Open the basket
Listen to the flute play
Open the basket
Listen to the flute play
Toot toot toot play
Snakes in the basket
Lie to lead you astray
Snakes in the basket
Force to make you betray
Your innermost truth hidden away
Now you're falling down to the underground
Slither down to your lair
Hidden in the many trenches of a hopeless war
Those who were sold out by a corporate board
Carry the casket
Never mind the gun spray
Bury the casket
Pawns in someone's gameplay
Shoot shoot shoot obey
Now you're falling down to the underground
Slither down to your lair
Hidden in the many trenches of a hopeless war
Those who were sold out by a corporate board
Listen to the flute play
Listen to the flute play
Listen to the flute play
Subscription to the spreading of lies
Soldier catches a glimpse of his demise deep down inside
Even he knows snakes come in many shapes and sizes
Many shapes and sizes
Snakes have no hands to be tied
Concoction of malicious lies
Deep inside the general despises himself
Listen to the flute play
Another reptile in line
Snakes without grass cannot hide
Now you're falling down to the underground
Slither down to your lair
Hidden in the many trenches of a hopeless war
Those who were sold out by a corporate board
Now you're falling down to the underground
Slither down to your lair
Forked tongues spread the poison with another toxic sting
So much pain their serpentine inhibitions bring
Oh - listen to the flute play
Listen to the flute play
Listen to the flute play
Listen to the flute play
Open the basket
Open the basket
Listen to the flute play
Open the basket
Listen to the flute play
Listen to the flute play
Go ahead
Listen to the flute play
Open the basket
I got a problem with the snakes that are crawling
Through my area when the darkness has fallen
Momma told me that they love to bite
They'll stab you in the back, no shame that's right
I keep my distance cause they're making me crazy
And stealing from me, you know those fuckers are lazy
My blood boils fat turns to oil
Step the fuck back, or you'll get buried in soil
Over drama, or you could sleep with the fishes
My clutches are tight and I'll take your last wishes
One for the money, two for your girl
Three for your life now I fucked up your world
Do you like how it feels to be bit
In the neck by a snake that kills
Do you know how it feels to be stabbed in the back
Then watch the blood spill
It's kinda funny how you're running your mouth man
You're caught in a lie and there's no way out, come on
Betray your friends and your peeps and your family
Living like a snake, living like a bloody thief
Check my speech cause it's deep like the sea
From me to y'all and then from y'all back to me
Danger, danger
I slay snakes like a ranger
Military style fears God, not a stranger
Now tell me whose crew slicker? Mine's sicker
You have body, you give soul
You're a soul survivor, it's so, it's so clear
I like long gone songs of old,
You sing throughout the year.
It'll be like love is for
The rest of our lives
I won't have to run around,
Baby you, won't have to think twice
Let me tell you somethin' 'bout those
Snakes in the grass
A bunch of bleeding bug bites taught me
How it won't last.
yeah yeah yeah yeah
ohhh ohh
hummm
Give me your body won't you
Give me your sweet soul
Love will you take over our love
Will you take control
Pick a shovel,
Fill my little holes
Drive me to the red line
And climb my iron flagpole
There's a [big]
There's a [rage for love]
That's calling out there
All these [purple spheres]
Where the free soar,
Up where it glistens
You will eat off my fears.
Ay yi yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah,
yeah.
do-doo.
yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
do-doo.
Where the free soar,
Up where it glistens
You will eat off my fears
Drive me to the red line
And climb my iron flagpole.
Where the free soar,
Up where it glistens
Now number two, practiced the snake style
He was known as the snake spirit
He had the speed of a snake
Niggaz is like serpents out there
(snake style, no one could compete)
Serpents will bite
Lay outside, and then they roll back into they holes
They slither, in the streets of Brooklyn, New York
Slither in the streets, of Manhattan
In the streets of Queens, streets of the Bronx
Streets of Staten Island
Wherever you see em they slither
Whoever... yo
Fearsome shit... check it out
Yo, yo
It broke me up when they pat me on my shoulder
Said stay strong cuz his life is now over
I flash back to the heathens that he roll with
They shot him up and down nobody knows shit
My peers, little ears
Came up to me with a eye full of tears
Last night we was shootin dice and gettin nice
Kid rolled us, played us for our merchandise
We were in the hallway all day
Me, Steve, and Little Ray
Probably at first they tried to rob me
Back me in the lobby, pull out the shotty
Then came Scotty, fragile body
My first impression, he returned from a party
He was just stagger, smellin like Bacardi
The Dragon, braggin, how he was fuckin mad hotties
Pressed on the elevator button, then all of a sudden
He licked off, about a dozen
Slugs from the cannon, that ripped through my cousin
Nobody was standin when the nigga started bustin
Blood started to flood the floors, by the elevator doors
That's the last thing that I saw
Damn, we plan to make grands of our home
(Number two)
Jagged edge, rockin God, hard as Stonehenge
Pledged whoever crossed his path get scrapped with a sledge..
