(Max D. Barnes/Jimmy Yeary)
Cold house
Just before dawn
Oh my God
This feels so wrong
Clouds roll in
And cover the sun
A new day begins
Day one
Day one
And it already feels like forever
It's over and done
So what can I do?
Day one
Of putting my life back together
Day one
Of learning to live without you
Gold ring
There on the bed
Oh my God
She meant what she said
No place to hide
No where to run
Just dying inside
Day oneDay one
And it already feels like forever
It's over and done
So what can I do?
Day one
Of putting my life back together
Day one
Of learning to live without you
Day one
Of learning to live without you
(Intro)
I made this beat
Yeah
Alright I now wrote to it to
So would go like this
It's like
Really late and germ's tryin' to get home
So I'mma try and one take a mofoking song
(Verse)
When you first start rapping everybody curious
Then you make it happen and everybody furious
Young kid curdy is, don't know where the worry is
Wanna be burried in my pittsburgh jersey bitch
Nobody certain if you gonna make it
Life give you some hurtin' and gonna hate it
Sometimes it leave you cold and it leave you naked
But, one thing for certain I'mma leave it fate is
Still young but I'm wonder when my time could be up
When my time come I'mma smiling peace up
Shorty sipping forties hanging out by the tree stump
So germ and me sorta making heads and it occured to me
You didn't have to be like 33 to start earning cheese
Without certainty we in for eternity
A lot of style, a little money and some purple wig
Me and my queen my girl, not freddy mercury
'Cause first word for free, anything that getting older
Stand focus 'cause bullshit it was hopeless
So treat yourself like a damn professional
Your first music check, damn incredible
Every day feel like the best day ever
'Til every day feel like the best day ever
And you used to them days, kinda become a routine
You have it bad, wouldn't fuck up a good dream
You realize that you'll probably be away when
All the people die and you never get to say
And everything you always wanted to but never got the chance to
Start to weigh you down, what can a a man do
I could've stayed around, probably can
Sold a couple of shows, spend the last 2 years being down on the road
I guess, haven't got to spend too much in my hometown
Is what you make up a play, don't be mistaken
All of you shook can take it,
Broken beaten and wasted
Still I wouldn't traded, and it was 5 o'clock
But my mind won't stop
I've been thinking 'bout life pour syrop on pop
Smoke a cigarette, it's like I'm really trying to die
Trying to keep my head on my shoulders
But my mind in the sky
I'm that moment when a gazelle and a lion collide
I'm a burned down doodle with a dominant side
Yup, independent platinum, wish you well passing
Juvi out of the ice age, bitch outta max 'em
I'll be right in this shit and just relaxin'
Let the time start passing
(Outro)
Yeah
So I just make my own beat
And decided I was gonna rap one or two
It's like, yup, took my chains off to rap this song
Uh, almost dropped my big chain
Who ever tought that I'd be standing in a booth with a big chain
Guys I'm joking I don't have a verse
Woke up this mornin', put the coffe on
Opened up the blinds and there was the sun
Now, this ain't just another day
It's the hardest one I've ever faced
Minute by minute, tear by tear
If I can hang on and just be strong
Tommorow will be here
The hurtin' won't end, it's only just begun
But I'll get over you, if I can make it through
Day one
I'll jump head-first into my work
If I stay busy, maybe it won't hurt
Anything to forget you're gone
And keep the time from draggin' on
Someday I'll look back on it all
And thank God my heart survived the fall
Minute by minute, I'll be hangin' on
But I'll get over you, if I can make it through
Day one
Yeah, I'll get over you, if I can only make it through
I put my head back
Where it belongs, up there in the clouds
Im spreading love like a terrorist now
O what a morning
O what a day to be alive
Sweet hope is glowing
In your glorious eyes
Pushing paper aint enough
I bet you think that youre so tough
But all your green wont mean a thing at all
On day one
Day ONE
Day one
Day ONE
After Boy Wonder
After the dream came out of the mines
Bus boys and bankers
Were wiping their eyes
Be still my lion heart!
A revolution ready to pounce
All passioneers
Up and out of the house!
Beauty faked a heart attack
But now I feel it coming back
And all your green wont mean a thing at all
On day one
Day ONE
Day one
[Jarva et al.]
