Porcelain and alabaster
Decaying ever faster
Unaware of imminent disaster
Open up your eyes
As you ruminate the hopeless sands of time
Did you wander out your days lost and resigned
Or recreate the universes in your mind?
Everybody is bastard
My world is like plaster
Crumbling apart from pressure of the blaster
Waiting for a sign
And the momentary pleasures take their turn
As a wistful boy runs out of things to learn
The episodes of yore are never to return
Scare up some hope, you're gonna need it just to cope
You are the decision, numbers don't lie
When you bite the dust, was it for purpose or for trust?
You'll never relive it, think before you die
Yeah, think, think before you die
Deficit and deprivation
In the wake of desperation
Rewrite the morals, rectify the nation
Now may be your time
As you ruminate the hopeless sands of time
Do you wonder how your life has been defined?
You knew eternity can't ever change your mind
You knew eternity can't ever change your mind
So think, think before you die
Brothers and sisters
I'm feelin' real good cuz it ain't over
Right before I die I gotta live
Live out my dreams
so I can be what He planned for me
not just for me but so they can see
much more of Him and less of
right before I die I gotta
Love my enemies, forgive the past
and set 'em free so I can free
free up the things
every blessing God has for me
see it's for me, not just for you
I had to learn from what I've been through
I can't go through that way again
be hurt by you that way again
It's not the end
I used to be afraid to die
I used to be afraid to try
cause I was too afraid of knowing
what failing looked like
but the son came to give me life
now I feel like I can touch the sky
I'm ready if you're ready
Get up and live right now, right now, right now
right now, right now, right now, right now
Get up and live right now, right now, right now
right now, right now, right now, right now
right now, right now, right now, right now
Right before I die I gotta
Change
change how I think
change how I speak
I'm not the same
so when I speak
you don't hear the pain
no longer weak
with no one to
right before I die I gotta
Become more like you
take up my cross
to count the cost
cause I was lost
that's why I praise you
you're the only God
I don't know what they do
But I know I used to be afraid to die
So the next time you think of me
and you wonder where I would be
without each blessing that helped me to see
life is much more than things
and how you live is more than how you sing
when I die what did I really mean, I mean,
Say what? Say what now?
As we proceed, to give you what you need
somebody, anybody, everybody, scream
Lord have mercy
I told you it ain't over for you
I see you livin'
I see you makin' it
All of your life you worked hard for your money
But when you got old you realized it wasn't funny
You're shouting out "Who's to blame?"
A one way cry that drives you insane
But when your life is over, when it's coming to an end
You'll say I was born to love you
I don't wanna cry
I just wanna hold you in my arms
Before I die
Life's a bitch, I ain't no loser
Reaper'call is coming closer
Party all night in the heart of the city
Can't join no more and that ain't pretty
But when your life is over, when it's coming to an end
You'll say I was born to love you
I don't wanna cry
I just wanna hold you in my arms
Before I die
Yeah
[Solo - Axel]
But when your life is over, when it's coming to an end
You'll say I was born to love you
I don't wanna cry
I just wanna hold you in my arms
Before I die
I was born to love you
I don't wanna cry
I just wanna hold you in my arms again
Before I die
Before I die
There's no more fame to address
did you impress
in all fairness yes
so just cancel my game, if it's all the same to you
I've had clear thoughts
tied in black and blue knots
but you remember that I forgot
to track them down, to track you down
track me down
call me if you need my help
to watch you - help me! help you
I've tried it all before
(I've had good times)
and it's not alot of laughs
(my best one yet)
and there's a hole in my heart
you carried your vice twice
like a basket full of roses and the
pearly gate now closes with you inside.
