I don't like to be alone
With thoughts that don't belong
To me
And I can swim inside your head
For hours till I'm fed
With all your insecurities
It takes me forever and a night
To get back in my own fight
Chorus:
Sometimes, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
There's some kind of lie, that I just can't see
And sometimes, I don't wanna be me
I am suddenly aware
Of what you're doing here
And why I hate myself today
It burns a hole through everything
A word can leave a stain
That doesn't always wash away
It takes me places I don't wanna go
It's not the me that I know
Chorus:
Sometimes, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
There's some kind of lie, that I just don't believe
And sometimes, I don't wanna be me
Oh, it takes me places I don't wanna go
It's not what I know
Chorus:
Sometimes, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
There's some kind of lie, that I just can't see
And sometimes, I don't wanna be me
Oh, sometimes I get in my way with the little things you say
It makes me believe that I'm not ok
I don't have a lot of time for yesterday
No sentimental baggage getting in my way
The less I have to carry round
The better I can treat you baby
Cause all the possibilities are in your eyes
Like looking at forever in two emerald skies
And if I keep you close to me
I'd have a life now baby
Cause I know - oooh
You'll never kick me when I'm down
And I know - oooh
You're the best thing that I ever found, so
Chorus:
I'm gonna save your love
I'm gonna save your love I said
I'm gonna save your love
I'm gonna save your love
Been a lot of money slippin' through my hands
Yeah, the better things in life well I don't need 'em man
People getting nowhere with their
Long term plans now baby
It's only you
That I want to hold on to
You're the one
And I'm never letting go of you, hey
You talk about freedom
But you lived your life like a bird in a cage
Couldn't get away
And you're still the only
The only one that you're thinking about
Don't you feel like reaching out
Sometimes I'm just like you
Don't have a single clue
But then I look again
And see all the lives that I want to be in
Chorus:
I think that I've had enough time on the ground
And I'm ready to fly
Been stuck in a bottle of fear and I almost died
Just give me my wings and take all of these things
Cause I'm ready to fly
This world can be a lonely place for you and I
I don't even know you
You're painting a picture that I've never seen
But I remember what has been
But I'm ok with this
The past goodbye I've kissed
I've learned so much from you
Mostly I've learned what not to do
Chorus
Sometimes I'm just like you
Don't have a single clue
But then I look again
And see all the life that I want to be in
Saw myself talking to myself
Like there were several of me
We have conversations
We disagree on many things
We discuss life, we discover truth
Though we don't always see it
Everything we know is everything
We know is everything
Chorus:
I and me, me and I
I and me, me and I
Flesh is not who we are anyway
A lie that undoes our intentions
Until we remember we're puppets
For preachers of our decline
Chorus
What if I, what if I just let me go
Forgive myself and what I don't know
What if they still beat me down when I'm strong
Can I get back to the place I belong
I belong...
Saw myself talking to myself
Like there were several of me
We have conversations
One fire, a silent storm in every spirit
Locked behind a lonely dream still aware
When soldiers of fortune take your mind
The heart is your kingdom like magic when you find
Intuition, one decision
Hold your heartbeat in your hand, oh
Intuition, one decision
Let your dream command, oh
One answer, the destiny of every moment
Lost inside a hungry voice in the dark
No evil illusions, no empty prayer
The heart is your kingdom so follow if you dare
Intuition, one decision
Hold your heartbeat in your hand, oh
Intuition, one decision
Hold your heartbeat in your hand, oh
Intuition, one decision
When soldiers of fortune take your mind
The heart is your kingdom, magic when you find
Intuition, one decision
Hold your heartbeat in your hand, oh
Intuition, one decision
Hold your heartbeat in your hand, oh
Intuition, one decision
Hold your heartbeat in your hand, oh
Intuition, one decision
I've seen the madness of love in flames
I've seen your eyes reflect the silent pain
Now like a candle in this empty room
I burn alone
You've seen the lonely days never end
You've seen me break the trust that you depend on
Don't close your heart too fast 'cause feelings will blind you
My love will find you
(End of the line)
(Reach out in time)
Maybe love will come again, my friend
(Open your eyes)
(Love never dies)
Don't run away
'Cause you just can't say that this is the end
We've learned to gamble the distance game
Hearts of steel, they'll never bend, no
So close behind the walls like strangers that blind us
Love will find us
(End of the line)
(Reach out in time)
Love will come again, my friend
(Open your eyes)
(Love never dies)
Don't run away
You just can't say that this is the end
Ohh woah
(End of the line)
(Reach out in time)
Maybe love will come again, my friend
(Open your eyes)
(Love never dies)
Don't run away
You just can't say this is the end
(End of the line)
(Reach out in time)
Ohh love, love will come again, my friend
(Open your eyes)
(Love never dies)
Don't run away
Where does he live now as the day returns?
The sun is risin' to a darker side
Though years have passed and chances have slipped away
If we lose it now, we never see another day
We live for the sun, don't think about tomorrow
Life is just begun, oh
It seems like child's play
Oh, they're playing with our lives
Guess their just too blind to see
It seems like child's play
Catch that feelin' [Incomprehensible]
Now they take our dignity
Love lost inside leaves us in memory
Of the days when we were one
Dreams never die, each night when I close my eyes
I can feel that there's a non-stop persuadin' in the skies
Precious life, a hope forever shining
With justice for all
It seems like child's play
Oh, they're playing with our lives
Guess their just too blind to see
It seems like child's play
Catch that feelin' [Incomprehensible]
Now they take our dignity
It seems like child's play
Oh, they're playing with our lives
Guess their just too blind to see
It seems like child's play
Catch that feelin' [Incomprehensible]
Now they take our dignity
Child's play
Oh, yeah, their just too blind to see
It seems like child's play'
[Incomprehensible]
You complicate my every thought
Your words are chosen, not just spoken
They comfort me in the strangest ways
You're hard to catch in any light
The sun reflects you back to night
And I can't even hold you for one day
Chorus:
So flutter in, turn me on
I'll chase you till my heart is gone
Black butterfly
A shadow here, a picture there
All at once you're everywhere
You touch and go then hover in the air
I love you cause you're dangerous
The blood that gives my head a rush
Is pumping much too fast but I don't care
Chorus
Oh wake me, take me black butterfly
Rise up for the new day
Let's bring it on
Grab your brothers, your sisters, your mothers
Let's fly to the sun
There's no pain like the silence you hear
When there's no one there
So get out, join the party
Take the power from the love that we share
Chorus:
Here we go - all together now
Here we go - are you ready now?
Here we go all the way to the sun
Rise up God's sake
Don't wait for me
For too long they've been sucking away
At the air we breath
We been living on a bloody rainbow
In a dirty sky
To get a life we got to get together
Rock the world right between the eyes
I got stones down in my shoes
I got dreams that I can't lose
Don't you force me now to choose
Cause I will
Turpentine will never cleanse me
Black tar stains have made me
Well the sand I've walked on
Claimed me
And I love it still
Chorus:
But I need a thing or two
White light against the blue
Words that I know are true
I need a fix of you
I got rocks under my bed
Sleep is something that I dread
Sometimes I have to get wasted
To shut down
Chorus:
But I need a thing or two
White light against the blue
Words that I know are true
The only way out is through
Said a wise man and I think it's true
No, I know it's true
But your heart is heavy
All you want to do is roll away, take a ride
Get into your car and drive
Chorus:
Take it out on the highway
Get yourself a new life
And your wheels are spinning
Even faster now through wind and rain
Oh, you're changing lanes
And you're really nowhere
That you want to be but you don't care, no where's fine
Driving is your piece of mind
Chorus:
Take it out on the highway
Get yourself a new life
Take a chance on the freeway
Every road has it's price
Then somehow you find yourself
Right back where you started yesterday
Even far away
And you can't escape it
But you'll still be chasing butterflies on your own
Until the wind drives you back home
A soldier alone
Defending the border life
His eyes on the run
Looking for a place to hide
And he's wondering why
Tears falling, he fades in the darkness
Waiting for dawn to ease the pain, oh
Desperate, desperate night
Desperate, desperate night
He'll wait for the light
With blood on his hands
The memories are all too clear
To realize the truth
Never makes it disappear
Does anyone hear?
Death like a thief
Comes without a warning
Heroes die before the dawn, oh
Desperate, desperate night
Desperate, desperate night
He'll wait for the light
Desperate, desperate night
Desperate, desperate night
He'll wait for the light
I got a letter from you today
And though it said you were sorry
I still try to think of ways to hurt you
But that's one thing I won't do
As much as I would like to
I got a letter from you today
Bitter cold just like your face
The last time you came home in the morning
But all the words in this world
Could never make it true
I'll just stay in denial
Chorus:
It's all I think I can do
It's all I can do
It's all I can do, all I can do
I got a letter from you today
My blood was spilled on the page
I never knew a pen could cut so deeply
But all the words in this world
Could never make it true
I'll just stay in denial
Chorus
I got a letter from you today
And though it said you were sorry
I got a letter from you today
I see trees of green
Red roses too
I see them bloom
For me and for you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
I see skies of blue
And clouds of white
The bright blessed day
The dark sacred night
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Oh, the colors of the rainbow
So pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces
Of people going by
I see friends shaking hands, saying
How do you do
They're really saying
I love you
I hear babies crying
I watch them grow
They'll learn much more
Than I'll ever know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Oh, I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Yes it is
Oh, oh
And I think to myself
I don't wanna hide
But I'm feeling stuck inside
Like a baby that's way overdue
Nothing more to be
Just another casualty
Of a place where all the lies are true
Chorus:
Is it too late, are we too late?