[Lead - AR]
What EVIL OMEN, what GRISLY FATE,
Came a-crawlin' DOWN that that ROAD
And BLACKENED your DAY?
What ILL-WILL-WIND came blowin'
straight into your FACE?
Well, now we know WHO's the one to BLAME
But the DAY will come and it ain't that FAR
Time will CLEAN your WOUNDS
Time will HEAL your SCARS
I don't KNOW how LOW
I can GO just to make you MINE
But I KNOW that you KNOW
That in the END it will be ALRIGHT
[Lead - MV]
The DAY is coming, that day is CLOSE
Someone's gonna make me PAY
And RIGHT all the WRONGS!
You've heard it ALL before but NOW it's for REAL
In the END you will be FREE
once you're RID of ME
Ans the DAY will come and it ain't that FAR
Time will CLEAN your WOUNDS
Time will HEAL your SCARS
I don't KNOW how LOW
I can GO just to make you MINE
But I KNOW that you KNOW
That in the END it will be ALRIGHT
It's gonna be ALRIGHT.
And let me tell you: That'll be THE DAY.
[Lead - AR - MV - AR - MV]
I don't KNOW how LOW
I can GO just to make you MINE
But I KNOW that you KNOW
That in the END it will be ALRIGHT
Yeah, I KNOW that you KNOW
That in the END it will be Alright
Alright, Alright. ALRIGHT
Everything's gonna turn out FINE
It's gonna be ALRIGHT.
I assure you: It's gonna turn out FINE
And let me tell you: That'll be THE DAY.
[Instrumental]
Hang on alone without you, hang on enough to do what must be done
One bridge to cross and one to burn
I'll tell you I won't hide and I won't run, this is Day One
I hear the drums on the battlefield, calling up my courage and my pride
I can't explain the way I feel, but my heart of heart won't be denied
Even in the darkest hours, I know my time will come, this is Day One
You don't know about me, I'll give you a look inside my heart
Don't walk away without me, because you know I've loved you from the start
Even in the darkest hours, I know our time will come, this is Day One
I had to watch from the shadows, while the light of your star filled the sky
It's what I live for, it's what I fight for
Girl, I loved you so, from Day One
[Diamond D]
Now its the mad magician with the ill deposition
No repetition holdin down Bronx tradition
My composition simply squash the competition
Step up and get beat into submission
Cause this musician with the street intuition
7-35 fuel-injected transmission
My opposition will have to recognize my steez
Exotic trees leave a trail of scuffed up knees
So please you couldn't touch this cat with a stick
Quick to inflict tricks blaze up in the flick
Son I'm sick and you could put that on my mama
Exclamation point, quotation, comma
Lay up on the beaches when I'm down in the Bahamas
The skills go back to the days of wonderama
So pass the scama, son its time to get this money
So we can relax and recline where its sunny
[Big L]
I went from standin on the corner sellin cocaine
To rippin shows live on stage the hoes yellin my name
To be precise rippin mics is the light of my life
You frontin like you trife but never pulled a heist in your life
The price of my ice is sky high, I'm a fly guy
Its every thugs dream I really love cream, its in my blood stream
You mad cause I got more chicks than you, more bricks than you
More nines and extra clips than you
Where I live it ain't a nice town
You can't walk around with ice down
Some clown probably gettin stuck right now
Peace to D-I-T-C, Show and AG, Fat J-O-E
Diamond D, Lord Finesse, and me
I'm from the East Coast, this is how we roll in New York
A bunch of rowdy niggas holdin the fort
Jackin creeps, packin heat, these Harlem streets is for keeps
Much love to all my peeps who got a couple of sheets
[Chorus:]
Yo, most these rap cats don't know
Where it started, wher it came from
We been rappin this shit since Day One
Diggin In The Crates originators
Why niggas playa haters
Knowin damn well you can't fade us
[A.G. (Andre the Giant)]
You better take me out quick
Cause I'm accurate when I bust mine
And make it count like Jordan at crunch time
Just in case I play Fishburn and double up on nines
You can never make it rain or stop my sunshine
So I keep eyes on these chumps the whole time
Take note of your technique like we sceme on dimes
Disregard your crew, fuck your heart
Put a slug in me, it'll be marriage
'Til death do us part
Until then master this art and kill them
With the pen thats dramatic, automatics I commit sins
Hold my head, but when I've had it I test chins
If that ain't real then feel the stainless steel
Bang'em and hang'em like they did our relatives
Thought he was the best on the mic that ever lived, negative
Wu-diggity if you with me then say word
Lets get twisted like bottlecaps [and] create like Spielberg
[Lord Finesse]
Check the referral, man my whole squad's thorough
We worldwide niggas is nice in one burrough
We all gleam, plus we feind for more cream
You got some nice players they just on the wrong team
Nahmean...as the world turns
Avoid concern we'll set you straight like a perm
Rap apostle lyrical type picasso kinda hostile
Nothing less than colossal, you dig me like fossils
Be the cat with the groovy soul
Lotta rappers out here acting with no movie roles
You know the deal I represent skills
And niggas with bank reels that live to make a mil
On the real thats my motto
To hard to follow
When dinasour perform goin out like bravado
Hard to hit like lotto underworld role model
D.I.T.C. we be them cats to tomorrow
[Chorus]
[O.C.]
