(Jeff Waters)
Welcome to the hothouse, the game is called 21
I was in debt right up my neck, I wasn't having any fun
but then the dealer turnd around, she looked me right in the eye
I got no time for a messing around but you know I had to give it a try
She's got me under the gun - she can't have 21
She asked me why I was takin' my time, sweat running down my neck
I had the 6, the lady got 9 frome the bottom of the deck
a 4 for me, it was a good thing, but but she was sitting on a face
I said hit me with your best shot and she gave me the ace
She's got me under the gun - she can't have 21
I've got to be the chosen one - she can't have 21
I've gotta win, I gotta win or I might as well be dead
God let me win, just let me win, or I might as well be dead
Ya can't stand to loose
But it's all you ever do
Your past follows you
Like skin and old tattoos
Living is constant fight
Tell me you're not worth saving
Maybe on the other side
You'll be free
Everyday is painted black and blue
You're trying to outrun
A bullet from a gun
And pain is all you ever choose
The prodigal son
Dead at 21
Hard done by youth
Unstable and recluse
No point of view
I don't think it's going to happen anymore
You took my thoughts from me, now I want nothing more
And did you think you could just take it all away
I don't think it's happening this is what I say
Leave me alone, leave me alone
Leave me alone, 'cause I found it all
Twenty one, twenty one, twenty one
So I don't think it's going to happen anymore
I don't think it's going to happen anymore
Twenty one, twenty one, twenty one
Twenty one, twenty one, twenty one
Today, today, today, today
Twenty one, twenty one
Twenty one, twenty one
Twenty one, twenty one
Twenty one, twenty one
Twenty one, twenty one, twenty one
10 years ago, I thought I knew
Everything, nobody couldn't tell me shit
But I was in love, boy I was dumb
It's just like playing with a loaded gun
And I say whoa, how can you trust?
Trust someone who's always leaving
And whoa, how good I get? When I'm out with other women
[Chorus]
It's one thing when you're 21, you don't look in the mirror
And now a nigga 31, you see things so much clearer
It's one thing when you're 21, you don't look in the mirror
And now a nigga 31, you see things so much clearer
Oh, yeah, so many friends, in the beginning
Saying we family yeah I got you, don't trip
But with flash of lights, came into sight
Down swoops the one that was left holdin
I say whoa, how can you trust?
Trust someone who's always leaving
I say whoa, how could I see
When I spend so much damn money
[Chorus]
It's one thing when you're 21, you don't look in the mirror
And now a nigga 31, you see things so much clearer
It's one thing when you're 21, you don't look in the mirror
And now a nigga 31, you see things so much clearer
Sing it for me, sing it for me
It's one thing when you're 21, you don't look in the mirror
And now a nigga 31, you see things so much clearer
It's one thing when you're 21, you don't look in the mirror
And now a nigga 31, you see things so much clearer
I've been trying to write it off
But I'm doing all I can
To take the slur out of my words
You do your best to understand
I'm keeping you in mind
But I'm getting out of hand
Pour the medicine that keeps me right
Is settling
I get so easily distracted
It's 7 and I'm already wasted
I'm 21 and I'm already hazy
What am I gonna, what am I gonna do?
It's 7 and I'm already wasted
I'm 21 and I'm already hazy
What am I gonna...
I'm gonna stand up and brush it off
And I'll become a better man
I've been trying to explain myself
But no one understands
I'm getting out of line
But I'm keeping all my plans
My movements and my messages are all I said
But my constant contradictions
It's 7 and I'm already wasted
I'm 21 and I'm already hazy
What am I gonna, what am I gonna do?
It's 7 and I'm already wasted
I'm 21 and I'm already hazy
What am I gonna, what am I gonna say?
What do you do here in the moment?
What do you say?
What do you do?
What do you need?
7 and I'm already wasted
I'm 21 and I'm already hazy
What am I gonna, what am I gonna do?