To turn it all around, it's hard to say
If we lose faith, guess it's too late
Reaching for a gun
You're not reaching anyone
If only we could fight with words
Not kill each other still
Chorus:
Is it too late, are we too late?
To turn it all around, it's hard to say
Well it's too late if we lose faith
Bye bye bye...
Time to wake, time to heal
We gotta touch, we gotta feel
Chorus:
Too late, is it too late?
Cause everything just feels so out of tune
If we lose faith, then it's too late
Bye bye bye...
Reaching for a gun
You're not reaching anyone
If only we could fight with words, not kill
Through timeless change in my dreams
I am closer from ageless memories, long ago
To enlightened frontiers I'll take you there
Oh, mystic child, together where ever we fly
Somehow I feel like I'm going through changes
And sometimes I wake up still dreaming
Only a lifetime can fill the pages
A story of wisdom for all
Through shadows past into life
Came a sorcerer, unchained his energy, running free
The wisdom inside will be a force in time
We'll carry on together whenever we die
Somehow I feel like I'm going through changes
And sometimes I wake up still dreaming
Only a lifetime can fill the pages
A story of wisdom for all
A force in time we'll carry on
Together whenever we die
Somehow I feel like I'm going through changes
And sometimes I wake up still dreaming
Only a lifetime can fill the pages
Hey girl, I?m a secret to you
A face in the crowd
Hey little angel, I've been following you
I know where you're going
Where the full moon rises I'll be there
Are you lonely?
Ah, you know I?m lonely too
But I?m ready, ready to love
I?m coming for you
Take me down, my fallen angel
Spread your wings tonight
Take me down, my fallen angel
Lay your heart on the line
You won't be lonely anymore
Hey girl, with your head in the clouds
A pocket full of dust
Now Lady Evil, there's no need to be cruel
The life you've been given
Is the only thing worth livin' for
Are you lonely?
Ah, you know I?m so lonely too
Are you ready?
Ready to love, I?m coming for you
Take me down, my fallen angel
Spread your wings tonight
Take me down, my fallen angel
Lay your heart on the line
My fallen angel
Spread your wings tonight
Take me down, my fallen angel
Lay your heart on the line
On the line
I can feel it now, fallen angel
I can feel it now, fallen angel
You won't be lonely
Take me down, my fallen angel
Spread your wings tonight
Take me down, my fallen angel
Lay your heart on the line
My fallen angel
Spread your wings tonight
Take me down, my fallen angel
Lay your heart on the line
Take me down, take me down, no no
[Tony D]
Style within yes, there is no goal too grim
I teach the way yo, to match the color of my skin
So get it right y'all, my family had to organize
Comin over on a boat you see they had to realize
that they were one yes, in a nation of so many
Nationalities of people, knowledge we had plenty
as an equal, but still some considered us an outcast
Names like guinea and wop, is what was used in the past
to describe us nonetheless we kept our head up
Knowin in the future we shall all drink from the same cup
Unity is what I'm strivin for G, so let it be
Ebony and ivory in our community in harmony
Livin, perfectly together as a whole
From the bottom of South Africa to the North Pole
When I look at a human you can say I'm color blind
Cause I see them with my eyes but I judge them with my mind
Stop racism
[Tony D]
Hardheaded individuals say media blow up
is the cause of all racism, it's mentally throw up
So grow up and learn that the problem exists
Like Markie said, we gotta unball our fists
and put away the bats and throw away the knives
and get rid of the guns, that can hurt the lives
of our children, you see I pray for the future
It was once quoted, to let knowledge uproot ya
To build as one, and elevate and keep climbin
Stop racism, the cause that I'm rhymin
I can't wait for the twenty-first century
It's gotta happen now, cause that's the way it's meant to be
But you say how, can we do this you gotta put your mind to it
And know like Bo and just run right through it
My conclusion to the topic will be racism MUST end
Apartheid you're THROUGH with the message I send
Stop racism
[Tony D]
There's a handful of people I'm unable to reach
It's like tryin to find a certain grain of sand on the beach
A few friends of mine said it's a worthless cause
Like Run-D.M.C., it'll only "Pause"
and keep goin, some people will remain prejudiced
It's my job to make 'em see through the fog in their midst
Would it suffice this is the church, and this is the steeple
There's many religions, but there's only two people
That's man and woman, and woman and man
And if I can I'ma make 'em understand
That twenty years after Martin Luther King
It's still the same 'ol thing
We fed the world, and saved the farms
We even greeted the homeless with open arms
But when it comes to racism and apartheid
The people run away and try to hide
That's not the answer, the problem can be solved by you
I'm doin mine, now what you gonna do?
Stop racism
[Tony D]
Yo, the message I send is racism MUST end
Not only in South Africa but here in the U.S.
and everywhere else in the country in the world
on the planet for that matter y'knahmsayin?
Blacks and whites, reds, greens, yellows, oranges
Everybody must live, AS ONE, as man is supposed to be
[Verse One: ??]
Listen to me brother, so we can discover
why they will not play this
Their minds are enslaved with, this commercial style
But meanwhile rap is exiled
off of the radio, not on the playlist
No rotation, so listen when I'm statin that
this style, may not sell many units
It's just to protect the rep of our music
We gave birth to the sound of the 90's
And most of you who sing, can't deny me
that rap rhythm, now makes you a livin
But who will listen to the rhyme that's given?
What do you fear most, about the sound that we're teachin
To tell the truth is my reasonin
Seems to me that the radio should play the truth
to enlighten, today's black youth
Cause your education's not teachin them
It only weakens them, and they rebel to violence
I can not be silent, kick the petty rhyme
pick up my royalty check and keep slimin
as if there was nothin wrong, this indeed
is a sell-out, and that is not the way I go out
I was put here to give enlightenment
But there are some who want to change my writin
into somethin which I can not be
A sell-out MC, let me be free
to do what I do best without all the preachin
Yo Tone - why can't we teach them?
[Chorus]
Listen to me brother.. YO THIS IS FOR THE CHILDREN
Listen to me brother.. [Chuck D: "suckers never play me"]
Listen to me brother.. IT'S STRICTLY FOR THE KIDS
Listen to me brother.. [Chuck D: "suckers never play me"]
[Verse Two: ??]
Yo "radio" black radio
pull their rap out, for fear of a whiteout
They sellout like suckers and come from out their position
Fear the man on the mission but didn't bother to listen for
lessons instead, you let the critics discriminate
Put a twelve on the 12 but still you don't let it rotate
You're prime time, just another rhyme I can dance so
I loaded my lyrics and then I pumped them like ammo
Through the heart of the ghetto it's time that they know the truth
Rap music is television to mind of black youth but
the system's corrupt, they watch us all self-destruct
Instead of knowledge of self, they teach to sell-out for wealth
So take 'em back to your army, that [?] outsell
P.E. knew the time, Chuck D would fight and rebel
Follow the Minister entered to teach a lesson to all
Yo the suckers won't play this cause this is yo' "Final Call", so
[Chorus]
Listen to me brother.. DJ'S STOP SLEEPIN
Listen to me brother.. [Chuck D: "suckers never play me"]
Listen to me brother.. PROGRAM DIRECTOR, WAKE UP
Listen to me brother.. [Chuck D: "suckers never play me"]
[Tony D]
(Tell them!) Yo "radio" give me some airplay
If rap was a golf course, that'd be the fair/fareway
And we'd run through the charts like Herschell
But daytime's only for commercial
material, man who you tellin?
Despite the lack of play we're STILL sellin
more, units, than ever before
Flyin in and out of your record store
It's hip-hop, stronger than ever
Ain't no stoppin us now, the time is never
Thanks to you and your lack of promotion
.. there's been a video explosion
Four o'clock kids be glued to the TV
You think they're tuned to you? Man, believe me
they're not - eyes are fixed to the cable
As of now forget the turntable
Until late at night when you might hear a rap show
Thirty-five and down be tuned to the flow
As your daytime dull [?] pleases the old heads
I'll be coolin with the kids and the dreas, so
[Chorus]
Listen to me brother.. YO IT'S HERE TO STAY
Listen to me brother.. [Chuck D: "suckers never play me"]
Listen to me brother.. RAP WILL NEVER DIE
Listen to me brother.. [Chuck D: "suckers never play me"]
[MC Lyte: scratched] "I know who I am"
[Tony D]
I know who I am, and you can clearly see this
Somebody else there's no reason to be this
type of person, but you say what the heck?
.. and get no respect
Wearin sideburns that went out with Elvis
Thinkin you got soul just by pumpin your pelvis
Think again, you need to get out the basement
Cause to me you're just another replacement
+New+ hyped up +Kids on the Block+, actin delerious
But rap's not a joke my brother, get serious
Suckers, yeah, we can surely pay 'em
if they act like the Beastie Boys until the A.M.
