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You won't believe what I'm after,
I play this game for keeps.
Lot's of blood, and disaster,
I'll drop you down on your knees.
I (?) so called religion,
The right to do as you please.
If they should hold me for ransom,
Honey, destroy my tapes as you leave.
I've got a license to murder,
will die.
work for United Countries,
don't even ask me why.
regrets baby,
You see me on the T.V.
The politicians I protect,
Are filled with hate and disease.
We're fighting in the streets,
So you can feel at ease.
We're fighting for our lives,
In order to survive.
I'm in the C.I.A.!
around like a stallion,
think I'm too cool.
lot's of money and action,
I don't get fooled.
mistakes
my magnum
worry at all

Pack up what you own and you dial up who you can phone
And you save up all your pennies
And we hope, but oh, is there any?
And we wonder oh, how can he put you out tonight?
Go back in your mind twenty years in time
And we'll go walking through your garden
See the trees you planted in your yard then
All your work, it didn't seem so hard then, but it's hard tonight
Five years further on, from the stage it looked like we'd won
But how many of those who heard you play
Have gone their insouciant ways?
And the streets run bloody to this day and to your house tonight
And we, still so touched, can we offer you that much?
More than those who you fought and who've left you with naught?
And who lied to you, they've lied to you
They've lied to you, lied to you, lied to you, lied to you, but this you always knew
So pack up your bulls and smalls and we'll tack up your paintings on our walls
And we'll write down all our songs then
And we'll right up all our wrongs then

Ma ma mama don't look now,
There's red bus coming up along.
I might recommend that when the protests are over,
You will not expect to be so well.
When the capital is crowded with effigies,
And they might do you in if you don't know your country.
Don't you ever let us down C.I.A.
I know you'll never let us down C.I.A.,
As you sit on the crowd and keep them workin',
And say again.
Ma ma mama don't you see?
'Cause it's just one of them lonely days,
When we say how we fear that the last fence has fallen.
You will not expect to be so welcome to life of a foreign national,
Where are the Americans
Now that they fractured your country?
Don't you ever let us down C.I.A.
I know you'll never let us down C.I.A.,
As you sit and call in sick your empire needs protecting.
Since they fractured your country?
Don't you ever let us down C.I.A.
I know you'll never let us down C.I.A.,
As you sit and call in sick your empire needs protecting.
Your empire needs protecting.

Tell me what's happening I haven't a clue
My life is a nightmare but what can I do
I come off the road all I need is some time
Some time to work some time to play
Some time to just get away
I don't mean to sound mad but times like these are bad
I'll turn to stone
A life alone
I'll turn to stone
You're after my money you're after my time
I'm losing my patience so don't even try
You know me, you say your my friend

I think about you babe at times when I'm alone
I think about you babe is it time yet to come home
But I can't stop this pain that's locked in my heart
The feeling is strong when we're miles apart
One thing that's hard for me to see
Samantha my love why aren't you next to me
I dream about you babe when I'm waiting for your call
I dream about you babe when I hear the raindrops fall
My life was empty till I met you and please
Understand I'll always be there for you on thing thats
hard for me to see

Some people never change they have themselves
To blame can't see the writing on the walls
Thy kingdome come thy will be done into hell
They're gonna fall
NATAS
NATAS
NATAS
NATAS
You must be blind take a look around you
Sins all you'll find world full of greed
Is there a heaven is there a hell
Is there a God where does he dwell
Does he need money evangelistic deeds
Where goes the profit the pocket of greed
NATAS
NATAS
NATAS
NATAS
You must be blind take a look around you
Sins all you'll find world full of greed
You must be blind take a look around you

Orrrgggghh!
Touch and go situation universal dream
Major malfunction witnessed by a million eyes
Faulty apparatus split apart at the seams
Massive explosion engulfing seven lives
N.A.S.A.
N.A.S.A.
A nation in anguish, a country in despair
Empathy for loved ones and those who lost their lives
Voluntary sorrow within a breath of air
Suicidal countdown not one of them survived
N.A.S.A.
N.A.S.A.
N.A.S.A.
N.A.S.A.
Krista McAuliffe life ending tragically
Teaching little minds you will no more
Famous for a moment Life and Time magazine
Short time later it'll all be ignored
N.A.S.A.
N.A.S.A.
N.A.S.A.

