An angel whispered to me when I woke this morning
That I would find heaven by my side
And there were you angel, heaven in the morning
Laying in my arms and in my life
And I reached this decision, I love you my religion
Love is in my soul and in my life
No one could ever change my mind, oh, no
'Cause I got you here right by my side
You are my love (You are my love)
You are my heaven
You are my love
Make me sing la di da
You are my love (You are my love)
You are my heaven
Darling, I, oh
I won't let them take you away
(Won't let them take you away)
If angels whispered to you early every morning
It's really something wonderful and rare
I get up in the morning feeling that forever
I have all your love and all your care
If someone tries to tells that I do not love you
Tell them they must be out of their mind
I ain't gonna let them change my mind, oh, no
'Cause I got you here right by my side
You are my love (You are my love)
You are my heaven
You are my love
Make me sing la di da
You are my love (You are my love)
You are my heaven
Darling, I, oh
I won't let them take
Darling, I, oh
I won't let them take
Darling, I, oh
I won't let them take you away
(Won't let them take you away)
You are my love (You are my love)
You are my heaven
You are my love
Make me sing la di da
You are my love (You are my love)
You are my heaven
Darling, I, oh
I won't let them take you away
(Won't let them take)
You are my love (You are my love)
You are my heaven
You are my love
Make me sing la di da
You are my love (You are my love)
You are my heaven
Darling, I, oh
I won't let them take you away
I won't let them take you
You are my love (You are my love)
You are my heaven
You are my love (You are my love)
Make me sing la di da
You are my love (You are my love)
You are my heaven
Our time, short and precious
Your lips, warm and luscious
You don't have to wear false charms
'Cause when I wrap you in my hungry arms
Be real black for me
Be real black for me
Your hair, soft and crinkly
Your body, strong and stately
You don't have to search and roam
'Cause I got your love at home
Be real black for me
Be real black for me
In my head I'm only half together
If I lose you, I'll be ruined forever
Darling, take my hand and hold me
Hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me
You know how much I need you
To have you, really feel you
You don't have to change a thing
No one knows the love you bring
Be real black for me
Be real black for me
Be real black for me
Be real black for me
I want you to do that
Be real black for me
Be real black for me
Be real black for me
Be real black for me
Lord, have mercy
Be real black for me
I got a dream for the world
peace in the rivers and everywhere
bridges of steel and love and cities that smile
gray empty faces walk by
and hands try to hide all the lonlieness
lighting a cigarette to blow time away
lost in the noise, lonely as a wind
people on sidewalks with no place to go
can they learn to understand
the world of love that I'm dreaming
the world of love
and I, I said I got a sack full of dreams
streets full of laughter and toy ballons
and people with hearts that care
who listen for love wanting the same
wanting to care wanting to share
all my dreams for the world
can they learn to
understand the world of love
that I'm dreaming
the world of love
wanting the same
wanting to care
wanting to share
all my dreams for the world
can they learn,can they learn
can they learn to understand
the world of love peace, peace, happiness
love and kindness
Seems we've weathered
Hard times we've been through
In silence I've waited
I missed you (I missed you too)
'Cause you, you and I back together again
Got the world in a spin
'Cause you, you and I back together again
Got the world in a spin
It's all come together
Problems we've defeated
And I'm in here, my heart in hand
You take all that I got and you need it, baby
'Cause you, you and I back together again
Got the world in a spin
You, you and I back together
Got the world in a spin
Love will last forever (Forever)
We can make it real (Got to be real)
Say you'll leave me never (No, no, never)
We can truly feel (What you feel)
I feel like getting back together
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Younger and wiser
Time has shown the way
We've come full circle
To stay (don't throw it away)
'Cause you, you and I back together again
Got the world in a spin
'Cause you, you and I back together again
Got the world in a spin
Truth is the light
It's the joy that we both share
Make love day and night
It's so easy to do when you care
Love will last forever (Forever)
We can make it real (Got to be real)
Say you'll leave me never (No, no, never)
We can truly feel (What you feel)
I feel like getting back together
Doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo yeah
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Back together again
Doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo yeah
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Back together again
Doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo yeah
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
When the summer came you were not around
Now the summer's gone and love cannot be found
Where were you when I needed you last winter, my love?
When the winter came you went further south
Parting from love's nest, leaving me in doubt
Where are you when I need you, like right now?
Our love is at an end
But you say now you have changed
But tomorrow will reflect love's past
When the winter came you were not around
Through the bitter winds love could not be found
Where were you when I needed you, last winter, my love?
Oh I need you baby, I need you baby
Our love is at an end
But you say now you have changed,
But tomorrow will reflect love's past oh
Spring will fill the air and you will come around,
Well is it summer love that will let me down,
Put your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the water
Put your hand in the hand of the man who calmed the sea
Take a look at yourself, & you can look at others diff'rently
Put your hand in the hand of the man from Galilee
Every time I look into the Holy Book, I wanna tremble
When I read about the part where a carpenter cleared the temple
See those buyers and the sellers were no diff'rent fellas
Than what you & I profess to be
And it causes me shame to know that man is not what he should be
Put your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the water
Put your hand in the hand of the man who calmed the sea
Take a look at yourself, & you can look at others diff'rently
Put your hand in the hand of the man from Galilee
Hey, my mama taught me how to pray, before I reached the age of seven
When I'm down on my knees, hey, I'm close to heaven."