Step my way and I'ma school you like college
+Nice+ no longer, so +Serch+ for knowledge
Thinkin you know somethin about, what you know nothin about
.. so I'm takin you out
To the Apollo, remember, footsteps you follow
of another man, whose head is hollow
Do for you and I'ma do for me
That's the plan - I know who I am
[MC Lyte: scratched] "I know who I am"
"but we are who we are"
[Tony D]
Black is black, and white is white
There's no changin, or rearrangin
this subject, cause that's the way it has to be
I'm fillin my mind up to capacity
with knowledge of self I know who I am
I'm not down with the kiss-ass program
I say what I want, cold do what I want
It's my prerogative, as long as I'm positive
But sometimes a nasty wants to step with the oppression
Which becomes, quite costly, in other words expensive
and extensive to your health so I wouldn't recommend this
Damage, could be tremendous
So forget it be yourself, stop worryin about what Tone done
You got to +3rd Bass+, I hit the home run
Damn! I meant to say the grand slam
cause I know who I am
[MC Lyte: scratched] "I know who I am"
"but we are who we are"
[Tony D]
While I'm smilin on Island you're not peakin you be speakin
the weakened stuff, so I'm callin your bluff
with an extension, this I'd like to mention
The capital city where I'm from we call Trenton
NJ, then say where
A question, but here's a suggestion
Look on the map because I'm done givin information
about my jam(?) until he switched the story
And continue with the verbal assault
An onslaught, for this time I fought
You got caught, with your mouth hangin open now you're hopin
.. that Tone be like not dopin
But I am and you can't understand I know who I am
The caucausian complexion of a tan man
And, if you are what you eat, I be fish and meat
and lotsa pasta hold the swine but not the lobster
cause I gotta, watch my cholesterol
And prove to y'all who's the best of all MC's
and make you understand.. I know who I am
[MC Lyte: scratched] "I know who I am"
"but we are who we are"
[Tony D]
Yo just a reminder that umm
y'know, the man with the, the minus sign behind his name
had a good saying - be yourself or you might find yourself by yourself
[BEEP!] "Information, may I help you please?"
"Yeah I'd like the number of uhh, Harvey Wallbaner please?"
"Uhh let me get you my superior"
("More powerful..")
[Tony D]
One-two, one-two, move over one-two
Mic checkin and checkin and checkin and checkin for you
Harvey Wallbanger's, back to bang walls
Lastin for hours and never takin a pause
Cause Harvey, that is his name
And any other Harvey's just ain't the same
Although it seems amusing ain't a damn thing funny
So get that smirk off your face, money
And let's simply take a ride on the wild side
And bust our ass on the rawhide
Sex packets? I don't need to try these
Cause Harvey's in there for the 90's
With the quickness, speed, and agility
Harvey - has the ability
to reach the seventh letter of the alphabet
So Troy Wonder - tell 'em who to get
[Chorus]
Harvey [..]
You gotta get Harvey [..]
What's his name? His name is Harvey [..]
You know what I'm talkin? Get Harvey [..]
[Tony D]
Take off the hat this ain't no time for fashion
Why? This is a time for passion
Yes, another Harvey summer
What? I'm cloggin pipes like a plumber
This ain't the desert put away the cactus
Harvey - never needed any practice
He was born with the skill and technique
Technic - since I'm on it let me speak
about my DJ, Troy Wonder on the fader
with the quickness, teamed up with the fitness
Now who in the world has a faster wrist
Nobody tell 'em why Troy [Rakim] ("cause I've mastered this")
Yes you heard it from the grapevine
Get the hell off mine - cause it's Harvey time
Barring further adieux, I must get the job done
("Let's have some fun..") with Harvey
[Chorus]
Harvey [..]
[..]
It's Harvey [..]
[..]
[Tony D]
There's a knock at the door, yo guess who's here
Harvey? Nah, Jimmy the Queer
And Jimmy's just a little squirt kind of a Pee Wee Herman
Homeboy be like squirmin
Loose like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
I fit tight like a girdle
And when I quote I float note for note
So there's no need to ("CLEAR MY THROAT!")
Cause Harvey's skill you could never measure
So sit back relax and enjoy the pleasure
Harvey stays stiffer to the break of dawn
and goes ("on and on...")
Flowin like a river, passin your liver
Long enough to make your backbone shiver
Goosebumps, make you feel like you're numb
And it takes a long time 'til he says ("I'm comin!")
[Chorus]
It's Harvey [..]
It's Harvey [..]
It's Harvey [..]
Harvey [..]
[Tony D]
Now when it's time to stroke ("GO!") Harvey ain't no joke ("GO!")
Boxers get hot so you might see smoke ("GO!")
but never burnin, cause I like to examine
snatch, before I start rammin
Harvey, the new shit for the summer
Like neon, so put your pink on
or your blue on, or even your red on
Cause even in the dark I'm dead on.. target
And I never miss ONCE!
I'm always hittin the cunts
For the 90's, most definitely in there
Freaks of the world beware..
[Chorus]
It's Harvey [..]
It's Harvey [..] yeah you know what I'm sayin baby
It's Harvey [..] you wanna get stanky? Yup
It's Harvey [..] so get out your notes, your pad and pencil
Cause this is the explanation
For the 90's, most definitely in there, y'knowhatI'msayin?
The family, most definitely got, the big Harvey's y'knowhatI'msayin?
Troy Wonder got the Harvey, [?] got the Harvey
Ministers of Black got the Harvey
YouknowhatI'msayin? [BLEEP] got the Harvey
Poor Righteous Teachers most definitely got the Harvey
So now you know what a Harvey is, I must say
[Tony D]
Greetings - how's that for a formal
introduction which seems quite normal
'Til I push the H-Y-P-E button
Then.. all of a sudden
A change in the format with reckless abandon
Rush the stage and start commandin
the mic, but the mic's not cordless
Mine is, cause I can afford this
type, of mic you like without the cord
that you can't afford cause the Lord
is takin over for the sell-out
Bust the mic 'til your eighteen inch fell out
your bass bottom - now I got 'em
He tried to take it back so I shot him
with a double barrel, semi-automatic shotgun
You say it's weak but you ain't got one
Cause you be frontin witcha fake plastic uzi
YO (yo) you need to save that for Suzy
Chapstick, witcha overhangin fat lip
Plussin out the cracks with the Vaseline grip
So wake up, you need to learn the correct date
I'm the one that get the job done, I'm great
Cooperate with respect
when Tone's in effect, cause I'm in
[Rakim: x4] "E.F.F.E.C.T."
[Tony D]
This is, the non-violent way that I kill
Puttin heads to bed, like NyQuil
Flyin knots, so go fly a kite (true)
High enough to get struck by light-ning
A key is tied to the string
To cause a shock, words that'll sting
from a killer bee, but don't touch the honey
Pockets so fat it's translated means money
and power, and sprayin thoughts like a shower
to blossom and bloom like a flower
But please, don't confuse it with a daisy
I dance even dirtier than Patrick Swayze
So work out, with the number one video
And watch me bust a rhyme on my man Arsenio
Hall Show, I think you should know
I'm Tone with the skintone that seems to glow
like snow, that keeps fallin to the earth
Take your rhymes to the pawn shop, see what they're worth
Nothin, cause your rhymes ain't top notch
So sit back relax and watch, cause I'm in
[Rakim: x4] "E.F.F.E.C.T."
[Tony D]
Now when I'm in effect that means I'm in the mode
to move, cause I never been sued or sold
You see you need to be told
The weak style of rap you're usin, is old
and worn out, that's why you never get a turnout
All you're ever gonna be, is a burnt out MC
You see you'll never be a hero
So listen sweetheart, you need to cut that zero
Like my man Doug said, the opposite is a bug-bed
or a bedbug, so roll out the red rug
or carpet, you need to just park it
Before I use your crown as a target
at the gallery, or a shoot 'em up movie (bang)
The beat is kinda groovy
But is it smooth enough to be selected for the quiet storm?
Yes, because it's soft and warm
So let the storm keep brewin
Now ask yourself, hey Tone whatcha doin?
Eventually, you'll soon come to realize
I keep my eyes on the prize, cause I'm in
[Rakim: x4] "E.F.F.E.C.T."
[time passes]
Another Two-Tone production's most definitely in there for the 90's
Y'knowhatI'msayin? Gotta keep it raw, cause that is most definitely..
[scratched: "the way it should be"]
Yeah, y'knowhatI'msayin? Do it like this - wonderfully done
[Tony D]
One, more, time I come again with the style and the fashion
It seems to me that some lost their passion
to create, a new level in your rhymin
Make your rap, like a mountain, and proceed to start climbin
Higher and higher, reachin the peakin (of perfection)
So damn high no one can break my concentration
Stabbin and jabbin a rhyme into your membrane
Put you in an institution for the mentally insane
Cause you're crazy, lazy, definitely not the one that pays me
And shit like that, seem to never ever faze me
Never offended because I stay on the offensive
Expensive extensive, never reprehensive
Take back, make that wack rap stay wack
Feedback you hack, is nothin but four clap
And on to the break of dawn of daylight's crack
And in case you're wonderin Troy "got my BACK!"
