Truth Filmography

• Phone Swap (2012)
• The Young Smoker (2011)
• Life on Christopher Street (2002)

Truth

Cast

• Amy Ryan Gunson
• Matt Jones

• Season 1
• Episode 2: (#1.2)
• Episode 30: (#1.30)
  USA:December 2001...

• Truth - Janet Jackson
• Truth - Def Leppard
• Truth - Avias
• Truth - Shekinah Glory Ministry
• Truth - New Order
• Truth - (Hed) Pe
• Truth - Caedmon's Call
• Truth - Assemblage 23
• Truth - Seether
• Truth - Ikon
• Truth - Arcwelder
• Truth - Sophie Zelmani
• Truth - Trees
• Truth - Tree
• Truth - Amos Lee
• Truth - Jason Aldean
• Truth - Jimmy Lafave
• Truth - Dwele
• Truth - Spill Canvas
• Truth - Lil' O
• Truth - Michael Sweet
• Truth - Bamboo
• Truth - Jason Reeves
• Truth - Sacrifice
• Truth - Neil Finn
• Truth - SR-71
• Truth - Still Life
• Truth - BEN JELEN
• Truth - Brooklyn The Musical Soundtrack
• Truth - Ruthie Foster
• Truth - Rodox
• Truth - Misery Inc.
• Truth - Seven System
• Truth - Hue & Cry
• Truth - Jim Stevens
• Truth - Damita
• Truth - Krays
• Truth - American Pearl
• Truth - Steve Moakler
• Truth - La Rocca
• Truth - Joe 90
• Truth - Tom Wilson

How did I get here
Think I know what I did
Always worked real hard
Maybe I missed something
I'm not into pointing fingers
Showin who's right or wrong
I just wanna keep it real
Cause maybe I was doin fine on my own
Listen:
I had a career before now didn't I
I had lots of friends before now didn't I
And I had my fans before now didn't I
And I had my family before now didn't I
Guess without you
My little life was nothing
But don't sweat it
Let's say we disagree so
Arguing ain't necessary cause
We both have out whole lives left to live
We're both consumed with jealousy
But the truth can set you free
Don't act like you don't know the truth
Cause deep down in your heart you do
Let it go
Ooh child
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh child thing will be bright cause
Truth will set you free
Conversations deep
When you talk to yourself
There's no wayt to cheat
Cause you know you can't be no one else
Won't trip out on disappointment
Cause failure is just not me
Still I gotta do my job
Cause you know my show can't go on without me
Listen:
I had a career before now didn't I
Sold out round the worl before now didn't I
I had a few hits before now didn't I
And danced until my feet were sore now didn't I
Guess without you
My little life was nothing
But don't sweat it
Let's say we disagree so
Arguing ain't necessary cause
We both have out whole lives left to live
We're both consumed with jealousy
But the truth can set you free
It's hard to believe
The love between us is over
It's sad to think we couldn't work it out
But how much is enough to pay for this mistake
Hope your love was sincere
Don't act like you don't know the truth
Cause deep down in your heart you do
Let it go
Ooh child
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh child thing will be bright cause
Truth will set you free
Don't act like you don't know the truth
Cause deep down in your heart you do
Let it go
Ooh child
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh child thing will be bright cause
Truth will set you free
Do you know the truth
Feel it
Live it
Do you know the truth
Trust it
Believe it
Do you know the truth
You want it
And need it
Do you know the truth
To find it
Embrace it

I've been burning
And dousing the flames
I feel the whiplash
Of the backlash on my face
I melt to sleep at night
But I wake to trip the day
Never for you never for me
Would I kiss your feet of clay
I'm still alive and so should I
Soak up the wave of compromise
Am I the victim of youth
Is this the truthh
Why don't you tell me
Why don't you tell me
There's no conscience
In charity or shame
The voice deceive me
But believe me its the same
I see the black in white
And the colour in the gray
Better for me better for you
Gonna bleach it all away
I'm still alive and so should I
Soak up the wave of compromise
I see the scars, I hear the lies
So what's the truth

Verse1:
It's the blunts, it's the 40's got your mind so blurry
Like fog on a mirror when you step out the shower
Satan collecting souls seconds minutes and hours
It only take the chosen to realize god hold all power
Never can he devour satan surely can tempt
Sin got your life crazy know that you're not contempt
And he don't hold no one exempt
Little kids maturing quick can't even pay the rent
From heaven he sent his only begotten son
Confess all your sins see the battle already won
God got so much for you telling the truth this is aint
no lie
Satan cover the truth this is his strategy disquise
Oneday we will see truth when the lord come through the
skys
Wiping away tears from the righteous hurting eyes
Until this day come just deliver the truth
The truth is the bible that help you get through
Chorus:
I want... the truth
Nothing... but the truth
If you can't deliver this... then don't come through
I can't make my own rules... to cover what I do
I want... the truth
Nothing... but the truth
If you can't deliver this... then don't come through
I can't make my own rules... to cover what I do
Verse2:
Like a poisonous snake he awaits your next move
Coming in like a rake you the leaves he gotta move
You on a dark path this is what satan choose
Then you take your last breath and guess what "you
lose"
Avoid all these mistakes cause with god you don't
stress
Building you up to better like a dove builds it's nest
And realize who you are cause you making success
Always honor the father and you surely will be blessed
Chorus:
I want... the truth
Nothing... but the truth
If you can't deliver this... then don't come through
I can't make my own rules... to cover what I do
I want... the truth
Nothing... but the truth
If you can't deliver this... then don't come through

