand me down clothes, hand me down shoes
We got the big belly momma here we go again blues
chorus
Baby, whoa whoa let's go
Where we get the money I don't know
One more baby's alright by me
It's alright, it's alright now baby
We'll just add another limb to the family tree
Oh we'll just add another limb baby
We'll just add another limb to the family tree

Bop bop.
Care about the moonlight
and holding you tight
and asking my questions.
Everyone loves a situation.
Long walks on the beach.
The press will impeach.
Lately I'm finding
I am the book and you are the binding.
I guess they'll read everything about you.
Though the press might shoot me down I'm still true.
I sell my book for free. That's what you do to me.
Oh, you are my family tree.
Be good to me
Take care of me.
Bop bop.
There's hotels in the sea,
Trash in the sky.,
The net-dustry's growing.
Stick to love songs kid, that's all you're knowing.
They push you away
or tie you up.
It don't really matter.
But if your head is up you won't get much sadder.
But who am I to preach a word or two
when I can't lift my own head without you
If my mental state kept you from coming around
I hope the world would shoot me down for losing you.
A broken branch I'd be if you weren't grown to me.
Oh, you are my family tree.
Be good to me.
Be good to me.
Be good to me.
Take care of me.
Bop bop.

[Krayzie]
Yeah come on come on come on, this is my family this is my family
my family, this is my family this is my family my family
[Layzie]
Lord help me make up my mind
which way do I turn when there's so much stress
surroundin' me daily This world's so cruel and shady
and I really do miss my baby baby boy, oh boy
me and yo' bigger brother we keeps it realer
You'll always be our lil' nigga, and I know yo' mama miss ya
Picture the day when I get my callin' but until then
I guess I'm stuck (Oh Fuck)
Little T know I miss so much when he get to heaven baby
Boy what's up We can ride and roll, I know
without this Po-Po trailin', bailin'
All the way to heaven betcha that's a promise
Comin' with tha bombers, niggaz can't test this
creep defeat is all ya meet
Rollin with tha niggaz that pack the heat
and the sack of weed straight out of control
Test tha souls, hoes, nigga rolls, playa haters
and tha po-po as well
Figure () everybody need () and we livin' in hell
nigga really can't tell, so why
Prepare for the worst and hope for the best
and the rest as written, some wanna treat my
like I'm forbidden, but I'm just lookin' for the shit that's hittin
Could I be Come a little bit closer
why you cautious when you approaches
Is ya scared of tha fact we soldiers Mo' Thug
breakaz fittin' ta take shit over
Under my halo pray mo' say Mo' Thug wit love
to tha depth that tha game goes
Die all you hoes, foes, and you propose.
[w/ Ken Dawg]
Nigga better roll than get rolled over
we shuttin' shit down, and you
know a nigga love to get buck wild
pow come fuck wit me now (now, now)
[Krayzie]
This is my family, this is my family, my family
This is my family, this is my family, my family
This is my family, this is my family, my family
This is my family, this is my family, my family..
[Bizzy]
Thug () my hood is drug prison and ()
is my mission, we heatin' shit why vision
Be crooked () beginnin' of my endin' ()
Why is my mind spinnin () I'll say hey, fuck it
my family ain't livin' for nothin' but strugglin
was one of the reasons I'm thuggin
instead of (straight) hustlin' () Somebody tell me somethin
what is there Nothin If I give you, what'll you () me
you'll fuck it all up for the love of (lust)
Cause I love you so, but unlike my friend you're just my foe
Peace till the end of the road cause we're all gone
But no, nigga don't lose your (soul)
But it() Trust in mine, alright then we can roll. (roll, roll)
[Krayzie]
This is my family, this is my family, my family
This is my family, this is my family, my family
This is my family, this is my family, my family
This is my family, this is my family, my family..
[Wish]
Cause you're, too young,mama, and daddy, when ya
lay down and (have some eggs) and I remember y'all breakin' up
Doin'it layin' down. What went wrong
Was it me But I ain't mad at'cha
cause outta all that shit I got two sista's and a brother
and I learned to harmony
On the streets, on tha Clair, that's where
I'm from y'all, on the streets of tha Clair
that's where I met Bone Thugs y'all it's gettin' time to be a man
gotta get out tha house cause I can't stand mommy's man
he talks with his hand
Come come creep on tha streets with me
that's where I learned how to sell drugs
it's where I learned how to (pull/pump) slugs
it's necessary, necessary for me to get down for mine
so I creep and I (grind) () give it up but get down
And I know that shit was wrong but
don't blame me, blame tha thugsta in me
Cause that's where that shit comes from (comes from)
Bloody red rum, nigga, we nuttin' but survivors, ()
we survivors,that's why we be..
[Krayzie]
This is my family, this is my family, my family
This is my family, this is my family, my family
This is my family, this is my family, my family
This is my family, this is my family, my family..
Get ready to duck bitch or get fucked up boy
Don't fuck around and get zipped in a body bag
Off in the grave and yo brains'll be hangin' damaged by ()
Everyday we see mo' niggaz hatin', fakin'
Playa (hatin') it's getting contagious
Why do these niggaz think they can break us
Wanna grab my pump y'all niggaz better try to grab
what's left of yo' chest niggaz be talkin' and then
they get caught up in shit, now meet them faces of death
We let'em keep talkin' man they dog us man it's all the same
But what did we gain by givin' you niggaz fame
((Flesh) So we let them wreck us ())
Tha 44 magnum tag'em (stacked) like them
niggaz or () like the people that () 'em ()
callin' me follow me down to tha corner slip
up and you're gonna get blasted
What do you wanna dis me for Jealous then nigga drop
Nigga we ()drinkaz be () everytime
To tha 99 times out of 100 we gon' dis somebody, somebody
(Yeah) y'all niggaz get carried off wit them bodies () y'all
find that smokin' that grass
Nigga pass tha (pump) (we takin) a loss and wakin up in
their coffin. Oh nigga () but when we come they run
but we're gonna catch'em and one day God forgive me
I don't know what got to me, but then me nigga they'll all fall down
way down face down, ain't got nothin but love them niggaz
wanna test my () sayin' nigga you know that (that, that, that)
You know we gettin them (say nigga you know that, that, that, that)
bad, bad. Them thugs them niggaz
(I figures you knowthat, that, that,that) (). ()
(You niggaz should know that,that, that, that)
Yeah,yeah, (my niggaz you know that, you know that, that, that, that)
yeah yeah. It's 19 90 90 90 90 90...it's almost
1990 90 90 90 90, it's almost 1990 90 90 9 9 9 9... [gunshot]

