Don't want to lose my shirt
Don't want to dig the dirt
Don't want you to get hurt
Can't help but I'm a flirt
Don't want to take your drugs
Don't want to be a slug
Don't want to overdress
Don't want to make a mess
Don't want you to confess
Not under duress
Don't want be untrue
I want to be with you
Don't want to lose my nerve
Don't want to throw the curve
Don't want to make you swerve
Don't want what I deserve
Don't want to change the frame
Don't want to be a pain
Lying in bed one summer's night Everything wasn't alright
Something started crawling on me
A S-L-U-G
I saw her walking in the woods last night
And I knew something wasn't right
S-L-U-G
No no no no why'd she have to go-oh-oh-oh (X2)
And I know that if I had her back today
Yeah I know (I know) I know (I know)
Why is it always this way?
Lying in bed one summer's night Everything wasn't alright
Something started crawling on me
A S-L-U-G
I saw her walking in the woods last night
And I knew something wasn't right
S-L-U-G
No no no no why'd she have to go-oh-oh-oh (X2)
And I know that if I had her back today
Yeah I know (I know) I know (I know)
Why is it always this way?
S-L-U-G S-L-U-G S-L-U-G S-L-U-G
Lying in bed one summer's night Everything wasn't alright
Something started crawling on me
A S-L-U-G
I saw her walking in the woods last night
And I knew something wasn't right
S-L-U-G
No no no no why'd she have to go-oh-oh-oh
No no no no why'd she have to go-oh-oh-oh
And I know that if I had her back today
Yeah I know (I know) I know (I know)
Why is it always this way?
Lying in bed one summer's night Everything wasn't alright
Something started crawling on me
A S-L-U-G
I saw her walking in the woods last night
And I knew something wasn't right
S-L-U-G
No no no no why'd she have to go-oh-oh-oh
No no no no why'd she have to go-oh-oh-oh
And I know that if I had her back today
Yeah I know (I know) I know (I know)
Why is it always this way?
S-L-U-G S-L-U-G S-L-U-G S-L-U-G
S-L-U-G S-L-U-G S-L-U-G S-L-U-G
lying in bed one summer's night
everything wasn't alright
something started crawling on me
i saw her walking in the woods last night
and i knew something wasn't right
s-l-u-g no no no no
why'd she have to go-oh-oh-oh
and i know that if i had her back today
yeah i know (i know) i know (i know)
why is it always this way?
lying in bed one summer's night
everything wasn't alright
something started crawling on me
i saw her walking in the woods last night
and i knew something wasn't right
s-l-u-g no no no no
why'd she have to go-oh-oh-oh
and i know that if i had her back today
yeah i know (i know) i know (i know)
Drag me down, pull me under deep
Smother me with your hate
Tell you what I've heard it all before
Tell you I don't give a damn
I can see, I can say
I can see you
Hold me close, whisper in my ear
Promise me, no more
I won't scream, I won't beg and pleed
I'm here at your mercy again
Chorus:
Kicking and crawling, you're begging to get more
Kicking and crawling, you're dragging me down
I want more
I want more
Tell you what I've heard it all before
Tell you I don't give a damn
Drag me down, pull me under deep
Smother me with you hate
Well, boy, I saw that face again today
On another stranger's humbled stumbling frame
I had to think to keep my
Helping hands to myself
Every day I hate to be this way
Escape is unfulfilling, but it warms the willing
Time spent wanting, wandering away from here
The time comes when you run out
OF good things to say
I'm overwhelmed by the number of things
To fight for
Don't try to tell me that we're not gonna run out
Escape is unfulfilling, but it warms the willing
What goes on?
With little help from the fearless man in charge
We'll push ourselves back over the fading horizon
The rhythm of this grinding beast keeps me on
It's pain itself that keeps the tears from rising
It's logic versus conscience
I've got to lose myself in something
Hide away, slide away from pulling back
A pulsating bloody stump
Time spent wanting something to improve
Time spent wanting someone to move
That it's time to lose some sense
Inside out and upside down
Who qualifies to try to judge me now?
Love is what grows off the synthetic happiness
I wear a warning sticker that says "Health To The Hazardous"
If all of Minneapolis fell into that River
It wouldn't disturb a word that I deliver
I found my confusion
I lost your religion
The analyst I is am
Corrupt the optimism
From the dock I fish in
? the worm a hook
Write another piece and read another book
Once upon a time there was the end
Do you mind if I steal this pen?
I'm not as big of fan as I once was
I gotta learn to respect that lunch buzz
Such and such
And nothing much
What the fuck girl I'm thinking that we should couple up
So here I stand from the outside in
Tryin' to recall how I swam to this island
I wonder if I was to scream til my voice quits
Would they let me push the buttons?
Would they let me hold the joystick?
Well, maybe
If I acted a little crazy
They would play me
And they would feed me to their babies
I can't help but laugh at everything I cry about
Cause I've been staring at myself from the inside out
Well who's that knockin' on my head so early in the A.M.?
It must be the landlord, I'm late on my payment
Or maybe it's my ex cause I owe her some affection
It's probably the department of corrections
Cause I've been doing it wrong for too damn long
Chewin' on a soggy blade of grass
Put the money in the bag and make it fast
Cause can't none of y'all fools save my ass
How can I hold if I don't know what I hold
The ousider tryin' to climb out of the cold
Time and time again I question the answer
Cause the soldier always falls in love with the dancer
I can't play past it
The truth hurts
Wanna rock the boat
But I wanna rock you first
So if I meant to say everything that's in my mouth
This world ain't a wasteland
It just taste that way some times.