..hammer, he didn't give a damn about the manor
And on the block he was called by the momma's and the grandma's
Indecent, heathen, juvenile delinquent
His weekends was frequently, locked inside the precinct
His most recent cape for catchin papes
Was snatchin up snakes on a roof butt-naked hang em off like drapes
Then ask what's the combination to the safe, with the brace
And those who didn't reply they fell straight to their face
Razor blade sharp who invades the dark
And raid more spots than Spays and NARCS iron heart like Tony Starks
A fierce lion, who never leave the crib without the iron
And on the block he be slingin rocks and duckin from the sirens
Greetin niggaz he loved with a pound, and a bear hug
Those who wanted life, they catch a slug from the snub
A Five Percent, who all knew was one to ten
He loved the Gods with his heart but his brain was filled with sin
And when he came through niggaz be lookin out
Hopin he gets shot or tooken out, or locked the fuck up in Brooklyn House
In PC, on a liquid diet, but he was louder than a riot
(Number two, the snake)
Do the knowledge to a nigga named Trigga
Bad rude boy from the land of Jamaica
With visions to venture, to the U.S.
To receive the gold that he couldn't acheive
In his country, even though he sold mad weed
For the next man, who was the Don of the clan
Niggaz actin like they got the block locked
Like I can't sling drug raps and eat food
But I be the rudest, bad boy steppin gun totin
Shots lash out like a violent explosion
At the nigga, who tries to stop my production
Intervene the scene and slow up the CREAM
None of that black, East New York, gun talk
Niggaz I extort from Baltic to Boardwalk
Memories of injuries wounds and burns
Walkin through the streets of Medina I stand firm
Cause I know this, which means I can hold mine down
Without a doubt, niggaz who front, get snuffed out
Justice must be born there's no escape
Cause a snake can't be reformed so I wait
Comin in the name to proclaim your fame for protection
And you don't know no fuckin lessons?
(Number two, the snake)
Bad, bad, Leroy Brown
Baddest man in the whole damn town
Badder than the deep blue seaaaaa
Badder than you and meeeeee
Niggaz comin thru the trees, like a salamander, bitin
Like a piranha, but I'm bitin you back, like a black pantha
The style I'm ampin the... fuck my name, who I be?
Fuck the game, it's all about the moneyyyy!
Owahhaerahh, sometimes I get high with the Meth
Then I turn to the Killah Priest
When it comes TWELVE O'CLOCK!!
I turn into the demon beast, yo
Yo fuck that shit!
(number two, the snake)
YO! SHOW THESE MOTHERFUCKERS WHAT TIME IT IS
(number two, the snake) Rawwrarrrah
Rahhwarwaahauh, rawwaroar!!
WHOSE THE BAD-ASS? *rawharrah*
WHOSE THE BAD-ASS?
(now number two) Rawwwaahrah
(he practiced the snake style
He was known as the snake spirit) YEAHhhhhh
Lyrics, never waitin, twelve days, penetrated
When I come with the ruffness, mad niggaz try to rush this
Slip into my killings, then I slays and you're helpless
When I try to stay sick, it's yacub grafted six
Calm for the kill, knowing the style that's ill
When I drop, lyric skills, brothers say, Buddah chill!!
I don't need to rhyme no more, niggaz know, yo!
To all the Wu-Tang Clan members
The Ghostface Killer, the GZA, the RZA, the Ol Dirty Bastard
The Method Man, the Chef - Raekwon, Inspector Deck, U-God
We'll go together into the dark woods
Sinking with wise old tree roots
How I want to unlearn
I don't want old branches no more
Every tooth is broken
And all of the flesh is burnt
I've wounded my side
And I've wound in my hide
Don't ask what is the price of my hand
Would you be queen of my land?
When everyone else is gone
Fire, making my way much harder
All of this time I'm after
Images of my soul
And I've wounded my side
And I've wounded my hide
And I've got snakes in my eyes
And I've got snakes in my mind, mind
Peace of my mind is cast in iron
Come on now baby, ride on
Down to the root of life, life
No, no, don't give me more of your glow
Come on now baby, ride on
Down the joys of my night, night
And I've wounded my side
And I've wounded my hide
And I've got snakes in my eyes
And I've got snakes in my mind, mind
No, no, ..., die
I'm not too far down
Snakes, snakes
Snakes, snakes
Snakes, snakes
Crawling roaches from rotten orifices
Worms sliding, feeding, eating
Snakes, snakes
Snakes, snakes
Crawling roaches from rotten orifices
Worms sliding, feeding, eating
Losing life's blood, turning cold
Pressure building in your skull
Cracking, crushing turning screws
Brain is dripping out your nose
Crawling roaches from rotten orifices
Worms sliding, feeding, eating
Snakes, snakes
Snakes, snakes
Snakes, snakes
Open the basket
Listen to the flute play
Open the basket
Listen to the flute play
Toot, toot, toot, toot play
Snakes in the basket
Lie to lead you astray
Snakes in the basket
Force to make you betray
Your innermost truth hidden away
Now you're falling down to the underground
Slither down to your lair
Hidden in the many trenches of a hopeless war
Those who were sold out by a corporate board
Carry the casket
Never mind the gun spray
Bury the casket
Pawns in someones game play
Shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot obey
Now you're falling down to the underground
Slither down to your lair
Hidden in the many trenches of a hopeless war
Those who were sold out by a corporate board
Listen to the flute play
Listen to the flute play
Listen to the flute play
Subscription to the spreading of lies
Soldier catches a glimpse of his demise
Deep down inside even he knows
Snakes come in many shapes and sizes
Shapes and sizes
Snakes have no hands to be tied
Concoction of malicious lies
Deep inside the general despises himself
Listen to the flute play