How should I drink to this
my trains been stalled for ages and
this means me standing still with a
first class ticket
so stick me with it, I'll stick with it
I'm usually in mourning
(I've had good times)
in the afternoon and night
(my best one yet)
otherwise I'm asleep
(I never had enough time)
At least I've got a lot of room
and the alarm is set for noon
(to play you my 'love you' set)
and it's going to go off
before I do
(I've had good times)
SPEAKING DURING INSTRUMENTAL:
so he was in this, this hospital
checkin out the phone he misunderstood
and I was speakin firm, very talkatively at the time
and he was walking around with a dress on
totally dressed with, with his arm down
and he said, I dunno what I'm doing here
I'm a business man
he didn't come and tell me
they totally misunderstood me you know
this is a whole, whole mistake here
this is a whole fuckin mistake
but I can't explain it and they don't wanna listen to me
you know, you know this
no they didn't, they didn't listen to me, you can't help it
I couldn't explain it, but business is business
and then there's fuckin this other time
this fuckin town, they didn't wanna let me out
they didn't wanna let me telephone you directly
these bastards,
these bastards stuck me in here and I wanted to talk to my lawyer
now I'm totally pissed, man
you're the first guy I've met since I, since I got here
now what, what should I do?
look, maybe you can help me out here
maybe you can get me out of here
the hell with the girl
I don't care who you are
I run 10 kilometers a day
and they put me down for a nice, nice long stay
anyway now I'm here for a while now
I'm out here on my own
I'm giving it a go alone
I'm begging on my knees
Is there a God to save me
I've been a retched soul
From my heart down to my toes
I was lost in my disease
And you were right there screaming
Don't change when it's too late
Maybe I said the right things wrong
But one last shot was too far gone
But if I can I swear that I
Will live for you before I die
Maybe I pushed you way too far
To pull you back from where you are
But if I can I swear that I
Will live for you before I die
From the valley of the dead
I'm hearing every word you said
I'm trying to apologize
But I can't feel my feelings
Are you diving us some room to grow
Or digging us a deeper hole
You're killing any shred of hope
For us to believe in
Don't change when it it's too late
Maybe I said the right things wrong
But one last shot was too far gone
But if I can I swear that I
Will live for you before I die
Maybe I pushed you way too far
To pull you back from where you are
But if I can I swear that I
Will live for you before I die
I'm out here on my own
I'm sick of being here alone
I know where I belong
But I can't find my way home
Find my way home
Find my way home
Find my way home
Find my way
Maybe I said the right things wrong
But one last shot was too far gone
But if I can I swear that I
Will live for you before I die
Maybe I pushed you way too far
To pull you back from where you are
But if I can I swear that I
Will live for you before I die
Will live for you before I die
There's a way of life that most folks don't even know about
When the cotton crop fails and the garden dries up because of the drought
And your only clothes're hangin' on your back and they're all wornout
And there's patches on the patches on your knees
The night wind whistles through the cracks and holes in the bedroom walls
The high water comes and it takes your house barn and all
You work like a dog to raise a fat hog and he dies in the fall
It's trouble and strife in the way of life called poverty
Poverty is a broken down shack and a greedy landlord
And your money crop beaten down by the summer storm
And you never see Washington's head on a greenback dollar
Poverty is a wishing to the Lord that you've never been born
[ steel ]
Try to catch a rabbit in a knee deep snow for somethin' to eat
But all you catch is a winter cough and frozen feet
The rabbits done gone and you gotta go home without any meat
Wouldn't be so bad if there wasn't six kids depended on me
We'd starve to death a long time ago hadn't been for ole blue
Blues mold hound dog and he's a good in two
He'll catch them coons where there ain't no coons he'll see us through
This trouble and strife in the way of life called poverty
Poverty is a broken down shack...