Holdin it down for D.I.T.C niggas stink like feces
Goin against raw dogs ya lost
The way I simulate rhyme and rhythimatic timin
On beat off beat drunk flow here we go
Assignments handed out each individual stand out
Carryin his own clout
Phenomenal motions of rap I pose a threat
Foes I put em on a block like a hole in a pin
Lyrical genocide on the witty side
Niggas give me respect due like the pope in a synagogue
Who waitin my odds O.C. far from a fraud
You waste my time nigga so I bagged your broad
Blow your mind ditto with no conscience
I decide the law motherfucker I'm Congress
This concludes my repetoire what I be on
MC's make way for mine or get peed on
There is a woman
Who lives in this town
That has my heart
Held in her hand
I see her in the
Streets every day
But I can’t find
The words to say
But if I were a writer
And could write a good hand
I’d write of this love
That I don’t understand
The words in my head
They come and they go
I’m thinking I love her
But she’ll never know
And if I were a sculptor
And had a good eye
I'd carve out her beauty
In marble or ice
But these hands of mine
Are far from refined
I guess I’ll have to accept that I am
Just an ordinary man
I'm just an ordinary man
Now if I were good looking
And had a pretty face
And if I could walk
And speak with grace
And if I had style
Then I
Wouldn’t have to look down when she walked by
And if I were a singer
And could sing a good key
I’d sing of this love
In melody
But this voice of mine
Is far from refined
I guess I’ll have to accept that I am
Just an ordinary man
I'm just an ordinary man
I know one day she’ll look
I know one day she’ll see me
And maybe that one day
She’ll want to be with me
And maybe she’ll love me
For who I am
Just as that ordinary man
Gotta get bad before it gets good,
Its gotta get bad before it gets good,
Its gotta get bad before it gets good,
I want good now,
But it's gotta get bad before it gets good,
That's what you say,
Its gotta get bad before it gets good,
You say stick with me,
You know that you should,
'Cause its gotta get bad before it gets good,
You say you trust me,
But just me,
Put your faith in me,
Then wait patiently,
Keep on telling me lies,
I'll believe you, believe you,
Keep on telling me lies,
Like I need you, I need you,
You say it's hard now,
But good things come from this,
So I'll keep on living on your promises,
Gotta get bad before it gets good,
Its gotta get bad before it gets good,
Its gotta get bad before it gets good,
I want good now,
But it's gotta get bad before it gets good,
That's what you say,
Its gotta get bad before it gets good,
You say stick with me,
You know that you should,
'Cause its gotta get bad before it gets good,
What you used to say,
You used to do,
If you told me something,
I'd know it was true,
See, there was a time,
I could believe you, believe you,
But this time,
I could see through, could see through,
I used to trust,
Before I knew,
That there was a difference,
Between what you say and what you do,
Gotta get bad before it gets good,
Its gotta get bad before it gets good,
Its gotta get bad before it gets good,
I want good now,
But it's gotta get bad before it gets good,
That's what you say,
Its gotta get bad before it gets good,
You say stick with me,
You know that you should,
'Cause its gotta get bad before it gets good,
You tell me lies,
But you do it with style,
Saying 'it'll come good,
In a little while,
You keep on spining your words,
(Can't make out this line),
Then you break your promises,
With a film star smile,
You say (x5),
But What do you do?