Another reptile in line
Snakes without grass cannot hide
Falling down to the underground
Slither down to your lair
Hidden in the many trenches of a hopeless war
Those who were sold out by a corporate board
Falling down to the underground
Slither down to your lair
Forked tongues spread the poison with another toxic sting
So much pain their serpentine inhibitions bring
Listen to the flute play
Listen to the flute play
Listen to the flute play
Listen to the flute play
Open the basket
Open the basket
Listen to the flute play
Open the basket
Listen to the flute play
Listen to the flute play
Go ahead
Listen to the flute play
Snakes
Well now I think I make a right
If I remember yes, I think maybe tonight
I may do better when the moon is up and bright
Where I last saw you; what a sight, what a sight
(ahhh, ahhh, ahhhh, ahhhh, ah
shed your skin, I'm coming, shed your skin)
Between the canyon and the sky
where you can't hide, you can't hide
the desert sky has a million eyes
and the stars are on my side
(ahhh, ahhh, ahhhh, ahhhh, ah
shed your sky, I'm coming)
I think I feel you in the sand
Not far away; tiny tremor of the land
I lay and wait
I'll see your eyes, your big white eyes
But they won't see me
But you and I will meet tonight
Under a Joshua tree
(ahhh, ahhh, ahhhh, ahhhh, ah
F/ Sundown
[* Sundown talking *]
[Hook: Sundown x2]
So many snake ass niggas, who's to trust
Trustin' one of these niggas will get my head bust
I trust in my dog and my gun cause them the one that I know for sho'
Is gonna make sho' got harmed by no one, by no one
[Sundown]
So many snake ass niggas I come around with my trigger
And V and the Sundown, playboy how did ya figure
Ya supposed to be dog, do whatever fuck the stormy weather
If I had beef and you had beef we put the shit together
Which ever was clever, I spoiled to the depths
They wouldn't take yo breath
Without a retaliatin' rippin' someone's chest
Into the flesh, leavin' a bloody mess
Could ya picture bullets flyin', niggas dyin'
Families cryin' cause I thought this nigga was tryin' to take mine
Shit gets better and you can imagine
I got mad love for ya but it ain't that kind of passion
It's the kind where .357 be blastin'
Niggas be duckin' and passin'
Behind the ones I love so much, shit gettin' drastic
I can't have it like I can't have it
Behind my back runnin' ya mouth like that
Get cha' shit straight to the fact
Let's see what the fuck possessin' you to think like that
And where the courage came from for you to pull off that act
[Hook]
[Kane & Abel]
I was brought up by snakes, taught me to survive in the grass
Use one eye to watch your friend the other watch your ass
Let no man be excused from suspicion when something missin'
Listen to his story but when he guilty become victim
Quick descions get cha' post cut short
Get cha' filled with cha' mind, keep it with much heart
Business is yankin'
Fuck with strays and ya family, friends
And money mix like mayonaise and cotton candy
Strangely the roots of all evil
Anything with a life got a price
Could easily be the fruits for all people
If it can't be bought, it can be knocked off for a pair of Nikes
Tight as times is ya mind is ya weapon
Keep it when ya steppin' use it when ya threatened
A blessing from God can never be taken
By the hands of a man who can never understand
You sucker ass snakes
You set the snakes loose inside my belly.
They're done with my supper.
They start on my endocrine lining.
You said, "Please, stop your whining!"
This isn't a love song,
I'm through writing those for you.
All the while you claimed,
The ghost in you lives, but it's dead.
It's inside my head,
And all that I know is that it's midnight,
And you haven't called.
Oh, when you sigh, and you cry.
I figure you probably lie and I'm here waiting
And all that I know is that it's midnight,
And you haven't called.
All that I see is that it's midnight,
And you haven't called.
All that I know is I'm left with frustration,
And this hyperactive imagination of mine.
I would love to lay all my faith in you.
Why can't I let fate have its way with me?
I would love to but... (place all my trust in you)
(why can't I? 'cause...)
It's over, it's over, it's over (again)
You say you're at Mother's, but do you mean lovers?
Are you in the amorous arms of another?
It chills every bone in me, straight to the core of me.
Your girlfriend concurs with you, is she your alibi?
How did you get that sweet little girl to lie?
Meanwhile I'm here waiting.
This isn't a love song.
You dumb motherfucker
You sold it all for a bowl of beans
Now you gotta live with it
I'm done with you, I'm writing you off
You tried to fake me out, but dumb motherfuckers get
caught
It's a small-small world and I got eyes and ears that's
everywhere
You can't talk to people that talk to me
About shit you don't want me to hear
Cos when it gets back to me I'll be madder than a
motherfucker ready to fight
Fuck you! You never should have lied to me
I remember every word that you ever said
Fuck you! You never should have lied to me
Why you wanna be my enemy?
Fuck you! I can't believe the shit you do to a friend
again and again
Fuck you! You never should have lied to me
I don't trust you fucking snakes
If you believe in the good book
History says that a snake told the very first lie
I guess you chose your path
And now you have to live with regrets
And the shame that comes with your name until you die
Fuck you!
We should have been like family
But you saw it differently
Now there's nothing that I can do
Fuck you!
Do you got something to prove?
Or maybe you don't like the crew
And you thought you had to choose
Fuck you!
We can take it to the streets
If you really wanna settle the beef
But I'm content with letting you keep your fucking
distance
Fuck you!