[ harmonica ]
Poverty is a workin' six days from dawn to dusk
Seventh day is Sunday and go to church you must
When they pass their heads around you just sit there with your head hung down
Cause you ain't got between you and the devil and the deep blue see
It's trouble and strife in the way of life called poverty
Before I die
I wanna hit the Mississipi
In a boat I've yet to buy
And take it out in the gulf
Where the water meets the sky
To where nothin' on God's green earth
Looks dry
And I wanna see
That stadium in New York
From a right field seat
Maybe catch a homerun
When a new all-star goes deep
And pretend that's Maris and Mantle
Pointin' up at me
While I can still breathe
While this old heart still has another beat
It's time I put some livin' to these dreams
Before I die
I'm gonna learn all about how man swallows pride
And find the strength to tell my daddy he was right
And tell mama I'm sorry bout that night
Before I'm called up
I wanna be the kinda man that a woman
Wants to love
And find a side of me
That's a different kind of tough
Who ain't ashamed to need the man above
While I can still breathe
While this old heart still has another beat
It's time I put some livin' to these dreams
And Lord I know
These are things I should have done
A long time ago
And when I close my eyes
I wanna feel at ease
And if I left right now
I couldn't rest in peace
While I can still breathe
While this old heart still has another beat
It's time I put some livin' to these dreams
Before I die
I wanna hit the Mississipi
In a boat I've yet to buy
Take it out in the gulf
Where the water meets the sky
To where nothin' on God's green earth
Looks dry
Also hat sie sich befreit,
aus den Händen ihres Peinigers,
hat sie sich befreit,
nach den Schlägen und den Schrein,
hat sie sich befreit,
aus dem Würgegriff der Einsamkeit,
hat sie sich befreit,
sie wird verstehn und wiedersehn.
Gleich, wenn der erste Schmerz nachlässt,
fängt man an den nächsten zu spürn,
und erst wenn man Herzschläge auslässt,
geht man Schritte, die ins Leben zurück führn
Gleich, wenn der erste Schmerz nachlässt,
fängt man an den nächsten zu spürn,
und erst wenn man Herzschläge auslässt,
geht man Schritte, die ins Leben zurück führn
Also hat sie sich befreit,
aus den Händen ihres Peinigers,
hat sie sich befreit,
nach den Schlägen und den Schrein,
hat sie sich befreit,
aus dem Würgegriff der Einsamkeit,
hat sie sich befreit,
es ist soweit, es ist vorbei.
Und dann wenn die falschen Wege enden,
wer geht den Weg wieder zurück?
Mit keinem Schritt zurück lässt man's bewenden,
Selbsterkenntnis führt nicht gleich zum Glück.
Manche werden zusehens verrückt,
weil sie diese Welt so sehr bedrückt.
Manche gehen zusehens gebückter,
wieder andre werden nur entdrückter.
Also hat er sich befreit,
aus den Händen seines Peinigers,
hat er sich befreit,
nach den Schlägen und den Schrein,
hat er sich befreit,
aus dem Würgegriff der Einsamkeit,
hat er sich befreit,
wird verstehn und wiedersehn.
Nur ein Gesicht hat Tragweite der Träume,
die unser Leben tief berührn,
sind die Schlagworte der Unbelehrbaren
für leidgeplagte Seeln nicht mehr zu spürn.
Nur angesichts der Tragweite der Träume,
die unser Leben tief berührn,
sind die Schlagworte der Unbelehrbaren
für leidgeplagte Seeln nicht mehr zu spürn.
Also hat er sich befreit,
aus den Fängen seines Peinigers,
hat er sich befreit,
nach den Schlägen und den Schrein,
hat er sich befreit,
aus dem Würgegriff der Einsamkeit,
hat er sich befreit,
Set Me Free
Let Me Be
Who And What I Am
Why Can't You See?
You Never Seem To Understand
This Pain I Feel Is As Real
As Your Ignorance
Question Fate
As I Await Deliverance
Like A Fantastic Fork
In Bloody Meat
Don't Give Me Love
I Wanna Drowned In Your Deep Divide
Tumbleweed Sew The Seed
In This Ghost Town
You Never Know
What You'll See
When The Sun Goes Down
I Saw Her Last
In A Dream
She Seems To Astound
Heard Of Her First Third Verse
(216) Hands Bound
Taken From Me
In My Mind Empty
Without It Inside
Starving I Am
The Deprived
Just Want It Once...desires
Strong Resistance Is Weak
It's Hard To Win
When You've Got So Many Mouths To Feed
I Could Die
For All Of My Sins
No Not For That
For All That I Have Never Had
This Life's A Fight
For Fulfillment Inside
A War Of My Own Hindsight
Look Back With Resentment
Taken As I Find Myself
All Alone
Before We Die
*Can the creatious night learn to prototize?*
The sun sealed the day, after painting canvas sky beautifully.