It depends on the angle
On how you read your lines.
For every brick we stack to come together to build
There's a sick little crack in this foundation still.
Humans! I can't accept them.
Trying to understand them
And what fuels them and their essence.
I'm looking for some leverage.
Catch up, trying to catch me.
Curse-ed, depress-ed.
Here to make you happy.
"Hey daddy tell me why the clown is crying."
"Well son he's got the task of cheering up the ill and dying.
On top of that everybody thinks that he's insane.
Can't fathom why he'd wanna ease their pain."
Walking through this maze made of concrete walls
When you're not allowed to climb there's no way to possibly fall.
When your hands are restricted to hold nothing but self
How can you get a grip?
How can you pick up what you're dealt?
The clown stays sad.
The ground stays hard.
With a couple pounds of migraine, a pocket full of scars.
But the face stays painted on for everyone to gaze upon
continuing the bad dream till he wakes up gone.
Chorus--two voices intertwined
One for a walk, but always stood.
Would you help him, if you could.
One for a walk, but always stood.
Would you help him, if you could.
One for a walk, but always stood.
Would you help him, if you could.
One for a walk, but always stood.
Would you help him, if you could.
Do they see me?
Do they know that I exist?
I know they do.
I can tell by the way they wave their fists.
Weirdo. Freak.
Words of endearment ring in my ears
And cling onto my tears.
My purpose on this earth was to brighten the sun ray
At the circus or parade, house call on a birthday.
A bag of balloons, I can build you a farm.
Became worthless when they took away both of my arms.
Snake charms.
Magic tricks.
The world is flat.
And the traffic is thick.
Got my back to the wind as I watch the inhabitants.
Every thought I come across is bigger than this planet is.
I used to be a normal person
But I held a hunger to experience it firsthand.
I wanted to turn every frown upside down.
Some how my feet separated from the ground.
And the clown stays sad the people stay lost.
Nah, the people are sad, we lost the clown.
But the face stays painted on for everyone to gaze upon
And it will stay that way until the break of dawn.
So throw your hands in the air!
[Verse 1]
I want to follow the foot prints across my lover's stomach
I want to call out her name before I plummet
I wish I had a map of the terrain, so I could step around the landmines
Avoid the beasts under the bed that breathe they bad times
I want to find these here so called treasures
The pleasures
The trinkets, the never ending weekends
Acknowledging that I'm still just a piece of the sequence
But seeing these different foot prints has got me needing to show my weakness
The timelines, the time zones
I cross them with my eyes closed
Memorize the landmarks and learn the cycles
The weather patterns, how the seasons effect, the east and west of each
region; learn the cycles
Forget about the fact that
Many trails have been tract
Maybe it's a plus that there's path
If this was some uncharted land
I'd have to be a smarter man
Willing to travel the farthest
To unravel the harvest
The natural recourses are unlimited
Exploration only requires some desire and initiative
Take your time to find the right way to climb
It ain't safe to play games with natures mind
[Chorus]
If I... could show you...
You would... never... leave it...
(And) If I... could show you...
You would... never... leave it
If I... could show you...
You would... never... leave it...
And If I... could show you...
You would... never... leave it
If I... could show you...
You would... never... leave it
And if I... could show you...
You would... never...
[Verse 2]
I want to ride a train up my lovers arm
Stop off at the brain to hop out and find out what's going on
Cut through trees and ride through rocks
And synchronize the universal sundial to my watch
I've seen a lot
But not quite as much as her
To top it off the memory and the imagination blurred
But I know she's been put through hell, I can feel it
And I know she's touched heaven as well, trying to steal it
It came on, and it taught her a song
And it strung her along, and it caught her, when the guard was gone
Now till the break of dawn
She's trying to fill that fix
And all the family and friends are trying to seal them lips
But I ain't dumb
I can hear that train come from miles away, setting obstacles to stop the arrival
I'm going to blow up that iron and wood road
From would I understood those be the core of its survival
My recital... another tantrum
Because she is highly excitable, swinging arms a random
No happy endings, always off to a bad start
Addictive... voyeuristic to the tract marks
And If I... could show you...
You would... never... leave it
And If I... could show you...
You would... never... leave it
And If I... could show you...
You would... never... leave it
And If I... could show you...
You would... never... leave it
And If I... could show you...
You would... never... leave it
And If I... could show you...
You would... never... leave it
And If I... could show you...
You would... never... leave it
And If I... could show you...
You would... never... leave it
And If I... could show you...
You would... never... leave it
And if I... could show you...
I'd like to give a special shout out to that pluctuating
list of names who've either taken the time to look me in the
eye or taken the time stab me in the fuckin back.