They called you a failure
They called you a lost cause
They said you would never become anything at all
The love generation, With no direction
But when I look in your eyes I see the prize yet to be claimed
[Chorus]
I'll say it once, I'll say it twice
That your life was worth the price
Paid for you, Paid for me
And I believe in you
And I know you'll find the truth
I know you've been broken
'Cause I've seen the abuse
I know there's a place inside your heart begging for truth
For a soft spoken answer
That won't wake your spirit
And when I look in your eyes I see the prize that's yet to be claimed
[Chorus]
I'll say it once, I'll say it twice
That your life was worth the price
Paid for you, Paid for me
And I believe in you
And I know you'll find the truth
That's not what they told you
When they said they gave up for you
And your nothing
And you'll never be anything
I wait for the day when you stand up and say
I can do all things
Through Him here who strenghtens me
[Chorus]
I'll say it once, I'll say it twice
That your life was worth the price
Paid for you, Paid for me
And I believe in you
Yes I believe in you

Oh, it's a strange day
In such a lonely way
I saw some children dance
I watched my life in a trance
And the people around me
Seemed so glad to be here
Will my time pass so slowly
On the day that I fear?
And the noise that surrounds me
Pulls so loud in my head
From the promise that healed us
To the lies that I said
Oh, it's a strange day
In such a lonely way
Some people look down on me,
I know they like what they see
Strange day,
Such a strange day

Tell the children the truth...
Your pussy band sounds just like shit
You're not punk rock
You're more like a punk trik
You corporate motherfuckers all suck a dick
I'm an anti-motherfuckin social independent
Fuck the life
I don't want a thing
You buy - you sell - you suck - you pig
Fuck the world
You're a lost consumer
You buy - you sell - you suck - you pig
You sold your time, your soul to Cosmo
In love with a name tag
How bout this toe tag
You got raped by the fags on TV
And the TV got raped by the FCC
Fuck the life...
How do you bite the hand that feeds?
How can I walk away?
I can't let them get away with this!
No I'm not just a nigga
I'm a punk rock nigga
So you know I got nothin to lose
I'd rather pull the trigga
And take away my own life
Before I hand it over to you
Fuck the life...

I've been putting on and putting off too many people
And I'm getting old to live like an injured man
Ailment and unfilled prescription like the nose on my face
Like a broken boat safety raft and a love for the water
And I just can't decide to sink or swim it's me or them
Should I save myself or go back for the others because
Maybe there's no gray and I was wrong to tell 'em so
And maybe all that I've to do was done a long time ago
'Cause there was life before my life
There was provision before my need
There was redemption before my sin
For the sake of the world I thank the Lord
That the truth's not contingent on me
I've been dressing up and dressing down for too many people
And I'm a little young to live like a troubled boy, a troubled soul
A fish out of water, 'cause we're all just the same
We're all just as good and just as bad and just as distracted
By the corners of our eyes as our fathers were and theirs before
And all those before them and still I glance around
And with the way I stare you'd think I'd seen through a two-by-four
And with the way I walk you'd think I'd never seen grace before
But I've been putting up and putting down too many things
That I know nothing about but I'm jealous of

The truth is like a dancer with shattered limbs
What once stood proud and graceful is languishing
And the midday sun beats down from above like a giant fist
That evaporates the veracity from within our midst
CHORUS
Don't speak of truth in times like these
The concept's riddled with disease
Deny the sights your eyes have seen
This is the new reality
The truth is like a painting that time defaced
A monument to beauty left in disgrace
And the faded flower that our eyes yet devoured is in decline
What once was as pure as an infant's embrace has become maligned
(CHORUS)
The truth is like a lantern in heavy winds
What once shone like a beacon is growing dim
And the flickering flame dies out in the rain of perfect lies
Silver threads of smoke float upward into the sky

If I gave you the truth, would it keep you alive?
Though I'm closer to wrong, I'm no further from right
And now I'm convinced on the inside that something's wrong with me
Convinced on the inside, you're so much more than me, yeah
No there's nothing you say that can salvage the lie
But I'm trying to keep my intentions disguised
And now I'm deprived of my conscience and something's got to give
Deprived of my conscience, this all belongs to me, yeah
I'm beaten down again, I belong to them
Beaten down again, I've failed you
I'm weaker now my friend, I belong to them
Beaten down again, I've failed you
The deception you show is your own parasite
Just a word of advice you can heed if you like
And now I'm convinced on the inside that something's wrong with me
Convinced on the inside you're so much more than me, yeah
I'm beaten down again, I belong to them
Beaten down again, I've failed you
I'm weaker now my friend, I belong to them
Beaten down again, I've failed you
I'm beaten down again, I belong to them
Beaten down again, I've failed you
I'm weaker now my friend, I belong to them
Beaten down again, I've failed you
I'm beaten down
I'm beaten down
I'm beaten down