And now I watch the people rolling by my window,
Wondering if they have found what they are looking for.
'Cause everyone has, *has that* song inside that will forever keep us alive.
So where are you? Oh, my listless one.
Are you still there writhing in what is gone? Because
If we don't go within then we may go without
Elation left to follow the silhouette of secrets.
Protruding evening, perhaps searching for
A new world before, before they die.
"Cause everything wants to give its gift to this silent world.
Before they die.
Die.
Where are you, oh listless one?
Are you still there writing a sad song?
And will protect our love and, oh! how I long for
The rolling hills covered in nothing green grass
Where our thoughts will in touch our skin.
*Can the creations night learn to prototize?*
The sun sealed the day, after painting canvas sky beautifully.
And now I watch the people rolling by my window,
Wondering if they have found what they are looking for.
'Cause everyone has, *has that* song inside that will forever keep us alive.
'Cause everything wants to give its gift to this silent world
Before they die.
Up every morning
With the sun
I work all day
Til the evening comes
Blisters and corns
All in my hands
Lord, have mercy
On a working man
I guess I'm gonna die
Just like I live
In poverty
My pay goes down
And my tax goes up
I drink my tea
From a broken cup
Between my woman
And Uncle Sam
I can't figure out
Who's fool I am
I guess I'm gonna die
Just like I'm living
In poverty
Oh, Lord, it's so hard
But it's fair
Everybody talk but
Nobody really care
Lord, I can't save a dime
Can't borrow one cent
If I pay my bills
I can't pay my rent
The old lady's fussing
And the kids are crying
They won't let me join
The welfare line
I guess I'm gonna die
Just like I'm living
In poverty
There's a war on poverty
They say it's going around
But all that means, people
They're trying hard
To keep you down
Oh, oh, oh, Lord, poverty
Could you be all you could be?
Do you feel the same as me?
Could you say in the end?
It could've been better but you would do it all again,
but, honestly I can say that I do it my own way,
Take the time to enjoy all the moments,
Don't waste your life, next thing it's all over,
Before I die, I'll make sure I'm alive.
Be free tonight,
And all this is closer than you hold your heart,
It's sad I know,
Be the best nothing less and don't forget who you are,
But, Honestly I can say that I did it my own way,
If I had a second chance there's nothing I would change,
Take the time to enjoy all the moments,
Don't waste your life, next thing it's all over,
Before I die, I'll make sure I'm alive.
Take the time to enjoy all the moments,
Don't waste your life, next thing it's all over,
Before I die, I'll make sure I'm alive.
Take the time to enjoy all the moments,
Don't waste your life, next thing it's all over,
Before I die, I'll make sure I'm alive.
Take the time to enjoy all the moments,
Don't waste your life, next thing it's all over,
Beefheart, honey, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Beefheart, honey, don't you wanna come and play with me?