I don't follow scene politics
I just really love this music
And I got no time for the extra curricular bullshit
If you got no time for me than I say that we let it be
I know hardcore from beginning to end
It's the same old story again
You never should have lied to me
I remember every word that you ever said
Fuck you! You never should have lied to me
Why you wanna be my enemy?
Fuck you! I can't believe the shit you do to a friend
again and again
Fuck you! You never should have lied to me
I don't trust you anymore
[ VERSE 1 ]
How many of you heard about snakes
The kind that bite you if you're not awake
Not the reptile, the cold bloody wild
Walkin, talkin with the human lifestyle
The kind that lie, cheat, and do wrong
Cause destruction, and then they're gone
Without any trace they vacate the place
Some look pretty with an innocent face
You never know the negativity they are in
You try to identify, and they she'd skin
The most-wrong-doin, the-truth-consealin
The unditected, ever-so-appealin
(Snakes) original (snakes) grafted (snakes)
A snake is a snake
Cause they're phony and fake
Devious (snakes) the wicked (snakes)
One to the head, for goodness sake
[ VERSE 2 ]
Somebody was flakin, snakin, and mistakin
And when I find out, I'm bound to start breakin
One for the head when I find who said
I was the one who got caught and dropped dime on Red
Cause you got the fellas mad as can be
Money, I'ma get you before they get me
See, I'm not the rat who bites the cheese
Cause I can do a three year's bid with ease
Please, you heard wrong from what I know
Because I wasn't even caught by five-o
Now who would assume Sunborn is a rat?
The same one who said I wasn't right 'n exact
For you are the one, you let your tongue run loose
You try to set me up, so you can have my juice
My name is seven letters, my shoes are too big
It's burrial time, and you will help me dig
Your grave, now be brave, there's no time to waste
The snake is the one who I shot in the face
(Hey Sun, how do you know you didn't make mistakes?)
He denied before I asked him, so he was the fake flake
(Snakes) the black (snakes) the white (snakes)
A snake is a snake, so you make no mistake
Devilish (snakes) the venomous (snakes)
Once you are bitten, that's all it takes
[ VERSE 3 ]
One of my girls found out about the other one
I just killed a snake, now I gotta kill another one
Could haven been a male or female who told
My girl they seen another girl wearin my gold
Now she knows everything that I don't even know
She gave me a list of every place we go
Together, I say 'whatever', it can't be denied
Just because I never told, doesn't mean I lied
Now I gotta 'fess up and tell the truth
She even knows about the phone calls at the phone booth
Damn, who's the little fork-tongued critter?
Who told her I knocked the boots of the baby sitter
She won't say who she heard quotin
Just keep talkin while my gun is bein loaded
It might be a friend who's really a foe
But say no more, love, I think I know
Who the culprit is, you canivin swine
Can't be me, so you wanna have mine
Guess who is guilty of such perpetration
The one who I gave all the wrong information
(Snakes) original (snakes) the grafted (snakes)
A snake is a snake
Cause they're phony and fake
Devious (snakes) the wicked (snakes)
And once you are bitten, that's all it takes
[ VERSE 4 ]
The city streets are full of deceit
The same negativity must repeat
It's goin on and on, and not about to stop
Snakes are criminals, snakes are cops
Out even in the White House, without a doubt
Find a snake, and let's cast them out
Slippin, slidin, duckin, hidin
Buy a new car and go snake-ridin
I guess now you snakes are very angry
Cause I'm black, white, you wanna hang me
I see the ropes, and I'm no dope
I was taught to cope
Can you fool me? Nope
(Snakes) the fork-tongued (snakes) the belly-crawlin (snakes)
Thought I was sleepin, found out I was awake
Lyin (snakes) the devious (snakes)
The heat is too hot, so it's time that you break
Weaken the weak
Is the snake technique(4x)
(Two times)
(Hit me)
Peace to Allah's Nation
I'd like to say peace to my man Carlos doin a little bid right now
You gonna handle that, bee
I'd like to say peace to my man Tafari
Rulin in-a New Jersey style Seen?
Tony fuck with Stan but see Stan, he the man
Dat boy Stan got guap, he a fool with the yam
But see Stan fuck with Tony
He don't know that Tony phony
And that Tony just got jammed
Last week with some money
And about ten of them bunnies
Listen what they told Tony
(What?)
He a free man
'Cause what they really want is Stan
Whole time this nigga Stan
Thinking Tony is his man
Thinking Tony work with him
But Tony working with the man
Thinking Tony got a plan
Told Stan about this man
Told him that his sister husband tryna cop around ten
Stan said let's make it happen
But what Stan don't understand
It's today the last day
He'll see the light again
But Tone don't give a damn
Anything to save him
Even if that mean he got to send his nigga to the can
Take heed of what I'm saying before it's too late
Just beware of phony niggas that be smiling in your face
Kim and Janet best friends
And they been that way for years
Janet single but see Kim got a nigga and two kids
Janet babysit her kids
Janet loves them like they're hers
Janet needs a place to live
So Kim let her come live with them
Kim knows her just like her fam
But what Kim don't understand
Is that Janet's not her kin
Janet's not even her friend
Janet's tryna seek revenge
Janet's got a plan
Janet's still holding a grudge from back
When her and Kim were ten
She devised a perfect plan
Janet's gon' sleep with her man
She lays naked in the kitchen wait for him to come in
He walks in the door like damn
You know a man gon be a man
In the mist of all of that he must forgot about Kim
Kim bust's in on them
Janet stands there with her grin
Kim fussin', cussin', hollerin', screamin'
Going straight nuts on them
Kim crying out like damn
Jan I thought you were my friend
Janet said, "You remember
You took my boyfriend back when we were ten"
Damn
Mike a real cool nigga but he just not getting money
(How?)