My daddy lived his life with 2 kids & a wife
& you've got to do what you've got to do
But he showed me enough of what it takes to see you through
This is what he used to tell me...
Put your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the water
Put your hand in the hand of the man who calmed the sea
Ya got'a take a good look at yourself, & you can look at others diff'rently
You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips
And there's no tenderness like before in your fingertips
You're trying hard not to show it
But baby, I know it
You've lost that lovin' feeling,
You've lost that lovin' feeling,
You've lost that lovin' feeling,
Now it's gone... gone... gone
whoa whoa whoa
There's no welcome look in your eyes when I reach, when i reach for you
And you're starting to criticize everything I do
It makes me just feel like crying
'Cause baby, something beautiful is dying
You've lost that lovin' feeling,
You've lost that lovin' feeling,
You've lost that lovin' feeling,
Now it's gone... gone... gone
whoa whoa whoa
Baby, baby, I'd get down on my knees for you
If you would only love me the way you used to do
We had a love you don't find everyday
So don't, no don't let it slip away
You've lost that lovin' feeling,
You've lost that lovin' feeling,
You've lost that lovin' feeling,
Now it's gone... gone... gone
One of these days
And it won't be long
You're gonna look for me and I'll be gone
I believe
Said I believe
Oooh yeah
Ooh baby
I believe you're trying to make a fool outta me
I said you're going 'round here with you're head so hard
I think I'm gonna have to use my rod
Casue I believe
Said I believe
Oooh yeah
I believe baby
I believe you're trying to make a fool outta me
Yeah
Alright
Oooooo
Baby, baby, baby
Last night while you were sleeping
I heard you say
Ooooh Ronny
When you know my name
When you know my name
When you know my name is Donny
I believe
Oooh yeah
Wooo baby
I said I believe you're trying to make a fool outta me
I said you're going 'round here with your head so hard
I think I'm gonna have to use my rod
I've got to know how you really feel
I got to know if your love is really real
Cause I believe
Oooo you don't want me
I said I believe
You don't need me
I believe
Oooo you've been slipping out on me baby
Said I believe
Ooo you've been doing me wrong
I believe
I believe
I believe
(Lord help me)
(Lord help me)
(Lord help me) once more again
Your humble servant is calling on your name
(Lord help me) i've got something i want you to do for me
Help me to inspire those that need inspiration
let my life be a sign of a coming generation
(Lord help me) and i'm also asking you to help my brother
(Lord help me) he needs help too Lord
help him to know that there's a purpose for living
When you're down and troubled
And you need some loving care
And nothing, nothing is going right
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there
You've got a friend
If the sky above you
Grows dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind begins to blow
Keep you head together
And call my name out loud
Soon you'll hear me knocking at you door
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there
Ain't it good to know that you've got a friend
When people can be so cold
They'll hurt you, and desert you
And take your soul if you let them
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there
You've got a friend
You've got a friend
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me
Yesterday came suddenly
Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say
Hang all the mistletoe
I'm gonna get to know you better
This Christmas
And as we trim the tree
How much fun it's gonna be together
This Christmas
Fireside is blazing bright,
We're caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be
A very special Christmas for me
Presents and cards are here
My world is filled with cheer and you
This Christmas
And as I look around,
Your eyes outshine the town they do
This Christmas
Fireside is blazing bright
We're caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be
A very special Christmas for me, yeah
Shake a hand, shake a hand now
Emm, fireside is blazing bright
We're caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be
A very special Christmas for me, yeah
Merry Christmas
Shake a hand, shake a hand now
Wish your brother merry christmas
All over the land
Yeah
Merry Christmas
Merry, merry Christmas
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Merry, merry, merry, merry
When love has grown
up to the point of love
when the tears that are cried
are not the sweet tears of joy
you know the sun has surely made its final dawning
when love has died
instead of growing on
when love can grow
up to the point of love
when the tears that are cried
can be the sweet tears of joy
then we'll have days that are filled with days & nights
of loving, you & me
then love will ever be growing on
when love can grow
up to the point of love
mmmm, when the tears that are cried
can be the sweet tears of joy
then we'll have days that are filled with days & nights
of loving, you & me
then love will ever be growing on
growing on, growing on
growing on, growing on
growing
Thank You, Master, for my soul
Thank You, Master, for my soul
You gave me food to eat, you kept shoes on my feet
& You kept me
Lord, i know (i) haven't been so good this week
but You continue to Bless me
& i just want to take time to thank You, for my soul
Thank You, Master, thank Ya for my soul
Lord, thank Ya, thank Ya, Master, thank Ya for my soul
'cause you didn't have to hear my moanin',
Lord, You didn't have to hear my groanin'
but You kept me, yeah
you put shoes on my feet, you kept food for me to eat, yeah
& Lord, how You Blessed me
but most of all, thank Ya, Master, for my soul
thank You, thank You
(piano solo) That's alright!
wooooooooo-hoo!