Today I see you fading away
Today I see my life go by
Look into my eyes
Look into my eyes
Look into my eyes
Look into my eyes
Fade away
Fade away
Everyday everyday(2)
Today I saw it all in you
Today the truth became known
It just slips away
It just slips away
It just slips away
It just slips away
Fade away
Fade away
Everyday everyday(2)
From: In The Shadow Of The Angel, Black Radio, The Final Experience
& Thankyou Very Much Goodnight

(w. graber)
And everybody wants to know somehow (just don't ask me for the truth)
And change is change but that ain't wisdom
An endless track of endless tracks - pretend
And never leave this track once it begins
[chorus]
Explanations, expectations - I'll find some other way
No here's how to help hallucinations - it's just from day to day
And junior finds some strange salvation - I'd say he's wrong
'cause maybe when it's all done - this is just a song
If no one knows then how can they be wrong
Deplete it all it seems before to long
Insanity - a blink ten thousand years
Insanity - well there is nothing here
[chorus]
Today it seems some wounds will never mend
A simple thought but clouds of doubt again

I don't wanna find out the truth
I don't wanna find out the truth
But only truth satisfy
I want it so much to go away
I want it so much to go away
But with the truth it will stay
And you will fall heavy upon my chest
But laughing will give the time to rest
I still can breathe when you are asleep
Just let me gasp for peace
I'd like to have other things on my mind
Like to have other things on my mind
I can't choose a line
I wanna wake up and find you
I wanna wake up and find you
If it's true, I won't continue to
You will fall heavy upon my chest
But laughing will give the time to rest
I still can breathe when you are asleep
Just let me gasp for little peace
I still can look like we get along
Truth will stay too long
I don't know how to get armed
I don't know how to get armed

I have to come to terms
with the true definition of I
I have to re-evaluate
myself with myself
my own proof of worth
for nobody else
If the Truth be known
I'll always be alone
to think I thought
I knew myself
Truth-let the truth be know
The pain of being my worst enemy
can no longer be endured
the pollution must end
Time to be my best friend
Time to be reborn
in a value of my own
If the Truth be known
I'll always be alone
Truth-let the truth be known

I have to come to terms
with the true definition of I
I have to re-evaluate
myself with myself
my own proof of worth
for nobody else
If the Truth be known
I'll always be alone
to think I thought
I knew myself
Truth-let the truth be know
The pain of being my worst enemy
can no longer be endured
the pollution must end
Time to be my best friend
Time to be reborn
in a value of my own
If the Truth be known
I'll always be alone
Truth-let the truth be known
Truth

Well my woman, she showed up
With your number on her hand
Well I thought that I might call you up
So we could deal with this man to man
You better tell me the truth son, yeah
Well he showed up down at the ballroom
Walking slow and acting strong
Well I said my friend I'll give you one last chance
To admit that you done me wrong
You better tell me the truth son, yeah
You better tell me the truth son, yeah
Now they got me here in the county
With his blood still on my face
Well the boys in blue they don't play no game
All the sheriff said to me was this...
You better tell me the truth, son
I'ma beat it out of you
You better tell me the truth, son
I'ma beat it out of you
Now they got me here in the lockdown
For a crime I did commit
Well for my last call
I called the number on my girl's hand
To remind you not to forget
You should'a told me the truth, son
Make me beat it out of you
You should'a told me the truth, son
Make me beat it out of you
You should'a tole me the truth, son
Oh...
Make me beat it outta you
Make me beat it outta you
Make me beat it
Make me beat it
Make me beat it

Tell em all I'm on vacation,
Say I went to visit friends,
That you ain't heard or seen from me in quite a while,
When they ask you where I've been,
Tell em I'm out on the west coast where it don't ever rain,
And that I'm probably doing fine,
(Chorus)
Just don't tell em I've gone crazy,
That I'm still strung out over you,
Tell em anything you want to,
Just don't tell em all the truth,
Yeah don't tell em all the truth,
Tell em all I'm out in Vegas,
Blowin' every dollar I ever made,
Tell em that I must be into something bad for me cause,
I sure lost a lot of weight,
Tell em I'm out on the road with some old rock and roll band,
Living like a gypsy king,
(Chorus)
The truth is that I'm asking you to lie,
And we both know that it ain't right,
But if you ever loved me please,
Have some mercy on me,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Tell em anything you want to,
Just don't tell em all the truth,
Yeah don't tell em all the truth,
I still need you,
Yeah that's the truth,
I still love you,

Went down to Memphis on a blue night train
Made Oklahoma in the driving rain
Midnight hour, Tulsa county line
J. J. Cale music in my mind
Ooo ooo weee
Come on listen to me
The truth will set you free
You stand there waiting in the red dirt night
Just round the corner and a little to the right
I say, baby, won’t you take me home
You say my type is always quick to roam
Wooo ooo weee
Come on listen to me
The truth will set you free
Spin the bottle, baby, lick your lips
Spin the bottle, baby, move your hips
Please excuse me while I help myself
It’s up to me cause there ain’t no one else
Oooo ooo weee
Come on listen to me