I've been feeling down
I've been looking round the town
For somebody just like me
But the only ones I see
Are the dummies in the window
They spend their money on clothes
It saddens me to think
That the only ones I see are mannequins
Looking stupid, being used and being thin
And I don't know why I hang around with them
The way they act, I'd rather be fat than be confused
The way they act, I'd rather be fat than be confused
Than be me in a cage
With a bottle of rage
And a family like the mafia
I've been feeling blue
And I don't know what to do
And I never get a thrill
And they threw me out of school
'Cause I swore at all the teachers
Because they never teach us
A thing I want to know
We do Chemistry, Biology and Maths
I want Poetry and Music and some laughs
And I don't think it's an awful lot to ask
So won't you please get up off your knees, and let me go
So won't you please get up off your knees, and let me go
Cause I'm here in a cage
With a bottle of rage
And a family like the mafia
If my family tree goes back to the Romans
Then I will change my name to Jones
If my family tree goes back to Napolean
Then I will change my name to Smith
If my family tree goes back to the Romans
Then I will change my name to Jones
If you're looking at me to be an accountant
Then you will look but you will never see
If you're looking at me to start having babies
Then you can wish because I'm not here to fool around
You can wish because I'm not here to fool around
You can wish because I'm not here to fool around
11) There is too much love ¡@
I could hang about and burn my fingers
I've been hanging out here waiting for something to start
You think I'm faultless to a 't'
My manner set impeccably
But underneath I am the same as you
I could dance all night like I'm a soul boy
But I know I'd rather drag myself across the dance floor
I feel like dancing on my own
Where no one knows me, and where I
Can cause offence just by the way I look
And when I come to blows
When I am numbering my foes
Just hope that you are on my side my dear
But it's best to finish as it started
With my face head down just staring at the brown formica
It's safer not to look around
I can't hide my feelings from you now
There's too much love to go around these days
You say I've got another face
That's not a fault of mine these days
I'm honest, brutal and afraid of you