And I got the front covered with the thickness and the quickness
Like a bubonic plague, it's a SERIOUS sickness
for me to cut you up and make you bleed in need of nurses
Cause one must agree I do be droppin funky verses
[Chorus: x4]
[KRS-One] "Funky funky funky funky funky hit records"
[scratched: "droppin funky verses"]
[Tony D]
I do be droppin funky verses nailin suckers with a hammer
But before, I continue I will check with my programmer
See cause suckers are like [??] loves us
And in case you didn't know by the shit is.. "funky enough"
[Interlude: x4]
["won't stop rockin" - Run-D.M.C."]
[scratched: "funky enough"]
[Tony D]
Funky enough, so get your hand off the rewind button
Huffin and puffin but suckers ain't sayin NOTHIN
Talkin and sqwakin, like a bird you do be chirpin
When I'm droppin funky verses it seems feelings I be hurtin
Breakin your teeth off into pieces of a puzzle
Your mouth was open, so I shut it with a muzzle
Rappers come in limos and they leave in hearses
"think about it" - cause I be droppin funky verses
[Chorus]
[Tony D]
I do be droppin funky verses never holdin them inside
I'm releasin when I'm speakin form is perfectly in stride
For the 90's with the [?] with the speed with the agility
Of course on the two turntables Troy has the ability
to slice and dice and chop and grind whatever's on the menu
Cuttin shit up, like an oriental ginnsu
knife slicin dicin choppin wait a minute
"Freeze!" Troy Wonder "if you please"
Drop the beat and let me rock it acapella
Make it clear so they can hear me tell a
gathering of people exactly what's on my mind
You have to be creative in a song (what) when you rhyme
Not just another rap and then a dull-ass hook
It gets, kind of repetitious if you stop and take a look
in the mirror it'd be clearer if you'd practice your rehearses
And stop sellin out, keep on droppin funky verses
[Tony D] Sing!
"Yeahhhhhhhh-ahhhhhh.." - "Yeahhhh-ayahhh-ahhhh!"
"YeahhhhhhhhAYY-ahhhhhh.."
[Tony D] I can do that!
"YeahhhhhhhhAYY-ahhhhhh"
[Tony D]
It's time for grillin, mentally killin!
Weak-ass brain cells I'm fillin
UP, but not with gas I use diesel fuel
Yo, the weasels never rule - COOL!
Chill out, take a pill out the pill bottle
Pain killer to the throttle!
Huddle! Dwell about the movin
from the voice Tone puddle, stand in your own
beatdown, you went too FAR in your video
Brothers got hip to the flow
With the quickness, cause that's the way it goes
against the thickness, now everybody knows
[Chorus: x4]
"Don't fall for the gas line.."
"Don't.. don't.." [echoes]
[Tony D]
You should've thought about the name of your dancers (of your dancers)
Now it's eatin you away like cancer
On the double, trouble is the only thing you're makin
(makin) when your people equal bacon!
You should have KNOWN! You're not the one to try to teach
people you can't reach!
Hear me, clearly, you are merely near me
My mind's a wheel try to steer me
but you gotta take the right direction
In the mirror there's no reflection
Cause you're a devil, equal to the level of a zero
Yo, nobody's hero
As time goes on, don't be afraid to learn
Respect that's somethin that you got to earn
You can't achieve this, by wavin the pucker-up banner
I hear trouble on the scanner
[Chorus]
[Tony D] Break it down
[Flavor Flav: x4] "Hear ye, hear ye.."
[Tony D]
They say push it to the limit so I push a little harder
Like a surgeon, remove a part of your dome
as you tamper with each toy
But you forgot you were a bleach boy
I am who I am and that's a fact
I couldn't be somebody else I wasn't born to act
That's a statement, made by a couple of friends of mine
So I decided it's time
To bring back the attack cause you slack and you lack
potential, which is quite essential
The word of the third is absurd and unheard
Facts came out twisted from the mouth of a nerd
So keep tattlin, there's no need for battlin
I keep doin what I'm doin while you're rattlin
So keep hissin, and shootin out venom
to the public, when it's the truth I send them
"You haven't seen me, get down.
If you ever saw me get down, you'd really be afraid."
[PMD - scratch: "Check out the voice that is smooth and mild"]
["smooth" - "Tony", "smooth" - "D"]
[PMD - scratch: "Check out the voice that is smooth and mild"]
["smooth" - "Tony", "smooth" - "D"]
[PMD - scratch: "Check out the voice that is smooth and mild"]
["smooth" - "Tony", "smooth" - "D"]
[PMD - scratch: "Check out the voice that is smooth and mild"]
[Tony D]
Elevation! Check the foundation
Solid funky from the flamin caucasian
Heat it up, cook it up, bake it up, take it up
Slice it up, dice it up, tear it up, rrrrip it up
Cut it up - now it's time for me to switch it up
Tone's the maaaaaaaaan, who's gonna getcha up
outta your seat, movin your feet, groovin the beat
I won't stop 'til my job's complete
Cause I gotta make ya hyper, occupation sniper
Even little kids be dancin in their diapers
Suckers - be sayin, "Tone you ain't nothin"
But I got more flavor than Stove Top stuffin
Nuts - my favorite past time
Forget the last rhyme cause you can't gas mine
like Sunoco you go bum loco
Visit Acupulco with your girlfriend Yoko, Ono
Bono, them messy tones are no no
You need posession of it? Fire the phono-
-graph you'll laugh but please the Island staff
Get off the mass - check the elevation
"Check out the - check out the voice that is smooth and mild" [x4]
[Tony D]
Second stanza - kick the virtuoso
You're just a bozo..
A so-so rhymer, climber, check the Guggenheimer
One's just a number so don't be a two-timer
when you rhyme-a, one way furniture mover..
Bust the Heimlich maneuveur!
Full nelson, I like to eat smelts and other fish
like candy cause it melts in your mouth
And it's also good brain food
Since you're a lame dude, you should eat a whale
Crude oil - spilled over from the Exxon Valdez
It was the captain's fault
Now said the media, really, but what do they now?
Sittin home twiddlin their thumbs in Play-Doh
Fed it to a critic but a critic is a cricket
and they know where they can stick it - check the elevation
"Check out the - check out the voice that is smooth and mild" [x4]
[Tony D]
Elevation - it's time to kick the third verse
I know you're weak homeboy but yo I heard worse
rappers, so do you feel any better?
Of course you do! Now write yourself a letter to your mom
As I drop the nuclear bomb
After the explosion everything is calm
Like Hiroshima, or maybe Nagasaki
That's what you get homeboy for bein cocky
Weaklin, you need to pump some iron
Out of breath, relax I hear the siren
from the ambulance - ah bring on the oxygen!
You're like Larry Holmes, you can't box again
You're out of your prime, I oughta show you how to rhyme
People in the audience are saying about time
somebody, did something about these weak suckers
Soft like Smuckers, check the elevation
"Check out the - check out the voice that is smooth and mild" [x4]
[Tony D]
This is the last one, yo I pulled a fast one
You did the dummy move so I'ma gas one
UP, UP AND AWAY
I'm gonna sail a sucker today
Without the use, of a beautiful balloon
I'll hit him with an uppercut and send him to the moon
Like Ralph Kramden, smackin up Alice
There's no kings and queens and no palace
So check it, let me manifest it
You think you dressed it but I'm the one who blessed it
Christened it, with a champagne bottle
Remove the governor and give it more throttle
In a battle, snakes they like to rattle
Competi-shion, a few swine and some cattle
Watch me saddle, up on my high horse
And breeze on my course, check the elevation
[Tony D]
Yo money, here's a funky-ass bassline
Like a ray from the sun you taste sunshine
All in your face and there's no doubt about that jack
They see me on the stage and people say well how bout that?
Sure he's kinda funky, original and spunky
I'm the guy, in the Bugle Boy jeans, and your the monkey
Ridin on the escalator of life, always stayin idle
.. when it comes to your recital
You never elevate your rigormortis stay in motion
But you're EFFORTLESS, when it comes to the rest
of what you can't even hang, you can't even swing
They say stop battlin rhymin, I say I'm doin my thing
When it's time to give a message that's appropriate I give it
That's the way I live my life and that's the way I choose to live it
So get off mine, when it comes to the rhyme
And just, do your job and write your line
Buggin on the zig-zag
[Tony D]
This is a jam about the headlines and the backtalks
The editorial memorial wack talk
that I like to classify condemn then quarantine
when you listen to it, or read it in a magazine
False advertisement in the media ain't no joke
It's a lie that they know, and quote exactly what you spoke
They like to make up shit and maybe change a word or two
When was the last time you suckers, heard a few
questions or comments or complaints from the public
I needed a name for the media so I dubbed it
Zig-zag, meaning this is meaningless scrabble, scribble
They like to let the ink dribble
out of their pens and into the minds of the youth
.. falsifying the truth
So, stop the pressed cause them assist the town crier
You got voted, number one liar
Buggin on the zig-zag
[Rakim] "I can't hold it back, I'm lookin for the line.."
