Bad luck wind been blowing at my back
I was born to bring trouble to wherever
I'm at Got the number thirteen tattooed on my neck
When the ink starts to itch, then the black will turn to red
I was born in the soul of misery
Never had me a name
They just gave me the number when I was young
Got a long line of heartache
I carry it well
The list of lives
I've broken reach from here to hell
Back luck been blowing at my back
I pray you don't look at me, I pray I don't look back
I was born in the soul of misery
Never had me a name
They just gave me the number when I was young
I was born in the soul of misery
Never had me a name
They just gave me the number when I was young
Wish I had a known ya
When you were a little younger
Around me you might have learned
a thing or two
If I had known you longer
You might be a little Stronger
And maybe you’d shoot straighter
Then you doooo
Maybe you’d shoot straighter
Then you do
As he walked into the poolroom
You could tell he didn’t fit
In his handmade boots, custom suits
and pearl handled shooting stick
Tonight there’d be a showdown
then everyone would know
Who shoots the meanest game around
The Baron or Billy Joe
Billy Joe looked Edgy
About to lose his cool
But the Baron’s hands were steady
As the two began to duel
Yeah he was like a general
on a battlefield of slate
And he’d say to Billy Joe
each time he sunk the eight
He’d Say
Wish I had a known ya
When you were a little younger
Around me you might have learned
a thing or two
If I had known you longer
You might be a little Stronger
And maybe you’d shoot straighter
Then you doooo
Maybe you’d shoot straighter
Then you do
Now Billy Joe was busted
But he hadn’t felt the sting
And from the far end of the table
He threw his mother’s wedding ring
And he said you won my money
But it ain’t gonna do the trick
I’ll bet this ring on one more game
against your fancy stick
The Baron’s eyes got foggy
as the ring rolled on the felt
And he almost doubled over
Like he had been hit below the belt
Twenty years ago
It was the ring his wife had worn
And he didn’t know before he left
that a son would soon be born
It sounded just like thunder
when the Baron shot the break
But it grew thickly quiet
as He lined up the eight
Then a warm hand touched his shoulder
and it chilled him to the bone
When he turned and saw the woman
Who had loved him for so long
The game was never finished
The eight ball never fell
The Baron calmly picked it up
and put it on the shelf
Then he placed the ring
In the hands that held him long ago
and he tossed that fancy shooting stick
To his son Billy Joe
And he said
Wish I had a known ya
When you were a little younger
Around me you might have learned
a thing or two
If I had known you longer
You might be a little Stronger
And maybe you’d shoot straighter
Then you doooo
Maybe you’d shoot straighter
Then you do
(Original by Big Star )
Won't you let me walk you home from school
Won't you let me meet you at the pool
Maybe Friday I can
get tickets for the dance
and I'll take you
Won't you tell your dad, "Get off my back"
Tell him what we said 'bout 'Paint It Black'
Rock 'n Roll is here to stay
Come inside where it's okay
And I'll shake you.
Won't you tell me what you're thinking of
Would you be an outlaw for my love
If it's so, well, let me know
If it's "no", well, I can go
I won't make you
Cross your heart and hope to die
You superstitious fool
Yours is not to question why
Yours is to obey the rules
Totally irrational
Fear bred for fear's sake
Your choice is unconditional
Fear decides the path you take
Mirror, mirror Tarot dealer
Seven years now shall believer
Punish my faith healer
Aces high - Devil's eye
THIRTEEN
Psyche - illogic lunacy
Deity or triple six
Read your bible say a prayer
And hide behind your crucifix
Walk beneath the golden stairs
Rape the holy trinity
Break a mirror if you dare
And damn you for infinity
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Seven years now shall I fall
Punish me for my beliefs
And let my cries come unto ye
i don't wanna hold you i don't wanna know you or even see you but if i want to i will take you she's only thirteen but that's just tight for me i'm one big zero don't you get too near-o i'm one big zero i don't wanna have you in da town or even have you fucking around i don't wanna wanna see your face it's a bloody disgrace but if i want to i will take you she's only thirteen, but that's just tight for me
Pinch my arm because I'm dreamin'
Better get me out of here
Once again my head is screamin'
Gotta get her off my mind
She's stayin'
And I'm prayin'
That she doesn't know what's on my mind
When she's around
She's stayin'
Complaining
Cause she doesn't know what's on my mind
When she's around
Suddenly I've got this feeling
I can't stop it anymore
Wake me again I'm dreamin'
Gotta get this off my mind
She's stayin'
And I'm prayin'
That she doesn't know what's on my mind
When she's around
She's stayin'
Complaining
Cause she doesn't know what's on my mind
When she's around
Pinch my arm because I'm dreamin'
Better get me out of here
Once again my head is screamin'
Gotta get her off my mind
She's stayin'
And I'm prayin'
That she doesn't know what's on my mind
When she's around
She's stayin'
Complaining
Cause she doesn't know what's on my mind
Won't you let me walk you home from school?