(Slug)
Disasterous, no astericks necessary
Captured by the self-hatred, it's legendary
As it goes, it grows a little below the average woes
I'll fit it all in my soul
Now all the weirdos dig me as a rapper
If we can all live happily ever after
And I can nail all my issues to the rafter
I'll leave the cattle to the pastore and feed em all laughter
Everything sits right where it's suppose to sit
But the light's too bright, can't get close to it
They say it won't exist until you embrace what it is
I tried to embrace all that relating by my taste
I don't want to believe that yall are more confused than me
You should see, some of the conversations I've held
I used to think I could only talk like that to myself
It makes me wonder if people might be bad for my health
All is well and life is a hell
It's a sitcom about a modern day billy tell
And his effort, to network with an apple and an arrow
When the moral to the last track is relax and be carefull
TV bores me, I can't follow the story
Most books are recycled, the writers are corny
so I dove into this lake I swim, face first
Urge my friends to run far away from this earth
(Chorus)
As if the head wasn't already twisted up
I can't quit breath, do my best to tip back up
As if the head wasn't already twisted up
I can't quit breath, do my best to tip back up
(Slug)
Alchohol in my blood, sarcasm in my head
Last to breath, first to break bread
When this lake turns red and this lifeguard chokes
No, not only did it fall but the star broke
Fuck anyone and everyone that disagrees
'Cause you don't know nothing about this disease
You don't know what it means to trade your sleep
Over ball point pain that plays for keeps
Sometimes I think about grabbin my pen
And stabbin it, stabbin it deep into my abdomen
But with my luck, shit I wouldn't die
I'd just sit on the edge of this bed and cry
But wait, rappers don't cry and they don't ask why
Just rap, eat, sleep, fuck and sometimes lie
Drink beer, smoke weed, represent the streets
And when they get old, they grow their hair and make beats
When I was a youth, I wanted to be a writer
Now that I'm an elder, I just want to be fed
Let the belly get big, raise a coulple of kids
Before I pull out the trigger, let it all go to my head
(Chorus) 2X
In the breakdown, there's a snake's takedown
Gotta escape to escape my escape route
(Slug talking)
I don't like that shit. Whistlin is wack
[Verse 1]
It goes job after job after blow to the self value
He doesnt get along with powerful people
The mind is a box kept locked
Inside is the pride and the ego and he cant find the keyhole
Compensates with alcohol and hate
And contimplates whether or not he wants to be awake
Bounce around the words, all the nouns and verbs
But better late then never doesnt work for work
Cant hold employment, cant hold a girl
But he can hold a weapon and keep this whole world steppin
Another angry arrogent american
One frustrated step away from where you stand
Put your hands up for fear or fear itself
Or write it off as balances and cheques
Or take the sign out the window and change it to say you want to help
And maybe we can talk him into walking up these steps
[Chorus] {2X}
Keep looking up
Try to count them
How many left
Look em up
One at a time, until your out of breath
One foot infront of the other
Right, left
And spend your whole life climbing these steps
(Brother)
[Verse 2]
For every boy that she allows to step on her heart
She comes one step closer to findin what she needs
The sad part is shes still stuck somewhere behind the start
Still doesnt know what it takes to make it leave
That tattoo bleeds upon the paid dues
Break the rules, to balance the odds, challenge her God
The untrained eye thinks shes got it all together
But the first time I seen her smile I knew better
Right down the letters, piece them in order
Make sense out of a sentance, give the picture a border
Got to sort through the images that clutter the soul
But the photo got fried cause the shutter didnt close
Over exposed, too many steps, too soon
Killed the pain with a jameson under a blue moon
She climbs, she cries, she waits
How many more can she take before her legs break
[Chorus] {2X}
(Sister)
[Verse 3]
So if you're doing bad I'mma sing about you
And if you're doing good I'mma sing about you
Whether or not you knew I've been singin about you
It's all I know, I don't know what else to do
When you take a step I take a step
Or maybe it's the other way around I'm not too sure
Right and wrong got together, the vision was blurred
The path was crooked but the intentions were pure
And I count these steps getting closer to home
And I love each step like it was my own
And when I reach the top of the goal or whatever
Maybe finally they'll let me forget her
[Chorus] {2X}
It's like I change my plans with every grain of sand
That gets caught between my toes of worries and woes
If they would take my hand
Maybe the pains of man
Wouldn't seem like such a bad dream that you can't control
All the thoughts that come
That make you toss your lunch
Every time that you think that you can hold it down
So now I'm off to jump
To bunny hop the bumps
That life sets up to hold my head underground
Cause I move back and forth on a swing set
The scenery stays the same
I ain't learned a thing yet
It comes and goes (and it comes again)
The sun the snow the rain the wind (the wind) and ain't none of it pretend
If I could bend all the barbed wires and bars
I could escape the playpen and make my way toward the stars
Pick up the pieces of broken keepsakes
And sprint across the field until both of my feet ache
I hung from my limbs
Off of the jungle gyms
Until my muscle got sore and my hustle got bored
And when I jumped down to take a look around
The only faces I recognized were the ones I ignored
I took the obstacle course at full speed
Still it's probable that the home team will hold the lead
But if it's possible I request that they let me take a seat
Stop the coach and ask him how I got into the league
It goes six six something miles beneath the surface
Championship
It's the skin verses the shirtless
And I don't know which side I'm supposed to be on
And I can't tell if it's getting closer to dawn
Well excuse me
But I had a rough evening
I was shaken out of my rest when I stopped breathing
Awoken from my sleep awoken from my dreams
Chokin' on my ?
Holdin' on to my screams
And the sea turned blue and the sky turned blue
And when I sing the blues all the lies come true
As we convince each other what's old is now
The books, the rent and the end is overdue
The waiting pool is full of the blood of the unbound souls
Submerge my urges as I plug my nose
And swim laps around the momentary laps of loss
Use a stick to write my name in every line I have to cross
Toss some change into the fountain to make a wish
But most of us are wishing for a little bit of change
Sneak a cigarette break between first and second down
And play match of hind and seek with your heart and your brain
Well olly olly oxen free duck duck gray duck
King of the hill fell off and broke his crown
The neighborhood runt lost his voice from yelling, "Wait up!"