[Tony D]
Situations, seem to get blown out of proportion
That's why THIS is a means of extortions
When it's time to zig-zag, they be zaggin and ziggin
by usin a pen like a shovel then it's time to start diggin
up dirt, to make the front page headlines work
But you're nothin but a ballpoint jerk
who's just SITTIN THERE, lookin stupid at your typewriter
Tryin to make the noose, just a little bit tighter
around my neck, but I slipped it and did a backflip
Landed on your typewriter, then I smashed it
against the wall then I trashed your whole office
Just to let you know that the D ain't the softest
It was said before, I'ma say it again my friend
"Don't Believe the Hype," 'til the end
So get off mine, when it comes to the rhyme
And just, do your job and write your line
Buggin on the zig-zag
[Tony D]
Yo that weak and wack zig-zaggin
Taggin up them headlines with that wack negative garbage
ain't gonna last, y'knowhatI'msayin?
So let me say like this, I must say what's up
to the six foot and over posse, rulin things for the 90's
Y'knowhatI'msayin? Also to my man SP and Davy Wavy
Y'knowhatI'mtalkin? My man Troy Wonder
Of course you know who the family is
And anybody else I forgot, we most definitely in there for the 90's
Cuckoo.. cuckoo.. cuckoo.. cuckoo..
Cuckoo.. cuckoo.. cuckoo.. cuckoo..
[Tony D]
At first you might have thought this was a song from the Blackbyrds
Nope.. it's a song about crack birds
The way they conduct themselves is absurd
I'm talkin about the feather crested wheezy woolie bird
Her body - is shriveled up like a prune
She's always chirpin that same ol' tune
On a mission, just to get a shoulder boulder
A bump, a pellet, so yo, I told her
to wise up - get your pants sized up!
Stop walkin around, with your eyes shut
It seems to me that you don't care if you have dirty knees
(yeah I know why) "you got the birdie disease"
[Chorus]
[scratching "You got it!" x3]
"You got the birdie disease"
[scratching "You got it!" x3]
"You got the birdie disease"
[Tony D]
Lips for dips, dips for lips
While she's rubbin the T.D., you ease the hips
cause she don't care, she'll let you wax that ass
As long as her purple lips are on that glass
Cause she's a friendship bird, don't confuse it with a bug
A friendship bird, knows how to thoroughly search a rug
for a pebble, they know is not there
She's fiendin for more so she leaves she don't care
cause she's off.. on a brand new mission
To search the couch and perhaps your seat cushion
She comes up with a nickel a penny and a quarter
That's thirty-one cents, maybe more and she can order
a pellet, to burn it and smell it
Anything you had - she'll try to sell it
Cause she's fiendin, she's moanin, she's cryin
She's beggin you please (but yo) "you got the birdie disease"
[Chorus]
[Tony D]
Ring around the rosie, a pocket full of crack
That's not where it's at, stop livin like that
On the hunt - stop tryin to be a stunt
If the jimmy was a [??] you'd smoke the blunts
So yo G, keep your eyes on your J-E-E-P
So don't S-L-E-E-P
Or you might be E-S-O-R or a Y
Go to the third eye with a bird eye, you gotta watch your back
Because the duck-billed platypus is known to quack in crack
Light as a feather she could blow away
with the slightest of a breeze "you got the birdie disease"
[Chorus]
[Tony D]
Last verse is the curse of the worst in history
I'm gonna quench your thirst with a mystery
Surroundin the subject is a fine specimen
The wheezy woozy bird gets the best of them
Never an [?] bird although they can be ruthless
It's hard for them to whistle cause they mouths is toothless
Bunions on they feet from her feather-crested hair
Dude there's nothin in the world, you could compare
to the smell of a skunk, kickin up funk
Pushin a shoppin cart full of junk
I wish they could put an end to this sleeze
and tell them, yo "you got the birdie disease"
le co puoi, ce un campione sai,
ce lo centi, buongiorno tu lotro de lai
e campione, che ci veinte,
giorno per giorno po no se lai
e un campione, budibente lai
de la vida, il grando un giorno piu je lai
goi la gazzo, go plimente, il prion poi da mante a te
Vinci campione×3
a campione vincelai
gia no stadio, pa chi amando a te
il tuo nome, a cando che bonera
la campione, tu acanpo angra,
Drop it..
[Chuck D - scratched: "the hard rhymer"]
Word.. word..
T-t-t-tiggidy-tell 'em what to do money
[Chuck D - scratched: "tellin you to hear it"]
True.. true..
Yeah..
[Tony D]
No holdin back, when it's time to attack
Like Saddam Hussein - you're wack and insane (word)
And I'ma crack your brain like an egg-ah
and make ya beg, for mercy
Cause this is raw as raw gets
Take off the jeans and put on the sweats
and get loose, this ain't a gimmick or a trick
Step in my path and I'ma break that stick
with the quickness - cause Tony don't play that
Get the fuck out my face or I'ma spray that mug
and you'll say why'd I bug
As you tried to sweep the dirt, under the rug
But ask the question, why is he buggin, why is he trippin?
But little did he know that that was poison he was sippin
And you can drink it dowwwwn
then (what?) You won't be around
So long live the posse the one and only
Who's the phony? That other Tony
You can't stab me I got eyes in my back..
.. cause Tony don't play that
[Chorus]
[scratches] Tony don't play that
[scratches] Tony don't play that
[scratches] Tony don't play that
[scratches] ..
[Tony D]
Tony don't play that, and here's a reason to play dis
It's [??] all the shit on your playlist
with all this tooth fairy, twinkletoes, Peter Pan rap
It sounds good to hear somebody snap..
.. once in a while, y'knowhatI'msayin? I mean flip it up switch it up
Or if not - you might as well give it up
But don't be an indian giver
And try to relive the past cause all you had
was a sliver of a piece of cake, you couldn't even partake
Sittin there sayin to yourself you can make
a comeback, but you was never in the front
In my estimations you was never in the hunt
You wasn't in the thick of it, you couldn't stick with it
so quit it (I quit!) Done did it
from the jump start, I kept tellin you you was wack (word)
And Tony don't play that
[Chorus]
Tony ain't..
[scratched: "nothing to play with"]
[Tony D]
My name ain't Paco and I ain't eatin no taco
So don't come up to me talkin, "Alright Rocko"
Cause damn - I said I know who I am
So you don't have to remind me everytime you shake my hand
Point blank, understand, don't you think I noticed?
There's a mirror in my room, that would clearly show this
I have 20/20 vision and my vision's never blurry
Don't worry - what are you in a hurry?
Or waitin for a call from Fiji
My name ain't Luigi, I'm not at your car with a squeegee
Or all at your feet with a cup talkin WHATTUP
or beggin - like some young punk
Cause I'm definitely in this, and very very generous
But on the other hand YOU, you're penniless
Pity this? Hell no, I get rid of this
And take it to your mom and she said, "Look what you did to this!"
What did I do to him; you oughta be glad I took him home
He can't even walk, because I broke nearly every bone
But besides the point, be thankful that he's back..
.. cause Tony don't play that
[Chorus]
[Tony D]
Tony don't play that, word
Yo, my labelmate Bob Marley, step to 'em!
Thanks Fats!
And now, the outrageous contagious
Stupendous tremendous Tony D (do it!)
[Tony D]
Enter with the swing, bada boom bada bing
It's a Tony D raw type of hype type of thing
Not attackin or killer birds (worrrrd)
Wearin glasses like "Revenge of the Nerds"
You need to, look at yourself in the mirror (in the mirror)
But wait, let me make the picture clearer
for you no-soul havin, knowledge of self braggin
perpetrating (?) wearin who had to pay for your backin
Three G's a-piece just to appear on your video
That all gets recouped from your royalties y'know
So yo, be yourself, don't make me abolish
(What?) "Oh shit!" Your shoe polish
["Tony D's an inspiration.. and his name is Tony D"]
["Tony D's an inspiration.. Tony D'll put you down on the scoop"]
[Tony D]
Snakes never last so make your funny face
+3rd+ who? (Who?!) I'm gonna put you in your place
Puttin down your own people that's a pretty low level
Whoever gave you knowledge must be wrong
Fulfilled in what the devil SELF-TAUGHT
Everything I have is self-learned (TRUE!) In other words, earned
When I stepped to CBS, yo, they was with it
They said, "You got another white rapper?" I said, "Quit it!"
I'm not gonna give you suckers what you want
A replacement for the group that you love to flaunt
Outspoken drug users drinkin beer on stage
(Nahh) Now they got you another Beast in the cage
["Tony D's an inspiration.. and his name is Tony D"]
["Tony D's an inspiration.. Tony D could be an MC too"]
[Tony D]
Gettin back to the painting (the painting) I mean the paintbrush
Shoe polish, in other words you ain't much
of a rhyme more like a two-timer (two-timer)
And for your partner he's a good jock climber
Climbin my tree like he was Paul Bunyan
If I'm an avocado does that make you an onion?
If you're not yourself, does that make you a different person?
Nahhh, it makes the situation worse
and so conduct yourself, in a PROPER manner (in a proper manner)
And put away the pucker up banner (BANNER)
Your self-imposed status, I have to abolish
along with your image of the shoe polish
["Tony D's an inspiration.. and his name is Tony D"]
["Tony D's an inspiration.. and his name is Tony D"]
["Tony D'll put you down on the scoop"]
["Tony D'll put you down on the scoop"]
[Tony D]
In the shoe polish, you take a bath
You gotta learn your history before you conquer math
You rub it on your body thinkin you'll get knowledge
But you get an education from school and college (word!)