Won't you let me meet you at the pool?
Maybe Friday I can
Get tickets from the dance
And I'll take you
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Won't you tell your dad get off my back?
Tell him what we said 'bout "paint it black"
Rock and roll is here to stay
Come inside now it's ok
And I'll shake you
Ooh ooh ooh
Won't you tell me what you're thinking of?
Would you be an outlaw for my love?
If it's so then let me know
If it's no then I can go
And I won't make you
[Originally by Big Star]
Won't you let me walk you home from school
Won't you let me meet you at the pool
Maybe Friday I can
get tickets for the dance
and I'll take you
Won't you tell your dad, "Get off my back"
Tell him what we said about 'Paint It Black'
Rock 'n Roll is here to stay
Come inside where it's okay
And I'll shake you
Won't you tell me what you're thinking of
Would you be an outlaw for my love
If it's so, well, let me know
If it's "no", then I can go
Bad luck wind been blowin' on my back
I was born to bring trouble wherever I'm at
With the number '13' tattooed on my neck
That ink starts to itch
Black gon' turn to red
I was born in the soul of misery
And I never had me a name
They just give me a number when I was young
Got a long line of heartache
I carry it well
The list of lives I've broken
Reach from here to hell
And a bad luck wind been blowin' on my back
Pray you don't look at me
And I pray I don't look back
I was born in the soul of misery
And I never had me a name
They just give me a number when I was young
Found me with a preacherman confessin' all I done
Catch me with the devil playing 21
And a bad luck wind been blowin' on my back
I was born to bring trouble wherever I'm at
I was born in the soul of misery
And I never had me a name
They just give me a number when I was young
When I was young
When I was young
Won't you let me walk you home from school?
Won't you let me meet you at the pool?
Maybe Friday I can get tickets for the dance
And I'll take you
Won't you tell your dad, "Get off my back"?
Tell him what we said about 'Paint it black'
Rock 'n' roll is here to stay
Come inside where it's okay and I'll shake you
Won't you tell me what you're thinking of?
Would you be an outlaw for my love?
If it's so, well, let me know
Won't you let me walk you home from school
Won't you let me meet you at the pool
Maybe Friday I can
Get tickets for the dance
And I'll take you
Won't you tell your dad, "Get off my back"
Tell him what we said about "Paint It, Black"
Rock 'n Roll is here to stay
Come inside where it's okay
And I'll shake you.
Won't you tell me what you're thinking of.
Would you be an outlaw for my love
If it's so, well, let me know
If it's "no," well, I can go.
(I'm thirsty - And weary from the heat
As the Sands rinse the hands of time
I will suck the venom from your wound
If you will do the same and suck from mine,)
(You and I - Were ruined by
This desert between us
I walked through the valley
and stared into death)
(This instance of a distance
Designed to defeat us
And still her face I can't seem to forget)
The war you wage
Forever the life that you pay
Something wrong in you
Comes alive in your veins
Lose yourself in some kind of Hell
A new version of where you are now
Truth's unveiled
You'll never ever get out
(At a glance - Sudden avalanche
Suffocated me within
Gasping for air I can't breathe)
(Paralyzed - I've been sterilized
And cleansed of my sin
In a state of suspended belief)
Somewhere along the way
Time changes everything
We all disintegrate
It's running out,
(Taunted by time
Imposing it's certainty
Absolute always
Stopping for nothing
This race cannot be won)
(So days it crawls
While other days it flies
It feeds on our flaws
And knows no compromise
Inevitable rise of the sun
Time what have I become)
Somewhere along the way
Time changes everything
We all disintegrate
It's running out,
The war you wage
Somewhere along the way
[pharoahe monch]
Comin ahh, comin ahh
I'm comin like a redneck trucker!