It's 7 and I'm already wasted
I'm 21 and I'm already hazy
[Chorus]
I turned 21 in prison, doing life without parole
When the jury heard what I'd done, guilty was the vote
When the judge gave me my sentence, he read it to me cold
Whiskey on his breath, masturbating underneath his robe
Only 21 in prison, doing life without parole
When I had the chance, I should've sold the devil my soul
Hell yeah, I shot the sheriff, left his body full of holes
Now I'm 21 in prison, doing life without parole
[Verse 1]
We all enter the world the same way
Naked and screaming, soaked in blood but things change
Some are brought home to palaces, others to the projects
Some are born billionaires and some are born convicts
Momma said when life gives you lemons make lemonade
Take a piss in it and serve it to the people that you hate
My pops always said there's only two types my friend
Those with loaded guns and those who eat shit 'til they're dead
I miss both of them, one's gone, the other in prison
I hate both of them, the love dies and none of it given
I gave both of them enough time to show me their wisdom
I'll take both of them to hell with me, my soul is convicted
As I stand in front of Satan hoping for answers
Coping with madness, I hold the chrome like a social advantage
Never hate your enemies, it affects your judgement
Keep it close point blank range and render justice!
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury
The defendant's story begins within a childhood of fear and misery
Age ten, witnessed his father murder his own mother
The guilt of her death lingers in his dreams when he slumbers
Even though he was a child he still felt responsible
Most of his adolescence in and out of mental hospitals
Anti-social, anti-everything
Sucked into a system, pacified by prescribed medicine
With psychiatrists as father figures
His biological a scumbag sociopath locked in prison
He hated him with all his heart and so he never visited
Thought the monster that his father was also lived in him
Kill a person you're a murderer, thousands you're a terrorists
Everyone, you're the father of Jesus of Nazareth
Perception is reality, facts are negotiable
I'll clap the mack off and put twenty-one holes in you
[Chorus]
Ill Bill - 21 Ringtone
[Chorus:]
She just turned 21,
Now she's all up in the club having hell of fun,
She says she wanna rock all night,
Go ready and give her some.
Go ready and get a chunk,
Shawty about to shut it down.
Down, down, down!
Comes in the air, we can't put them down, down, down,
We've got the pricks
It's going down, down, down!
Oh man, she looks like she's ready now,
Yes man, let's shut it down!
Yeah, shut it down like gambling,
Black Jack, show the bet, show her all the scheme,
Go in there, she...
... what's happening?
In the morning, I'm...
Half the bottle cause she's probably a woman.
Drunk up, feel better in the morning,
Drank up, ran out like oh, oh, oh,
Don't want the club to get closed,
Around like mile 24,
When she came to the door,
... what happens in the spot tonight they won't know,
The birthday girl is out of control,
Like her smile I'm sure for sure
Cause she's 21 years old.
[Chorus:]
She just turned 21,
Now she's all up in the club having hell of fun,
She says she wanna rock all night,
Go ready and give her some.
Go ready and get a chunk,
Shawty about to shut it down.
Down, down, down!
Comes in the air, we can't put them down, down, down,
We've got the pricks
It's going down, down, down!
Oh man, she looks like she's ready now,
Yes man, let's shut it down!
O.K., you know that what happens at the 21st B-Day,
Stays at the 21st B-Day,
Gotta go hard, you don't wanna take it easy,
Shut it down, get a... from the D.J,
One drop on the birthday girl,
The beat 21 is over!
Do you...
Real talk in the...
The momma don't... like it's all about her,
She don't see nobody like...
In the club telephone don't stop,
Show her love, how to stay in the spot.
Show...
[Chorus:]
She just turned 21,
Now she's all up in the club having hell of fun,
She says she wanna rock all night,
Go ready and give her some.
Go ready and get a chunk,
Shawty about to shut it down.
Down, down, down!
Comes in the air, we can't put them down, down, down,
We've got the pricks
It's going down, down, down!
Oh man, she looks like she's ready now,
Yes man, let's shut it down!
I'm spending money tonight,
Give you the time of your life,
The after party is back at my house, my house!
I've got a present for you,
It's waiting up in my room,
But I wanna give it to you right now, right now!