A teacher might have you taught you right, but you've learned wrong
It shows within the writing of your song
Your product's so weak you formed a negative image
But yo (SUCKER!) Life's not a scrimmage
You act far from simonized like you was magic
"Oh shit!" But the outcome may be tragic
You'll have to wait a couple of years to retaliate
While I abolish your image I call the shoe polish
["Tony D's an inspiration.. and his name is Tony D"]
["Tony D's an inspiration.. and his name is Tony D"]
["Tony D's an inspiration.."]
["Tony D's an inspiration.."]
[Tony D]
Yeah you weak and wack MC wannabe somethin that you're not
Warlock reject, Def Jam had you on ice for three years
until they needed another replacement for the Beastie Boys
Now they got you sucker!
Yeah, you hold the mic like an ice cream cone Mr. Softee
Marshmellow head buttercup MC
Yo you'll never get with Tony D
That's why Chuck wouldn't go on tour with you devil
Yo, and what's up with your dancers?
Don't ever take the name of a prophet and misuse it in any way
Even Tony D knows that, you sucker!
And now I'm out of here for the 90's
Cover me over with fallen leaves
I've gone to ground, I need you
'Cause when I crack you cordon me
Off to the passers by so they can't steal
Their looks at the things I can't hide
Roll over, I'm not done with you
You can stop me feeling blue
When holding my smile
Starts to wear me out child
Tell me I don't have to be so brave
When I let my shoulders fall
And sink softly in my seat
Shield me from my sadness and defeat, ooh
Cover me, my eyes are broken they're just seeing grey
But you bring the colors of the waking day
A lament begging you to save me
Cover me girl so they can't break me
Pick me up when it overtakes me
Roll over, I'm not done with you
You can stop me feeling blue
When holding my smile
Starts to wear me out, child
Tell me I don't have to be so brave
When I let my shoulders fall
And sink softly in my seat
Shield me from my sadness and defeat, yeah
Cover me over with fallen leaves
A lament begging you to save me
Cover me girl so they can't break me
Pick me up when it overtakes me
Roll over, I'm not done with you
You can stop me feeling blue
When holding my smile
Starts to wear me out, child
Tell me I don't have to be so brave
When I let my shoulders fall
And sink softly in my seat
I've been in denial
I've been hiding like a kid
I try to list your imperfections
Shift the blame for what I did
I don't trust my excuses, they're just how I've learnt to live
Knowing I destroyed the shelter of our love
I can say, I'm ready to learn, I've been chasing the answers
But I don't have enough to keep up with your pace
You're miles ahead of me in knowledge and love
Miles ahead of me in courage and faith
Miles ahead of me in truth and intent
Miles ahead of me in kindness and strength
You're miles ahead of me
It wasn't my intention that I used your precious time
You opened up your life, but I was holding on to mine
Returned your honest certainty with panic and retreat
The fear defeats me every time we speak
But I'm ready to learn, I've been chasing the answers
Still I don't have enough to keep up with your pace
You're miles ahead of me in knowledge and love
Miles ahead of me in courage and faith
Miles ahead of me in truth and intent
Miles ahead of me in kindness and strength
You're miles ahead of me in knowledge and love
Miles ahead of me in courage and faith
Miles ahead of me in truth and intent
Miles ahead of me in kindness and strength
How could anyone be so obsessed with freedom
I somehow still expected you to stay
But I'm ready to learn, I've been chasing the answers
Still I don't have enough to keep up with your pace
You're miles ahead of me
Miles ahead of me
You're miles ahead of me
Miles ahead of me
You're miles ahead of me
(In knowledge and love)
Miles ahead of me
(In courage and faith)
You're miles ahead of me
(In truth and intent)
Miles ahead of me
(In kindness and strength)
Miles ahead of me
(In knowledge and love)
Miles ahead of me
(In courage and faith)
You're miles ahead of me
(In truth and intent)
Miles ahead of me
(In kindness and strength)
You're miles ahead of me
(In knowledge and love)
Miles ahead of me
(In courage and faith)
You're miles ahead of me
(In truth and intent)
Miles ahead of me
(In kindness and strength)
You're miles ahead of me
(In knowledge and love)
Miles ahead of me
(In courage and faith)
You're miles ahead of me
(In truth and intent)
Miles ahead of me
(In kindness and strength)
Shouldn't be like this, shouldn't be like this
No, not according to fairness
Shouldn't be like this, shouldn't be like this
Don't keep me waiting, I'm not a patient man
Don't fool yourself I am
Don't make that face at me, tell me shh
Why, what am I supposed to see?
You've never known how to share what has grown
You'd turn your back on me, after all we've seen
And I've always been
There for you to help you make your way
And all you care for are the compliments they pay
And you dare to be cool with me
There's a fight building up inside of me
You gave it a life in me
When you mistook my calmness for apathy
Look for the greater truth
You let their love convince you you're bullet proof
Put one foot back onto solid ground
If they can build you up sure they can pull you down
Shouldn't be like this, shouldn't be like this
Your greed is making you careless
Shouldn't be like this, shouldn't be like this
No, not according to fairness
The bigger the lie, the louder the shout
We both know what it's all about
The more we defend, the bigger the doubt
We both know what it's all about
All we achieved makes it harder to believe
You'd turn your back on me, after all we've seen
And I've always been
There for you to help you make your way
All you care for are the compliments you crave
And you dare to be cool with me
There's a fight building up inside of me
You gave it a life in me
When you mistook my calmness for apathy
Look for the greater truth
You let their love convince you you're bullet proof
Put one foot back onto solid ground
If they can build you up sure they can pull you down
Shouldn't be like this, shouldn't be like this
No, not according to fairless
Shouldn't be like this, shouldn't be like this
If they can build you up sure they can pull you down
Shouldn't be like this, shouldn't be like this
Your greed is making you careless
Shouldn't be like this, shouldn't be like this
They can pull you down
Shouldn't be like this, shouldn't be like this
Your greed is making you careless
Shouldn't be like this, shouldn't be like this
No, not according to fairness
You dare to be cool with me
There's a fight building up inside of me
You gave it a life in me
When you mistook my calmness for apathy
Look for the greater truth
You let their love convince you you're bullet proof
Put one foot back onto solid ground
If they can build you up sure they can pull you down
And you dare to be cool with me
There's a fight building up inside of me
You gave it a life in me
When you mistook my calmness for apathy
Look for the greater truth
You let their love convince you you're bullet proof
Put one foot back onto solid ground
If they can build you up sure they can pull you down
Shouldn't be like this, shouldn't be like this
Step from you car back into the real world
Can't hold your heat in the cold light of day
I won't find the heart to accept that we're over
As long as you're there I can beg you to stay
You say that you need to talk later
But I can't hold it together
So I call right away
Letting me down gently
Is breaking my heart slowly
And this can't be better so just get it over
'Cause holding on desperately
In fear that you might leave me
Is breaking my heart slowly
(Letting me down gently)
Is breaking my heart slowly
(Is breaking my heart slowly)
Letting me down gently
(Letting me down)
Is breaking my heart
Chasing around have you twisted and stumbled
Losing your way to end up by my side
Now you are ready to change your direction
Remember you came with your eyes open wide
You say that you need to talk later
But I can't hold it together
So I call right away
Letting me down gently
Is breaking my heart slowly
And this can't be better so just get it over
'Cause holding on desperately
In fear that you might leave me
Is breaking my heart slowly
(Letting me down gently)
Is breaking my heart slowly
(Breaking my heart slowly)
Letting me down gently
(Letting me down)
Is breaking my heart, is breaking my heart
Letting me down gently
Is breaking my heart slowly
And this can't be better so just get it over
'Cause holding on desperately
In fear that you might leave me
Is breaking my heart slowly
(Letting me down gently)
Is breaking my heart slowly
(Is breaking my heart slowly)
Letting me down gently
(Letting me down)
Is breaking my heart slowly
(Breaking my heart slowly)
Oh, letting me down gently
(Letting me down)
Is breaking my heart slowly
(Is breaking my heart slowly)
Oh, letting me down gently
(Letting me down)
Is breaking my heart
(Is breaking my heart slowly)
Ooh, my heart
(Breaking my heart)
Letting me down gently
(Breaking my heart)
Ooh, letting me down gently
(Letting me down)
Is breaking my heart
(Breaking my heart slowly)
Letting me down gently
(Letting me down gently)
Is breaking my heart
(Breaking my heart slowly)
Letting me down gently
(Letting me down)
I have never, never walked alone
Though you're far ahead you have never left me behind
There are days I can't avoid the stones in the middle of the road
But I have never, never walked alone
I will never be afraid for any time
In so many ways you have anchored your arm to mine
There are days when I lean heavily upon you to guide me home
But I have never, no never walked alone
In my search for human kindness
When it all gets out of pace
Your love's the one thing that gets me by
For I have never, no never walked alone
You have listened to a thousand calls in the dark before the dawn
I have never, never walked alone
We have worked it out together, so I can say somehow I've known
Hey, so you threw your heart right in
And it turned out less than perfect
A losing streak is starting in your mind
You let yourself believe the pain is never gonna be worth it
Don't beat yourself up
Know that you were never wrong for wishful thinking
So you done lost the battle
Should we just cross out your name and let you sink?