And the needle ran away with the spoon Hell's Playground
Hook
We all, play the same games
We all, learn to share the same pains
So while we wait for the machine to break down
We play self one on one out on the playground (x3)
{Till the end}
Ooooh child, things are gonna get easier
"The wind that made the grain wave gently yesterday
blows down the trees tomorrow."
[Verse 1]
It's nothing
It's only a little wind
A distinct somewhat discrete approach to the maze
Come on keep up the pace
You already won the race
Cute baby hamster
Let's try to make him run in place
Look at the wounds, it's destined to die soon
And the way I see it, we're obligated to eat it
So treat it
With grins while it's standing on it's last limbs
Feed it to fatten it up for when the feast begins
I drew the blueprints out on the sidewalk with chalk
So when the rain starts they won't be able to read our plans
And I'm compiling a list of demands
So let me get a show of fists and hands to see who's down with the program
Party over here
Free love, free truth, free care
Care free
Bring your whole crew affair
Freedom of speech and thought
Scot free
Free your mind
Forgot to pack a spine?
Feel free to borrow mine
I'll be the thorn in the side of drama
Comma
It's cool because we died with honor
Comma
Don't worry honey I ain't goin' hurt you
I'm just trying to strip you of your pride and your gear and your virtue
[Hook]
It's not clear
Proceed with caution
Cause fear, is no longer an option
[Verse 2]
And maybe, and maybe my issues are not your issues
But everyone has to sleep and everybody carries weight
You can't escape regret but you might regret escape
If you closed your eyes and held it would you recognize the shape?
Regardless
Give my regards
To the inner child that managed to break free from the confines of this skull
sized cell
The taming of the shrew
The high hopes fell
The shaming of the true
Made your own private hell
And maybe I'm not here for you to listen to
And I'm I'm not here to steer you just share my vision
Maybe drop a hint or two
Maybe a few opinions
Maybe learn from you by watching you and studying your positions
The mission started off as nothing but better living instead of giving truth
Better living was found through keeping secrets
Enlist me as a crunch
Spreading the message of funk
Lettin' the rest of the spunk
Clog their veins with that junk
All limp
Swingin' like the willows in the wind
Moving like the mountains when Armageddon begins
Vampires
You're all a bunch of demons
When you talk I close my eyes it sounds like your screamin'
[Hook]
[Verse 3]
I no longer have the patience to do with most of these patients
Ignore the preferences and relevance to they favorites
I look for love and I identify deceit
Within the facial structure of every human I meet
I can smell your contempt when you enter the chamber
So I act apprehensive and pretend that there's danger
As I watch from the tower everyone looks like ants
They all scramble to be
Appears as if as they dance
Well for all of y'all keeping y'all in hell
I'm only tryin' to help
Peace out to one self
And if I did have a car I would speed down the road
Until I reached my goal or my engine explodes
The glass was half full so I drank it
I got impatient and anxious as I was waiting for the raffle
And when they drew the number it pulled me under
Cause I was sitting on the seven
Which had never made the entrance (x2)
[Hook]
"The wind that made the grain wave gently yesterday
[Verse 1 : Slug]
It was a purple-purple sky and an orange-orange moon
And everyone was whistling the same damn tune
Except Brian, Brian staired out across the field
And watch the horizon blossom to cop a field
Over the edge of the world
The one they're all afraid to walk
Ration out the why they're so high on the small talk
But Brian knows where the crows all go
To find the if's, and the and's and the but's and
also's
Chorus:
If I could run through the woods, and speed like the
light
I?d find the answers to why, and be back by tonight
If I could fly through the fog and look at this rock
I?d figure out how to keep Hell off of my block
But as it stands, I stay content
Tryin? to be the magic man, and pay my rent
Wishing that Brian would turn me on to the secrets he
sought
While we keep burning the dawn, just to keep the day
[Verse 2 : Slug]
If I could ask you one question, I?d ask where you went
You could teach me a lesson every time I got bent
But the alcohol don?t make me forget about it all
Doesn?t matter the season the leaves can still fall
They slipped hidden messages within the cards that were
dealt
I understand myself and all of the sorrow I felt
For as simple as I'am how'd it get so complex
Got me studying the margins and disregarding the text
I open the curtins and listen to the traffic go
But I still get nervous each time my peace passes go
The residue is thick and the memory fails
I still laugh cuz the path feels a lot like a trail
Chorus:
If I could run through the woods, and speed like the
light
I?d find the answers to why, and be back by tonight
If I could fly through the fog and look at this rock
I?d figure out how to keep Hell off of my block
But as it stands, I stay content
Tryin? to be the magic man, and pay my rent
Wishing that Brian would turn me on to the secrets he
sought
While we keep burning the dawn, just to keep the day
[Verse 3 : Slug]
We used to be a couple of pimps walking the hallways
with pride
Drunk or sober, life was nothing short of rollercoaster
rides
Trip to the clubs, now the skull to the rhythm
All we wanted out of life was what was given
And when you passed I wanted to take back the time we
wasted
I'd trade all the buzzes in for one more conversation
We can sit in the shade and discuss the meaning of
sacred
Cause I can't see the garden no more, just the avens
But the wind still blows and the plains still grow
And I wish your name was on the guest list at my shows
I got to beleive you can see me run up on my freedom
Cause you got to meet up with the son before you got to
meet my son
Bridge (x2):
And when I see lightning, feels like my buzz is
heightning
Everytime I feel the sun, I can smell the love
And when I smell the air I can hear a child trying
But everytime I hear a river I think the mother is
Prides Paranoia (Spoken Word)
This was the year he fell to pieces
And ironicly, this was the year when more people than
he knew even
existed scrambled to put him back together again
And as they tried, they didn't notice that he was
smiling.