What do you do?
You say (x5),
But What do you do?
What do you do?
Don't care what you say,
Just show me what you do,
Look around
Look around look around
Is there something I’m missing here
Is there something I should know
And just listen to the sound
All around there's people living their lives
People passing by
As I catch their eye
It doesn’t matter where you’re from
'Cause wherever you are from
You got a long walk home
You got a long walk on
And I’ve walked for many years
And I’ve never shed a tear
For a place called home
'Cause in this place I roam
Everyone’s the same
When you’re walking in the autumn rain
Walking in the autumn rain
When you’re walking from your past
You can never walk too fast
Think you got away at last
Think you got away at last
And we all have to live with our mistakes
But what would it take
To make things right
To feel good inside
It doesn’t matter what you’ve done
'Cause whatever you’ve done
Life has to go on
Life has to go on, yeah
And my conscience is always clear every time I am here
Because there is no blame
When you’re walking
In the autumn rain
Said he was an actor
Bit of a photographer
But made his living out of laughter
Which made him a comedian
Waiting for his million
That was soon coming
But for now he was bumming
He looked in the mirror
Looking back at an era
And finished up his brushstroke
And laughing at a private joke
He saw the self-hate
In his self-portrait
That would one day hang in the tate
Next to a rembrandt
But still couldn’t pay the rent-man
He said he was a musician
Who had this ambition
For everyone to listen
To his natural rhythm
But for now he was chilling
Just saying this :
It’s a matter of time
Before I get mine
You could call it fate
I’m just waiting for my break
I’m just waiting for my break
He said he was a model
But the only trouble
Was he didn’t like the idea
Of getting photographed in swimwear
But he might try it next year
He’s starting up a business
Before next christmas
'Cause he worked better on his own
With a mobile phone
But still waiting for the bank loan
He said he was a worker
That suffered from inertia
A real soul searcher
That had no religion
But still went to confession
He says he is a free spirit
Though he doesn’t appear it
Living in a bedsit
With no fire exit
Waiting for a giro cheque
That’s soon coming
But for now he’s bumming
Just saying this :
It’s a matter of time
Before I get mine
You could call it fate
I’m just waiting for my break
I’m just waiting for my break
Let me tell you this story
Over the drink you brought me
You see
I’m an actor
Bit of a photographer
But make my living out of laughter
Which makes me a comedian
Waiting for my million
It was a windy day outside the cafe
He was drinking coffee, she was sipping Chardonnay
And the were both from different (murks ?) of life,
Hers' a better life, his' a harder life
He walked his rhythm in worn leather shoes, the sole split
Down in an old leather jacket
She walked her rhythm in designer shoes expensive,
Her style got it (bother ?) quite overdressed
And then it happened, looking at each other imagine us as lovers
Don't ask said words, we only sat and sight
It felt right so stepped to her and said to her :
"Leave with me and compete with me
Leave with me and complete with me"
As they walked there was a silence between them
And silence is that counts for words
She looked into his eyes, romanticised his whole life
He had that look that he was foreign
Get up and smoke and spoke his words like a ballon
He was unshaven, (haired are craven ?)
For danger of a stranger, looked like he had it in his nature
And she said : "what are you thinking
What are you thinking about ?
What are you thinking, what are you thinking about ?
And he said:" the difference between thinking and talking
Is that talking is the expression of thought
And thought is the unexpressed idea
So if I know it is enough and ( if I said it I'd've thought em .?
She said:" you cant think enough"
He said:" you can think too much, you can think up a dream
But there's no dream that you can touch"
"But I can touch you, so you must be true"
And said (it out ?)
Shhhhh.. be quiet now, be still my darling
I can see you lying there in your bed
Even know you're ?only in my head
I'm so far away X6
And if you could see what I can see
And if you could hear me now baby
And I can tell you this paradise is lost
Flowers blossom in stone in this place I'm livin lost
I'm so far away X3
And what I think I'm trying to say is
I can't help thinking about you
And I can't help thinking about every one in you
I can't help thinking about you
And I can't help thinking about every one in you
Do you remember old times my friend
Who knows good old times
You seem so distant now
From these days of mine
I can see you clearly now
Joking and drinking wine
Even know it's only in my mind
And if you could see me now
And if you could hear me now my friend
I can tell you this paradise is lost
Flowers blossom in stone in this (soons ?)