Drought came around
He fixed up niggas for some dummies
Now he ballin' like a dog
Every night he in the club
Throwing money, popping bottles, flexing hard
He don't give a fuck
Then one night he met this girl
Finest girl he ever saw
He say I never seen before
She say I'm here from Arkansas
They kicked it off a couple months
She fucked and sucked him like a pro
He say I love your dirty tricks, baby, I never let you go
Year later they're still together
Now he feeling like he love her
So he let her in his business
'Cause he felt like he could trust her
She sitting in the kitchen while he busting down dem bricks
She thumbing through the check
He swear he got a gangster bitch
What he don't know 'bout this bitch
Is everything she say a lie
Man this bitch ain't who she say she is
This bitch is FBI
Man this game a dirty game
Man be well for the tricks
Before you end up just like Mike
You have body, you give soul
You're a soul survivor, it's so, it's so clear
I like long gone songs of old,
You sing throughout the year.
It'll be like love is for
The rest of our lives
I won't have to run around,
Baby you, won't have to think twice
Let me tell you somethin' 'bout those
Snakes in the grass
A bunch of bleeding bug bites taught me
How it won't last.
yeah yeah yeah yeah
ohhh ohh
hummm
Give me your body won't you
Give me your sweet soul
Love will you take over our love
Will you take control
Pick a shovel,
Fill my little holes
Drive me to the red line
And climb my iron flagpole
There's a [big]
There's a [rage for love]
That's calling out there
All these [purple spheres]
Where the free soar,
Up where it glistens
You will eat off my fears.
Ay yi yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah,
yeah.
do-doo.
yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
do-doo.
Where the free soar,
Up where it glistens
You will eat off my fears
Drive me to the red line
And climb my iron flagpole.
Where the free soar,
Up where it glistens
Out in the darkness where the lonely walk alone
No hands to the rescue, got ta make it on my own
Used to wake in the morning when the sun was coming round
Now I learn my lesson since you change my life around
I've been wasting to much time
I'm making up my mind
I can't live like this for the rest of my days
Cause I have seen what love can do
To me and to you...
Your love has changed me, I know it's hard to tell
Ain't gonna put my faith in a wishing well
Now I need an answer, all I get is no reply
Girl I ain't no chancer, it's a love we can't deny
Lonely days and wasted nights
I been running away from life
Baby I just can't explain cause I have seen
What love can do to me and to you...
If I'm gonna change your mind
Give me the chance and I will show you
I'm truly sorry
How can I make you see just what you mean to me
I just hope that I can change your mind
(Solo)
Sometimes I wonder just what I'm gonna do
I've been wasting to much time
I'm making up my mind
I can't live like this for the rest of my days
Cause I have seen what love can do
I love the blues,
They tell my story,
If you don't feel it you can never understand
So many times I thought about it
And now I know just what it means to be a man
Everyday I realize you can see it in my eyes
I never wait, or hesitate.
'Cos I love the life I live,
I'm gonna live the life I choose,
You gotta understand
I'm walking in the shadow of the blues
All of my life I've had a strange reputation,
I've been the black sheep of the family all along
I never know if in my heart I'm really guilty
But, I've been accused of never knowing right from wrong
Everyday I realize you can see it in my eyes
I never wait, or hesitate.
'Cos I love the life I live,
I'm gonna live the life I choose,
You gotta understand
I'm walking in the shadow of the blues
My father said you're crazy,
He said what you gonna do?
I left with my guitar and said
I'll leave it up to you
I'm gonna live the life I love
And live the life I choose,
And I'm walking in the shadow of the blues
I love the blues,
They tell my story,
If you don't feel it I will tell you once again
All of my life I've been caught up in a crossfire,
'Cos I've been branded with the devil mark of cain
Everyday I realize you can see it in my eyes
I never wait, or hesitate.
'Cos I love the life I live,
I'm gonna live the life I choose,
You gotta understand
I'm walking in the shadow of the blues,
Looking for you I've been looking for me
Looking for something to help me believe
I cried for mercy
I have prayed to the Lord
The angels have fallen and now I cry some more
Meet me at the crossroads to show me which way to turn
I've tried so hard but 1 never seem to learn
Too many cloudy days
And so many sleepless nights
Hoping for Jesus to make everything alright
Rivers run dry for you and I
Now there's a storm and it's coming my way
Heading for a showdown
Blood red sky
The tears you cry
Now there's a fire and it's burning
Standing here in a curtain of iron
So here I stand in this spotlight it's my destiny
Waiting for the coming day trying to find the key
Looking for you I'm still looking for me
Looking for something to help me believe
Rivers run dry for you and I
Now there's a storm and it's coming my way
Heading for a showdown
Blood red sky
The tears you cry
Now there's a fire and it's burning
Standing here in a curtain of iron
I'll go where the wind blows to the end of the rainbow
Drifting slowly to the point of no return
Will the children ever learn
Looking for you i've been looking for me
Oh how we cried on that dark day
September tears like showers of rain
All hope gone
A space remains
And all the damage is done
A nation's loss
The children's friend
The people cried from end to end
I wonder how she would sigh
The people hurt inside
So lift up your heart
Make a new start
Try to help us understand
Why the people cried all over this land
It's not the time to ask them why
It's time for flowers and a kiss goodbye
Remember the times we had
And don't be so sad
Lift up your hearts
Make a new start
In time we will understand
Why the people cried
All over this land
(Solo)
Oh how we cried on that dark day
I got high I got down
Took the fast train into town
Spend my time in a world
Where crazies ran the show
Girl talk turned me round
My feet sure left the ground
And I left the real world somewhere down below
I had sacrificial feelings on my mind
When you offer up your soul
To the cause of rock an' roll
There's a price to pay
And it's as high as you wanna go
So when they ring that judgement bell
Just a few short steps from hell
Then it's time to jump that train
And head on home
I had sacrificial feelings on my mind
Into the snow I was driving blind
I was burning up before I had my time
When I need somebody to lead me by the hand
You help me find a higher plane, you help me understand
Help me find a sanctuary to keep my feelings save
And lead me through another day with undivided faith
Help me mama to spread the real faith...