What happens in here is none of your concern
Beefheart, honey, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Come and play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Come and play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
A million days of empty space and time that you can use
A million years of empty space and time that you can lose
What happens in here is none of your concern
Beefheart, honey, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Come and play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Come and play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
There's nothing to do if you want to
There's nothing to do if you want to
There's nothing to do if you want to
There's nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
There's nothing to do if you want to
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
There's nothing to do if you want to
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
[Exhales]
Lord knows (lord knows), lord knows, only he knows
So many niggas say they true to you,
coward bitches, these niggas don't give a fuck about chu',
I know that,hmm, (really they'll tell ya though)
but before I go,
oh yeah cause I'm gon' go,
no doubt I'mma make this whole fuckin' world feel me
,east, west, north, everybody, south,
I don't give a fuck where, (if youdon't feel me),
in the pen, fuck that you will feel me,
you motherfuckers don't feel me I'mma make you feel me,
yo' kids feel me, yo grandkids feel me, yo momma,
yo daddy, you gon' remember me motherfucker,
all the way through history motherfucker,
all the way through
[Verse 1:]
I'm standing on this corner giving a fuck about one-time
Got this serve on my mind ready to get my pay on this fuckin' grind
I'm ready to let that bang go
Just in case some fool let his nine go
Cause I ain't living like no fucking ho'
I'mma split cho' wig and dance in your guts bitch
And leave my named tattooed on yo fuckin' nuts
I gives a fuck, cause my momma rent is two months behind
And if she miss anotha' month, her shit is back on the grind
And in my life shit gets no better
Never ever, just today received anotha' sorry ass letter
My lil' girl needs a new pair of tennis shoes
Cause tomorrow is my baby's first day of school
And when it comes to my baby girl
I gives a fuck about you bitches in this sorry ass world
So if you got it then I want it
If you flaunt it i'mma take it
I gives a fuck if you never ever make it bitch
Before I die i'mma close my eyes and let em' fly
If selling dope is the way I die then let me die
Before I die i'mma close my eyes and let em' fly
If bangin' bitches is the way I die then let me die
Before I die i'mma close my eyes and let em' fly
If jackin' bitches is the way I die then let me die
Before I die nigga,
before i die i'mma sho'nuff put my fingers on the trigger
[Verse 2:]
I'm sittin' in the church pew
Reminiscing the pain I put my momma through
I'm thinking about the life I live
And all the pain I use to give
I guess I'm giving back what the lord gave me
When he took my daddy and my grandmother from me
Sent my daddy to dem' crossroads
Made em' sell his soul
Left his body cold
And left my momma eyes swole
From cryin', watching her baby grow
In the same world that got her man dying
Thats why when I make it home my momma kiss me on my jaw
Cause in my momma eyes I'm still a lil' baby star
But to these fools in dem' streets
I'm runnin' close to dem' bloody sheets
My relatives speak to me, smile in my face
But they don't like me, at times I wanna' bang em'
But if I do you know I'm just like the rest of em'
So I turn my back and leave em' be
Get back to dealin' with all this pain and misery inside of me
Before I die i'mma close my eyes and let em' fly
If jackin' bitches is the way I die then let me die
Before I die nigga,
before i die i'mma sho'nuff put my fingers on the trigger
Set Me Free
Let Me Be
Who And What I Am
Why Can't You See?
You Never Seem To Understand
This Pain I Feel Is As Real
As Your Ignorance
Question Fate
As I Await Deliverance
Like A Fantastic Fork
In Bloody Meat
Don't Give Me Love
I Wanna Drowned In Your Deep Divide
Tumbleweed Sew The Seed
In This Ghost Town
You Never Know
What You'll See
When The Sun Goes Down
I Saw Her Last
In A Dream
She Seems To Astound
Heard Of Her First Third Verse
(216) Hands Bound
Taken From Me
In My Mind Empty
Without It Inside
Starving I Am
The Deprived
Just Want It Once...desires
Strong Resistance Is Weak
It's Hard To Win
When You've Got So Many Mouths To Feed
I Could Die
For All Of My Sins
No Not For That
For All That I Have Never Had
This Life's A Fight
For Fulfillment Inside
A War Of My Own Hindsight
Look Back With Resentment
Taken As I Find Myself
All Alone
Taken From Me
The end is guaranteed
It catches up with speed
For some, it comes a little sooner
But we'll put up a fight
And I can tell tonight
A look is building up inside your eyeâ¦
You know we don't have that much time
A candle is blown out every night
A heartbeat don't keep someone alive
I wanna live before we die
You said you wanted commotion
Instead, you're going through the motions
That is not you
You shout, you won't even matter
"Watch how my memory will scatter"
That is not trueâ¦
Bleed with me
Come on, won't you bleed next to me?
Breathe with me
Don't you wanna breathe next to me
Stay in between
These sheets with meâ¦
Bleed with me
Come on, won't you bleed next to me?