[Nefertiti]
We just addin-lib? Soon to, uhh, yeah, HUH
Back on the family tree.. (*repeat 3X*)
So won't you brainstorm, and bring a friend along
And then climb my rhymes and compare 'em with the times but
Keep it stagnant, the fragment of what I'm sayin
All in rewind in your mind and see what you find
Cause I get loose sticks and stones, I'm breakin bones my fruits
are comin at ya, verbally attack ya
I ricocheted on stage like a twelve gauge
And yet a shame, you only came
to see what you could find, my piece of mind, before my time
I wrote this rhyme reminiscin on a friend of mine
Boo, now what you gonna do?
In ninety-two, or ninety-three, or ninety-four
I got a LITTLE more than Clinton or Gore could bring
to the table cause I'ma able when it comes to speakin about my
black folks, and maybe it'll provoke the
devil to drop a note, on all the things he done now
won't you brainstorm with me?
Huh, yeah, back on the family tree
{*repeat 8X: "My family tree, my family.." - Arrested Development*}
[Nefertiti - over sample]
Back on the family tree
Uhh, back on the family tree
..
Yeah, back on the family tree
So won't you brainstorm with me?
..
Yeah, back on the family tree
Back on the family tree
[Nefertiti]
My voice gets wet, a little more than you expect
Now relax your mind and let me roMANCE this
And catch up on my b-girl STANCES
Take it to the streets..
My troops swing swing swing to funks I bring
"Bring the Noise" of course, (?), and hit 'em hard
I write rhymes for the times don't be trippin on my troops
Get loose in your boots if you're down for your roots
Unbuckled and (?), so chase and the sudden holla
If he screams let him go, aiyyo it's time to move
I caught you in the web, so my groove so cool
(?) might lose if I take your, life right
But let's get back to how, rap ain't nothin but a poem
All day long, from solid to liquid form
So won't you brainstorm with me? Back on the family tree
{*repeat 8X: "My family tree, my family.." - Arrested Development*}
[Nefertiti - over sample]
Huh, back on the family tree
Back on the family tree
Now won't you brainstorm with me?
Back on the family tree
Back on the family tree
Now won't you brainstorm with me?
Back on the family tree
..
[Nefertiti]
It's a reality ride, watch me slip and slide
off your backside then take a double dose of me
I'm speakin the truth you should be takin notes from me
Back on the family tree.. the family tree
I'm diggin deep in my roots, salutin my troops and
clickin my boots cause Dorothy I'm goin home
I'm free to roam in fifty states I can call my own
So won't you brainstorm with me?
Huh, back on the family tree - back on the family tree
{*repeat 8X: "My family tree, my family.." - Arrested Development*}

Roots
Don't forget your roots
Don't forget your roots
Don't forget your roots
I was thinking about the good old times
And all the people who helped me survive
Now who the hell knows where I'd be
Without the branches of my family tree
I was thinking about the friends who cared
And all the times that we shared
And if I had the strength to be what I could be
Love and respect to the branches of my tree
Family Tree!!
Roots
Don't forget your roots
Don't forget your roots
Don't forget your roots
I was thinking about the good old times
And all the people who helped me survive
Now who the hell knows where I'd be
Without the branches of my family tree
I was thinking about the times we shared
And all the times I was scared
Living and learning in the NYC
Shout out's go out to my New York Family
Family Tree!
Roots
Don't forget your roots
Don't forget your roots
Don't forget your roots