Yeah yeah yeah...
Dooooh
Babe would you please be mine
(My)
Subject.....
My Subject... [repeated] yeah
Doodoodoodoumdoumdoum
Doodoodoodoumdoumdoum
[music]
Do ooooh
Ooooh..... [repeated]
Oh babe I -I II
I lied
I said you were the truth
You took it as the truth
And now I got you
But I don't want you like that
There only lives one love
And of that you can't compare to
And that's the bare-naked truth
[pause]
You knew
And I knew
But you didn't want to hear
What I didn't want to tell you
Now we've got hard times....
And now there's no love at home
When separate we build so alone
But we can't stand to be together
To talk about it
Had time
To inc
Thoughts instead
Of bodies
This can't be love
[pause]
What if we
Produced a shorty
Hard times would still be visual
Within this love
Within our love
This can't be love
And that's the bare-naked
You took it as the truth
And now I got you
But I don't want you like that
There only lives one love
And of that you can't compare to
And that's the bare-naked truth
I said you were the truth
You took it as the tru-u-uth
We can't stand to be together
To talk about it
But we can't stand to be
Apart long enough to hear this thing baby
You and I started off good
Findin' time to spend time
I said what you wanted to hear
Now you need to go
I lied
I said you were the truth
You took it as the truth
And now I got you
But I don't want you like that
There only lives one love
And of that you can't compare to
And that's the bare-naked truth
And you need to
Take that as the truth
If our words were truly fact
We probably still wouldn't have love
But we would love what we had
But we don't
Reality is we like
Now you and I must say goodbye
Can't you see the
Bare-naked start to speak
I'm a young man
World is mine
I shoulda' been
Straight with you from the beginning
You probably wasn't even lookin' for a man
[pause]
This time has been
No doubt interesting
But now that we broke up
I'm thinking this mighta' been love
This coulda been love
Damn what the...
I'ts just my luck
[finger snappin']

What if I led a different life
Would you stay, stay?
What if you could only speak the truth
What would you say, say?
Time doesn't wait for anyone
There is a part in every day
When I lie to myself
And say that it's okay
'Cause if I don't, I think I'll go insane
But the truth is I only have myself to blame
Explain to me
How you're so damn naive
Think I don't see, see?
Forget what I said
You're only good in bed
Or on your knees, knees
Time doesn't wait for anyone.
There is a part in every day
When I lie to myself
And say that it's okay
'Cause if I don't, I think I'll go insane
But the truth is, I only have myself to blame
Time doesn't wait for anyone.
There is a part in every day
When I lie to myself
And say that it' okay
'Cause if I don't, I think I'll go insane
But the truth is, I only have myself to blame
There is a part in every day
When I lie to myself
And say that it's okay

[Billy Cook:]
Too many brothers locked, there'll be too many dying
And if I set it up out, then I'd be lying
[Hook: x2]
You want the truth (yeah), bujt you can't handle the truth (no)
Us niggaz ain't free, we just running round loose (right)
They say what monkey see, monkey gon do (oh-no-no-no-no-no-no-oh)
This song pertains to every thug nigga, even you
[Lil' O:]
My lil' partna stole a half, from a crooked ass law
He chopped it up and heat it in, it's time he Hilfiger drawas
See hit the cut before you run, young G's gotta crawl
And he was hitting every lick, even soaked his ma
And when he stacked a lil' change, he went straight to the mall
And bought some POLO and some Guess, to let hoes know that he ball
But I recall a time when blacks, couldn't buy shit at all
And when you mention slavery, no one sounded upauled
They said ay free the slaves, see loves blacks don't believe it
Slavery came to an end, cause slavery wasn't needed
New technology, provided quantities at high volume
Cheaper than maintaining slaves, now we got us a problem
Cause now we can make these goods, and astonishing figures
Without the labor tell me, what we gon do with these niggaz
Should we gun em down with triggas, send em back to they land
Or should we keep em all in chains, till we get us a plan
Well here's a plan let's give em jobs, better jobs than we
No just enough, so they can get the minimal wants and needs
They'll still be in poverty, but with they hard earned bucks
They'll make us rich by buying shit, that was made by us you see
[Hook x2]
[Lil' O:]
Now if you worked all your life, but still ain't had shit
If you seen a man slipping, would you grab his shit
I'm talking gun a man down, straight robbing and stealing
Or commit genocide, for pride we straight drug dealing
And I know you know the feeling, (man I ain't got shit
Man these whites living good, I got's to have that shit)
Even though we can't afford it, man we still gotta get it
Black people love to floss, I swear to God it's embedded
Now you can curse all you want, you can scream and shout
But only a nigga'll buy him a Benz, before he buy him a house
And when the new Jordans come out, we spend our money like fools
When these whites won't pay, more than eighty dollars for shoes
We got the whole game confused, we being played like fools
But playa who am I to lie, I do the same shit too
Cause I done jacked me some niggaz, I done been on the grind
But playa peep how smart they is, they getting paid off our crime
It's big business in the 90's, sending niggaz to jail
You can buy stock in the Penn, think they ain't making mail
[talking:]
See, as long as niggaz keep dropping out of school
To chase this fast change
We doing exactly, what they want us to do
[Hook x2]
[Lil' O:]
As slavery passed whites asked, are we really that dense
A man convinced that we are, pressing blacks is a sense
Yeah a man ain't really lynched, had a plan for us brothers
He said you keep them blacks divided, and they'll keep down eachother
Put field nigga against house nigga, put dark skin against light
They won't worry bout us whites, all they'll do is just fight
And the sad thing he's right, look how us young niggaz trip
Look how we split eachother's wig, over Blood and Crip
Look how we quick to start tripping, damn you stepped on my shoes
Then we mean mug eachother, what you looking at fool
Why is it cool to be a killer, fraud to be about peace
Why we can't understand, too many of us deceased
Do we hate ourselves, some think the mo' yellow the better
Then compare the way we act, to Mr. Will and inch letter
Yeah it's all a big set up, look in books you'll find proof
But they won't teach you this in school, cause you can't handle the truth you see
[Hook x2]
[talking:]
Man, I'm missing that Lil' Norris
That Lil' Gator, that Fat Pat, that Mafio
That Lil' Al, that Marcus Grey
All my partnas on lock, Big Spider, Big Mark
You know I love y'all, Black Ass hold ya head
Kinfolk, I love you baby
Sean Blaze, hold ya head
Wool, you know it's on when you get home baby
Lawson I love you baby, all my partnas on lock
All my partnas in the grave, I love y'all
We gon make it through the storm
Cause that's what playas do
Maintain under pressure, you feel me
[Billy Cook:]
Too many brothers locked, there'll be too many dying