Optimistic
Self expectant
Faith, hope, enthusiasm
Incentive praise
Self direction
Opportunity knocks
You take control
Enjoy the view
You climb the mountain
Rich or poor
You can do it
Mind over matter
Think positive
Mind over matter
It's fight or flight
Pessimistic
Fears and worries
Mental depression
No motivation
Tunnel vision
Build anxiety
Health irritation
Workman's compensation
Mind over matter
Think positive
Mind over matter
It's fight or flight
Sea of tranquil
Pale and lifeless
Coral polyps
Inside reef Subject to surge
Of tide and power
Bright and vibrant
And full of life
Mind over matter
Think positive
Mind over matter

My refrigerator's empty my car is out of gas
Got nothing in my savings got taxes up the ass
Work sun to sun all day sometimes even more
For very little pay a fact I can't Ignore
In the red
In the red
In the red
In the red
Bills are overdue charging this and that
Need a pair of shoes tire's got a flat
On the phone to china at least ten times a day
The check is in the mail my hair is turning grey
In the red
In the red
In the red
In the red
Need the music loud need the music fast
Need the music heavy top forty I will pass
Don't like Cinderella White Lion Bon Jovi

Up in the sky another routine flight
JFK New York-bound
Landing in London a minor stop
To refuel and check while on ground
The phone call a nightmare to those who observe
But to them it would be their own fate
A crew with a choice passengers with no voice
And for them it's all and all too late
Flight 103
Flight 103
A tragedy to all but to immediate families
A nightmare of horror and pain
Bodies sent back in boxes of pine
Some of them with the wrong name
Who is responsible who'd do such a thing
Another political war
High explosives in a plastic container
A warning they chose to ignore
Flight 103
Flight 103

By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young girl calling
Michael, they have taken you away
For you stole Trevelyn's corn
So the young might see the morn
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay
Low lie the fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to
sing
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry
By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young man calling
Nothing matters, Mary when you're free
Against the famine and the Crown
I rebelled, they cut me down
Now you must raise our child with dignity
Low lie the fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to
sing
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry
By a lonely harbor wall
She watched the last star falling
As that prison ship sailed out against the sky
Sure she'll wait and hope and pray
For her love in Botany Bay
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry
Low lie the fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to
sing

L.A. gangs violence in mobs
Crime on the streets three times been robbed
Organizations bombs everywhere
Big corporations destroying the air
Violence out in the street
Corruption in front of my face
Pollution out of control
The human race extinction
Nuclear weapons no limitation
Virus of AIDS no vaccination
Three mile island a blown reactor
Chernobyl power plant man made disaster
Violence out in the street
Corruption in front of my face
Pollution out of control
The human race extinction
Ozone layer eroding fast
Water of oil forests won't last
Destroy the planet better think twice
With nature you pay the price
Violence out in the street
Corruption in front of my face
Pollution out of control
The human race extinction
Violence out in the street
Corruption in front of my face
Pollution out of control

Sun is going down
Will soon be getting dark
The spirits will be raising
Mischief throughout the park
Buried alive
Buried alive
Running through the graveyard
No time to retreat
Got you by the throat AARGGHH
Knock you down to your feet
Buried alive
Buried alive
Six feet under
You're losing your breath
Suffocation
An agonizing death
Will he come up to get you
Will he dig you out
You open up the curtain
Oh, my god!
Buried alive