Thank You, Master, Lord, thank You for my soul
thank You for my hands, thank You for my feet
thank You, Lord, thank You for my mind
thank You for my soul
Lord, i know i haven't been so good this week, God
but You kept me
you didn't have to hear my moanin',
You didn't have to hear my groanin', hey-hey
but Lord, You Blessed me
& Lord, i want to thank You
i just got to say "much obliged" to You, Master
'cause the walls of my room was not the walls of my grave
my bed was not my cooling board (y'all don't know what i'm talkin' 'bout)
my sheet (my sheet) was not my wine (was not my wining sheet)
To be young, gifted, and black
Oh what a lovely precious dream
To be young, gifted, and black
Open your heart to what i mean, to what i mean
Cause you know
In the whole wide world
There's a million, a million boys and girls
Who are young, gifted, gifted, and black...and its
sho'nuff where its at
To be young, gifted, and black
We must begin to tell our young
That there's a whole world, a whole world waiting for you
Haven't you heard the quest has just begun
Don't you know the joy, the joy, the joy of the today
Is the day that we all.....that we all be proud to say
That we are young..., gifted..., gifted and black..
Mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today
Father, father
We don't need to escalate
War is not the answer
For only love, love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me, so you can see
What's going on, hey yeah yeah yeah
What's going on
I wanna know what's going on
Hey hey yeah yeah
mother, mother, mother,
everybody says that we're wrong, mmm
Oh, but who are they to judge us
Simply because our hair is long
you know we've got to find a way
To bring some loving here today
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me
So you can see
Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway
Where Is the Love (Where Is the Love)
Where Is the Love (Where Is the Love)
Where Is the Love (Where Is the Love)
Where Is the Love (Where Is the Love)
Where Is the Love
You Said You'd Give to Me
Soon As You Were Free
Will It Ever Be
Where Is the Love
You Told Me That You Didn't Love Him
And You Were Gonna Say Goodbye
But If You Really Didn't Mean It
Why Did You Have to Lie
Where Is the Love
You Said Was Mine All Mine
Till the End of Time
Was It Just a Lie
Where Is the Love
If You Have Had a Sudden Change of Heart
I Wish That You Would Tell Me So
Don't Leave Me Hangin' On to Promises
You've Got to Let Me Know
Doo Doo Doo Doo
Doo Doo Doo Doo
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo
Oh, How I Wish I Never Met You
I Guess It Must Have Been My Fate
To Fall in Love With Someone Else's Love
All I Can Do Is Wait
That's All I Can Do, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Where Is the Love (Where Is the Love)
Where Is the Love (Where Is the Love)
Where Is the Love (Where Is the Love)
Where Is the Love (Where Is the Love)
Where Is the Love (Where Is the Love)
Where Is the Love (Where Is the Love)
Where Is the Love (Where Is the Love)
Where Is the Love (Where Is the Love)
I could just sit around making music all day long.
As long as I'm making my music, ain't gonna do nobody no harm.
And who knows, maybe I'll come up with a song
To make people want to stop all their fussing and fighting
Long enough to sing along.
I believe in music.
Oh, I believe in love.
And I believe in music.
Oh, I, I believe in love.
Music is love, and love is music, if you know what I mean.
People who believe in music are the happiest people I've ever seen.
So clap your hands and stomp your feet and shake your tambourine,
And lift your voices to the sky; tell me what you see.
I, I believe in music.
Oh, I believe in love.
I believe in music.
Oh, I, I believe in love.
Music is the universal language, and love is the key
To peace, hope, and understanding, and living in harmony.
So grab your brother by the hand, let's sing along with me,
And lift your voices to the sky; tell me what you see.
I, I believe in music.
Oh, I, I believe in love.
I, I believe in music.
(I just want to say I love you, I love you)
(I just want to say I love you)
You've been good to me so long that I want to say right now
(Je vous aime beaucoup)
Je vous aime beaucoup, that means I love you
Not too many times that I would pray to you
(I just want to say)
But I just want to say that I love you baby, yes I do
Of all the things, needed, needed by a man
I think you should know it's you that I need more
Cause I love you, baby
(I just want to say I love you, I love you)
Oh, I love you baby, yes I do
(I just want to say I love you)
Mmm, times haven't always been so very good for us baby, no, no
(You stood by my side)
Yes you did, whoa and that makes me love you
And baby, darlin, the road was mighty rough, mighty rough sometimes
(You held onto my hand)
But you held onto my hand
Whoa, that makes me love you, oh
Of all the things, all the things, baby, needed by a man
I think you should know it's you that I need more
(I just want to say I love you, I love you)
Cause I love you baby
(I just want to say I love you)
I said I love you baby
Just be true to me and I'll be true
I want you to be faithful cause my love is true
I just want to say my love is here to stay
Cause I love you, oh baby
(I just want to say I love you, I love you)
(I just want to say I love you)
Don't you know that I love you
(I want to say that I love you)
I try to show you baby that I love you
(I want to say I love you)
Every day true love I want you to know
(I want to say that I love you)
That I love you
(I want to say I love you)
Je vous aime beaucoup
I said I love you baby
You better believe it now
There are multitudes of people dying
Cause they just won't see and try to understand
From the book I read, not one but all must follow
Join the magnificent sanctuary band
There are multitudes of people dying
Their temptation hangs over the land
In fact those people should just remember his command
And join the magnificent sanctuary band
Singing in the band, talking to the man
Bringing in the sheep all over the world just as fast as he can
Singing in the band, talking to the man
Stop everything you're doing and join the sanctuary band
The Son of Man speaks of Revelations
And he's reaching, reaching out his hand
With his promise of salvation
Saw myself talking to myself
Like there were several of me
We have conversations
We disagree on many things
We discuss life, we discover truth
Though we don't always see it
Everything we know is everything
We know is everything
Chorus:
I and me, me and I
I and me, me and I
Flesh is not who we are anyway
A lie that undoes our intentions
Until we remember we're puppets
For preachers of our decline
Chorus
What if I, what if I just let me go
Forgive myself and what I don't know
What if they still beat me down when I'm strong
Can I get back to the place I belong
I belong...