You got me feeling like the last surviving great romantic
But stop dreaming and the world stops spinning around
You feel foolish 'cause love never turns out like you planned it
And stop believing and the world starts letting you down
So, you had to let it go it clearly wasn't working
A new love leaves you trembling
You hide behind the door
So unsure of what you used to know
So now you think
You're every move ten steps ahead and you are frozen
Caught inside yourself
You're drowning as the anger overflows
You got me feeling like the last surviving great romantic
But stop dreaming and the world stops spinning around
You feel foolish 'cause love never turns out like you planned it
But stop believing and the world starts letting you down
You got me feeling like the last surviving great romantic
But stop dreaming and the world stops spinning around
You feel foolish 'cause love never turns out like you planned it
But stop believing and the world starts letting you down
I was frightened by your suffering
Fear is poison, faith the remedy
But it didn't heal you
So how could it help me
I felt useless, you stared but couldn't see me
Growing distant, you were slowly burning out
But your cry for mercy
Was stuck inside me, oh
No enlightenment, no anaesthetic
No last remission, no miracle reprieve
I'm still a child beside you
How did we come to be
Inside this helpless moment?
Oluwa shanu mi, wa shanu mi
I bring my thoughts back to you
They are framed in broken light
Your hands full of compassion
The war that took your life
So hard to remove the pain from
The pure love you gave me
Can you tell me you're not hurting anymore?
A waking dream, a sign to reassure
'Cause your last words I heard clearly
You were crying for mercy, oh
No enlightenment, no anaesthetic
No last remission, no miracle reprieve
I'm still a child beside you
How did we come to be
Inside this helpless moment?
Singer, sing a song
A little heart and soul
Singer, sing it soft and low
Such a lonely key
Feels like home to me
A familiar melody
Passing the hours when only music saves the night
I feel like an angel in a window, forbidden to fly
Passing the hours how I just lose track of time
Passing the hours
Simple life of mine
Left it all behind
It's a charge I can't deny
Singer, sing the blues
Nothing left to lose
Watch the world go drifting by
Passing the hours when only music saves the night
I feel like an angel in a window, forbidden to fly
Passing the hours how I just lose track of time
Passing the hours
I hate my dreams to die
It's wearing me out
And no wonder why
I'm just a face in a crowd
All serving time
Passing the hours when only music saves the night
I feel like an angel in a window, forbidden to fly
Passing the hours how I just lose track of time
Passing the hours
Passing the hours when only music saves the night
Passing the hours
Passing the hours
For every time you cried from all the frustration
You swallowed your pride
You wear the scars of the imprisoned arise
And you can testify
Blessed are we, we are free
Ominira, oh Ominira
And all our hurt is now our history
All that hurt is now our history
All that hurt is now our history
Our history, oh!
Gather unto you, your scattered resources
Have long been misused
Give again your heart, don't let their corruption taint you
Your strength will multiply
Blessed are we, we are free
Ominira, oh Ominira
And even our broken hearts will mend eventually
Ominira, oh
Blessed are we, now we are free
Ominira, oh Ominira
And all our hurt is now our history
All that hurt is now our history
All that hurt is now our history
Our history
I wish we found a cure against
All these Infections
In our society a lethal death injection
So many human lifes to save against depression
Caused by the greedy hearts
Arrogance and rapture
When it feels like life is a tourture hall
And there is no way out
You just close your eyes
A new tomorrow
You need to realize
You cant just stand there in the cold
And believe it blows over
It is time for a change let your voice be heard
We just have one chance
On this planet earth
Open your mind
Live your life like this day where your last
Thats how you stay alive
As you are walking down
The memory lane
Your eyes stay dry
And when you think youre all alone in desperat
Just make the call
You cant just stand there in the cold
And believe it blows over
It is time for a change let your voice be heard
We just have one chance
On this planet earth
Open your mind
Live your life like this day where your last
Thats how you stay alive
So surreal
How you conquered your own fears
Ended all without saying goodbye
You are gone
Rest of my days
Now and then a silent tear
will fall from my eyes
It Is heard to say good bye
And believe it blows over
It is time for a change let your voice be heard
We just have one chance
On this planet earth
Open your mind
Live your life like this day where your last
They say that time heals all wounds
Please describe
How long it takes and
How its done
She looks like an angel from heaven sent
A power you can not describe
You had what you thought
Unconditional
Emotions that ended in hell
Cry in despair
As worlds falling apart
Just show me and
The rest will be a journey
To the STARS
Who decides what is
Destined to be?
I wanna live for eternity
She looks like an angel from heaven sent
A power you can not describe
You had what you thought
Unconditional
Emotions that ended in hell
Cry in despair
As worlds falling apart
Just show me and
The rest will be a journey
To the STARS
Like when the darkness
Takes me far away
And when I wake
I fear to sleep again
So many thoughts and tears
I ve sheed in vain
Untill the end
I m walking on my own
She looks like an angel from heaven sent
A power you can not describe
You had what you thought
Unconditional
Emotions that ended in hell
Cry in despair
As worlds falling apart
Just show me and
The rest will be a journey
Welcome to a world of hate
Injustice reigns with rage
We try to loose uncertainty
Innocence is gone
We try to move along
A road thats full of anger
Full of hate. Disorder!
Hold me tight, when stars collide
In this place we search our fate.
Cry for love, for help above.
Live your life with dignity
Search your own destiny
A dishonest smile
Another compete stranger
A makeshift love affair
A habit forming secret craving
Temporary pain
At least it eases his hunger
Own the clothes he wears
And a spot on the street
And a life in despair
All have been children
Innocent and full of life
But some get rich while some die young
Listen to the proud
Master of the order
Once a poor child on the streets
Its project destiny
A man thats maimed for life
Imprisoned by his body
Fought for liberty
Until a bomb just turned his standing
Immovable pain
A brain without a body
Rather dead than alive
The reward for his life
Was a stone with his name
All have been children
Innocent and full of life
But some get rich while some die young
Listen to the proud
Master of the order
Once a poor child on the streets
Its project destiny
What if I am the one
Unknown powers to reverse whats upside down
Listen to the proud
Master of the order
Once a poor child on the streets
Am I walking in circles
Wrapped up in myself?
Do I miss a companion
A lover or friend?
I dont know, I dont know anything more.
Feelings are hard to describe
Contradictions collide
I must be my own worst enemy
Suicide is a sin
Here I stand on my own…
Im not alone
My inner demons
Keeps me company
All the time
Every day and - night
Do I falter in darkness on long winding roads
Can I cope with the pressure of such a great load
I dont know, I dont know anything more
Why do I talk to myself?
Why do I call out for help?
I must be my own worst enemy
Suicide is a sin
Here I stand on my own
I m not alone
My inner demons
Keeps me company
All the time
Every day and – night
Feelings are hard to describe
Contradictions collide
I m not alone
My inner demons
Keeps me company
All the time
Those endless battles
Foreign souls
Full speed ahead into the wall
No questions asked no answers needed
One put the sword into the stone
Some read a book to find their home
To me both fairytale and fiction
Some believe they live to die
Some have hopes of higher lives
None have proof of anything but still they die
Gazing at the skies
Is there something for us left to find
Are there secrets among our holy places
That can stop us from ending our race
From the edge of the blade
Some saw the light but they survived
And if they died none could describe
Their ultra rapid stream of memories
I ve ceased since long to mind
so many questions undefined
but still they re fighting for their prophecies
Some believe they live to die
Some have hopes of higher lives
None have the proof of anything but still they die
Gazing at the skies
Is there something for us left to find
Are there secrets among our holy places
That can stop us from ending our race
From the edge of the blade
As I am gazing at the stars
And wonder if thers life on mars.
All these ecryptic information.
Some believe they live to die
Some have hopes of higher lives
None have proof of anything but still they die
Gazing at the skies
Is there something for us left to find
Are there secrets among our holy places
That can stop us from ending our race
Used his skills to build them wings
Out of feathers and of strings
To escape the labyrinth in which they re trapped
Icarus – the son of Deadalus the one
With these wings they would reach to the sun…
High above the clouds they ll - fly
Thats the only way cause the..
Guards are watching land and sea
(The) King of Crete in agony
He was rebellious – he was bold
So he ignored what he was told
Son, you must promise me to never fly too high
Cause the sun is a flaming ball of fire
The wax in the wings might just melt
And you ll fall dead upon the ground
Fly! - Into the sun
He is the one and only
Icarus, (Icarus)
High! - To touch the sun
He is Deadalus son
Icarus, (Icarus)
To kill the monster Minotaur
The hero begged the inventor
Deadalus and as if that was not enough
Did escape with the lovley daughter
Of king Minos his fury was so great
In the end he lost his mind
Fly! - Into the sun
He is the one and only
Icarus, (Icarus)
High! - To touch the sun
He is Deadalus son
A broken window
And a bird that gasps for air
The final breath - black eyes
look back at me screaming in despair
In one second I m awake
And sweat drops falling from my head
Yet another dream
Continuously comes back into me
Message without meaning.
