[Instrumental]
A duet with Benjamin Zephaniah
done on Bob the Bass' album "Clear"
I'm looking at your soul, your soul, your soul, your soul
I'm looking at your future, your future, future, future
As I look into your eyes, these eyes, these eyes, these eyes
I see another side, side, side, side
Vampire, you're feed on the life of a pure heart
Vampire you suck the life of goodness
Vampire, you're feed on the life of a pure heart
Vampire you suck the life of goodness
Turn the lights on
Let the lights shine bright
Turn the lights on
Let the lights shine bright
You've got to feel yourself and let go
You got to know you reap what you sown
You've got to feel something at sometime
Check the writings on the wall
And look into the sight
You're spending all your money on gare that never work
you're wasting all your energy and everywhere it hurts
God it really hurts
yes it really hurts
you got to know yourself
Vampire, you're feed on the life of a pure heart
Vampire, you suck the life of goodness
Yes
Vampire, you're feed on the life of a pure heart
Vampire you suck the life of goodness
From now on I'll call you England
From now on I'll call you England
From now on I'll call you England
From now on I'll call you England
See if you spit in the sky
It will fall in your eye
You see what goes up must come down
You will die looking up if you're not looking in
you've got to know yourself
I'm looking at your partners and they would never agree
I'm looking for your justice and it can not be seen
I'm checking where you're coming from and where you're going to
I'm checking all off what you have done to see what you can do
I'm looking at your lawbooks and they were never read
I'm looking at your lovesquire and they can not be thread
I'm looking at your empire living on the drears
You've got to know yourself
Vampire, you're feed on the life of a pure heart
Vampire, you suck the life of goodness
Yes
Vampire, you're feed on the life of a pure heart
Vampire you suck the life of goodness
From now on I'll call you England
Empire fall man, empire go
From now on I'll call you England
There's a lesson to be learned
Why is it that, you must know
From now on I'll call you England
and the rich that you eat is more like food that you fear
From now on I'll call you England
gotta see no love anyway you appear
From now on I'll call you England
you've got to know yourself
from now on I'll call you England
you've got to know yourself
Last night the word came down, ten dead in Chinatown.
Innocent, their only crime was being in the wrong place, at the wrong time
Too bad, people say what's wrong with the kids today
Tell you right now they've got nothing to lose
They're building EMPIRE!
Johnny used to work after school
at the cinema show.
Gotta hustle if he wants an education
he's got a long way to go.
Now he's out on the street all day
selling Crack to the people who pay.
Got an AK-47 for his best friend
business the American way.
Eastside meets Westside downtown.
No time, the walls fall down
Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE! Can't you hear it calling?
Black man, trapped again. hold his chain in his hand.
Brother killing brother for the profit of another,
Game point, nobody wins. Decline, right on time.
What happened to the dream sublime?
Tear it all down, we'll put it up again. Another EMPIRE?
Eastside meets Westside downtown.
No time, no line, the walls fall down.
Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE!
Can't you hear it coming EMPIRE!
Can't someone here stop it...??!!
Who's afraid of the sun?
Who'd question the goodness of the mighty?
We who banish the threat
When your little ones all go nighty-nighty
Well, there's no time for doubt right now
And less time to explain
So get back on your horses
Kiss my ring, join our next campaign
And the Empire grows with the news that we're winning
With more fear to conquer
And more gold thread for spinning
Bright as the sun, shining on everyone
Some would say that we forced our words
And we find that ingenuously churlish
Words are just words
Don't be so pessimistic, weak and girlish
We like strong and happy people
Who don't think there's something wrong with pride
Work makes them free
And we spread that freedom far and wide
And the Empire grows, the seeds of its glory
For every five tanks, plant a sentimental story
Till they worship the sun
Even Christ loving ones
And we'll kill the terror who rises
And a million of their races
But when our people torture you
That's a few random cases
Don't question the sun, it doesn't help anyone
But the journalist cried out
"When it was too late to stop us
Everyone had awakened to the dream
They could enter our Colossus"
And now I'm right, here you said I'm right
There's nothing that can harm me
'Cause the sun never sets
On my dungeons or my army
And the Empire fell
On its own splintered axis
And the Emperor wanes
As the silver moon waxes
And the farmers will find our coins
In their strawberry fields
While somebody somewhere
Twists his ring as someone kneels
Oh where is the sun shining for everyone?