Smiling his ass off... no pun intended
Oh, what have we become? Oh, what have you become?
not allowed to kick the feet up and sleep untill its
done
Ground control, ground control, to major Tom
We found a hole in your theory and we named it Sean
And when the leaves fall, the land looks more human
it's got me questioning the essence of my farm boy
blues
Hence, I never wore the fashions of the know what I'm
doing
but there won't be no alarm when we sound up the
movement
a river runs through it untill I'm made out of fluids,
my fathers name is art, and my name's pride
and while my destiny reads the recipe for confusion,
I'm lookin for whoever writes so empty inside
As the paneling comes unglued,
I'm averaging a camel every hour as a substitute for
food
out standing in this field waiting for the storms,
trying to teach the alphabet to the children of the
corn
and yo the music ain't loud enough,
I can still hear the voices in your head,
the choices that chosen to choose temoprarily impared
im terribly proud, if you dont turn it up louder, I'm
breaking out.
i face the sun when i talk and ill hold his hand as I
walk
im across the street i got caught inside of a self
taught it just don't stop
and ill trade you a parable for a probably
kick this one for saint paul
and this for minneapolis
and kick this one here for me and my superhero complex.
and when i can im gonna build a castle that touches the
clouds,
Then there was this one night where I took the time
to examine a napkin in a Chicago hotel room
I wasn't alone, it was a night after a show
space was full, energy was consumed
there was a girl, emphasis on the L
she was noticin' the detail as well
the two of us found something with each other, previously undiscovered
Hell is full of lovers
and the day light is bright
always makes me squint
but it feels like magic when it touches my face
suffocate myself, overwhelm myself
let the sun rays abandon me, floatin' through space
Chorus:
and she still wonders why I'm so insecure
she giggles because I sleep with a body pillow
intentions are never nothing short of pure
but there's a price to pay when you try to live a little
And as attractive as that napkin ever could've been
my how it unfolded, hold it to the wind
try now to be a rock, but she's caught under the skin
ex-lover and a best friend, just like the rest of them
then there was this one night, I watched someone bite
the tip of a cigarette, to hold it in between their lips
never met nobody like her, please brace yourself
danger, danger, this might hurt
the playground feels alot different when the sun's out
she wasn't messing around, she came in with the guns out
screamin' about the ocean, "anybody wanna go with me?"
never knew punk rock could be so pretty
now catch your breath and then catch the ball
and sit by the phone so you can catch the call
writin' catchy one liners on the bathroom stall
here I go, wouldn't you know, still learning to crawl
Chorus
I've always loved the way you love the way your tattoos intimidate men
I guess I'm one of them
standin' right next to you from way over here
ex-lover and a best friend (ex-lover and a best friend)
then there was this one night I noticed a tree
that stood by itself about an hour up north
and I could picture her holding on to the limb
wearing a summer dress and a grin, swinging back and forth
talkin' about the breeze, how easy it is
to leave all the worries in the back seat
teach me please, I need the abilities to live
silly me, I tried to measure it by what I can give
but she didn't need anything, just a pair of beers
some strong fingers, and someone to share the tears
read the fear, feeling it, inadequate
now let's make believe that I can handle it
Chorus
and I still get to talk to you every now and then
definition of over, doesn't have to be the end
it's good to see you grow, girl, shake my hand
that's all I want from my ex-lover and my best friend
that's all i want
I got your back, don't ever fucking question that, I got your back, always,
always, I still got your back
[Verse 1: Slug]
Tap tap tap lick the globe against the moon
For the next tune we'll let the camera zoom into the
bedroom
The more she raises her voice, the less I really hear
The more she leaves the house, the less I spend on beer
All thoughts are clear,
Chain smoker box of ???
Got to shed this excess gear before we cross this
bridge
If we make it to the opposite side of where we stand
We can get some land and make a plan
Woman and man
But your only twenty something are you ready to change?
You've accomplished plenty running
Are you tired? Are you hungry?
Up to no good, but down to try to hard
And to depart and sever the old ways of gauging the
weather
And when they ask if you treat me right
I have to lie and yes if i'm to answer the question
Here I dance again in front of the mirror, solitair
Wondering where you are, what's the time, why am I
losing all my hair?
If I could hook half as good as you looked
I'd trade in my head phones and my notebook
For all the time you took up to shine
Shook up my align-ment, hooked up to silence
Cause these footsteps is my steps
Sample: "Just Get out and don't come back again"
Slug: And don't come again
(2x)
[Verse 2 : Slug]
Ok enter mommy's little socia path
Hoping I have the sober cells left
To taste the smoke on her breathe
Chosen my steps
Prepare to pour a ear fill
Trying to drive her soul
Keep your hands on the steering wheel!