Saw myself talking to myself
Like there were several of me
We have conversations
One fire, a silent storm in every spirit
Locked behind a lonely dream still aware
When soldiers of fortune take your mind
The heart is your kingdom like magic when you find
Intuition, one decision
Hold your heartbeat in your hand, oh
Intuition, one decision
Let your dream command, oh
One answer, the destiny of every moment
Lost inside a hungry voice in the dark
No evil illusions, no empty prayer
The heart is your kingdom so follow if you dare
Intuition, one decision
Hold your heartbeat in your hand, oh
Intuition, one decision
Hold your heartbeat in your hand, oh
Intuition, one decision
When soldiers of fortune take your mind
The heart is your kingdom, magic when you find
Intuition, one decision
Hold your heartbeat in your hand, oh
Intuition, one decision
Hold your heartbeat in your hand, oh
Intuition, one decision
Hold your heartbeat in your hand, oh
Intuition, one decision
I've seen the madness of love in flames
I've seen your eyes reflect the silent pain
Now like a candle in this empty room
I burn alone
You've seen the lonely days never end
You've seen me break the trust that you depend on
Don't close your heart too fast 'cause feelings will blind you
My love will find you
(End of the line)
(Reach out in time)
Maybe love will come again, my friend
(Open your eyes)
(Love never dies)
Don't run away
'Cause you just can't say that this is the end
We've learned to gamble the distance game
Hearts of steel, they'll never bend, no
So close behind the walls like strangers that blind us
Love will find us
(End of the line)
(Reach out in time)
Love will come again, my friend
(Open your eyes)
(Love never dies)
Don't run away
You just can't say that this is the end
Ohh woah
(End of the line)
(Reach out in time)
Maybe love will come again, my friend
(Open your eyes)
(Love never dies)
Don't run away
You just can't say this is the end
(End of the line)
(Reach out in time)
Ohh love, love will come again, my friend
(Open your eyes)
(Love never dies)
Don't run away
Where does he live now as the day returns?
The sun is risin' to a darker side
Though years have passed and chances have slipped away
If we lose it now, we never see another day
We live for the sun, don't think about tomorrow
Life is just begun, oh
It seems like child's play
Oh, they're playing with our lives
Guess their just too blind to see
It seems like child's play
Catch that feelin' [Incomprehensible]
Now they take our dignity
Love lost inside leaves us in memory
Of the days when we were one
Dreams never die, each night when I close my eyes
I can feel that there's a non-stop persuadin' in the skies
Precious life, a hope forever shining
With justice for all
It seems like child's play
Oh, they're playing with our lives
Guess their just too blind to see
It seems like child's play
Catch that feelin' [Incomprehensible]
Now they take our dignity
It seems like child's play
Oh, they're playing with our lives
Guess their just too blind to see
It seems like child's play
Catch that feelin' [Incomprehensible]
Now they take our dignity
Child's play
Oh, yeah, their just too blind to see
It seems like child's play'
[Incomprehensible]
You complicate my every thought
Your words are chosen, not just spoken
They comfort me in the strangest ways
You're hard to catch in any light
The sun reflects you back to night
And I can't even hold you for one day
Chorus:
So flutter in, turn me on
I'll chase you till my heart is gone
Black butterfly
A shadow here, a picture there
All at once you're everywhere
You touch and go then hover in the air
I love you cause you're dangerous
The blood that gives my head a rush
Is pumping much too fast but I don't care
Chorus
Oh wake me, take me black butterfly
Rise up for the new day
Let's bring it on
Grab your brothers, your sisters, your mothers
Let's fly to the sun
There's no pain like the silence you hear
When there's no one there
So get out, join the party
Take the power from the love that we share
Chorus:
Here we go - all together now
Here we go - are you ready now?