Who wants another round?
We're about to take them down,
I'm staying back...
How you're shaking that...?
She's turning 21, the night has just begun.
We gonna be living in a...
[Chorus:]
She just turned 21,
Now she's all up in the club having hell of fun,
She says she wanna rock all night,
Go ready and give her some.
Go ready and get a chunk,
Shawty about to shut it down.
Down, down, down!
Comes in the air, we can't put them down, down, down,
We've got the pricks
It's going down, down, down!
Oh man, she looks like she's ready now,
Yes man, let's shut it down!
See my days are long
And the nights they seem to never end
Got me feeling numb
And its hard for me to get out of bed
Im trapped inside the memories
So hard to erase them
Trapped in and thought about it
But I Still Don't Play That
How do you dare
Try to heal or even joke with
When your time was invested
And the wounds are wide open
Trusted you with my heart
I should have kept guarded
Before I played my part
Thats when the problem started
Acted like it was right
It was the opposite
More I try to defy
Thats why I gotta quit
Never thought Id be so full of regret
Cause in my eyes you never make a mistake
Now to think of you just gets me upset
So sick to my stomach
I wish that I could undo rememberin'
Undo the time we spend
Undo me saying I love you I love you
Undo take it back
Undo not a fact
Wish I could stop it before it started
And undo even knowing you
(you you you you you you) undo
(you you you you you you) u-undo
(you you you you you) u-u-undo
Wish I could stop it before it started
And undo ever knowing you
Walls are closing in
And its hard for me to get out this space
Youd be out with him
And you come home and lie straight to my face
What you wanted you never had
I wonder what could have been
Cant tell there was nothing left
And nothings what youve given me
Why didnt I see
That your love came with a limit
Then the truth finally comes out
That your heart was never in it
Never thought Id be so full of regret
Cause in my eyes you never make a mistake
Now to think of you just gets me upset
So sick to my stomach
I wish that I could undo rememberin'
Undo the time we spend
Undo me saying I love you I love you
Undo take it back
Undo not a fact
Wish I could stop it before it started
And undo even knowing you
(you you you you you you) undo
(you you you you you you) u-undo
(you you you you you) u-u-undo
Wish I could stop it before it started
And undo ever knowing you
(Talking)
Its Like I gave you everything
And what did you really deserve in the end
And i know when we began this
I wanted to put my heart in this
And i really wish that i could just
(I wanna bring that back)
Never thought that I would be so full of regret
Cause in my eyes you never made a mistake
Now the thought of you baby just gets me upset
So sick to my stomach
Wanna stop remembering all of the time we spent
Me saying that I love you
Undo
Undo
Undo
Never thought Id be so full of regret
(Cause in my eyes you would never make a mistake)
Now to think of you - now to think of you
Can't stay out late, can't have no fun, 21 (21, la la la la oh)
Folks say you have to be 21, 21 (21, la la la la oh)
I'll have a dance, you just wait & see
Oh I'll be 21 & fancy free
Wo wo wo wo wo wo hey, 21, 21
Can't go steady, can't even have a date, 21 (21, la la la la oh)
How in the world will I ever find a mate? 21 (21, la la la la oh)
I'll have a dance, I'll be 21, yeah
They're out fun, here I am
Wo wo wo wo wo wo hey, 21, 21
When my 21st birthday finally comes, oh yeah
I'm gonna sound the bugles, beat the drums
I'm gonna stay out all night; I won't even go to bed
I'm gonna find me a paintbrush, hah, & paint the whole town red, yeah
I'll get married & raise a family, 21 (21, la la la la oh)
All my kids are gonna look like me, 21 (21, la la la la oh)
They'll grow up & get carefree
I'll tell them like they told me: uh uh!