I can I'll be coming home
I'm so far away X3
And what I guess I'm trying to say is
I can't help thinking about you
And I can't help thinking about every one in you
I can't help thinking about you
And I can't help thinking about every one in you
I wonder what you're doing now
And whatever you're doing now
I hope you're alright
Do you remember that night ?
That night seems?so far away X3
And I could see what I can see
And its only me that can hear me
And I'm the only one in those
Paradises lost flowers blossoms in stone (stolen?)
Fibonacci's Number
can you tell me what is causing this natural phenomenon
this field that seems to be shaped like an octagon
and this valley seems to mirror itself perfectly
a symmetrical receptacle just for me
and can somebody tell me why I'm feeling like this
when me and her seem to be dynamic opposites
I need to categorise I need to give it a name
I have a need to label things that I can't explain
it could be fibonacci's number
it might be fibbonacci's number
a friend of mine took an all inclusive holiday
to see the seven wonders of the world
a package a pilgrimage fourteen days to try and forget about
this girl drinks were free and sights historic
with a guaranteed deal that you would feel euphoric
he said it made him feel so insignificant
and he's given up his job as a civil servant
and he said I'm going up or going under
I'm going out to see fibonacci's number
who is this fibonacci anyway?
where does he hang out what does he do all day
and how can he know all the answers?
this fibonacci sounds like he's a chancer
but I take his number down in any case just
so I can speak to him face to face just
so that I can tell him thanks for filling out the blanks
Everyone has
Their own centre to this universe
But it stops right there
And kids who try and see it all
Writing graffiti on the wall
But it stops right there
And we’re all in the know
From one television show
But it stops right there
And take care of yourself
'Cause it’s all about ourselves
And it stops right there
I’m lost looking in a sea of faces everywhere
Now where did she go?
I need to find her quickly
To immerse my insecurity
I’m lonely amongst these people
And I need to feel love
And I need to feel part of something
Is that strange?
And why are they reluctant to talk
And why do they look alone when they walk?
I see a face but no names
But despite my confusion
I’ve come to the conclusion
That people
Need people
It’s something I forget
But I’ve come to accept
That people
Need people
And I’m alright
And I’m ok
I’m surviving well
Without you
And what did you want
And what did you expect
Did you want me to still talk about you?
No, no way
I’m on my own now
And doing fine ( and doing fine )
No, no way
I’m on my own now
And doing fine ( and doing fine )
And anyone can give
Money to a good cause
But it stops right there
And anyone can sign
A petition to change the law
But it stops right there
And we can believe in socialism
Or any theorism
But it stops right there
And take care of yourself
'Cause it’s all about yourself
And it stops right there
But I’m not part of this
I’m not seeing what they’re seeing
I’m staring at the ceiling to the world
To see what is lying
On the horizon
Maybe I’ll see you again someday girl
But despite my raw deal
I still feel
That people
Need people
It’s something we forget
But we must accept
That people
Need people
And I’m alright
And I’m ok
I’m surviving well without you
And what did you want
And what did you expect
Did you want me to still talk about you?
No, no way
I’m on my own now
And doing fine
No, no way
I’m on my own now
And doing fine
Give me a smile
Things aren’t that bad are they ?
It’ll take a while
But we can get this right some way
So dry your eyes and
Wipe those tears away
'Cause baby you are mine and
That’s the way it’s gonna stay
I’m in your life
I’m in your life
I’m in your life
I’m in your life
You’re going up in the world
And baby I’m coming down
Looks like we’re both out of luck girl
And we’re stuck in this town
We’ll call it opportunity
Try and see it as fate
'Cause this is all new to me
So you’ll have to pardon my mistakes
I’m in your life
I’m in your life
I’m in your life
I’m in your life
Now I’ve been chasing that girl
Waiting for her to catch me
And now I got that girl
Right where she wants me
And you can try and get out of here
Until you’ve forgot
But baby I’ll still be here
And whether you like it or not
I’m in your life
I’m in your life
I’m in your life
He was in section A to G,
She was under H to T.
Their eyes met across the queue,
Look at you.
He asked for her current address,
She blushed and said how her hair was a mess.