Aren't you tired, aren't you sleepy (never going nowhere)
Can't you see what's wrong with you (comes with someone)
I am summer, gonna crush us (never going nowhere)
Change our skin, leave us ashes
I just wanna know
How long you're going to keep me
Locked out of your empire
Dancing pretty spins my mind (never going nowhere)
Racing into steals my time (comes with someone)
In the action, breaking down (never going nowhere)
Moving lightly and never ending
r
Only to deceive the memory
Begin the words and bleed reality.
(Those without a name) Bow down before your Gods
(This is your empire) Close your eyes.
(Those without a say) Bow down before your Gods
(This is your empire) Pay the price.
Embraced without belief is anarchy
Unvoiced a distant grief that beckons me.
(Those without a name) Bow down before your Gods
(This is your empire) Close your eyes.
(Those without a say) Bow down before your Gods
(This is your empire) Pay the price.
(Those without a name) Bow down before your Gods
(This is your empire) Close your eyes.
(Those without a say) Bow down before your Gods
(This is your empire) Pay the price.
(Those without a name) Bow down before your Gods
(This is your empire) Close your eyes.
(Those without a say) Bow down before your Gods
(This is your empire) Pay the price.
(Those without a name) Bow down before your Gods
(This is your empire) Close your eyes.
(Those without a say) Bow down before your Gods
Too much information, well I said, you're good for nothing
Come on to the back, I said, your needless good for something
Guess I'd better sell you now, guess I'll bet I'll be around
Singing for your questions but you've stolen all of my answers
Too much entertainment drove my knights out of their corner
Tell me that you've seen a ghost, I'll tell you what to fear the most
Stop, I said, it's happening again
We're all wasting away
We're all wasting away
Too much information, well I said, you're good for nothing
Stitch your part of counterfeit, I sent you out for hunting
Taking at the roads where you're taken for the simple codes
Swimming with the fishes while the serpent waves his tongue
With a belly full of splinters, now you see that I'm the one
Tell me that you've seen a ghost, I'll tell you what to fear the most
Stop, I said, it's happening again
We're all wasting away
We're all wasting away
Stop, I said, it's happening again
We're all wasting away
We're all wasting away
Stop, I said, it's happening again
We're all wasting away
Break through
The firewall
"search & destroy-
My little boy"
No return-
Never
"stay in my empire
Forever!"
Empire forever
Empire forever
Kill!, kill!, kill!, kill!, kill!
Where anger rules
And time stands still
Burn down
Burn in hell
Burn down
Burn in hell
Skyscrapers, earth movers, ground breakers
Our buildings rival the heavens, our bridges span the seas
Ingenuity? is so cunning, innovation is not ours, creativity is a luxury
We build with our hands what we have in our hearts
Fight the avalanche, you'll be buried every time
We run and run and run, keep falling behind
Fight the avalanche, you'll be buried every time
We run and run and run, always last in line
Before lines were lines
Before time was time
The author wrote a story in the sky
And earth below
Little do we know we have only what we're given
Light up the sky, we're going where no man has ever gone
Little do we know we have only what we're given
Light up the sky, we're going where no man's forgotten
All You are is all we want, it burns inside us all
We're finding heart in giving soul
We're walking home into thin air singing
We are justice fighters with faces of fire
Many walk away,? but we stand firm
We are justice fighters with faces of fire
Our decisions affect our descendants
We are justice fighters with faces of fire
Skyscrapers, earth movers, ground breakers
Our footsteps, bringing purpose, changing history
Skyscrapers, earth movers, ground? breakers
[mac talking]
Cut that ? simply? track off
Give me a little volume in my headphones
Turn the mic up a little bit nigga I cant here myself
What? what?