Watch your back *screech* you can't steer it
Face the bass; crumb you run when you hear it
It's the most incredible rap individual style
Piles up, like drug cases in queens
Country criminal court, shorty, step back
Nigga you oughta watch it, my whole herd's packin
Fuck rappin, let's take it to the corner of the block
And battle with the (techs) and the (glocks)
But if you would like it to the stage and mic it
C'mon dere, that's how I like it, uhh
Hit me in the face why don't ya
Prince po will hunt ya and puncture your voodoo doll
Pharoahe, I'm no slave to a rhythm I whip it
Then I take it's name and change it's religion
Then I chop the foot off the fuckin beat
For trying to escape the track, now it's obsolete
That's just the state of mind that I'm in when i...
Chorus
I, I used to play beats on the lunchroom table
This it really enables me to stay stable inside of my mind
Thus allowing me to climb and then shine
This is a process that will occur in due time
Bust, everything I thrust is activated
Styles I file are not decaffinated, I'm rough
Tougher than tonka, why I even electrify the sky
As if I was blanka
Kids follow me and my phillies like willy wonka
Silly, I assault and conquer, the cult and brainwash
And squash your little minds with rhymes
Rhymes that are rituals
So I say motherfucker, bitch-ass and glock to spark brain cells
Not to sell units, you know
They say motherfucker, bitch-ass and glock
For the periodical table of contents symbol au
Hey you, you can't deny when I bust caps the whole block scatters
Scraps of matter shatter mad glass and what not
Crazy medical attention is needed to make a cop stop bleedin
Then I'm proceedin up the block with prince po, renegade
Raps shatter shows like grenades
I rip your shit like sinead when i...
Chorus
Pa-pa-pa power power, augh, I got the power
Gimme a pen and a pad I'll be back in an hour
With some more fat shit, I tell your empty mind
Teachin I'm kickin the poor black shit now
La-di-da, I flip it la-di
Live at a mardi gras, or even at a party
Give me bacardi (hah) I smoke blunts
Stunts I wanna hump, chumps I wanna pump em full of *blam*
I never ask the crowd to "jump"
I kick a rhyme, that ask-es you to use your mind
Flippin it for the masses, kickin a lot of asses
The m-o-n-c-h-e I drink, forties of brew
With the crew that rolls deeper than the mediterranean
Here comes the rain again!
Flowin on my head like a memory, now I got energy
That's for the enemies, that's in the industry
Who don't wanna be friends with me, I say fuck em
Suck my dick, from the back
With a crazy straw, you lazy whore
Do that shit to make a dick expand but whatcha did
No chief, no heads
Mooley, what am I an asshole?
[prince poetry]
Asshole!