He said "I'd really like,
to go out with you".
He said "we'll wait, 'til ??? day,
And that way, the queen can pay.
So I'll pick you up tomorrow".
She answered wearing slippers,
Said she couldn't find a baby-sitter.
He said "I'm going nowhere without you."
So she took her kids to her mom's for the night,
And they went and the birght lights,
In the town, mad them feel, like a million pounds.
They went out for a romantic dinner,
Then went to to see a real blues singer.
She said "I really like, being with you".
And when they came to the end of the night,
He asked her hard again in a fortnight.
She said "I'll see your before, in the line,
when we sign".
So two weeks later she's looking for him,
But he's not in the queue amongst all the men.
She's looking frantically, but no luck.
She walks up to his friend,
And asks him why he isn't signing ???
He shakes his head, she says "what's wrong?"
He said "they took him away, yesterday".
He said "you see my darling, they did a search,
Turns out he's ??? in building work."
He said "I've seen it before, another broken heart,
From love on the dole, love on the dole,
It's love on the dole, love on the dole,
Love on the dole,
Do you wanna go dancing,
In a club?
We can have a good time,
And live it up.
'Said if you wanna go dancing,
You'll got to wear a tuxedo,
And we could do the tango, wherever we go.
'Said if you wanna do the tango,
Then we're gonna need a ballroom,
So she took me by the hand,
And led me to her bedroom.
And then she did it,
She struck half-naked,
And told me, that her body, was sacred.
She said I could take her,
If I danced with her,
But somehow I knew
That she was an indian devil.
I said "what about tomorrow?",
She said "what about tonight?
trust me baby, it'll be alright (it'll be alright)"
She walked to him wearing toledo boots,
First woman wedding then honey moon
This girl that I'd thought I knew so well
didn't know where until we're at the hotel and,
We're on the dancfloor,
By the seashore
She said "these nights we danc together,
Is what I live for" I said
"what about before,
Before these nights?"
She said "Ask me no questions and
I'll tell you no lies"
I said "what about tomorrow?"
She said "what about tonight?
trust me baby, it'll be alright (it'll be alright)"
And so we danced, and danced, and danced, and danced,
So we danced, and danced, and danced, and danced,
All night
All night
All night
Twelve o'clock, the music stopped,
She walked away from me,
And took her shoed off,
And she said "that's it",
And I knew it, she said
"We can't dance, without music"
I said "we can dance tomorrow",
She said "we've already danced tonight,
Trust me baby, you'll be alright (you'll be alright)
It'll be alright (it'll be alright)
It'll be alright (it'll be alright)
About 2 o' clock I left the party
I'd been drinking red wine and talking hardy
So I walked to the bus stop and looked over the city
Said hello to the man sitting there but he didn't hear me
So it's me and this stranger both trying to find a way home
Waiting for a bus that was never gonna come
So I said did you have a good night trying to make some discussion
The man said what's your problem I said nothing
'Cause I'm just walking now talking now and living now
And you're just walking now talking now and living now
In fact we're both walking now talking now and living now
So just walk now talk now and live now
It's getting half for three and I'm getting lonely
I call out my baby for some company
So we're lying there in bed talking about nothing in particular
I was staring at the ceiling and she was reading kama-sutra
Then she sat up and said you know our sex life is getting sort of circular
So I took her to the desk and switched on the computer
And said we're gonna take a trip down the information super highway
But if you're gonna come with me then you've got to do it my way
All it takes now is one push on the button
She said what's your problem I said nothing
I'm just walking now talking now and living now
And you're just walking now talking now and living now
In fact we're both walking now talking now and living now
So just walk now talk now and live now
It's around 4 o' clock and I'm back at the party
They're still drinking red wine and talking hardy
But now I've got a problem nobody wants to ask me what it is
They said that they would only it's none of their business
And someone says what's your opinion on Russian animal welfare
I said that's the least of my problems that's be quite frank I don't care
And someone said you have a good night trying to make some discussion
I said what's your problem he said nothing
I'm just walking now talking now and living now
And you're just walking now talking now and living now
In fact we're both walking now talking now and living now
I said you’re the woman from last night
Standing just to my right
You’re the one that said I was sweet
When I left your kiss in my cheek
And said we could hook up sometime maybe
Well now is a good a time as any
She said I don’t mean to offend you
But you’re not quite how I remembered you
You seemed to look a lot better then
But I think you’re nice as a friend
So pull up a seat and sit down
We’re just having a drink and hanging out
So I tried to play it sexy and hurt
She said I came across as an introvert
So I changed to being a deep and profound
Until she asked me if I was feeling down
And when I told her that I was well read
She looked at me and just said : Waouf waouf !