Leave a clue - freeze rewind
Where is the sign
What does this really mean
Or am I dreaming in a dream
Its your mind that guides you
In the world around you
Where veracity replies
To creations in your mind
If youre gone tomorrow
Time erases sorrow
As long as you never give in
Your dreams will never die
I m in a hunt
But I m the hunted on the run
No matter how determined
I try to run, my legs do not reply
I m on an airplane
And I m falling through the clouds
But there have been years since then
And still I have no sight of solid ground
Message without meaning
Leave a clue - freeze rewind
Where is the sign
What does this really mean
Or am I dreaming in a dream
Its your mind that guides you
In the world around you
Where veracity replies
To creations in your mind
If youre gone tomorrow
Time erases sorrow
As long as you never give in
This is General Hudson to MTV awards
I’m afraid the band has gone on strike
I have no experience with this type of s***
Who should I call for help?
It’s a D to A to PPY
DAPPPPPPPY
Partnering with fergie
With my hat that goes so far
Beat boxing you up no matter who you are
Tell that to the take that ride
Robbie Williams with his 7th bride
Tell that to the ho’s worldwide
Watch out they might collide
Oh s*** beiber on the screen
Watching how gay his life has been
Ladyboy’s on my tip like JLS on lick her
Oh you’re all jealous because we are thicker.
Yo tell them louey
I had Natasha all done up wanting to do me
Shut the f*** up man Natasha’s my sister
You aint nothing but a homo fister
Daniel use the phone before you moan don’t’ forget.
Aint nothing but beer and wine
Ahhh tinchy stryder I’m the top gun
The one that sings along with the fun
DAPPY’s had is f***ed up as it is
Slower then the band supersonic kiss
POPSTARs
We’re the ones who bring fun to you house
RAPPERS
We’re not the ones who squeal like a mouse.
POPSTARS
I feel your throat drying up inside you
RAPPERS
Shut up man F*** u
(Pray at mosque)
Shaggy you aint nothing but hairy ass lug
Fake ass voice you sorry ass thug
Sitting in you mansion with your wife Doris
Trap door to chuck Norris
Oh my god goodness gracious me
I’m Justin beiber’s gay fantasy
Designed for gay fashioning
To do a lot of sex trafficking
For my special stuff you have to take it up the muff
Gok Wan watch your language
Stop having intercourse with teenage strangers
Me want to reach the stars all night
Me want to give something to your wife
Me don’t care because be so hot
You will be in having a lot
Me don’t care cos I am fun
Me don’t care cos I am fun
Me don’t care cos I am fun
[Chorus:]
She's miss california hottest thing in west L.A.
House down by the water sails her yacht across the bay
Drives a marinello hollywoods her favorite scene
Loves to be surounded with superstars that know her name.
[1st verse]
She's a rich girl from the top of the food chain
love and material things, kinda lonely
til i met her at the grammys 10mil on a diamond ring
she invites me to spend a day on the jet skies
at first it didnt mean a thing
then she told me im the one that she searched for
it was hard to believe.
[chorus]
[2nd verse]
In a couple a days she had me a bracelet
made from harry winstons place
went horseback up to the mountain top
showin me the land shes got
well its alright but somthing else is on your mind
looking past all that shines now the tears are running thru
all those things are nice but its not why im here
i will wipe away your tears simply by just loving you.
(Metro)
I said that love was the way which went so far
It was great and we just had the greatest time of our life,
I said that love was a key time for every single second
It knew would like waiting for a big surprise your entire life.
(DJ Duney)
We went to Rome
It was not bigger then the millennium dome
I was hip hopping down the street
Whacking along to the R n B beat
Tickle my finger
You will be my number 1 singer
Taking back my power
I will take you to the Eiffel tower
We used to go to school together
It was me and you forever
We’ll take that little short walk
We’ll do the chit chatty talk
We watched that clock go down (down)
I will take you to town (town)
Now we go to the present
Trying to prevent
Thinking of what it was going to be like
Wearing all my bling bling Nike
I have told you my confession
I will box you like mike Tyson
But there is one thing you have forgot
I think that you’re hot
We will be like a swarm of flies
Like I said we were meant to be together to
(Metro)
Love was high up in the air
It was just like an echo
Finding light to the end of the path
Like it was loving life.
(DJ Duney)
We went to Leeds
Yes we did indeed
I saw you on my computer
Chatting to your private tutor
I was frustrated
I felt constipated
You were the love of my life and you through it back in my face
I told you to pack your bags and your case
I felt so f**king sad
Cos you have been so f**king bad
Don’t ever come back
Get on your train track
Get away from this city
We did so well, what a pity.
Now I feel so bloody lonely
I wish you would phone me
Cos I’m stuck in the corner
Like a bored s**tting loner
You just made me angry
Cos you said that to me…
(Metro)
I had you in my arms
Like it was warm forever
It must have been summer
Where I was standing in that doorway looking at you
It was forever life
(DJ Duney)
Please come back I didn’t mean to act like that
I probably just gave you warning
I’ve been crying all morning
Is this the way it’s meant to be
There’s nothing without you or me
Try and help me
We could go to the Oktoberfest in Germany
Have a wonderful time
Get drunk and it could be sublime
I thinking of all the happy things
Things that go ching ching
I saw you walk through the door
You gave me smile
I went for a mile (echo)
(Metro)
I said that love was the way which went so far
It was great and we just had the greatest time of our life,
I said that love was a key time for every single second
Chicano Rap is for the ones that always show love so what we do it to show love back (love back), Chicano Rap is for the Brown Pride, those that keep Chicano Rappers bumping in their al pines (al pines), Chicano Rap is for the OG, sippin on an OE, life story tatted up on both sleeves, it's for the ones that make it happen, for every fucken latin tryna make it with this rapping
I'm so confused trapped and I'm trying to break loose it's the mic or the cuete I'm expected to choose but you see the truth Chicano Rap is made for the ones that can relate and way too sick of tired of run it's for the people that have been through hell on earth who seem to have the odds against them since their day of their birth who run around and try to figure what their living is worth and everything that seems to happen brings a feeling of curse everyday that slowly passes got em dealing with worse they feel like all the pain will probably end up killing em first til they feel like they can't handle one more day on this earth they feel a pain inside their chest but they don't know why it hurts Chicano Rap is for the people that have been through that pain it's for the one that wants to put a hollow point through his brain the limit is the sky we can't make it over night but eventually we might we just gotta do it right
Chicano Rap is for the youngsters that are ready to shine heavy with rhymes get ready cause tomorrow is your time, Chicano Rap is for the ones that always show love so what we do it to show love back (love back), Chicano Rap is for the Brown Pride, those that keep Chicano Rappers bumping in their al pines (al pines), Chicano Rap is for the OG, sippin on an OE, life story tatted up on both sleeves, it's for the ones that make it happen, for every fucken latin tryna make it with this rapping, Chicano Rap is culture
Dreams are like the opposite they're not what they seem we go through life confused tryna figure out what they mean we get our hopes up on something that we never can have until you in the fucken stealing cause you wanna it so bad what about rap forgot about that in fact you chose to put the mic down and walked out and never looked back you know when you hit rock bottom the problem is got you and suicide is something that you thought to do but never took it serious at least until today you feel like it's the only way to take the pain away okay aye see that I can relate to it seems like people hate you and you feel like if you just don't have the strength to and when you try to do some good in your life everybody acts like nothing that your doing is right like everything your doing ain't enough you got it fucken rough to the point where you for reals don't give a fuck your tired burned out from slippin in fire only way to ease the pain is to get higher close your eyes and think about those fucked up times and now try to read between the lines listen deep within the rhymes what chu find
Chicano Rap is for the ones that always show love so what we do it to show love back (love back), Chicano Rap is for the Brown Pride, those that keep Chicano Rappers bumping in their al pines (al pines), Chicano Rap is for the OG, sippin on an OE, life story tatted up on both sleeves, it's for the ones that make it happen, for every fucken latin tryna make it with this rapping, Chicano Rap is culture
Chicano Rap is evolving cause the talent increase we try to give a closer look on how it is on these streets so when we hearing these beats we grab a pen and some sheets and write down everything we feeling til we finally have peace you can't blame us not all Chicano rappers are gangsters but those of us that are you can't change us in fact it's more dangerous carrying a felony cocked in my pocket paranoid cause I'm a felon see you can say that enemies will be if they were meant to be and even though ain't none of them your homies don't pretend to be this industry is hard we gotta walk twice as far jail time and scars to be a latin star they want cars, videos, limos, and hoes they rather rap about their money than reality homes fancy clothes sippin on expensive wine I rather rap about my life than rap about what ain't mine I guess Chicano Rap will have to wait for it's time so they can see it as music not a crime I hope to bring a shine to this industry but time is all that we can count on and those of you supporting these rhymes
Chicano Rap is for the ones that always show love so what we do it to show love back (love back), Chicano Rap is for the Brown Pride, those that keep Chicano Rappers bumping in their al pines (al pines), Chicano Rap is for the OG, sippin on an OE, life story tatted up on both sleeves, it's for the ones that make it happen, for every fucken latin tryna make it with this rapping, Chicano Rap is culture