You'll forever be
The strongest part of me
I wanna live before we die
I wanna live before we die
Spit - out your life
Slap the hate out of the gloom
Kick - the ass of happiness
Yank the devil back to his doom
Before you die between all these faces
All these faces of stone
Before you die between all these faces
All these faces of stone
Kill - the bride of the apathy
No mercy for her escape
Thrill - the whore of circumstance
to revenge your inner rape
Meet the devil's eye - take a rest in the fire
Dreaming of things you never dare to dream of
Up every morning with the sun
I work all day till the evening comes
Blisters and corns all in my hands
Lord, have mercy on a working man
I guess I'm gonna die just like I?m living
In poverty
My pay goes down and my tax goes up
I drink my tea from a broken cup
Between my woman and Uncle Sam
I can't figure out whose fool I am
I guess I'm gonna die just like I'm living
In poverty
Oh Lord, it's so hard but it's fair
Everybody talks but nobody really cares, Lord
I can't save a dime, can't buy me one cent
I pay my bills, I can't pay my rent
The old lady's fussing and the kids are crying
They won't let me join the welfare line
I guess I'm gonna die just like I'm living
In poverty
They say there?s one poverty
They say it's going around now
But all I need is people, oh Lord
They're trying to keep you down now, oh
Poverty, that's where I'm gonna stay now
You know, the worst part about living
is knowin' one day that you gon' have to die
In the meantime, you have to come to terms with yourself, before you die
[Jhaz]
Before I die, laid and put to rest
Before I climb the wall, before I take my last breath
May I come to know the real of it all
Face-to-face with death, discover why the toughest fall
Dog, at home alone at night
My dreams be scary, got a sista fiendin' to the daylight
And if by circumstance, somehow I end up stiff
I promise that I ain't the only one that's gon' end up in a ditch
To all of this, I wish I find a reason why we end up dead
So I be prayin', dog, before I die
[Brina]
Before I flatline, carried away in a casket
I ask this question, Lord: will You be openin' the gates to the green pastures
Or will a sista fall prey to the gates of Hell?
So Brina pass times through these ghetto blues
Had to do what I had to do, really
Survival is the key, everyday tryin' dodge them toe-tags
Gotta good heart, tryin' hard to raise mine
You made room for a sista's jumpstart
Playa haters, they hate me
Will the devil put one of those fools to work
Or will I die of natural cause?
Either way it goes, I feel the hurt, so I ask of You
Lord: keep my family strong on top of this weak game that'll catch 'em, too
I'm on streets of Hell anyday
Chances like this are so few, and I know just what the fuck I’m gonna do.
Feel the force of disgust, it’s driving me.
Choking as I fuck the world, because I won’t let it smother me.
Set the world on fire, let it feel my pain!
Digging my nails right into it’s face, it’ll never look the same.
Kill them,
Kill ‘em,
Kill ‘em,
watch it all go boom!
Do away with all of the lies and this is how it begins.
I kill the rest with their own technology, lay their ashes to the wind.
I keep you all in terror because I’m just a sign.
What I can do to your bodies, is what you’ve done to your minds!
No, you can’t escape me,
society tried to rape me
but I broke myself free,
now you have no choice but to hear me.
You’ve done this to yourself, though you refuse to admit.
I’ll show you what’s next to come when you don’t clean up the shit!
(Big Glass Dick)
Load up the jimmy with about 3 rocks.
Pass off the lighter he’s about to catch a shock.
Take a deep pull, now you’re a cocksucker with a big GLASS dick in your mouth motherfucker!
Step aside for a sec, and watch my man get busy.
One to the brain and now he’s feeling kind of dizzy.
He’s all skin and bones.
Looking just like a stick,
getting fucked in the ass
with a big GLASS dick!
Now the bitch smokes crack, so she’s a piece of shit.
She used to look fine, now she looks hit.
She’ll do just about anything for some of that rock.
So do your ass a favor and don’t touch her with your cock.
Junk gets expensive,
so she gets on her knees.
And now you are shooting the curl with every known disease.
Got to go uptown,
need that fix,
worthless and wasted,
slave to the GLASS dick!
Dick!
Dick!
Dick!