Start with good intentions strictly for the lord
And see that wealth and luxury helps to spread the holy word
The lord hath given TV sets to get the message through
And all I want in lieu is a healthy cheque from you
Help me mama to spread the real faith
Tell the children the TV ain't save
So help me mama to spread the real faith
Don't you know we got the real faith
We already got the real faith.....
Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
Deviance and mortal sin bring anger from above
The eye of the lord saw me with a less than gilded dove
It's what those fools out there can't see that puts the blame on you
And mamma now don't prey for me this cheating live is through
Help me mama to spread the real faith
Tell the children the TV ain't save
So help me mama to spread the real faith
Don't you know we got the real faith
Little miss happiness oh how I yearn for you
Just open your heart and let your love come through
Little miss happiness I have to tell you this
I can't hide away don't let it end like this
Where will you go?
What will I do?
Don't ever wanna be a stranger to you
What am I gonna do?
Little miss happiness as far as I can see
You are the only one who can pacify me
And now I hear you are leaving I can't believe it's true
Before it starts it's over that's what love will do
Where will you go?
What will I do?
I don't ever wanna be a stranger to you
What am I gonna do?
You're a queen not a prisoner
I hope I have the key
You can do almost anything
But don't forget about me
Little miss happiness my arms are open wide
We can run but we can never hide
Little miss happiness no matter what we do
Remember there's a place in my heart for you
Where will you go?
What will I do?
Don't ever wanna be a stranger to you
Little miss happiness oh how I yearn for you
What am I gonna do?
Tired of reading papers, I'm even tired of Q.
All I ever seem to do is play my delta blues.
Hiding in the corner, don't ever go outside.
Same sweet talking women ain't gonna take me for a ride.
Ain't got no need to be sorry, ain't ever done you no wrong.
Ain't going back in no hurry, baby thats why
This is a labour of love.......
You don't need to fax me, don't even need to call.
I'm sitting here alone I don't need you any more.
I just can't take the heartache, I always fall in love.
You push me here you pull me there you put the pressure on.
Ain't got no need to be sorry, ain't ever done you no wrong.
Ain't going back in no hurry, tell me why
This is a labour of love.......
Don't get to excited, girl you won't see me run.
I just can't fight it
You got the power of love.......
(Solo)
Ain't got no need to be sorry, ain't ever done you no wrong.
Ain't going back in no hurry, baby that's why
This is a labour of love.......
Tell me why
I was so blind just could not see
There was no way out for you or me
We were young and restless
Trying to break free from the strong arm of society
Now I'm a lonesome Jailbird
With no more tears to cry
I've seen so many faces passing by
I can still remember all the good times we had
Sweet lady the thought of you makes me feel so sad
There's a hole in the wall with the light shining in
Now it's time to begin
Cause I got places to go
I got things to see
Now I have to believe
I'm gonna find the sun
Pack my things and run
I'm gonna breathe the midnight air
Look for love somewhere
So many bridges burned
So many lessons learned
My heart's getting old
As the worlds grows bolder
Time is a hunter chasing me down
Got ta get out of here
Before I hit the ground
There's a hole in the wall with the light shining in
Now it's time to begin
I got places to go
I got things to see
And I have to believe
I'm gonna find the sun
Pack my things and run
I'm gonna breathe the midnight air
I'm gonna take it to the limit of my love,
Before I turn and walk away
I've had enough of holding on
The promises of yesterday
Every day of my life, it seems,
Trouble's knocking at my door,
It's hard to try and satisfy
When you don't know what you're fighting for
Time and again I sing your song,
But, I've been runnin' on empty far too long
I've had enough holdin' on to the past,
Make no mistake, it could be your last
Don't break my heart again, like you did before
Don't break my heart again, I couldn't take anymore
I never hide the feeling inside,
And though I'm standing my back to the wall,
I know that even in a summer love
A little bit of rain must fall
But, every road I take I know
Where it's gonna lead me to,
Because I've travelled every highway
And they all keep coming back to you
Time and again I sing your song,
But, I've been runnin' on empty far too long
I've had enough holdin' on to the past,
Make no mistake, it could be your last
Don't break my heart again, like you did before
Don't break my heart again, I couldn't take anymore
Don't break my heart
Don't break my heart again, like you did before
Sometimes I'm filled with confusion
I think I've been here before
Just how well do you know me
I try to run but I can't find the door
I'm all alone in the city
Seems like I'm out of control Ain't no doubt it's a pity, all alone another lost soul
Hold back the years, hold all your fears
You can't go back
Hold back the years, hold back the tears
You can't go back......