Alright
Its ? macadon? off in this motherfucker
Dj wop, klc
Feel it
[mac]
First of all, nigga fuck y'all y'all niggas ain't shit
I'm the one who slash rappers and be fucking they bitch
I hate rappers who hate other rappers for making it
Record labels be dickin niggas, niggas just be takin it
Fakin it with videos, with pretty hoe's and limos
But callin no limit tryin submit them fuckin demos
Fake ass niggas be hollin "keep it real"
I got family nigga, keep it real to them God damn bills
I give a fuck, bout hip-hop the culture of the call
This shit is watered down like a scene from jaws
I done been through all the phases,
Tampered with all the styles,
Niggas done soldier hated,
Mac retaliated
Tell them niggas in back with semi-autos
You dis me on wax, you might not see tomorrow
I'm like zorro, I mark d.f.m on they back
[and what's that] that mean don't fuck wit mac
They should've told you I was nothing nice
As a matter of fact they should've told you I was nothing nice twice
My rollie was dipped in ice, my g-ride was payed out
Crib was layed out before my record was out
Most of y'all go gold and never see a bank roll
A hundred g's in the hole cause you sold your soul
When your broke, your yellin at tru to hip-hop shit
I'm known damn well all you niggas tryin to get rich
East, west, middle, south nigga we all the same
We all speak the same shit but with different type of slang
So the next nigga talk about we country and weak
I hope his momma catch cancer and die in her sleep
What?
1-2-1-2 you get your crew, I get my crew and we can do what real niggas
What?
1-2-1-2 you get your boo, I get my boo and they can do what real bitches
[mac talking]
The camouflage assassin
The no limit empire strikies back for all the haters
What?
We're no limit soldiers, I thought I told ya x7
Do you believe in me
Enough to sacrifice?
Do you believe in me
Enough to end your life?
Do you believe in me
Enough to kill for me?
Do you believe in me
Enough to die for me?
Come on and join me
Grab my hand
Together, we will feast
On the blood of the weak
Empire, destroying dignity
Empire, destroying humanity
Empire, destroying dignity
Empire, destroying humanity
When you walk the path
You will discover a world undreamed of
Your suffering will be legendary
Do you believe?
Do you believe in suffering?
Do you believe in me
Enough to slay your brother?
Do you believe in me
Enough to betray your family?
Come on and join me
Grab my hand
Together, we will feast
On the blood of the weak
Empire, destroying dignity
Empire, destroying humanity
Empire, destroying dignity
Empire, destroying humanity
When you walk the path
Your feelings won't betray you
When you walk the path
Your agony will elate you
Empire, destroying dignity
Empire, destroying humanity
Empire, destroying dignity
Empire, destroying humanity, destroying humanity
Empire
And I was a middle son
Between two wayward ones
I was more deserving of my parent's love
I had an angel's smile
Hiding a vulture?s bite
I had no use for Your redeeming blood
Aren't I glory, glorious?
Glory, glorious
Aren't we glory, glorious?
Aren't we worthy, worthy of
Hearts at our feet?
?Cause I was a Pharisee
I never saw my need for grace
Then your love, it came to me
Stood next to mine
And I saw that I was poor
It showed me I was poor
Show us, we are
Show us, we are
Glory, glorious
We are glory, glorious
Not from what good we have done
But from being the least
Glory, glorious
We are glory, glorious
Not from what good we have done
But from being the least
Glory, glorious
Glory, glorious
Oh, I don't know
How I was made
My heaven tower sways
Atop their fleeting praise
God, I don't know
How I was made
Glory, glorious
Are we glory, glorious?
Are we worthy, worthy of
Hearts at our feet?
Glory, glorious
We are glory, glorious
Not from what we've done
But being the least
Oh, the empires calling,
Trying to hear his voice,
While he's preaching to the choir,
And that choir is death and noise.
And he closes up his fist, and he sees if they exist.