(John 4:16, 1 John 2:4-6)
They burn your ears with what they say
And they pretend to care with their display
The lies they feed you soothe your mind
Deceiving you from what you'll find
CHORUS
Open your eyes can't you see it
Separates the soul, body and spirit
Forgives, forgets and sets you free
It's calling you to enternity, it's Truth
They say we judge as they judge in song
And they don't claim to know, but know we're wrong
The lies they whisper find their mark
And slowly pierce right through your heart
CHORUS
Open your eyes can't you see it
Seperates the soul, body and spirit
Forgives, forgets and sets you free
It's calling you to eternity, it's Truth
SOLO
REPEAT CHORUS

Can't Believe how you set me free
The way you purify this soul don't you know
Got you into my arms now I'm never letting go
This old dog is finally home...finally home...So!
Chorus:
Ohh, Tell me what you want
I'll pay the price
What's money I'll roll the dice
Lose it all take the fall
Let it ride
As long as i have you at my side
(repeat 2X)
Friend or foe you come to me
Wasn't sure how deep a hole i was getting into
Yet I choose to wake up every mornin with a smile of my face
Or see life for what it is one big fat race...GO!
(repeat chorus)
*Chorus:
I've played the fool
Thinking i can catch you off guard and score another night with you
But the tables have been turned
This boy's about to get burned
But before i go, i gotta know - i gotta know
Let's not forget
You kept me waiting
What can i do to get through to you
Tired of singin to myself
I need a lesson
I need a blessing
The Shoe fits all we need is a little glue
I hate what you do
Ohh, Tell me what you want
Ohh, Tell me what you want
Ohh, Tell me what you want
Ohh, Tell me what you want...fuck you...
(repeat chorus)
Ohh... It's been so good since i last saw you... ohh... child...

The truth is bitter on my tongue
It's trapped inside my lungs
It's running through my vains like poison
And I know you feel the same
But someone's in the way
So now i'll never get to say....
You're the only one that breaks my soul and you take a little piece
wherever you go
Every time you leave my heart goes cold
Cause you're the one I love and you won't ever know
The truth is screaming in my eyes
Like a neon sign
Caught beneath the waves of lies
That I tell you every day
It's easier that way
So now i'll never get to say....
You're the only one that breaks my soul and you take a little piece
wherever you go
Every time you leave my heart goes cold
Cause you're the one I love and you won't ever know.
I can't tell you there's no one else, can't tell you how I fell
Gotta keep it to my self for now. (repeat)

Is it reality when I say there is no future
Left for the young? Oblivion has just begun,
Can this be real? You've left wounds that cannot heal
Problems to solve with with no way to resolve
The truth of life to come cannot be concealed
A wicked world takes hold, the end begins
The civilization corrodes, drowning in sin
Blinded by the cause, can't see tomorrows flaws
This way of life just does not seem right
A captive in my mind, someday we will find
That not all is truth of life, they will steal the youth
The truth of life to come cannot be concealed
A wicked world takes hold, the end begins
The civilization corrodes, drowning in sin
No I will not follow
The truth has changed me
The well of life is running dry
No lies
Not far away we will find
Ambivalence tearing our minds
I see right through their liesDespised
We play the fools, the retarded make the rules
Can this be truth? We slip into their noose
The poison they feed is something many need
To carry on as thid new day dawns
The truth of life to come, it must be revealed
A wicked world takes hold, the end begins