Here we go all the way to the sun
Rise up God's sake
Don't wait for me
For too long they've been sucking away
At the air we breath
We been living on a bloody rainbow
In a dirty sky
To get a life we got to get together
Rock the world right between the eyes
I got stones down in my shoes
I got dreams that I can't lose
Don't you force me now to choose
Cause I will
Turpentine will never cleanse me
Black tar stains have made me
Well the sand I've walked on
Claimed me
And I love it still
Chorus:
But I need a thing or two
White light against the blue
Words that I know are true
I need a fix of you
I got rocks under my bed
Sleep is something that I dread
Sometimes I have to get wasted
To shut down
Chorus:
But I need a thing or two
White light against the blue
Words that I know are true
I got a letter from you today
And though it said you were sorry
I still try to think of ways to hurt you
But that's one thing I won't do
As much as I would like to
I got a letter from you today
Bitter cold just like your face
The last time you came home in the morning
But all the words in this world
Could never make it true
I'll just stay in denial
Chorus:
It's all I think I can do
It's all I can do
It's all I can do, all I can do
I got a letter from you today
My blood was spilled on the page
I never knew a pen could cut so deeply
But all the words in this world
Could never make it true
I'll just stay in denial
Chorus
I got a letter from you today
And though it said you were sorry
I got a letter from you today
The only way out is through
Said a wise man and I think it's true
No, I know it's true
But your heart is heavy
All you want to do is roll away, take a ride
Get into your car and drive
Chorus:
Take it out on the highway
Get yourself a new life
And your wheels are spinning
Even faster now through wind and rain
Oh, you're changing lanes
And you're really nowhere
That you want to be but you don't care, no where's fine
Driving is your piece of mind
Chorus:
Take it out on the highway
Get yourself a new life
Take a chance on the freeway
Every road has it's price
Then somehow you find yourself
Right back where you started yesterday
Even far away
And you can't escape it
But you'll still be chasing butterflies on your own
Until the wind drives you back home
A soldier alone
Defending the border life
His eyes on the run
Looking for a place to hide
And he's wondering why
Tears falling, he fades in the darkness
Waiting for dawn to ease the pain, oh
Desperate, desperate night
Desperate, desperate night
He'll wait for the light
With blood on his hands
The memories are all too clear
To realize the truth
Never makes it disappear
Does anyone hear?
Death like a thief
Comes without a warning
Heroes die before the dawn, oh
Desperate, desperate night
Desperate, desperate night
He'll wait for the light
Desperate, desperate night
Desperate, desperate night
He'll wait for the light
I see trees of green
Red roses too
I see them bloom
For me and for you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
I see skies of blue
And clouds of white
The bright blessed day
The dark sacred night
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Oh, the colors of the rainbow
So pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces
Of people going by
I see friends shaking hands, saying
How do you do
They're really saying
I love you
I hear babies crying
I watch them grow
They'll learn much more
Than I'll ever know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Oh, I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Yes it is
Oh, oh
And I think to myself
I don't wanna hide
But I'm feeling stuck inside
Like a baby that's way overdue
Nothing more to be
Just another casualty
Of a place where all the lies are true
Chorus:
Is it too late, are we too late?
To turn it all around, it's hard to say
If we lose faith, guess it's too late
Reaching for a gun
You're not reaching anyone
If only we could fight with words
Not kill each other still
Chorus:
Is it too late, are we too late?
To turn it all around, it's hard to say
Well it's too late if we lose faith
Bye bye bye...
Time to wake, time to heal
We gotta touch, we gotta feel
Chorus:
Too late, is it too late?
Cause everything just feels so out of tune
If we lose faith, then it's too late
Bye bye bye...
Reaching for a gun
You're not reaching anyone
If only we could fight with words, not kill
Through timeless change in my dreams
I am closer from ageless memories, long ago
To enlightened frontiers I'll take you there
Oh, mystic child, together where ever we fly
Somehow I feel like I'm going through changes
And sometimes I wake up still dreaming
Only a lifetime can fill the pages
A story of wisdom for all
Through shadows past into life
Came a sorcerer, unchained his energy, running free
The wisdom inside will be a force in time
We'll carry on together whenever we die
Somehow I feel like I'm going through changes
And sometimes I wake up still dreaming
Only a lifetime can fill the pages
A story of wisdom for all
A force in time we'll carry on
Together whenever we die
Somehow I feel like I'm going through changes
And sometimes I wake up still dreaming
Only a lifetime can fill the pages
Hey girl, I?m a secret to you
A face in the crowd
Hey little angel, I've been following you
I know where you're going
Where the full moon rises I'll be there
Are you lonely?
Ah, you know I?m lonely too
But I?m ready, ready to love
I?m coming for you
Take me down, my fallen angel
Spread your wings tonight
Take me down, my fallen angel
Lay your heart on the line
You won't be lonely anymore
Hey girl, with your head in the clouds
A pocket full of dust
Now Lady Evil, there's no need to be cruel
The life you've been given
Is the only thing worth livin' for
Are you lonely?
Ah, you know I?m so lonely too
Are you ready?