[ all ]My posse
[ Cube ]Seize di mic on di 1 (right)
[ all ]My posse
[ Cube ]Seize di mic on di 3 (right)
[ all ]My posse
[ Cube ]Seize di mic before 2 (right)
[ all ]My posse
[ Cube ]Seize di mic on di 1 (right)
[ all ]My posse
[ Cube ]Seize di mic on di 1 (right)
[ all ]My posse
[ Cube ]Seize di mic before 3 (right)
[ all ]My posse
[ Cube ]Seize di mic before 2 (right)
[ all ]My posse
[ Cube ]Seize di mic on di 1 (right)
[ all ]My posse
[ all ]My posse
(Posse's gettin big)
(Posse's gettin big)
[ all ]My posse
[ all ]My posse
(Posse's gettin big and my posse's gettin bigger)--> Mike Diamond
[ Ice Cube ]
Ice Cube in effect and I'm the posse leader
Love my woofer and hate my tweeter
Rap, don't sing, and groupies do flock
Gold rings and things keep the girlies on my jock
[ Kid Dee ]
Posse 2 Kid Dee is cunning
It's all about girls and making cash money
(Crenshaw) Crenshaw is where I chill
Never ever sick but always ill (ill)
[ Sir Jinx ]
Sir Jinx, no debatin
Beats I cut keep the woofers vibratin
3rd to the cut, but that's alright
Cause C.I.A. is on the mic
[ all ]My posse
[ all ]My posse
(Posse's gettin big)
(Posse's gettin big)
[ all ]My posse
[ all ]My posse
(Posse's gettin big and my posse's gettin bigger)
[ Ice Cube ]
Females on my tip and it ain't funny
(Why?) I don't know, probably cause I got money
Don't want me, just want my riches
Things like that keep stitches on my britches
[ Kid Dee ]
I wear all 501's
Many wear Adidas, but I have none
Filas, I'm coolin, girls are droolin
Rulin all classes cause I am schoolin
[ Sir Jinx ]
Yes boy, and I am with it
Reachin for the crown and I damn sho' get it
Be the king, rap, don't sing
And when I come around here's who I bring
[ all ]My posse
[ all ]My posse
(Posse's gettin big and my posse's gettin bigger)
[ all ]My posse
[ all ]My posse
(Posse's gettin big)
(Jealous posses on my tip)--> King Adrock
[ all ]My posse
[ Cube ]Seize di mic on di 1 (right)
[ all ]My posse
[ Cube ]Seize di mic before 3 (right)
[ all ]My posse
[ Cube ]Seize di mic before 2 (right)
[ all ]My posse
[ Cube ]Seize di mic on di 1 (right)
[ Ice Cube ]
(My) posse on the move with fly girls
Fresh Fila gear and my hair in curls
Would get a motel but I'm too cheap
About to let her have it in the backseat
Chick's gettin ill and I assume
This girl won't go to the motel room
Me in the backseat turned up the sound
But my man K-Dee nowhere to be found
[ Kid Dee ]
Skeezer poppin drag and it ain't no joke
If I had to pay attention she'd wind up broke
Talkin quite dirty and that's the clue
Started kissin and huggin on Posse 2 (2)
Headed for the skirt, had to admit it
Willin not illin, she was damn sho' with it
Whispered in my ear, talkin that sex
Hurry up in the back, homeboy, I'm next
[ Sir Jinx ]
Jinx teed off cause my girl's no fun
I'm the only one that's on a dry run
She had a beef, I had a gripe
[ Ice Cube ]
But I heard different, she's not that type
[ Sir Jinx ]
I dissed her and dismissed her, threw her out of the place
Start poppin that trash, threw my hand in her face
Grabbed another girl who loved the posse
Headed to the Fox and the rest's history
[ all ]My posse
[ all ]My posse
(Posse's gettin big and my posse's gettin bigger)
[ all ]My posse
[ all ]My posse
(Posse's gettin big)
(Jealous posses on my tip)
(Posse's) (posse's) (posse's gettin big)
(Posse's) (posse's) (posse's gettin big)
(Posse's gettin big and my posse's gettin bigger)
[ Ice Cube ]
Posse 1 Ice Cube and I'm the ace
[ Kid Dee ]
Posse 2 roll the deuce, Kid Dee's in the place
[ Sir Jinx ]
Sir Jinx in the back and I'm the trey
[ Ice Cube ]
I talk more crap and down with Dre
[ Kid Dee ]
(The Wreckin' Crew) is with it, hip to get busy
[ Sir Jinx ]
Eazy-E, Ron De Vu keep chasin those skizzies
[ Ice Cube ]
[Names] just make that noise
[ Sir Jinx ]
This rhyme is dedicated to the Vick Boys
[ Ice Cube ]
To all the girls out there wanna get in our face
[ Kid Dee ]
To the Crenshaw cruisers, keep pumpin that bass
[ Sir Jinx ]
And to any rap team, if you wanna be king
[ Ice Cube ]
You must stand in line if you know what I mean
[ all ]My posse
[ all ]My posse
(Posse's gettin big and my posse's gettin bigger)
[ all ]My posse
[ all ]My posse
(Posse's gettin big)
(Jealous posses on my tip)
[ all ]My posse
[ Cube ]Seize di mic on di 1 (right)
[ all ]My posse
[ Cube ]Seize di mic before 3 (right)
[ all ]My posse
[ Cube ]On di mic before 2 (right)
Hey yo Dre
Kick in the bass