Angels with broken wings,
Melodic harmonies she sings.
She brings you white daffodils,
You place them on your windowsill.
Then you open up your fist, and you see if they exist.
Well you sit in dark forests,
You've been there for quite a while.
And when they come to take you,
You just sit and smile.
A mask
A cut above
An image of a raging fire
Burning in my mind (you can't take from me)
And once you believe the tales they told
Once you believe in what they sold
Will it bring you to your knees
Will it change you
The memory will fade
That certainty it gave to me
Factions
Reactions
To me there's one solution
Its time to rearrange our ways
For you all to create my destruction
We are one
A task
A sky above
The remnants of a lost empire
An effigy a sign (you can't take from me)
And once you believe the tales they told
Once you believe in what they sold
Will it bring you to your knees
Will it change you
The memory will fade
That certainty it gave to me
Factions
Reactions
To me there's one solution
Its time to rearrange our ways
For you all to create my destruction
We are one
The memory will fade
The memory will fade
That certainty it gave to me
Factions
Reactions
To me there's one solution
Its time to rearrange our ways
The memory will fade
That certainty it gave
Factions
Reactions
To me there's one solution
Its time to rearrange our ways
For you all to create my destruction
We are one (you can't take from me)
The memory will fade
The memory will fade
Open door in your tired heart
For Earth and Wind, for Water and Fire.
Try to touch the strength of them
And you'll become the part of Empire.
Live in the harmony
With all around you,
Let your soul
Make it's flight
And create
Your own way
Into Empire.
How to stay in our time
On way you chose? It's difficult question.
Cause there is a lot of those
You got your guards and they've got thier guns,
They're over worked and you've never ever wanted a
thing, in your life.
I've got my dreams and ive got my sleeves,
And i've been promised that buildings gonna keep this
visions of an empire at peace.
My heart, is my keep,
Then you are threatening me,
Cause my heart, is my keep,
And you are threatening me.
Oh my god, you're the one,
I've been holding out for so damn long,
For so damn long.
And you far cry from an empire at peace.
Got my knives on my heart on my sleeves.
But this weathers getting too nice for me,
To build an empire, in peace.
My heart, is my keep,
Then you are threatening me,
Cause my heart, is my keep,
And you are threatening me.
Oh my god, you're the one,
I've been holding out for so damn long,
For so damn long.
And you far cry from an empire.
You got your guards and they've got there guns,
They're over worked and you've never ever wanted a
thing, in your life.
My heart, is my keep,
Then you are threatening me,
Cause my heart, is my keep,
And you are threatening me.
Oh my god, you're the one,
I've been holding out for so damn long,
For so damn long.
Oh my god, you're the one,
I've been holding out for so damn long,
And here we are again, buried in my sheets
Your fingers are whispers saying the softest things to every inch of my skin
And even asleep these eyes of yours seem to keep me on my toes
They just swallow me whole and this gift you left for me
Is one to put me to sleep in such a way that I would never want to wake again
Cause we're so good at what we do
With our arms crossed and our fingers locked we work like perfect puzzle pieces
Cut right and formed to fit
But it's so different when I know you've gone
So take me quietly and I'll leave this body behind me
Oh these rhythms of mine are so inconsistent anyway
Just one gasp and I'll be gone
I don't ever want to wake again
So leave the lights off tonight
And I'll use this air as rope to drag myself up through my throat
Cause I get so caught
I get so choked up anyway with any thought of you
Sing goodbye
In ... time
Will you ever remember
Awakening on a slumber
I won't ask.. you
To fly so high
And help me to lift the weight
I'm feeling deep inside
In this place that's so familiar
We'll stay our temple forever.
We'll see the light
Brighter that ever
Whether you choose to stay
Or if you choose to run way
Your live is ours
And there is no other way
And if one day
I choose to run away
We'll be together
When we remember that day.
I still feel the sun is trying
I remember deeply then
I will miss you .. when you leave me.