I've got to look for somebody
Seems like I've looked everywhere
I'm always looking for strangers
Can't find myself anywhere
Is there anybody out there
Who can help me find my way
I'm not looking for favours
Who needs them anyway
Hold back the years, hide all your fears
You can't go back
Hold back the years, hold back the tears
You can't go back......
Nowhere to run, I don't want to hide
The comfort of strangers cannot be denied....
(Solo)
Time is moving so slowly, tell me where should I go
I don't know, somebody help me
I'm only searching for home
Hold back the years, hold all your fears
You can't go back
Hold back the years, hold back the tears
Waiting all day for the night to come down
There's a midnight sun hanging over this town
People getting high with a moonshine glow
Take your woman now and join the show
Drinking my fill from a loving cup
Cruisin' 61 in a pick up truck
Chokin' my beer soaking up my blues
Got her best dress on and hi-heel shoes
All dressed up all dressed up
Sure is time to rock and roll
All dressed up and ready to go
All dressed up....
Johnny and Rick knew how to hoochie coo
Well it's been a long time since we heard from you
Nothing changes you know its true
I got a good time peeling I wanna share it with you
All dressed up all dressed up
Now is the time to rock and roll
All dressed up all dressed up
Sure is the time to rock and roll
All dressed up and ready to go
(Solo)
If you are late and stuck up on 94
Take a right at Fifth and Rodeo
Put your foot on the gas
And your hand on her knee
Cause she's hotter than hell
And eager to please
All dressed up all dressed up
Now is the time for rock and roll
I take what I want
An' I steal anything that I need,
I would do anything
To get my satisfaction guaranteed
'Cos I'm looking for love,
The time has come
I'm looking for love,
An' I mean to get me some
I'm looking for love right now,
An' I'm rough an' ready
All of you woman better
Lift up your skirts an' run,
'Cos I aim to shoot my pistol
An' fire like a Gatlin gun
'Cos I'm looking for love,
Believe me when I say
I'm looking for love,
In the worst kind of way
I'm looking for love right now
An' I'm rough an' ready
Rough an' ready...
Rough an' ready...
I take what I want
An' I steal anything that I need,
I would do anything
To get my satisfaction guaranteed
'Cos I'm looking for love,
The time has come
I'm looking for love,
An' I mean to get me some
I'm looking for love right now,
An' I'm rough an' ready
You have body, you give soul
You're a soul survivor, it's so, it's so clear
I like long gone songs of old,
You sing throughout the year.
It'll be like love is for
The rest of our lives
I won't have to run around,
Baby you, won't have to think twice
Let me tell you somethin' 'bout those
Snakes in the grass
A bunch of bleeding bug bites taught me
How it won't last.
yeah yeah yeah yeah
ohhh ohh
go
hummm
Give me your body won't you
Give me your sweet soul
Love will you take over our love
Will you take control
Pick a shovel,
Fill my little holes
Drive me to the red line
And climb my iron flagpole
There's a [big]
There's a [rage for love]
That's calling out there
All these [purple spheres]
Where the free soar,
Up where it glistens
You will eat off my fears.
Ay yi yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah,
yeah.
do-doo.
yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
do-doo.
Where the free soar,
Up where it glistens
You will eat off my fears
Drive me to the red line
And climb my iron flagpole.
Where the free soar,
Up where it glistens
yeah-yeah etc.
Always beneath the way, always a watch
It's in the fire beneath as we walk through water
Sound covering now, they said, old wind man
He's coming now but you won't see him out now
Out now
It's way too bright in here
Can't be too light, can't feel our way around
It's way too near, it's way too hot in here
Can't feel our legs beneath
We could just fall to pieces into the air
On the day of all the souls, now we cannot see
We're waiting on a sale, now we cannot please
We're waist down in mayhem
Waist down in mayhem, please
Even when you walk alone, you still cannot see
Even when you stand alone, you still cannot see
A way out, you're sounding out
It's way too bright in here
Can't be too light, can't feel our way around
It's way too near, it's way too hot in here
Can't feel our legs beneath
We could just fall to pieces into the air
And all this time we'll always be
Standing, just standing
In time we'll never know
Why we're standing, we're standing
It's way too bright in here
Can't be too light, can't feel our way around
It's way too near, it's way too hot in here
Can't feel our legs beneath
Open the basket
Listen to the flute play
Open the basket
Listen to the flute play
Toot toot toot play
Snakes in the basket
Lie to lead you astray
Snakes in the basket
Force to make you betray
Your innermost truth hidden away
Now you're falling down to the underground
Slither down to your lair
Hidden in the many trenches of a hopeless war
Those who were sold out by a corporate board
Carry the casket
Never mind the gun spray
Bury the casket
Pawns in someone's gameplay
Shoot shoot shoot obey
Now you're falling down to the underground
Slither down to your lair
Hidden in the many trenches of a hopeless war
Those who were sold out by a corporate board
Listen to the flute play
Listen to the flute play
Listen to the flute play
Subscription to the spreading of lies
Soldier catches a glimpse of his demise deep down inside
Even he knows snakes come in many shapes and sizes
Many shapes and sizes
Snakes have no hands to be tied
Concoction of malicious lies
Deep inside the general despises himself
Listen to the flute play
Another reptile in line
Snakes without grass cannot hide
Now you're falling down to the underground
Slither down to your lair
Hidden in the many trenches of a hopeless war
Those who were sold out by a corporate board
Now you're falling down to the underground
Slither down to your lair
Forked tongues spread the poison with another toxic sting
So much pain their serpentine inhibitions bring
Oh - listen to the flute play
Listen to the flute play
Listen to the flute play
Listen to the flute play
Open the basket
Open the basket
Listen to the flute play
Open the basket
Listen to the flute play
Listen to the flute play
Go ahead
Listen to the flute play
Open the basket
Oh - open the basket
Snakes
Headz be talkin' 'bout this and that
Behind backs, chit chat, speakin' on shit
That's off track, lackin' the facts
In my face ya crack smiles all the while
File vile data, scatterin' lies for miles
I know your style
Jealous of me, the face seen on screens
KCB's the MC, son
You wish could be, see but can't
My man's plan rant
Slanderous enhanced chants
Planted to lance by chance, ruinin' my stance
I should blast ya ass, kid, talkin' that smack
Yet hold back, bids is wack
In fact carefully planned attack
In our midst exist viperous heads who hiss
Slither, committed to trick
Wisdom, venomous spit, snakes
We parted ways, way back, my ex, that's that
Now back chat, rumors and all of that
Why lie, stabbin' my back?
