• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Manifesto - Donots
• Manifesto - Talib Kweli
• Manifesto - Roxy Music
• Manifesto - The Cat Empire
• Manifesto - Penitent
• Manifesto - In The Midst Of Lions
• Manifesto - CCCP
• Manifesto - Beu Sisters
• Manifesto - FULL SCALE
• Manifesto - Halo Of Shadows
• Manifesto - Tunnel Kings

If I don't sleep, nobody sleeps, code of the street
You know my deeds, I sow seeds and I chop trees
Keep it straight every day, last dance, bombs away, you people take a beating
Say my name
Say my name
When you're with me, my heart beats, my heart speaks
One mind is loud, two make a crowd, three make a scene
We're meant to take the lead so drop the latch key, kids, turn off your TV
Say my name
Say my name
Well, I state my case under oath and lie
And shout my truth right at the sky
Whoooohoooooo
[Look, we got swords for spines, we have diamonds for hearts, we got no destination but we're willing go there and we are angry! What do they have? They've got nothing! They are nothing! They're nothing but vacant minds living in vacant homes. Let's make a vow, right now! Let's not grow up like them, alright?]
Say my name
Say my name
Said I state my case under oath and lie
And shout my truth right at the sky
Whoooohoooooo...
And if one day I'll say good-bye
I'll leave my mark in the sands of time

Manifesto, this is what we want to see happen
For my peoples still breakin' graf writin' and rappin'
I rock the mic right and exact, my life's my sacrifice
Take my mic and I'm like a Chinese man with no rice
Oh yeah, we flippin' through the pages of time to find design
Like Vaseline on the faces of Black Georgia
We shinin' deeper than petroleum jelly
We in the air like conversations on celly
And just appear like stretch marks on bellies
After givin' birth you had to let go, you playin' for life
The Manifesto, here comes the beat
Because I said so keep pushin'
I got the cushion for the seat of your soul
Back in the day they stole our smile
So we clothe our teeth in gold
And we frontin', from nigga to kid, to Son of God
It's wild dependin' on labels for man, woman and child
My style just is all that's seen and all that's heard
God gave us music so we play with our words
So when Tek be in constant meditation like a monk
While Kweli speaks in tongues to get your intellect drunk
Yo, we bound to take over the 90% of your brain that you ain't usin'
To us it's life or death, we keep you chosin'
Every shook eye ain't seen, every goodbye ain't gone
Ain't no rest for the weary yo, forever it's on
The Manifesto, establishes a hip-hop order
Movin' upon the face of the water like reflections
Aiyo all the real MC's can meet me outside
So we can decide how we gonna change the tide
Like the moon we on the earth takin' a ride around the sun
Now son, we only just begun and the journey's far from done
We all miss you, what your brain gone fishin' like Walter Mosley?
There's an MC that can hold me, supposedly?
No one could come close to me, only the family really know me
Hip-hop's last hope like Obi Wan Kenobi
Through your television I'm shinin' light like a train
Comin out like earthworms when it rains
Bringin' it like the C.I.A. be bringin' in crack
Cocaine bailin' out of planes
With the George Bush connections, I push reflection
Like I'm sellin' izm like a dealer buildin' the system
Supply and the demand it's all capitalism
Niggaz don't sell crack 'cause they like to see blacks smoke
Niggaz sell crack 'cause they broke
My battle lyrics get conscious minds provoked
And ghetto passes revoked
'Cause we surrounded by the evil
You know that the people's minds is feeble
They believe in it
Even if it don't make sense, this makin' dollars shit,
Don't take a scholar to see what's goin' on around you
Either you widdit or you ain't is what it comes down to
Have you forgotten we pickin' 100% designer name brand Cotton
They still plottin', my third eye is steady watchin'
Every shook eye ain't seen, every goodbye ain't gone
Ain't no rest for the weary yo forever it's on
The Manifesto, establishes a hip-hop order
Movin' upon the face of the water like reflections
Yeah, see that's what I'm talkin' about, it be the slaughter, man
We need to break it down because these heads
They don't know what they talkin' about
Frontin' all this nonsense, yo, break it down
From open mics to solutions, I got a collage of answers
And a ten point program just like the Black Panthers
One, first respect yourself as an artist
If you don't respect yourself then your rhymes is garbage
Two, make sure your crew is as tight as you
'Cause when them niggaz fallin' off, they gonna bring you down too
Three, understand the meanin' of MC
The power to Move the crowd like Moses split the seas
Four, know your shit and don't ever be blunted
If you don't know what your words mean then your rhymes mean nothin'
Five, kick facts in the raps and curse with clarity
What's a curse when language is immersed in vulgarity
Six, we gonna fix industrial politricks
Shit, they made an art form out of ridin' dicks
Seven, we soldiers for God needin' new recruits
So if you rhymin' for the loot then you's a prostitute
But eight, acknowledge that you need food on your plate
In order to say your grace make sure your business is straight
Nine, we buildin' black minds with intelligence
And when you freestyle, keep the subject matter relevant
Ten, every MC grab a pen
And write some conscious lyrics to tell the children
I'll say it again, every MC find you a pen
And drop some conscious shit for our children