Remember now
This moment that we share
Will never make me forget
Why I choose to stay
It's an awakening.. Dawn of slumber
Awakening.. It's the dawn of slumber
It's an awakening.. Dawn of slumber
Awakening... Dawn of slumber
Choose to stay
Or if I choose to run away
Your live is ours
And there is no other way
Contemplate now
December in my dreams.
Where even all I feared
Will make me disappear
Remember now..
This feeling we once shared
And keep them in your head.
Even when we're far away from...
Awakening.. Dawn of slumber
Awakening.. Dawn of slumber
I won't say goodbye this time
I won't let you die inside my mind.
Don't tell me goodbye this time
Evil source ov
Mighty curse
Everyone was scared
Lost faith
Without a trace
But it's not forever
Our grandeur will arise again
Our enemies will kneel and pray
The Empire is on fire
Raising up
Never stop
Spreading every way
Our faith
Is leading us
We came back and we'll stay
Our majesty will grow
Our enemies must fall
The Empire is on fire
We're in the center
We are the base
Directing the whole world
Organizing the space
Widening our wisdom
Becoming higher
In every reason
Newsflash:
„...this is 2007, brothers and sisters...
the empire is on its way to rise...
and there is no place to hide...
so listen...”
The empire's the new world order!
Don't you know it?
The empire's the new world order!
We know it!
Tell the truth and rot in your prison cell!
True words die away forever in this concrete hell!
Deaf, dumb, blind, we're watching from our „iron cage”...
the coming global „fate”!
I say, just like insects in a sticky web,
we struggle in their business net!
This time, don't be waiting for the spider, no!
By the capital we will be smashed!
The empire's the new world order!
Don't believe they'll take you to a promised land!
Don't reach for their cold and „immoral hand”!
Don't walk down another neoliberal way!
'Cause there may come the day...
there may come the day, when we will rise,
and we will feel the common thread!
When the „human capital” turns into a multitude,
to tell the system: „This is what you get!!”
Side by side...
in a line...
we'll walk on our way!!
We need the multitude!
Avan?ant parmi les m?andres de tes chim?res
La ville t'?treint les ombres te serrent
A la lueur d'un empire
Tu effleures ton image
Crois tu avoir connu le pire?
Tu n'es plus l'homme sans ?ge
Seul tout semblait plus facile
Mais rien n'arr?te la machine qui s'?tire
Cours accroche la raison qui s'effile
Le chaos r?gne les r?ves sont des satyres
La paix n'est qu'une tr?ve
La paix n'est qu'un r?ve
De retour sur ton pi?destal
La machine tranquille et infernale
D'un geste habile
Saisit tes membres ton esprit
Seul tout semblait plus facile
Mais rien n'arr?te la machine qui s'?tire
Cours accroche la raison qui s'effile
Le chaos r?gne les r?ves sont des satyres
La paix n'est qu'une tr?ve
We are building the prison, Praying
We are feeding religion, Murder
The fate of every human is chained to the passion
We are building the prison, we are feeding religion of chaos
The fate of every human is chained to the passion of chaos
You are blinding the children, you are stealing their vision
Building on their virgin soul your conception of the reality
We'll always be alone, you're always be the ones
Praying under the flag of your nation
Breeding the threat
Standstill at your tomb
As silence eat your lungs
New life grows into me
Condemning what your love never did
Confessions of dim sounds
Will come surrounding
You and your blank lights
Through black dead dawns
Rivers of true passion will flow in our eyes (now)
Lines of scarlet blood won't control (my) intentions
On this day
But there's no light aligned
To show the heaven
There's no turning back
Burnt lips yell at what you only need
God's last death
And rise again
To embrace the life that flows
(There's no way for you)
Time collapsed in your arms
Before you took this tight will ‒ hanged
On my neck
Reason flows
In your fearless wounds
Ten years passed by
As we spelled words of disbelief
(Gone)
Wait here they'll come
Seeking all the pride you've left
Time erased what I can't forget
Demon's love faded
Through your veins
Stars are God's trophy
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