Puttin' me down 'round peeps
I know in town, ain't how I gets down
Baby, lounge and lose your frown
Seekin' revenge through friends
But since, since when this shit all began?
Baby, diss this, think again
Replaced to date, fake two face
Chasin' papes, escaped that fate
But wait, who's callin', who to date?
Your snake facade
See through your camouflage or guard
Beyond your charm lies evil, layin' calm
In our midst exist viperous heads who hiss
Slither, committed to trick
Wisdom, venomous spit, snakes
Who thinks they know me
To speak on what eyes don't see?
BK to Queens keeps biz from off the streets
Round the way he say, “Relay all day
Headz, bald to dread, spread words”
Other men said, “Implanter of lies
Spies serpents in disguise, Gemini two sided, false implies”
In our midst exist viperous heads who hiss
Slither, committed to trick
[Intro]
Free Max P
Owww (owwwwwww)
Uh uh (uh uh) x3
It's like (it's like)
[Verse 1: Joey BADA$$]
Sometimes I feel alienated
Because I'm not up in this alien plant
Or on the radio sayin'
Fuck 'em: broads we don't love 'em we degradin' 'em
But always find my self back at the backanadian
Blood vessels poppin' out my craniums
Niggas askin' when the tape gon' drop
But I got nothin' to say to them
Because I been stackin' this skill
Although my passion is real
I'm too cool to cash in the feel
When I should be cashin' a mil
It's something bout me being younger
That affected my hunger
Got older in number
Realized I can't count on these hundreds
To determine my elation
Pursuit of happiness I keep pacin'
These motherfucka's faces
These ain't fear races
They just let the fit erase us
Adopted by the slum
Son of cards this is how they raped us
Yo son we gotta raise up
Don't let them just array us
'Till we raisins in the sun
So we gotta wake up
[Hook: T'nah Apex]
Cause they always be behind in the cut
Always in the skies watchin' stars when they up
So don't you confide into the evil and corrupt
This is urgent
Apex on the vertex
And I'm with seven serpents
Cause they always be behind in the cut
Always in the skies watchin' stars when they up
So don't you confide into the evil and corrupt
This is urgent
[Verse 2: Joey BADA$$]
Got a whole bunch of shit up on my plate now
Thinkin' like in the man garden it's a snake now
Cause I don't know who to believe
Or who to deceive
Got me thinkin' I
Sold my soul and they received a receipt
But I won't proceed to retreat
Jigga told me watch your thrown seat
And now I sees it
And the respect to big
I gotta cease it
And I hope he see me
Cause these niggas don't want beef with my talents
They ain't fit for this green
They just Caesar salad
You think because you avid they just gonna let you have it
It's a lot to learn and that my nigga need to ask us
It's the axis of the earth at the birth
I found a new balance
And now I walk on water just like I knew balance just like a relative
Marijuana sedatives got me thinkin' I should put a bomb right where the senate is
Cause they corruptin' the youth
We ain't inductin' the truth
Lookin' at the president like yo it must be nothin' to you
[Hook: T'nah Apex]
[Verse 3: Joey BADA$$]
I passed the dutch to left and it started to make sense
It's funny how I see it more straight when I'm bent
You've been warned on the wrist to take a sit on top
Been on clock
Cause you could see that I been on watch
It don't stop
'Till you make the sacrifices
Trainin' was priceless to ices and devices
When the light switch I shift like I'm typin'
Livin' in the era where Christ is the crisis
The lifeless in the trance actin like yo mans
Bitch niggas only know that transactions is the plans
But the mic is in my hands so I faild the booth
The blacker the berry is the more sour the fruit
They ejectin' us to make us cowards
To the power of truth
Became flowers from roots
And now we just move in cahoots
I move from the stoop and put my foot right down on the asphalt
Every night I ask lord if this what I asked for
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