One at nine the other at three
Won't ever find another like she
I call it theif because she took it
Put the key in the hole and started upsetting cruise
control
BAM! Hit a tree, my fault I wasn't looking
Distracted, but ain't no body acting suprised
Mapping out a plan to put me back in her eyes
She laid her hand on her thighs
Damn near went blind
And spread my wings to fly and clear my mind,
And usually i'm at top of the game
Atleast I used to be
This is new to me
I can't explain what you do to me,
Moving me, seducing me, inducing me, reducing me down
To figuer or not how I can go about improving me,
Soon we'll see
This whole world will see this
Superhero features
But girl is the weakness
Speaking of the mirror trying to gather my reflection,
Sold my sense of direction for some affection
Now i'm straining, striving, trying to see the ocean
I'm riding, driving, I'm trying to make it to the ocean
Lifting up every shell and holding it up to my ear
I'm trying to hear the ocean, I got to feel the ocean
(2x)
[Verse 3: Slug]
Deep within I swim a river of lust,
Beginners luck
Rising tide inges the crust
Hunger, feed my need to free my seed
I cry, I bleed, I fly, I flee
I tried to be everything to each partner I find
But the bottom line is rain always starts in the mind
So I climb inside the rhyme
And riddle the growth of the stome
And sip and swallow the aura
Hit it closer to home
It's a quarter 'til two,
I'm still waiting anxious
Got to surface, the tools, the motivation to paint
this,
Don?t know which colors to use, detail is not my game
So now I?m through differentiating heaven and pain
I'm just another straight cat trying to rest my tail
Prepared to go to war and scared to check the mail
She's a bird with crippled wings
Intrigued by the simple things (it's too simple, your
too simple)
You could take the bone out the chicken
But you can't take my girls out to lunch without me
thinking
Probably somethings up
If you can?t take it with you then fuck it I ain?t
goin?
I?ll just sit here for now and dream about the ocean
Carouselic ???? contagious carnival of carnage,
Wearing a name tag that says artist
Holding the harness, controlling the motive
Floating the waves
Looking for that ocean
Now i'm straining, striving, trying to see the ocean
I'm riding, driving, I'm trying to make it to the ocean
Lifting up every shell and holding it up to my ear
I'm trying to hear the ocean, I got to feel the ocean
(2x)
Sample: "Just Get out and don't come back again"
Slug: And don't come again
[Slug]
She flips through the pages of her fashion magazine
Tt pulls her out of her reality for a moment,
We all need our moments,
She forgets for a couple of seconds about the hopeless
Situation as the plane seems to take all of her focus
Riding that afternoon plane from Dallas back to
Minneapolis
Two and half hours, shes out there
Reading some column of spit verses swallow
Everything reminds you of him and its not fair
How could she fall on her face for some man child,
Maybe it's his voice, or maybe it's his damn smile
Maybe its the whole package, from the kiss to the matress
To the sarcastic jokes to the social status,
Maybe it's none of the above
Maybe she only needed somebody genuine to show her love
It was all about the right place at the right time
And even with the drama they find that he's still always
on her mind
Well, none the less then two hours before she lands
To put her feet on the ground and take her man by the
hand
And this time around when the laugh starts to sting
i've been searching for a while for a worth while day.
and every time every days the same. been searching for
reason to keep moving but push it farther away. well....
i rolled over and over now i almost don't think i can
This was the year he fell to pieces
And ironicly, this was the year when more people than
he knew even
existed scrambled to put him back together again
And as they tried, they didn't notice that he was
smiling.
Smiling his ass off... no pun intended
Oh, what have we become? Oh, what have you become?
not allowed to kick the feet up and sleep untill its
done
Ground control, ground control, to major Tom
We found a hole in your theory and we named it Sean
And when the leaves fall, the land looks more human
it's got me questioning the essence of my farm boy
blues
Hence, I never wore the fashions of the know what I'm
doing
but there won't be no alarm when we sound up the
movement
a river runs through it untill I'm made out of fluids,
my fathers name is art, and my name's pride
and while my destiny reads the recipe for confusion,
I'm lookin for whoever writes so empty inside
As the paneling comes unglued,
I'm averaging a camel every hour as a substitute for
food
out standing in this field waiting for the storms,
trying to teach the alphabet to the children of the
corn
and yo the music ain't loud enough,
I can still hear the voices in your head,
the choices that chosen to choose temoprarily impared
im terribly proud, if you dont turn it up louder, I'm
breaking out.
i face the sun when i talk and ill hold his hand as I
walk
im across the street i got caught inside of a self
taught it just don't stop
and ill trade you a parable for a probably
kick this one for saint paul
and this for minneapolis
and kick this one here for me and my superhero complex.
and when i can im gonna build a castle that touches the
clouds,
Wh... what do you mean what was my childhood like?
What difference does that make?
My childhood was messed up, so what?
Everybody's childhood is messed up
This is the nineties.
You find me one person that had it right
What does that got to do with me rhymin'?
What's left?
Now when my mother died, I had to take it in stride
There ain't room for pride in watching your father cry
And dad made it until maybe a year later
When they found his suicide inside of a grain elevator
Got over it, I had no other opposites or options
Thought about whether or not mom and pop was watching
Never bothered for caution, no time for fear
So my folks care-free for most my early years
And I learned from it, turned nuhhhhh! so many corners
Storm my burning sun waiting for the world to plumb it
Finished growing up under my uncle's roof,
He taught me how to count, all the way up to 100 proof.