We've been in the rain
We've been on the mountain
We've been round the fire
In fancy hotels
Drank water from farm wells
We sang with the choir
I kissed your dry lips
We jumped off the high cliffs
And splashed down below
Skin to skin
In the salty river
Made love in the shadow
Woooah ooh
Read books to each other
Read the mind of the other
Flew one thousand
We laughed and we cried
At movies and real life
In our ridiculous beds
We danced in the moonlight at midnight
We pressed against back doors and wooden floors
And you never faked it
And frequently
We ignored our love
But we could never mistake it
Oooh ooh
We met on the front porch
Fell in love on the phone
Without the physical wreck
You gave me the necklace
That used to hang
Around your mothers neck
We questioned religions
Fed bread to the pigeons
We learned how to pray
We stood by the ocean
Turned our hearts in to one
We laid in bed all day
Heeey
We skipped on the sidewalk
Skipped stones on the water
We skipped town
We've seen the sunrise with new eyes
We've seen the damage of gossip and true lies
We've seen the sun go down
Had passionate makeouts
And passionate freakouts
We built this world of our own
It was in the back of a taxi
When you told me you loved me
Once again you try, but again you fail
You feel the blood on your hands and all the tears you shed
The needle stings within seconds they're gone
A life so easily ended, but is this really right and not wrong
The illusion of a better world, without the pain of losing
Everything must come to an end
It's just a matter of time before we all have to go
A step further into the dawn of a new era
Into a world beyond
Now you hear them cry for the mercy of angels
Death comes like a distant shadow, a relief to ease their pain
And the outside world spins faster every day
You are all alone, trapped in misery
The struggle is never-ending
The illusion of a better world, without the pain of losing
Everything must come to an end
It's just a matter of time before we all have to go
A step further into the dawn of a new era
Into a world beyond
The illusion of a better world, without the pain of losing
Everything must come to an end
It's just a matter of time before we all have to go
A step further into the dawn of a new era
(Big Star)
Won't you let me walk you home from school
Won't you let me meet you at the pool
Maybe Friday I can
Get tickets for the dance
And I'll take you - ooh
Won't you tell your dad "Get off my back"
Tell him what we said 'bout 'Paint It Black'
Rock 'n' roll is here to stay
Come inside now it's okay
And I'll shake you - ooh
Won't you tell me what you're thinking of
And would you be an outlaw for my love
If it's so then let me know
If it's "no", well, I can go
And so it is into my life it's back to take
Revenge unto the world I'm not afraid I'm never losing
We are in another dimension we can take them all down
This time it's all or nothing only one will leace with
something
Gimme fuel for the fire gimme strength gimme trust
In my heart this lasts forever
This time we ll fights oppression
Another rule in a fight of submission
All things that will end with you
Freeing me from the curse of you
Inside I'm beaten down
Ready to fall and I'm ready for fire
Somehow I breathe and I'm ready to stop you
This is my desire
You were the twelfth disciple
You're never real and you're living denial
Come to me and you'll feel the power
Open up the wounds and we only see the lies
That passed in the world we are the ones
With a vision
Run to the end ,end of all time
History is ours an immortal time
Reload war and design
Go unto ehy and relice the sign
Of time our way of life
No we shall for deep into
Battlefields ,fight iol death. take you on anyway
Evil shall fall to the good inside
You cannot win this time ,nothing can be everso
This the final fight now see the end of lies
In this hell I see now
You are my addiction
Gimme fuel for the fire gimme strength gimme things
that fuel inside you
No-one can just smash through
My life my existence
Gimme fuel for the fire gimme strength gimme things
"Pull me out... pull me out...
can't you stop this all from happening?
Close the doors and keep them out."
"Dig me out... Oh, dig me out...
couldn't you have kept this all from happening?
Won't you let me walk you home from school
Won't you let me meet you at the pool
Maybe Friday I can
get tickets for the dance
and I'll take you
Won't you tell your dad, "Get off my back"
Tell him what we said 'bout 'Paint It Black'
Rock 'n Roll is here to stay
Come inside where it's okay
And I'll shake you.
Won't you tell me what you're thinking of
Would you be an outlaw for my love
If it's so, well, let me know
If it's "no", well, I can go
I won't make you
Someone keep her from the shadows
Fading out and hurting deep inside
Someone keep her from the fire
Burning hot but still her fingers seek
Too weak to weep
Too numb to speak
Too tired to sleep
And even though someone could see she'd still be
far away and out of reach
Too far to reach
Something's wrong she just can't hide it
Spinning around and around inside her veins
Slit them open and it's over
Left for others to try to wash the stains
Too weak to weap
Too numb to speak
Too tired to sleep
And even though someone could see she'd still be
far away and out of reach
Won't you let me walk you home from school?
Won't you let me meet you at the pool?
Maybe, Friday I can
Get tickets for the dance
And I'll take you.