I am for a life around the corner
That takes you by surprise
That comes leaves all you need
And more besides
I am for a life and time by numbers
Blast in fast and low
Add 'em up, account for luck
You never know
I am into friendship and plain sailing
Through frenzied ports a call
Oh, shake the hand to beat the band
With love is all
Or nothing to the man who wants tomorrow
There's one in every town
A crazy guy, he?d rather die
Than be tied down
I am for the man who drives the hammer
To rock you till the grave
His power drill shocks
A million miles away
I am for the revolution's coming
I don't know where she's been
For those who dare because it's there
I know I've seen
Now and then I've suffered imperfection
I've studied marble flaws
And faces drawn pale and worn
By many tears
I am that I am from out of nowhere
To fight without a cause
Roots strain against the grain
With brute force you'd better
Hold out when you're in doubt
Question what you see
And when you find an answer

WE BELIEVE
In the grass in the trees
WE SUPPORT
Living life cause life is short
WE UPHOLD
Sky of blue sun of gold
WE MAINTAIN
On sunny days all sadness and pain be relieved
WE BELIEVE
The breeze blows the leaves in the gypsy king's court
WE SUPPORT
Food and wine song and thought and when the night gets cold
WE UPHOLD
The following rules that I'll sing
To you all
We believe in melody
And harmony
And all things sweet
We sing a yum-a-yum chum
To the moon and the sun
And the rumble of the drums
And the big fat beat
We believe in the ace up the sleeve
And we shine our gold teeth
At the cats in the alleys
A flame on a match
That the wind can't catch
And when the bad guys attack
The empire strikes back

My excentrifying impulse
Tell me.. Please
Brothers rip the wings off
The sky in flames
The stargates crumbles
Into my fields of misery
Betrayal of the gates
(famous explorer in head)
Drink the serum to explore
Drink... drink at me
Skull smashing anaesthetic surgeon in mind
So they closes my passage to freedom
Anaesthetic? Me live!
Sky purple... colour dead
Dead puppets
I refuse to believe
My manifest... My madness
The stargates crumbles
Into my fields of misery
Drink the serum to explore
Drink at me
My manifest... My madness

Dear God, I am declaring myself as an instrument...
Dear God, I am declaring myself as an instrument to be used at your will.
Use me to fight in the war against the evil contained in this world... evil contained in this world.
I see so much wickedness.
It surrounds me.
It surrounds me.
Pull me up from this ugly mess.
Do not let me falter.
Pull me up from this ugly mess.
Do not let me falter.
Pull me up from this ugly mess.

I soviet più l'elettricità
non fanno il comunismo
anche se è un dato di fatto
che a Stalingrado non passano
anche se è un dato di fatto
che a Stalingrado non passano
lunga vita al Presidente
lunga vita al Presidente
non si svende non si svende
neanche se non funziona
neanche se non funziona
niente saldi di speranze
niente saldi di esistenze
niente voti alla Madonna
e data l'ora
l'aspetto
la cattiva reputazione
le voglie sconfinate
la necessità di infinito
raffina i sentimenti
trasgredisci i rituali
vali molto di più
di un aumento economico
meriti molto di pi ù di un posto garantito
che non avrai che non avrai
grande è la confusione
sopra e sotto il cielo
osare l'impossibile osare
osare perdere
grande è l'impossibile
osare la confusione
il cielo sopra e sotto
ci si può solo perdere
CI SI PUÒ SOLO PERDERE
Ta-yung prese un altro razzo
girò il bazooka, mirò alla jeep
lunga vita a Ta-yung