Ready to love, I?m coming for you
Take me down, my fallen angel
Spread your wings tonight
Take me down, my fallen angel
Lay your heart on the line
My fallen angel
Spread your wings tonight
Take me down, my fallen angel
Lay your heart on the line
On the line
I can feel it now, fallen angel
I can feel it now, fallen angel
You won't be lonely
Take me down, my fallen angel
Spread your wings tonight
Take me down, my fallen angel
Lay your heart on the line
My fallen angel
Spread your wings tonight
Take me down, my fallen angel
Lay your heart on the line
Take me down, take me down, no no
I don't like to be alone
With thoughts that don't belong
To me
And I can swim inside your head
For hours till I'm fed
With all your insecurities
It takes me forever and a night
To get back in my own fight
Chorus:
Sometimes, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
There's some kind of lie, that I just can't see
And sometimes, I don't wanna be me
I am suddenly aware
Of what you're doing here
And why I hate myself today
It burns a hole through everything
A word can leave a stain
That doesn't always wash away
It takes me places I don't wanna go
It's not the me that I know
Chorus:
Sometimes, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
There's some kind of lie, that I just don't believe
And sometimes, I don't wanna be me
Oh, it takes me places I don't wanna go
It's not what I know
Chorus:
Sometimes, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
There's some kind of lie, that I just can't see
And sometimes, I don't wanna be me
Oh, sometimes I get in my way with the little things you say
It makes me believe that I'm not ok
I don't have a lot of time for yesterday
No sentimental baggage getting in my way
The less I have to carry round
The better I can treat you baby
Cause all the possibilities are in your eyes
Like looking at forever in two emerald skies
And if I keep you close to me
I'd have a life now baby
Cause I know - oooh
You'll never kick me when I'm down
And I know - oooh
You're the best thing that I ever found, so
Chorus:
I'm gonna save your love
I'm gonna save your love I said
I'm gonna save your love
I'm gonna save your love
Been a lot of money slippin' through my hands
Yeah, the better things in life well I don't need 'em man
People getting nowhere with their
Long term plans now baby
It's only you
That I want to hold on to
You're the one
And I'm never letting go of you, hey
You talk about freedom
But you lived your life like a bird in a cage
Couldn't get away
And you're still the only
The only one that you're thinking about
Don't you feel like reaching out
Sometimes I'm just like you
Don't have a single clue
But then I look again
And see all the lives that I want to be in
Chorus:
I think that I've had enough time on the ground
And I'm ready to fly
Been stuck in a bottle of fear and I almost died
Just give me my wings and take all of these things
Cause I'm ready to fly
This world can be a lonely place for you and I
I don't even know you
You're painting a picture that I've never seen
But I remember what has been
But I'm ok with this
The past goodbye I've kissed
I've learned so much from you
Mostly I've learned what not to do
Chorus
Sometimes I'm just like you
Don't have a single clue
But then I look again
And see all the life that I want to be in
"You haven't seen me, get down.
If you ever saw me get down, you'd really be afraid."
[PMD - scratch: "Check out the voice that is smooth and mild"]
["smooth" - "Tony", "smooth" - "D"]
[PMD - scratch: "Check out the voice that is smooth and mild"]
["smooth" - "Tony", "smooth" - "D"]
[PMD - scratch: "Check out the voice that is smooth and mild"]
["smooth" - "Tony", "smooth" - "D"]
[PMD - scratch: "Check out the voice that is smooth and mild"]
[Tony D]
Elevation! Check the foundation
Solid funky from the flamin caucasian
Heat it up, cook it up, bake it up, take it up
Slice it up, dice it up, tear it up, rrrrip it up
Cut it up - now it's time for me to switch it up
Tone's the maaaaaaaaan, who's gonna getcha up
outta your seat, movin your feet, groovin the beat
I won't stop 'til my job's complete
Cause I gotta make ya hyper, occupation sniper
Even little kids be dancin in their diapers
Suckers - be sayin, "Tone you ain't nothin"
But I got more flavor than Stove Top stuffin
Nuts - my favorite past time
Forget the last rhyme cause you can't gas mine
like Sunoco you go bum loco
Visit Acupulco with your girlfriend Yoko, Ono
Bono, them messy tones are no no
You need posession of it? Fire the phono-
-graph you'll laugh but please the Island staff
Get off the mass - check the elevation
"Check out the - check out the voice that is smooth and mild" [x4]
[Tony D]
Second stanza - kick the virtuoso
You're just a bozo..
A so-so rhymer, climber, check the Guggenheimer
One's just a number so don't be a two-timer
when you rhyme-a, one way furniture mover..
Bust the Heimlich maneuveur!
Full nelson, I like to eat smelts and other fish
like candy cause it melts in your mouth
And it's also good brain food
Since you're a lame dude, you should eat a whale
Crude oil - spilled over from the Exxon Valdez
It was the captain's fault
Now said the media, really, but what do they now?
Sittin home twiddlin their thumbs in Play-Doh
Fed it to a critic but a critic is a cricket
and they know where they can stick it - check the elevation
"Check out the - check out the voice that is smooth and mild" [x4]
[Tony D]
Elevation - it's time to kick the third verse
I know you're weak homeboy but yo I heard worse
rappers, so do you feel any better?