Poverty
Poverty, poverty
Poverty just a blow them mind
Poverty a blow the youths, them mind
So in return all dem waan do is crime
Poverty a blow the people mind
We tell dem now
Poverty just a blow them mind
Poverty a blow the youths, them mind
So in return all dem waan do is crime
Poverty a blow the people mind
Bills are fling the fun life
We can't take the bill in our way sight
Just yesterday we done pay the light
And now dem send another one out there tonight
That no right in Jah sight
And then dem raise certain price despite
Just so black youth dem can't enjoy it
So in return all what them waan do is fights
Dey just compromise certain rights
Poverty just a blow them mind
Poverty a blow the youths, them mind
So in return all dem waan do is crime
Poverty a blow the people mind
One more time
Poverty just a blow them mind
Poverty a blow the youths, them mind
So in return al dem waan do is crime
It blow the people mind
Haffe join on employment line
And pray fe a better pay this time
Minimum wage can't be attention if we mind much less
We connect, we will telephone line
Bill collecters dem dep pon deh line
Givin you calls just to remind
We gonna pay dem today we way day behind
Interest rate just a move up high
Poverty just a blow them mind
Poverty just a blow them mind
Poverty just a blow them mind
Poverty just a blow them mind
Poverty just a blow them mind
Poverty a blow the youths, them mind
So in return all dem waan do is crime
Poverty a blow the people mind
Poverty just a blow them mind
Poverty a blow youths, them mind
So in return all dem waan do is crime
Poverty a blow the people mind
Bills are flings the fun life
We can't take the bill in our way sight
Just yesterday we done pay the light
And now dem send another one out there tonight
That no right in Jah sight
A then dem raise certain price despite
Just so black youth dem can't enjoy
So in return al dem waan do is fight
Dey just compromise certain rights
Poverty just a blow them mind
Poverty a blow the youths, them mind
So in return all dem waan do is crime
Poverty a blow the people mind
We tell them now
Poverty just a blow them mind
Poverty a blow the youths, them mind
So in return all dem waan do is crime
Poverty a blow the people mind
One more time
Poverty just a blow them mind
Poverty a blow the youths, them mind
So in returnt all dem waan do is crime
Eyes in the night looking at me with delight
Time has come for me to die
It's for tonight I won't see morning's daylight
Whispering inside,
My old dreams, my loves, my fears, memories
All my life I've been blind, now I understand
I want to live what I've missed
Before I ...!
Too late! No time! The past's no more!
Future is dead and hope has gone
I've been waiting! Wasn't knowing!
Now I'm gonna die, don't know what's it to be alive
Wings of time, keepers of destiny,
You kill me when I begin to believe!
One last time I want to feel wind and light
Dawning sun in my heart before I ...
Too late! No time! The past's no more!
Future is dead and hope has gone
I've been waiting! Wasn't knowing!
Now I'm gonna die, don't know what's it to be alive
Wings of time, keepers of destiny,
You kill me when I begin to believe!