Remember who we are, supple and new
If I lose my way you'd tell me the truth for all it's worth
Lifting up your hand, show me my rescue
What I said, truth is worth more than pride
Truth is worth more than pride
Everything you do continues long after you've gone
Circle overhead, view from the bed, so high and lonely
Sixteen times a day, he comes to ground
To get some attention
'Cause what I said, truth is worth more than pride
Truth, it cannot be denied
Truth is worth more than pride
They have showered me with riches
And they say that I am worthy of their love
And their attention but they still don't know the truth
Everything you do continues long after you've gone
What I said, truth is worth more than pride
Truth cannot be denied
Truth is worth more than pride
View from the bed, so high and lonely
So high and lonely
Truth is worth more than pride, hey hey
View from the bed, so high and lonely
So high and lonely

Blood and dust have changed
All the colors in my mind
Black has made me see
But the truth has made me blind
To the fears
To the lies
They were here
All the time
In your sympathetic Sunday nights
I don't belong
'Til all the hate that lines the face
Of my enemy is gone
All the fears
All the lies
They were here
All the time
The mouth of New York City talks
Spitting dust from streets to sidewalks
Pictures soaked in gasoline
Twisting through the steel and concrete
The smoke has cleared but I can't breathe
The new day's a prison
For the souls who've lost hope
But I've been taught change
Comes to the one's who need it most
All the fears
All the lies
They were here
All the time
The mouth of New York City talks
Spitting dust from streets to sidewalks
Pictures soaked in gasoline
Twisting through the steel and concrete
The smoke has cleared but I can't breathe
The mouth of New York City talks
Spitting dust from streets to sidewalks
Pictures soaked in gasoline
Twisting through the steel and concrete
Twisting through the steel and concrete
Twisting through the steel and concrete

This sky is green, this grass is blue. I'll paint this picture and give it all to you. When I'm here I feel so free, it's cold out there. Why can't you believe? It's true, so true. My words fall down. It's true, I need you. Looking past what I believe. Break this silence it brought me to my knees. I'll break past what I've been shown. Now I see that I've finally found a home. Shining star from yesterday fell to the ground, faded away. Look to the sky to understand. I've got my grip, but I've lost my hand. It's true. Take a look inside, I can see what's real. Let loose my pride. Open up my world. In this place of peace, I can understand. Will you look at me, will you take my

Move it forward, spread the word, we're setting up the stage,
The rich get rich, the rest get desperate, trying to play the game.
All these people, all this greed consumed by apathy
and I'm so small all I do is sit Around
and I'm guilty too, but America
I can't ignore anymore the stories that I hear.
we're so diverse we have to chase our immigrants away.
well people give what they recieve and all they feel is pain
we love our guns until they're turned round,
well who've we got to blame?
And I'm so small all I do is sit around
And I'm guilty too but America
I can't ignore, anymore, the stories that I hear
not when genocide is named civil war to keep us in the clear
we say we're pure, insist we're good and what do we reward?
Beauty, Dollars, Power is our soul,
well tell me, tell me whats power ever done,
if anything in this world breeds kindness, tell me its not love
cause it doesn't have to be this way, its up to us where we go or stay,
there are places where mountains refresh the soul and rain pours truth into us all
Ubuntu, Brotherhood, Humanity
Where people live so simple and content
and the women may not be slender but they're strong, beautiful and tender.
They don't lose their identities, their lives filled up by humanity
now tell me, this is not the way to be
tell me this is not the way to be

Taylor:
From the time we're very young,
We're told the truth is something precious
Something noble, something regal
It will lift us like the wind
And give us wings like the eagle
All:
But that's the furthest thing from the truth
Taylor:
From the time we're very young
We're taught the truth is like a beacon
Something holy, like a spirit
It will free is from our fears
The closer we get near it
All:
But that's the furthest thing from the truth
Brooklyn:
Did your heart belong to someone
Other than my mother?
Don't I have a right to know
Have I a sister or a brother
All:
Don't I have a right to know?
Don't I have a right to know?
Brooklyn:
Huh?!?!?
Taylor:
Oh, the truth is but a flame
That engulfs the butterfly
It destroys all things of beauty
Keep your illusions and your lies
All:
Walk out that door
From the time we're very young
From the time we're very young
From the time we're very, very,
Very, very, very, very, very,
Very, Very, very, young…
Brooklyn:
From the time that I was young
I thought the truth was like a mirror
I wanna face it, I wanna feel it
I wanna find out who I am
But like a coward you conceal it
All:
But that's the furthest thing from the truth
Taylor(spoken):
Look, I don't know you; you don't know me. You know nothing of me!
Brooklyn(spoken):
Well, I know this…
(sung)You left a woman and a child
Have you no sense of shame?
Were you so young and selfish
It's my mother that you blamed
What courage does it take
To look me in the eye?
You can't bury truth in silence
Like a tree it's gonna rise
All:
Like a tree it's gonna rise
Like a tree it's gonna rise
Like a tree it's gonna rise
Like a tree it's gonna rise
Taylor:
The truth is but a wind
That robs the autumn from the trees
It leaves things empty like this needle
No, the truth won't set you free
All:
So walk out that door
From the time we're very young
From the time we're very young
From the time we're very, very,
Very, very, very, very, very,
Very, Very, very, young…
Brooklyn and Taylor:
From the time we're very young
All:
We're taught the truth is all that matters
Brooklyn:
It gives you strength
It makes you wise
Taylor:
But in truth it only shatters
So don't look into my eyes
Don't you look into my eyes