(repeat & fade):
Keeping a brave face
In circumstances is impossible
Cannot describe
So many
Decisions
It's impossible
To know which is
The proper order
The best position
To be in
take advantage
or so it seems
the way it goes
Sandman comes (it's tragic)
Two to one (laid down on your side)
In the dark (Too easy)
Dark reflections (you know that you know)
In my head (You're soaking wet)
In my bed (You talk too much)
Again (It's not necessary)
Sandman goes (Before the ice melts)
Two in tow (I just want to say)
Wet and dumb (this packet's yours)
Three's the number (Don't ask for more)
Coming down (Cos somewhere along the line)
Twenty-one
I stumbled fore they came to get you,
You locked yourself away.
Steady on
The guilty trials they'll send to test you,
I swear i cried that day.
But I'll wait for you to waken
I'll find the words to say and
I'll smile and take a picture on the day,
You turn twenty-one.
So blow out the candles
Make a wish and celebrate,
I know I'm here, see more with each day you're gone away.
Twenty-one
The day they cut your spirit from you
Scarred my heart with pain,
Freedom on to inside a cage they kept you
And watched you die that way.
But I'll wait for you to waken
I'll find the words to say and
I'll smile and take a picture on the day,
You turn twenty-one.
So blow out the candles
Make a wish and celebrate
I know I'm here, see more with each day you're gone away. (x2)
Gone away (x4)
So blow out the candles
Make a wish and celebrate
I know I'm here, see more with each day you're gone away. (x2)
She came to see me and I let her in
She's in the bathroom she was drinking gin
I let her out and I locked the door
And took her up to the sixteenth floor
She came around to go back home
She's telling me that I am too slow
It ain't me, it must be a friend
She's telling me that this is the end
She fell in love with me and took it so easy
She's only 21 and trying to please me
I took it in, all in my stride
There's only one thing that he's trying to hide
She came to see me and I let her in
Again, she's in the bathroom, drinking gin
I let her out and I locked the door
And told my friends she ain't worth it anymore
She came around to go back home
She's telling me that I am too slow
It ain't me, it must be my friend
She's telling me that this is the end
She fell in love with me and took it so easy
She's only 21 and trying to please me
I took it in, all in my stride
Down in the frozen food aisle
She bought some green giant peas
I dropped my grocery bags
That's when she looked up at me
Down on the blue tile floor
I saw her smirking at me
I guess she knew I was 16
Tell me why
Tell me why
That nothing really works until you're 21
Tell me why
Tell me why
That nothing really works until you're 21
Went to a party last week
Drove in my Dad's busted jeep
Got no respect at the door
Treated me like a dork
I tried to go the backway
Saw my big brother Ray
So I didn't have to pay
Tell me why
Tell me why
That nothing really works until you're 21
Tell me why
Tell me why
That nothing really works until you're 21
21 fois 365 jours 21 fois la Terre ? tourn?e autour
Du soleil depuis qu'j'ai vu l'jour
21 piges en conclusion 21 ann?es
A squatter ces blocs fan?s
21 moins 3 ann?es scolaire ? comprendre que Libert?, Egalit?, Fraternit? c'est d'la th?orie
Dont on essaie de mettre ?a en pratique
Situation critique
Trop rigide est l'?tre humain et son esprit
21 fa?ons non mille et une fa?ons de dire les choses
Une, deux, trois sont valables et franchise sinc?rit? ritact
Une, deux, trois fa?ons de dire ses 4 v?rit?s soit
21 fois 365 fois 24 heures ?a donne 138 960 heures
Juste le temps d'aqu?rir un bac et un deug d'accord
Juste le temps de s'armer et d'affronter cette vie hardcorps
21 ball?s toujours gringal? d?shydrat?
Trop soif parce que trop peu g?t?
21 fois de f?tes de la hit par ann?e rassemblement familial ? constater
Qu'les proches y'a qu'?a d'vrai
Conseiller le bien d?conseiller le mal
21 plus X c'est le temps qui me reste ? vivre.
[Refrain]
La Terre ? tourn?e 21 fois 21 fois
Chaque jours de Dieu fait j'aurais pu caller mille et une fois
Le temps coule en attendant que mon heure sonne. (x2)
21 fois la Terre ? tourn?e
Minimum 21 fois ? penser ? tout r'tourner
Pens?es malsaines qui poussent le mal couronn?