Of course you do! Now write yourself a letter to your mom
As I drop the nuclear bomb
After the explosion everything is calm
Like Hiroshima, or maybe Nagasaki
That's what you get homeboy for bein cocky
Weaklin, you need to pump some iron
Out of breath, relax I hear the siren
from the ambulance - ah bring on the oxygen!
You're like Larry Holmes, you can't box again
You're out of your prime, I oughta show you how to rhyme
People in the audience are saying about time
somebody, did something about these weak suckers
Soft like Smuckers, check the elevation
"Check out the - check out the voice that is smooth and mild" [x4]
[Tony D]
This is the last one, yo I pulled a fast one
You did the dummy move so I'ma gas one
UP, UP AND AWAY
I'm gonna sail a sucker today
Without the use, of a beautiful balloon
I'll hit him with an uppercut and send him to the moon
Like Ralph Kramden, smackin up Alice
There's no kings and queens and no palace
So check it, let me manifest it
You think you dressed it but I'm the one who blessed it
Christened it, with a champagne bottle
Remove the governor and give it more throttle
In a battle, snakes they like to rattle
Competi-shion, a few swine and some cattle
Watch me saddle, up on my high horse
And breeze on my course, check the elevation
[Tony D]
Yo money, here's a funky-ass bassline
Like a ray from the sun you taste sunshine
All in your face and there's no doubt about that jack
They see me on the stage and people say well how bout that?
Sure he's kinda funky, original and spunky
I'm the guy, in the Bugle Boy jeans, and your the monkey
Ridin on the escalator of life, always stayin idle
.. when it comes to your recital
You never elevate your rigormortis stay in motion
But you're EFFORTLESS, when it comes to the rest
of what you can't even hang, you can't even swing
They say stop battlin rhymin, I say I'm doin my thing
When it's time to give a message that's appropriate I give it
That's the way I live my life and that's the way I choose to live it
So get off mine, when it comes to the rhyme
And just, do your job and write your line
Buggin on the zig-zag
[Tony D]
This is a jam about the headlines and the backtalks
The editorial memorial wack talk
that I like to classify condemn then quarantine
when you listen to it, or read it in a magazine
False advertisement in the media ain't no joke
It's a lie that they know, and quote exactly what you spoke
They like to make up shit and maybe change a word or two
When was the last time you suckers, heard a few
questions or comments or complaints from the public
I needed a name for the media so I dubbed it
Zig-zag, meaning this is meaningless scrabble, scribble
They like to let the ink dribble
out of their pens and into the minds of the youth
.. falsifying the truth
So, stop the pressed cause them assist the town crier
You got voted, number one liar
Buggin on the zig-zag
[Rakim] "I can't hold it back, I'm lookin for the line.."
[Tony D]
Situations, seem to get blown out of proportion
That's why THIS is a means of extortions
When it's time to zig-zag, they be zaggin and ziggin
by usin a pen like a shovel then it's time to start diggin
up dirt, to make the front page headlines work
But you're nothin but a ballpoint jerk
who's just SITTIN THERE, lookin stupid at your typewriter
Tryin to make the noose, just a little bit tighter
around my neck, but I slipped it and did a backflip
Landed on your typewriter, then I smashed it
against the wall then I trashed your whole office
Just to let you know that the D ain't the softest
It was said before, I'ma say it again my friend
"Don't Believe the Hype," 'til the end
So get off mine, when it comes to the rhyme
And just, do your job and write your line
Buggin on the zig-zag
[Tony D]
Yo that weak and wack zig-zaggin
Taggin up them headlines with that wack negative garbage
ain't gonna last, y'knowhatI'msayin?
So let me say like this, I must say what's up
to the six foot and over posse, rulin things for the 90's
Y'knowhatI'msayin? Also to my man SP and Davy Wavy
Y'knowhatI'mtalkin? My man Troy Wonder
Of course you know who the family is
And anybody else I forgot, we most definitely in there for the 90's
[Tony D]
Style within yes, there is no goal too grim
I teach the way yo, to match the color of my skin
So get it right y'all, my family had to organize
Comin over on a boat you see they had to realize
that they were one yes, in a nation of so many
Nationalities of people, knowledge we had plenty
as an equal, but still some considered us an outcast
Names like guinea and wop, is what was used in the past
to describe us nonetheless we kept our head up
Knowin in the future we shall all drink from the same cup
Unity is what I'm strivin for G, so let it be
Ebony and ivory in our community in harmony
Livin, perfectly together as a whole
From the bottom of South Africa to the North Pole
When I look at a human you can say I'm color blind
Cause I see them with my eyes but I judge them with my mind
Stop racism
[Tony D]
Hardheaded individuals say media blow up
is the cause of all racism, it's mentally throw up
So grow up and learn that the problem exists
Like Markie said, we gotta unball our fists
and put away the bats and throw away the knives
and get rid of the guns, that can hurt the lives
of our children, you see I pray for the future
It was once quoted, to let knowledge uproot ya
To build as one, and elevate and keep climbin
Stop racism, the cause that I'm rhymin
I can't wait for the twenty-first century
It's gotta happen now, cause that's the way it's meant to be
But you say how, can we do this you gotta put your mind to it
And know like Bo and just run right through it
My conclusion to the topic will be racism MUST end
Apartheid you're THROUGH with the message I send
Stop racism
[Tony D]
There's a handful of people I'm unable to reach
It's like tryin to find a certain grain of sand on the beach
A few friends of mine said it's a worthless cause
Like Run-D.M.C., it'll only "Pause"
and keep goin, some people will remain prejudiced
It's my job to make 'em see through the fog in their midst
Would it suffice this is the church, and this is the steeple
There's many religions, but there's only two people
That's man and woman, and woman and man
And if I can I'ma make 'em understand
That twenty years after Martin Luther King
It's still the same 'ol thing
We fed the world, and saved the farms
We even greeted the homeless with open arms
But when it comes to racism and apartheid
The people run away and try to hide
That's not the answer, the problem can be solved by you
I'm doin mine, now what you gonna do?