“Prosperity - Ingenuity
Sanity for all society
Peace and unity”
(Clarity-clarity-clarity)
Living the affirmation
Every day its our destination
It’s a journey we’ve undertaken
Taking love, work and dedication
To take our music from Nation to Nation
Exploring musical inspirations
Universal cooperation
Has manifested this here creation
And we wouldn’t be here without you
No -Wouldn’t be here without you
Couldn’t be here, we wouldn’t be here
Wouldn’t be here , we couldn’t be here - no no
Wouldn’t be here without you
No we wouldn’t be here without you
Couldn’t be here, we wouldn’t be here
Wouldn’t be here , we couldn’t be here
And it’s you I have to thank
Yeah its you I have to thank
For the health in my body-And the wealth, and my honey
And the $money$, and the $money$, and the $money$ in
the bank-yeah (x2)
It’s a spiritual meditation
Vocalization’s like respiration
For this is our chosen vocation
Complete and carry our own salvation
Each has come to this revelation
While harmonizing in jubilation
With our God in collaboration
We give eternal appreciation
We know we wouldn’t be here without you
No-Wouldn’t be here without you
Couldn’t be here, we wouldn’t be here
Wouldn’t be here , we couldn’t be here no no
Wouldn’t be here without you
No we wouldn’t be here without you
Couldn’t be here, we wouldn’t be here
Wouldn’t be here , we couldn’t be here
And its you I have to thank
Yeah its you I have to thank
For the health in my body-And the wealth, and my honey
And the $money$, and the $money$, and the $money$ in
the bank-yeah
And its you I have to thank
Yeah its you I have to thank
For the health in my body-And the wealth, and my honey
And the $money$, and the $money$, and the $money$ in
the bank-
Yeah
(Spoken word)
“Prosperity
Raining down on Me
And all humanity
To the North~
South~
East ~
West~
Be blessed be blessed be blessed be blessed be blessed”
And it’s you I have to thank
Yeah its you I have to thank
For the health in my body-And the wealth, and my honey
And the $money$, and the $money$, and the $money$ in
the bank-yeah
And its you I have to thank
Yeah its you I have to thank
For the health in my body-And the wealth, and my honey
And the $money$, and the $money$, and the $money$ in
the bank-yeah
Welcome to
The New
B.E.U.
We 3
Stand where there was a 4 before
But they’ll be
No worries cause we’re Warriors……
In this music revolution
Here’s our lyrical solution
To the industry’s pollution
Its artistic evolution and
Fusion in the genre game
No ~ Nothing will ever be the same
The situation ~ has changed
Since we’ve been “Home on the Range”
A tricycle in this circus
Circumventing the old course
A musical force to be reckoned
Riding high on a horse of a different color
One song blends to another
and poetic elocutions often rise from the source
No remorse~
No corporate complications
Radio propagation props to friends and relations
To the Suits ~ here’s the roots of our true foundation
We transformed what came before into our own
reincarnation
We are genius, like the Phoenix
Rising from the ash
Love and History between us
Learned our lessons from the past
We were green on the scene
Now our hooks make us cash
This time the we shall be first
and the first shall be last
Spoken:
“So stop living in the past
For this is your present
……And it is a gift.”
We forgive and forget and we let the rest go
Cause ya live and ya let live
Ya learn and ya grow
That’s how we slowed down back in our home town
We got to know ourselves and look at the flow we found
Everything happens for a reason
And everything comes in its due season, so
Everybody ~ Everybody clap your hands now
We’re about to take command
Of this vision ~ with precision
Cause we’re wise enough to make our own “Decisions”
We get our needs met ~ Sowed our seeds ~ Fed
Watered ~ Pruned and Bloomed into trees
We let our light shine ~ prism rainbows thru showers
Like a kiss on a flower its our appointed hour to
Empower
Embrace a true moment
Make what we’re making for our own enjoyment
No agendas in this hacienda
Just transcend the hits with Zen-like innuendos
Crescendo! This bangers a blend of
gender~race~color~creed
Made with Peace ~Love & Harmony
(Harmony~Harmony and Love and Love)
Cause Love is all ya need~ Love is all ya need
Spoken:
“May the light within me honor the light within you”
“Peace be with you (and also with you)”

The day's last one-way ticket train pulls in
We smile for the casual closure capturing
There goes the downpour
There goes my fare thee well
There's really no way to reach me
There's really no way to reach me
There's really no way to reach me
'Cause I'm already gone
There's so many words that we can say
Spoken upon long-distance melody
This is my hello
This is my goodness
There's really no way to reach me
There's really no way to reach me
There's really no way to reach me
'Cause I'm already gone
Maybe in five or ten yours and mine will meet again
Straighten this whole thing out
Maybe then honesty need not be feared as a friend or an enemy
But this is the distance
And this is my gameface
There's really no way to reach me
There's really no way to reach me
Is there really no way to reach me?
Am I already gone?
So this is your maverick

Anger… inside me keeps fighting
Fire… inside me burns harder than ever before
I scream… my pain gets stronger
I try to flee… I'm unconscious
Darkness… is what I can't resist
With its beauty it has captured me
I withdraw from light of the sun
I escape into darkness
In there I'll get my peace
Bells are calling me to death
That sound so beautiful
In there I'll get my peace
I bleed… razor blade shines like my thoughts so clear
Pleasure… pain is my pleasure in this heavenly hell
Sky is darkening… I awake

There comes a time when doors don't open anymore so you
better like the room you're in. There comes a time when
door don't open wide, you better get used to the dead
ends. And it's all on fire now. Let's pretend we're
better people. Ride the metro out of town. And we sat,
chainlink fence leaving imprints: red diamonds in our
flesh. Curbside cloves and television, let our feelings
rust away. Torn Salvia leaves mingling with pocket
change. CHORUS There was nothing we could do, summer's
over and the walls are caving in. We found him, frying,