Ooh-ooh-ooh.
Won't you tell your dad, "Get off my back"?
Tell him what we said 'bout "Paint It, Black".
Rock an' roll is here to stay.
Come inside, now; it's okay.
And I'll shake you.
Ooh-ooh-ooh.
Won't you tell me what you're thinking of?
And would you be an outlaw for my love?
If it's so, then, let me know.
If it's "no", well, I can go.
I won't make you.
Intro:
That’s all you’ve got right
A dream
Along with people saying you won’t make it
Cause you’re too weird or too different
Well fuck the people that don’t believe in you
Do what you do best and fuck what anybody else says
Always do you
Let’s get it man
[Verse 1]
This is a message to everyone who said I would lose
Never believed that rap was something I ever could do
Caught up in irrelevant fueds that would get me confused
With who my real friends are but I went far to settle it through
Now I’m progressing to a different level of excellence
Improving to prove to you stupid losers who represents
Every kid who has a dream, but people demolish it
But now i’m here to tell you that, evil ain’t conquering
We can fight till we’re victorious, and tonight we’re feeling glorious
And i put my heart and soul in this so they had better be awarding it
And the more i sit and think of how much time that I’ve been pouring in
Everyday and night, I may be right, that I’ll get big, I’m sure of it
But don’t confuse confidence with cockiness, I got that shit
My entire life when i said that I’ll make it, its cause I won’t stop of quit
I’m not about to give up, I dont give a fuck if you think opposite
I’m about to hit the top so now look up and see who’s dominant
[Chorus]
You’re feeling like a champion
There’s nothing that can’t be done
And this is the anthem son
Middle finger in the air
Screaming we don’t care
Cause each one of us is a champion
Yeah, yeah, you’re feeling like a champion
Yeah, yeah, there’s nothing that can’t be done
Yeah, yeah, youre feeling like a champion
You’re feeling like a champion
[Verse 2]
Now that im thinking back, I was the kid in class nobody would sit with
The outcast who’d have to listen to people laugh and actually rip this
Whole world in half to have me fall back in the abyss I live in
Given the fact, I didn’t have rap that led to bad decisions
Every drug I took, shot i drank, to fuck me up, and stop this pain
The friends I lost I could not regain, but when I found music my optic
changed
Problems came, I could write it out. Solutions put in the mic and sound
So everytime I get to speak my words, you could feel the emotion that
lies about
I want you to feel a connection, let me occupy your mind
Step inside your shoes, obsolete your life
You can feel what its like to die even when youre close to suicide
But i hope you chose to live, cause you only lose one time
Don’t abuse the chance you get, gotta make choices you cant regret
And emancipate from reality, then you can’t complain and you can’t
object
Just live life like its one day left and progress everytime, one foot one
step
Till you get where you want to be and all you see is the top, youre the
fucking best
[Chorus]
You’re feeling like a champion
There’s nothing that can’t be done
And this is the anthem son
Middle finger in the air
Screaming we don’t care
Cause each one of us is a champion
Yeah, yeah, you’re feeling like a champion
Yeah, yeah, there’s nothing that can’t be done
Yeah, yeah, youre feeling like a champion
You’re feeling like a champion
[Verse 3]
Success isnt measured by money
It’s calculated by how good you feel when youre doing something
Don’t make assumptions bout people you feel aren’t doing nothing
They could be poor, they could be broke, they could be alone and they
could love it
When you don’t have a lot, you appreciate what you have
Alleviate all the pain, depreciate what is bad
You could be living on the streets or living within a mansion but
It’s happiness and love that has you feeling like a champion
[Break]
We are not one
But we are many
Fighting for the same thing
Fighting for our dreams
We will not stop
And we will not quit
Until we
Escape, reality
[Chorus *Down Pitched*]
You’re feeling like a champion
There’s nothing that can’t be done
And this is the anthem son
Middle finger in the air
Screaming we don’t care
Cause each one of us is a champion
Yeah, yeah, you’re feeling like a champion
Yeah, yeah, there’s nothing that can’t be done
Yeah, yeah, youre feeling like a champion
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