>From watching him, I learned how to gather nurishiment
Living off from different women that he had to nurture him
And on the surface I became a normal free teen
More afraid of nuclear war then state my TV stinks
My best friend was my TV, gameshows and cartoons
Subsituted for puppies rainbows and balloons
Now here I am, the shy type
And I think I'm doing all right
Considering what it was like within my life
It's all sunshine, It's nothing but sunshine
It's all sunshine, It's nothing but sunshine
It's nothing but sunshine...
Now it's been 17 summers since I've seen my mother
But every night I see her smile inside my dreams
When I was younger, I didn't actually see the accident happen
But every night I see her smile as if a shadow's against the screens
I can only imagine Dad's internal reaction
Straint, infernal burning baloney his brain
Once it takes to make the man that owns achres of land
Abandon the family plan, he drowns himself in his grains
I'm glad I left that farm in northern Minnesota
Where the time moves slower and the winters are colder
Became a city boy where everybody acts like they hold off
Where they stick to themselves and keep a chip on his shoulder
26 years of age, no longer full of rage
I think it's safe to say that I turned the page of my childhood days
Look Ma! I'm a productive member of society!
When I'm drunk I make noise, but otherwise I live quietly
And on the weekend I go back up north to reminisce
Remember what it was like pretending to be a kid
Late at night I walk the fields, and lurk in the shadows
to get even with life by murdering cattle
MUHHHHHHHHH... MUHHHHHHHHH...
"Come here, yeah! Come here! Yeah! Yeah! Uhhhh...
I got sunshiiiiiiiine... on a clouddddddy dayyyyyyy...
when it's cold outsiddddddde... I got a month in Mayyy..."
It's all sunshine, It's nothing but sunshine
It's all sunshine, It's nothing but sunshine
(and I'm gonna be alright, you're gonna be alright
you ain't gotta hold my hand, just walk with me tonight...)
It's nothing but sunshine!
It's nothing but sunshine!
and I'm gonna be alright
You're gonna be alright
You ain't gotta hold my hand
Enough to hold you to the brightest of lights
To place you dangerously close to that sun
Enough to acknowledge the flaws you can't ignore
And recognize the cause of what's done is done
More than enough to put my name behind my ideals
And neglect my logic twice daily
Enough to keep me looking for my Lucy in the sky
With gems when I remember how you use to call me baby
Enough to look in my mirror with the test
For every tear you shed regardless of why you wept
Enough to curse any man who can't appreciate the depths of the ocean
I swam till I ran out of breathe
(Chorus)
I love you don't ever fucking question that
This why we probably never get along
If I was better at finding the right words to say
I wouldn't need to right these motherfucking songs
I love you (I love you) Never (Never)
Don't ever fucking question that (I love you)
Don't ever fucking question that
Riding the public transit
I study the black stairs to answer the question
of how and why I got so many gray hairs
I take care of the nervous that runs through my extension cord
And I reflect on that reoccurring dream where we meet the lord
Single filed lines to give her a pound one at a time
But when I faced her I attempted to embrace her she looked so fine
I awokened from my sleep
before her bodyguard had the chance to beat me to submission
And I still walked with my religion
I watched the children scurry in circles around the two-way mirror
Worrying about which side of the glass projects the reflection clearer
I hear the whispers of the wind trying to get me to grin
Gassing me up about the love i plucked and not been stuck within
For every eclipse that stairs at me
from the other side of a paper cup of espresso
I light a match beneath the kettle
And for every set of lips that come attached
and equipped with that program to seek success
I bleed my ethic at a slow drip
I know a man who knew meet a woman don't remember where
Big beautiful eyes and light brown hair
She was from the Burbs he was from Southside of the city
This is back when Franklin Avenue was still pretty
Two different worlds apart
But the world is just a small town
We all know how people like to get down
Here we go Aquarius, Pisces
Feel the flow of the fluid as I swim through it to free my soul
Push up that came without the glove dumb the pain
The magic from up above what it does to the brain
Make the love paint the picture write the song
The player meet a virgin made a Virgo named him Sean
Make the love paint the picture write the song
The player meet a virgin made a Virgo named him Sean
Make the love paint the picture and write that song
Til the break of dawn
(Chorus x2)
I love you don't ever fucking question that
This why we probably never get along
If i was better at finding the right words to say
I wouldn't need to right these motherfucking songs
Make the love paint that picture write the song
(I could quit writing all these songs)
Make the love paint that picture write the song
(I could quit writing all these songs)
Make the love paint that picture write the song
(I could love fucking all these songs)
Make the love paint that picture write the song
(I could quit writing all these songs)
[Slug]:
Protect your jimmy, keep it fresh
Anything is everything and more is less
Soul sight sounds smell taste and felts
Knuckle up and buckle up your safety belt
Lift with your legs, speak with your mind
See the bigger screen, read between the lines
Brush your teeth, squash the beef
Judge the tree by both sides of the leaf
Save your soul, spend your money
Laugh at it's jokes and pretend they're money
Talk about your goals and hide your wants
Give them something they can hold and get a better response
Beleive in karma, truth and honor
Respect the youth and understand the drama
Think about your move before you make it
And see the motive for the info and advice before you take it
Traffic lights and stops signs
Cops and crimes,
Top of the line
I lost my mind, I found my feet
Look over my shoulder before I cross the street
Dead zone when in roam
I'm begging for attention to be left alone
Headphones in flesh tones
And little Slug was having trouble trying to get home