Somebody asked me
What it really mean to be true
Somebody tell me
Tell me what it mean to you
You can’t find it in a TV screen
You can’t read it in a book no
You won’t see it in the future
No matter how hard you look ya’ll
You know truth ain’t hard to find
You know sitting deep inside
And that truth can be in disguise
You don’t have to go far
Truth is right where you are
Somebody asked me
What it really mean to be true
Somebody tell me
Tell me what it mean to you
You’re trying to find it in the government ya’ll
And look for it in the courthouse too
You try to speak it in the cell phone ya’ll
Waiting to hear it on the radio news
You can’t find it in a whisper
You can’t find it in a shout no
You can’t find it in a schoolyard
They sing about it in the church house
I said truth
Getting hard to find
You know truth
Somewhere deep inside
You know truth
It’ll change your mind
And truth
It may be in disguise
You don’t have to go far
Truth is right where you are
Got to got to got to got to got to got to got to
Gotta have a little truth now
Little truth now
How bout a little bit of
How bout a little bit of
Just a little bit of truth now
Somebody somebody somebody tell me
(truth
can’t hide it
truth

Kill your hate
Gotta reborn
Feed your faith
No more pain, no more
Let your soul
Fly away
Let it flow
In your veins
Cause the truth is in our hearts
Forget your flesh
Got to save your soul
You will find the truth
Inside you!

She tried to make her voice heard.
She tried and tried, couldn't say a word.
With a needle in her hand, anyone didn't understand.
She let herself drift away.
She found her way out of this...
She found her way out of this misery.
Truth hurts, cuts like a knife.
We should give up and leave this life.
Truth burns deep in my veins.
We should give up, no one gains.
I tried to make my voice heard.
I tried and tried, couldn't say a word.
With a needle in her hand, anyone didn't understand.
She let herself drift away.
She found her way out of this misery.
Truth hurts, cuts like a knife.
We should give up and leave this life.
Truth burns deep in my veins.
We should give up, no one gains.
Truth hurts, cuts like a knife.
We should give up and leave this life.
Truth burns deep in my veins.
We should give up, no one gains.
Truth hurts.
Truth hurts.

We search for truth all life long
Day after day the same old song
We search for truth In brand new places
Reality stares In our faces
Chorus:
I've found the truth for me
I live in my reality
Even if it don't suit you
I've found my truth
We find the truth but turn to lies
To suit our greed and our pride
I know the truth it's in my heart
It's been evident from the start
Chorus:
I've found the truth for me
I live in my reality
Even if it don't suit you
I've found my truth
Research done
Line up your experiments
How can you dispute
My own experience
I've found my Truth

I'll fill your ears with noises,
the things you want to know
I turn your head with wondrous tales,
and make the world your show
I'll grab you from the inside,
and turn you right for me
When I have finished citizen you'll serve me happily
I'll give you truth for all occasions
I'll give you truth to keep you calm
Give you truth to hold the shadows back,
and truth to save you harm
I'll bow down to your wishes
But there must be a price
I'll make a whole new world for you,
and I'll have you in my vice
They say that a little poison can cure a greater ill
Well take a bite of this my friend, a bitter bitter
pill
I'll give you truth for all occasions
Give you truth to keep you calm
Give you truth to hold the shadows back,
and truth to save you harm
I'll give you truth when times are hurting
Give you truth but not for free
Truth to calm the rage within
You will just be with me
Be with me
I'll give you truth for all occasions
I'll give you truth just to keep you so calm
Give you truth to hold the shadows back,
and truth to save you harm
Ye, ye, ye, ye, ye, ye
The truth
I'll give you truth yeeees I'll give you truth
Ye, ye, ye, ye, ye, ye
Put your trust in me and I wont let you down
Put your trust in me and I wont let you down

Tell the truth
Keep it straight up, real and pure
Feels so good
We should all do it some more
Yeah, it's hard at first, that won't last
And when it's past you won't ask why any more
CHORUS
You gotta tell the truth
Start right away
Lyin' a way out no more
It turns round and bites you, for sure
Just tell the truth
Do it today
Try it, you might do some more
And soon you won't lie any more
Live your truth
And watch your life change day to day
You'll be sure
That you've found a better way
When the lies surround you
Have some faith; the truth'll shine on through
REPEAT CHORUS
Inside us we know what's true
Lies die, then they're gone
When life's lived from inside out
The truth finally won