Onelast time I want to feel wind and light
[Verse 1]
Look the game no wait for niggas who sleep
And ye you only get loved your shit is unique
And nigga bloodline sweet the niggas allege
I'm just a paid ass nigga with criminal feet
Niggas chains get fake the bigger they peas
And ye glow in return you definite bleach
See I was real by mind I enter the streets
Watching what my big bro did my niggas and me
And not the city on my luggage they dif about weeds
Plus everybody wanna see when I get in my p
A beer cold day out the feet in my snicks
The type of shit that I be doing my niggas don't see
So I be living out my dream to get on my beat
And yeah my nigga Tor died he living through me
See I don't beat with a rapper you niggas is weak
And where I'm from out doors we killing the streets
But we still in the street
[Hook]
Yo babe we fly
You lose so what I do it
No stress get high
Don't hate that's how I do it
Drinks in the sky
Is gone hold some more fluid
Before we die
Let's live until the morning
Sunday, monday ,tuesday, wednesday
Thursday , friday ,sunday long
[Verse 2]
I can't say that I'm body playing yolo wow
But you only live once so is true
So me and my team photo out
From instagram alone I wowed for o's out
They keep liking my pictures that mean they vibing a
nigga
And boy burn don't spam I roll up the herb
Then I slam and they get their feelings hurt if they
plan it
Time I hit the mall shit I can't even move
'Cause I turned that stone into a photo shoot
And I'm cool with the slightest I think them crackers
want it done
Dike me when they see all the goons uniting
I put that crack music out and they love that shit
I'm the reason why destroy these and fuck that bitch
And I don't need that hoe bitch is strictly for the
streets
Ride through the hood bitch they listening to me
Live and down to day county where the money still green
Keep playing your whole album keep chilling with me and
Real talk
[Hook]
Yo babe we fly
You lose so what I do it
No stress get high
Don't hate that's how I do it
Drinks in the sky
Is gone hold some more fluid
Before we die
Let's live until the morning
Sunday, monday ,tuesday, wednesday
Thursday , friday ,sunday long
[Verse 3]
Vroom, and the game no wait for niggas who slow
Never try to teach shit to niggas who know
It ain't really no determent in where you would go
So I just look straight ahead and give it a go
Can't help myself feel it down with digits low
So now I b-ball hoes I give 'em a go
And it's alot of snakes rounding and creeping slow
I have to stop selling dough my lyrics is hoe
And then I start it back when they took my CO
I took a part of that and wouldn't let my people know
And now I'm in the coupe fall no river smoke
And glock forty for defense gotta keep it low
'Cause there's a whole lot of envy I ain't seen before
And you ain't gotta jam me turn your speakers low
'Cause I'ma still be young and I'm spitting on
And now my niggers finna eat like we ain't eat before
So let your people know
[Hook]
Yo babe we fly
You lose so what I do it
No stress get high
Don't hate that's how I do it
Drinks in the sky
Is gone hold some more fluid
Before we die
Let's live until the morning
Sunday, monday ,tuesday, wednesday
I can often take all the fun out of this place. We
could be like shapes reforming all from dust in stars
and space. But we resign all the time. This is not what
I asked for. I'm kind of wasted now with my head on the
table recapping my own faults. And we defend ourselves
before we touch the closest to us. I've got a hunger
that needs replacement but your skin is soft and white
like I remembered it. I could get off the fucking train
now if I wanted to but I can't make decisions for
myself. A father grabs his child by the arm, says,
'Son, you'll know this pain someday soon. But I won't
be here to advise you through it. But you could stop it
if you don't trust anyone – they will all let you
down.' For all you know, you should be afraid of what
this can mean for you and me. I see we're not alone –
they're watching me as I create and crumble up again.
I've got my hands burnt up in flames. I wave them in
hopes that traffic will stop or crash. And with my
glasses fogging up, I find it better that way; I don't
want to see the world for what it really is. But oh, my
limbs wanted everything to do with you but I stayed
home just to keep the wolves at bay. We create and
crumble up. Now the words are coming out; I tried to
push it down one more time, one more time, one more
time. This is not what I hoped for and I often don't
hope for much. I've got a hunger, it's been eating me.
I've got a sickness and I'll give it to you. It prays
on your body; it takes a while to reach the heart but
when it's there you will feel it. I hope, I hope it
won't tear you apart like it did the. Like it did me.
For all you know, you should be afraid of what this can
mean for you and me. For all you know, you've mistaken
me for someone else, someone with a heart. For all the
world is a shiny toy, the kids play with it and then
wear it out. For all you know, you should be afraid of
I'm the arrogant son of the light brigade
stupid and rash but incredibly brave
and I'm not bowing down to anyone now
I've tried bitterness fear and a lot of shame
they did me no good and it ended the same
no I'm not giving in the story's about to begin
so save your breath you haven't seen anything yet
it's the further we go it's the further we get
it's the way we survive and never need to regret
a single day of what we've created
before we die
this is all I have I'm not letting it go
heart on my sleeve and a foot in the door
no I'm not giving in the story's about to begin
be you gods or masters gather round
you can run me out of this whole damn town