Nous pousse ? tout renier
Mais j'croupe les liens familiaux
81 mois ma m?re ? port?e 9 enfants 81 mois
De grossesse en tout pourtant tout un poids
Toute une descendance en soi
Toute une famille toute une prog?niture 81 mois
A nous couver bien au chaud 21 baffes
Entre celles des parents et celles de la vie le manque de taff
Soif mil et un fleuve rassasi notre soif
Certains sont empoisonn? il faut croire
21 ?t? pass? au bled on sait ou l'on va sachant d'o? l'on vient en fait
21 hiver pass? ? Marseille temp?r? dans l'climat
Mais froid dans le coeur c'est toujours le m?me panorama
21 ans de vie ? observer tant d'injustices
Depuis j'ai rien compris 21 ann?es ? comprendre qu'on a des devoirs et des droits
Qu'la loi est la m?me pour tous l'monde m?me si certains ne l'applique pas
Conseiller le bien d?conseiller le mal
21 plus X c'est le temps qui me reste ? vivre.
[Refrain]
La Terre ? tourn?e 21 fois 21 fois
Chaque jours de Dieu fait j'aurais pu caller mille et une fois
[Chorus:]
She just turned 21,
Now she's all up in the club having hell of fun,
She says she wanna rock all night,
Go ready and give her some.
Go ready and get a chunk,
Shawty about to shut it down.
Down, down, down!
Comes in the air, we can't put them down, down, down,
We've got the pricks
It's going down, down, down!
Oh man, she looks like she's ready now,
Yes man, let's shut it down!
Yeah, shut it down like gambling,
Black Jack, show the bet, show her all the scheme,
Go in there, she...
... what's happening?
In the morning, I'm...
Half the bottle cause she's probably a woman.
Drunk up, feel better in the morning,
Drank up, ran out like oh, oh, oh,
Don't want the club to get closed,
Around like mile 24,
When she came to the door,
... what happens in the spot tonight they won't know,
The birthday girl is out of control,
Like her smile I'm sure for sure
Cause she's 21 years old.
[Chorus:]
She just turned 21,
Now she's all up in the club having hell of fun,
She says she wanna rock all night,
Go ready and give her some.
Go ready and get a chunk,
Shawty about to shut it down.
Down, down, down!
Comes in the air, we can't put them down, down, down,
We've got the pricks
It's going down, down, down!
Oh man, she looks like she's ready now,
Yes man, let's shut it down!
O.K., you know that what happens at the 21st B-Day,
Stays at the 21st B-Day,
Gotta go hard, you don't wanna take it easy,
Shut it down, get a... from the D.J,
One drop on the birthday girl,
The beat 21 is over!
Do you...
Real talk in the...
The momma don't... like it's all about her,
She don't see nobody like...
In the club telephone don't stop,
Show her love, how to stay in the spot.
Show...
[Chorus:]
She just turned 21,
Now she's all up in the club having hell of fun,
She says she wanna rock all night,
Go ready and give her some.
Go ready and get a chunk,
Shawty about to shut it down.
Down, down, down!
Comes in the air, we can't put them down, down, down,
We've got the pricks
It's going down, down, down!
Oh man, she looks like she's ready now,
Yes man, let's shut it down!
I'm spending money tonight,
Give you the time of your life,
The after party is back at my house, my house!
I've got a present for you,
It's waiting up in my room,
But I wanna give it to you right now, right now!
Who wants another round?
We're about to take them down,
I'm staying back...
How you're shaking that...?
She's turning 21, the night has just begun.
We gonna be living in a...
[Chorus:]
She just turned 21,
Now she's all up in the club having hell of fun,
She says she wanna rock all night,
Go ready and give her some.
Go ready and get a chunk,
Shawty about to shut it down.
Down, down, down!
Comes in the air, we can't put them down, down, down,
We've got the pricks
It's going down, down, down!