Write a song, write a million songs
But they all the same song it's like one long song
Fight the wrong and make them sing along
Continue to consume until the hungers gone
Speak your peace and move on, move on
I need to buy time but first I got to find the coupon
When I climb the mountain i'm gonna teach I promise
But for now you can reach me at the office
Get a job, catch a buzz, learn something, cook dinner,
Find a mate and Copulate, but try to pick a winner,
Go to school, teach something, be a voice, paint a picture,
Turn the TV off man you don't need a babysitter,
Read a book, write a book, plot a movie,
Take over, watch for motorcycle
Calm down be a done
Nine out of ten doctors preffer their secretaries
Because they're sick of going home and going down on what they married
Do your homework, solve the problem, celebrate
Tip the bartender, breath and meditate
Oversleep wake up late, push snooze take a bath
When you finish with your drink they let you keep the glass
Skip class, jump curbs, walk the dog
Run slow, leap fates, stand tall
Sit still, take control
Yo you throw like a girl
And you hate the world
And you lost all your nuts trying to chase a squirrel
Some of these kats don't know to meow
I try to open my eyes to take a look at me now
Alphabitize the records that sit on the shelf
I think you need some advice on how to think for self
Aiyo they want the light, but they don't want the light
They act like they don't know wrong from right
They say they want the truth, but they have the truth
They act like they forgot how to move
Dead
I ain't trying to wait for no one else to help
I think you need some advice on how to think for self
I said ain't trying to wait for no one else to help
I think you need some advice on how to think for self
I said ain't trying to wait for no one else to help
I think you need some advice on how to think for self
I ain't trying to wait for no one else to help
Hoes and tramps
buts and sluts
bitches tricks
tits and butts
[Verse 1]
Bitches be dreamin for this eight inch demon
and when you hear me screamin, I'm about to free the seamen
wipe myself off on your couch cover
if she talks any trash I'll flash my box cutters
cause I'm rougher than any pimp you've had in your life hoe
I talk soft, walk tall, carry a rifle
kill that bullshit cause if baby gets trifled
I'm lacing the liquor with some piss and some Lysol
roll in a shit-brown Lincoln, eatin' a sticky bun
spot-check the block, big one is gonna gimme some
cause I'm a freak, I like the girls with tattoos
I once got busy in a Burger King drive-thru
I take 'em two at a time, make 'em both say my name
ain't never had three, but best believe that I'm game
and that's the key game, girl I fit words like scrabble
the inner-city cowboy with the thick herds of cattle
cruisin' lake street, gene pool ridin' shotgun
got the flyest tricky's from the Mississippi to Boston
I've got a house full of porn to keep the vibe warm
the doors always open honey, come out of the storm
yo I got daddy's little girls, ones that always stay true
I've got an uptown girl she dyes her pubic hair blue
and I've got a bitch that lives in Kenwood, rich townhouse flavour
she travels on business I'm gettin' down with the neighbors
I got a freak that drives the bus, shows me love with free rides
one hundred hoes in St. Paul but only one from east side
got a Bloomington bitch with a pool in her apartment
rug burns all over from fucking her on the carpet
got the mega-mall hoes, make them all work the food court
yo hit me up with a chicken soft taco and a couple of Newports
got a stripper bitch with body jewels and fake titties
and a hoe that lives in Fargo for when I escape the city
[Hook]
but my favorite one, out of all of 'em, is YOUR girl
I sway the tongue never once have I been forceful
she lays it on like its a job that she loves
who's lips is these? the response is always slugs
[Verse 2]
the Richfield bitches freak the lip gloss and hairspray
downtown women that like to fuck on the staircase
north side chicks, south side chicks, suburban chicks
love to open married women up to the pervertedness
disturbing your relationship, excuse my morals
I'm working with the way I trick 'em out, silly mortals
the words I kick, the sport I play
now what to say when I'm sittin at this buffet with these tasty morsels
[Hook]
[Verse 3]
crusin down the street in my babies mom's caprice
February got the windows cracked, wearin a fleece
hit the bus depot, yo boo you kinda cute
gimme nine and a half weeks and I'll have that freak flippin two
distribute and come across the ????
I know its hard being young girl, let me soothe the pain
I understand you baby, straight up I understand
now lift up your ass so I can pull these fuckin' pants down
the only ones I don't do is those under eighteen
or at least I keep that shit a secret if you know what I mean
I got sluts that love to give head, and I like to watch
the way they move their tongue up and down my...
[Outro]
Motherfucker! I can't believe your sittin down here
recordin' some bullshit like this
(Hey man it's just a song, it's just a song, it's like a joke)
Oh, you wanna be a pimp eh? you better take your ass over
to that neglected girl you got there.
(Why you always trippin' on me in front....)
Intro:
The pill. Fuck it. Swallow it.
I stopped reading the paper, quit watchin' the news
Don't answer the phone and I'm payin' the dues
I pace my steps to match the speed of my breathing
Place my bets and keep my feet upon the ceiling
Waiting for the stop sign to turn green
I ain't got time to learn the hardway
I gave candy to the babies, kisses to the ladies
And charisma to the kids playin' down at the arcade
Par-ty
In my think straight type advice
Bake the cake and sink your face into the frosting
Take a break from all the aches and strifes
This pain is just another stain on the box springs
Sometimes I sit outside and watch the people walk by
And try to understand why they don't fly
And other days I lock myself up in my room
And let the four corners close in until I'm consumed
There ain't a whole lot of continuity
And all I want is what I already gave up
I give advice that I don't follow
Cause it's twice as hard to swallow
When you know precisely what the pill is made of