(The names have been changed to protect the innocent)
[ Dr. Dre ]
Ah yeah
Right about now C.I.A. is in effect
My name is Dr. Dre their producer
And we gon' cold get retarted
A little somethin like this
[ Kid Dee ]
All the guys act eerie (why?) I don't know
Cause I am Darryl (but I'm not Joe)
[ Ice Cube ]
Posse 1 to the mic, Ice Cube (that's you)
[ Kid Dee ]
(Kid Dee) that's me, I'm Posse 2
[ Ice Cube ]
Sir Jinx is without a doubt Posse 3
3rd to the cut, boy, evidently
[ Kid Dee ]
Funky fresh, freshly-funky Kid Dee is coldly-coolin
And my boys, we bust out on the west cause I am rulin it
Schoolin it, boy, and you don't want none
Much like a 808 because my bass hums
[ Ice Cube ]
I am ill gettin iller, Ice Cube is illustratin it
A brand new cut, keep the b-boys hatin it
Don't get paid, but that's alright
I got the riches of a king when I hold the mic
[ Kid Dee ]
Ill-legal gettin busy, a strong black villain
Ice Cube (Sir Jinx) Kid Dee (what - chillin)
Yeah
(West Coast style)
(The names have been changed to protect the innocent)
(Word)
[ Ice Cube ]
Now Ice Cube's gettin busy, my girls are dizzy
Always on the scene with the schoolyard skizzy
Posse 2 playin, def rhyme-sayin
And at the Snooty Fox is where I'm stayin
[ Kid Dee ]
????????, pizza man-jacking
Always in a daze and my mouth keeps yapping
Crenshaw dweller, mix tape seller
Cute with the loot plus I'm a fresh fella
[ Ice Cube ]
G-g-g-girlie abuser, 8Ball user
I hold the title of the Crenshaw cruiser
Bark like a beagle, word's ill-legal
Fuck Boy [edited] and drive-by Seagal
[ Kid Dee ]
Kool-Aid I guzzle which makes me puzzled
Moms on my tip, bought her a new muzzle
Ugly girls shakin, miniskirt-takin
Ice Cube (oh yeah) Kid Dee's money-makin
(Hold it)
(Go) (go) (go) (go) (go)
(L.A. is the place)
(Ah yeah)
(4 and) (3 and) (2 and) (1) (what up)--> Beastie Boys
[ Ice Cube ]
Had the girlies here early morning, all of them fine
Pushing and shoving, wasn't even in line
Out here to see me do my thing
Car stopped, door opened, out steps the king
Buggin and sluggin, to wreck the car
You know why, Kid Dee, cause I'm a rap star
Girl kissed my hand and fell to her knees
Said, "Hold it everybody, no autographs please"
[ Kid Dee ]
Well me I'm Kid Dee, I stepped out next
I don't smoke but I'm down for music and sex
I'm the big star and it ain't no thing
Let facts be facts, I'm down with the king
Tryin not lyin, I keep my profile low
And wouldn't you know they still ripped my clothes
Knocked me off my feet, right on my seat
Girls caused a riot, bodyguards got beat
(Is that right?)
[ Sir Jinx ]
Now Jinx was last to hit the party
Girls was touchin all on my body
Suckin and grabbin, ripped and torn
The crew was bonin out to the backstage door
Females went nuts, pinchin my butt
Funky fresh Filas kicked the door shut
Huffin and puffin cause we ran far
[ all ]
So we rushed the dressing room with the biggest star
Ill-legal, y'all
(West Coast style)--> C.I.A.
(Raised in L.A.)--> Ice-T
(From L.A.)
(The names have been changed to protect the innocent)
(Word)
[ Kid Dee ]
He is so conceited but he don't show it
[ Ice Cube ]
Who me Ice Cube? (Word up) You know it
Broke my leg and I had to hobble
Still did the wop, still quick to squabble
[ Kid Dee ]
Well, I'm jammin not slammin, don't give a goddamn and
When I go out to eat it's caviar not salmon
(Why not?) Cause it's in stereo
[ both ]
And when we perform, here's how it goes
[ Ice Cube ]
Now Jinx's out first, cause that's our style
But when my Filas hit the stage, the crowd went wild
Jinx cuts the beat cause he's the band
I grab the microphone and I throw the mic stand
[ Kid Dee ]
I threw my hands high cause I need to be seen
I go second to the mic cause that's the routine
I introduced him and he'd do it for me
Yo, that's Ice Cube (and that's Kid Dee)