Oh man, she looks like she's ready now,
It's 3 a.m I work at nine
Feeling burnt out from the moonlight
Maybe its me throwing myself off this dock
For an hour and a half
But this plywood feels like home
It's the only thing I know
Doesn't matter how much I'm busted up
It will always carry me along
I'm okay with it, okay with it
As long as I'm still having fun
It's not a crime to feel at home
But there's a fucking law against it
The first thing I've ever known
And this board gives me control
So I'm never gonna stop, never gonna stop
Till my body finally fails me.
I think I was twelve when I got my first mini logo
Thirteen when I met you,
You had some notches in your belt
From things I'd never dare to do
And as the years went by I found
That you were always right there with me
I already blamed your whole departure
On a sorry excuse for a family
I'm okay with it, okay with it
As long as I'm still having fun
Until they drop, until they drop
My casket I'm never giving this up.
It's not a crime to feel at home
But there's a fucking law against it
The first thing I've ever known
And this board gives me control
So I'm never gonna stop, never gonna stop
Till my body finally fails me.
Till my body fails me
Till my body fails
Till my body fails me
It's not a crime to feel at home
But there's a fucking law against it
The first thing I've ever known
And this board gives me control
So I'm never gonna stop, never gonna stop
Till my body finally fails me.
Never gonna stop, never gonna stop
Never gonna stop, never gonna stop
Never gonna stop, never gonna stop
I'm 21 my life has just begun- what great fun
The girl I've got watch out
Yeah that is all I care about
My girlfriend ran away
But since this day I am ok
I wanna take revenge on her
And blow her head away
You came and left me there behind
But now I'm stronger in my mind
I'm 64 my life has almost ended
I'm feeling so sick and tired
I'm feeling stranded
I lived the life of riley all my lifetime long
Except for several years
When I spent all my days with this stupid chick
It's just a walk there down the hill
they went out to play
to talk to april's rain
in a sad strange afternoon
The years were few but what to do
when the heart's flirting the sky
the clouds are waving goodbye
and the journey has began
ANGELS... wings I'll always miss
Hey, don't you cry for us
we'll be back in our beds as soon as you dry your tears
Hey, we're forever now
and deep in your hearts we'll live
like non of that took place
They danced and kissed, they loved and they've been missed
Living a lifetime so fast
like time wasn't enough
In three days they lived so much
21 in distant land
April just carried them away
Tricked them by stealing from them the day
And sent their stare...
She's at home all alone I wanna call her on the phone
Whatcha doing right now?
Outta luck pick me up somewhere in Santa Monica
So sick of this town (gotta get out get out)
...Let's roll out, no stressing
Go grab your favorite dress its
So simple it's crazy
The way I'm feeling lately
Take my angel out to Vegas
Gonna leave LA
So over Hollywood
She drives me crazy
Feels so outrageous
Can't get enough
Tonight’s the night she turns 21!
Let's pretend this won't end
Another drink so many friends
Feeling so good yea we’re alright
We been up we been down
We let the world spin us round
Take my hand let's go all night
...Cuz when I'm by your side
I start to get the feeling
Everything will be cool
And I keep on believing
Baby the stars in seeing
Take my angel out to Vegas
Gonna leave LA
So over Hollywood
She drives me crazy
Feels so outrageous
Hold on
My vision
Is wear out
With failures
Sure of
This wouln’t last
An hour
That you stay
We’ll fall apart
Until you’re almost sure
That I could feel
My eyes could show
There’s only one
And deep inside of me
Tired out
You’ve been there
I know that
This wouln’t last
Leave me
Forgotten
This wouln’t hurt
Just go fast
We’ll fall apart
Until you’re almost sure
That I could feel
My eyes could show
There’s only one
And deep inside of me
Tired out of giving you hope
Sure that you’re making me whole
Tired out of giving you hope
Sure that you’re making me whole
We’ll fall apart
Until you’re almost sure
That I could feel
My eyes could show
There’s only one
And deep inside of me
Tired out you go
I only thought of you
Just let me know
My eyes could blow
Until there’s something more
That you should know
Tired out of giving you hope