You’re trying too hard but keep trying
You’re trying too hard but keep trying
You’re trying too hard but keep trying
Whatever it is I’m not buying
So I phoned her that weekend
She said she’s seeing a barman called jonathan
He wears nice clothes and keeps his hair neat
But I could give her a call back next week
So next week we’re out to coffee
She tells me she’s really gone off me
I say gone off me? Hey you don’t know me
She said exactly so don’t phone me
I said you haven’t even given this a chance
She smiled and looked with a glance and said : Waouf waouf !
You’re trying too hard but keep trying
You’re trying too hard but keep trying
You’re trying too hard but keep trying
Whatever it is I’m not buying
You’re trying too hard but keep trying
You’re trying too hard but keep trying
You’re trying too hard but keep trying
Whatever it is I’m not buying
When is this loneliness gonna end and
When will they stop crawling about their boyfriends (boyfriends)
When is a girl gonna get with me (me)
There must be one in this city see ? (see)
All I want is something that’s real (real)
I’m tired of having to spiel (spiel)
Two months later she phones me up now
Saying hey I heard you’re doing well now
Let’s you and me go out for a meal
'Cause I’ve never told you how I really feel
So how about it and you can meet me
I said which me did you wanna see?
I got a girl now who knows who I am
So I can be my own man I’m flattered but
You’re trying too hard but keep trying
You’re trying too hard but keep trying
You’re trying too hard but keep trying
Whatever it is I’m not buying
You’re trying too hard but keep trying
You’re trying too hard but keep trying
You’re trying too hard but keep trying
[Oracle]
Ey Yo I'm slippin down a dark hole touchin my soul
Think I'm rushin to the stars flash forward to zones
Can't move a single bone so I let out a moan
Would burn every single poem I wrote just to reach home
Feel a rope around my neck tight wrip grip no slack
then I hear a whipe make a loud crack
Then feel the flesh on my back split allowing blood to drip to the floor
Then I hear a whole crowd roar
With my last bit of strength open my eyes
To see a pack of rednecks straight from 1905
Could tell by the clothes thery wore and their broken grammar
That I was the main event of a lynching in Alabama
My body started shaking stamina breaking down
I screamed take me down they started laughing like clowns
I wish I had a 4 pound or any automatic gun
Just to see them crackers run like Satan had come
Then I heard the sheriff say "Hey, bring me his son."
Now picture that want my little boy to see his Daddy get hung
Then the sheriff turned to me and said "Ain't this fun?
Well this is what you get for florting with a white woman"
[Chorus x2]
Ey yo from day one you see they try to take us under
Police with guns, and clans hanging us from lumber
the shit don't change no matter the time no matter the place
it all stays the same
[Kimani]
1963 and now I'm trapped in a Birmingham jail
Next door to King sitting hand cuffed to the rail
I sailed through 3 generations of time but same predicament
Cause now I'm deep in the thick of it, sick of
I started downtown shopping at Montgomery Wards
Where my mom sent me to buy a new ironing board
>From down on Main Street, trooping through the summertime heat
Sweating bullets, came to the colored door and I pull it
Seen this white girl in late teens, blond hair and tight jeans
Shorts who stopped to ask me if I like to play sports
I replied yes, told her basketball was my best
but all these lip reading white folks got confused with "nice breast"
Now it's one mess after another,
get booted from out the store, still no ironingboard to give my mother
Hovered outside on the grass where it seems that news travels fast
Everyone that past said "that's your ass!"
So I run home to tell mom, to just chill and stay calm
But two hours later they burned a croos on the lawn
Until dawn we stayed frightened my first instinct was fighting
But 10 hooded crackers against one, and I'm done
So I run to keep my family from any more calamity
Right before the riverbank is where I got janked
About to get hanged when the sheriff made his interjection
And now I'm sitting in jail for my protection
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