Chorus:
Truth gonna set you free If you don't stand for something you'll fall for
anything Truth gonna set you free It could set you free if you believe
I know that you know it's time to walk in the light You been blind for too long
Let truth give you back your sight Tell the devil, let him know that he's a lie
Don't let him stop you Tell him he gets no free
ride
Chorus
Don't ya wanna be,
don't ya wonna be free Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
RAP: Who, what, me Truth gonna set, gonna set your soul free You can take it
from Damita and you can take it from me God sets
you free, yo, free indeed And I'm deep like a frek 'cause I believe In the Way,
the Truth to the Life he's given the soul's the reflection of the way you're
living Freedom ringin' Truth id the path T Mac is back and I'm free at last

Another year now witness to this life
Sometimes I'm filled with boredom at this life
Made progress but it still seems filled with strife
Won't give in to the anger of this life
So! I can't look back on my decisions
No! won't settle on your holidays from truth!
The words I want to hear so I won't go!
Won't give in now or lose my youth!
When I was young I thought I'd hit the top
I thought the more I gave the more I got
And I believed that I could right some wrongs
With the power in my head and in my songs
[Chorus]
Does evil twist decisions that we make?
Does goodness stop revenge we'd like to take?
The hand that feeds us nonsense I would break
to find freedom from the guidelines that you make

look through these eyes do ya know what you're seein'
once held the blue sky now colors are fadin'
god in your soul hell in your hands
swallow it down whole mother depression
I could lead the way forget my hell to pay
I would die if it would just make you believe
but would you let it go this I gotta know
if you could let it be
found my religion cut on a table
mirror stares back at a man who's not able
words of a savior ringin' through my head
give to us this day our daily bread
I would stand like a king ruling under one love
I could be your hero and you the truth I'm thinkin' of
I would stand like a king ruling under one love
I could be your hero if only you could let it be

I thought I could turn it around before you knew.
Before I lost, all I had.
I thought I could carry the lie, and hold you too.
But, I thought wrong. You slipped right through.
The truth ain't something you can just out run. X2
I look into your eyes and I see shattered glass,
And the faith you had in me gone like that.
I gave em the the keys to what was yours and mine,
And I crashed this sweet love of mine.
Cuz truth ain't something you can just out run x3
Oh I'm buried alive in the things I've done.
I'm crawling outta my grave. I'm looking at you with one eye open. oh I'm
Afraid there's nothin left here that ain't been broken.
Truth ain't something you can just out run.x2 run, run, run, run

Well I wrote a story
Got put in the paper
About all the bridges I'd burned
For the last part I lied
But you know it don't matter
Cause I'll print anything that you served
And if I was a shadow
On a long lonely gallow
That hang me and pull off my lip
Cause making up stories was all I could do
And you know that the truth ain't worth shit
That so much has happened
I ran with the union
And the ink never dried with the grass
Well the numbers got plenty
I assure you that many
Had been added by me for a gas
And if I was a shadow
On a long lonely gallow
That hang me and cut off my lip
Cause making up stories was all I could do
And you know that the truth ain't worth shit
My home was the scene
Or a quarrelsome marriage
That flared up whenever i spoke
So i brought her some letters
Washed down in adventure
And my bed would be lonely no more
And if I was a shadow
On a long lonely gallow
That hang me and cut off my lip
Cause making up stories was all I could do
And you know that the truth ain't worth shit
And if I was a shadow
On a long lonely gallow
That hang me and cut off my lip
Cause making up stories was all I could do
And you know that the truth ain't worth shit
And if I was a shadow
On a long lonely gallow
That hang me and cut off my lip
Cause making up stories was all I could do
And you know that the truth ain't worth shit

Truth, always deceiving
Never believing in yourself
Truth, not what you're giving
Not what is living inside of you
And doubt is a traitor to you
Truth is not a flower
The highest power but not for you
Truth isn't a savior, not your creator
So don't gimme your truth
And if you wanna be
What you always try to be
Don't go looking for
Something that you think you are
Everything you never thought
Is just about to happen to you
You can break through
And if you wanna be
What you always try to be
Don't go looking for
Something that you think you are
If you wanna be
What you always try to be
Don't go looking for
Something that you think you are
If you wanna be
What you always try to be
Don't go looking for
Something that you think you are
Everything you never thought
Is just about to happen to you
Truth, always deceiving
Never believing in yourself
Truth, not what you're giving
Not what is living inside of you
So don't gimme your truth
Don't gimme your truth
And if a loser dies trying
Tries at winning, wins at nothing
What does he find? He finds the truth

Wake me up when it's over
It's something I can't live through
I'm starting my car
And I'm driving it right back to you
It's been such a long time
Strangers passing me by
Each face looking in at me
They don't ask me why
It freaks me out the thought of going
Through this life without you
I need you to help me make it through the night
The truth hurts more than the lie
Maybe things will get better
Before we drift away
I save whatever's left behind
For another day
It freaks me out the thought of going
Through this life without you
I need you to help me make it through the night
The truth hurts more than the lie
Now the snow is falling all around my car
Covering up the streets and the downtown bars
It freaks me out the thought of going
Through this life without you
I need you to help me make it through the night
The truth hurts more than the lie