Stop racism
[Tony D]
Yo, the message I send is racism MUST end
Not only in South Africa but here in the U.S.
and everywhere else in the country in the world
on the planet for that matter y'knahmsayin?
Blacks and whites, reds, greens, yellows, oranges
Everybody must live, AS ONE, as man is supposed to be
Cuckoo.. cuckoo.. cuckoo.. cuckoo..
Cuckoo.. cuckoo.. cuckoo.. cuckoo..
[Tony D]
At first you might have thought this was a song from the Blackbyrds
Nope.. it's a song about crack birds
The way they conduct themselves is absurd
I'm talkin about the feather crested wheezy woolie bird
Her body - is shriveled up like a prune
She's always chirpin that same ol' tune
On a mission, just to get a shoulder boulder
A bump, a pellet, so yo, I told her
to wise up - get your pants sized up!
Stop walkin around, with your eyes shut
It seems to me that you don't care if you have dirty knees
(yeah I know why) "you got the birdie disease"
[Chorus]
[scratching "You got it!" x3]
"You got the birdie disease"
[scratching "You got it!" x3]
"You got the birdie disease"
[Tony D]
Lips for dips, dips for lips
While she's rubbin the T.D., you ease the hips
cause she don't care, she'll let you wax that ass
As long as her purple lips are on that glass
Cause she's a friendship bird, don't confuse it with a bug
A friendship bird, knows how to thoroughly search a rug
for a pebble, they know is not there
She's fiendin for more so she leaves she don't care
cause she's off.. on a brand new mission
To search the couch and perhaps your seat cushion
She comes up with a nickel a penny and a quarter
That's thirty-one cents, maybe more and she can order
a pellet, to burn it and smell it
Anything you had - she'll try to sell it
Cause she's fiendin, she's moanin, she's cryin
She's beggin you please (but yo) "you got the birdie disease"
[Chorus]
[Tony D]
Ring around the rosie, a pocket full of crack
That's not where it's at, stop livin like that
On the hunt - stop tryin to be a stunt
If the jimmy was a [??] you'd smoke the blunts
So yo G, keep your eyes on your J-E-E-P
So don't S-L-E-E-P
Or you might be E-S-O-R or a Y
Go to the third eye with a bird eye, you gotta watch your back
Because the duck-billed platypus is known to quack in crack
Light as a feather she could blow away
with the slightest of a breeze "you got the birdie disease"
[Chorus]
[Tony D]
Last verse is the curse of the worst in history
I'm gonna quench your thirst with a mystery
Surroundin the subject is a fine specimen
The wheezy woozy bird gets the best of them
Never an [?] bird although they can be ruthless
It's hard for them to whistle cause they mouths is toothless
Bunions on they feet from her feather-crested hair
Dude there's nothin in the world, you could compare
to the smell of a skunk, kickin up funk
Pushin a shoppin cart full of junk
I wish they could put an end to this sleeze
and tell them, yo "you got the birdie disease"
le co puoi, ce un campione sai,
ce lo centi, buongiorno tu lotro de lai
e campione, che ci veinte,
giorno per giorno po no se lai
e un campione, budibente lai
de la vida, il grando un giorno piu je lai
goi la gazzo, go plimente, il prion poi da mante a te
Vinci campione×3
a campione vincelai
gia no stadio, pa chi amando a te
il tuo nome, a cando che bonera
la campione, tu acanpo angra,
Drop it..
[Chuck D - scratched: "the hard rhymer"]
Word.. word..
T-t-t-tiggidy-tell 'em what to do money
[Chuck D - scratched: "tellin you to hear it"]
True.. true..
Yeah..
[Tony D]
No holdin back, when it's time to attack
Like Saddam Hussein - you're wack and insane (word)
And I'ma crack your brain like an egg-ah
and make ya beg, for mercy
Cause this is raw as raw gets
Take off the jeans and put on the sweats
and get loose, this ain't a gimmick or a trick
Step in my path and I'ma break that stick
with the quickness - cause Tony don't play that
Get the fuck out my face or I'ma spray that mug
and you'll say why'd I bug
As you tried to sweep the dirt, under the rug
But ask the question, why is he buggin, why is he trippin?
But little did he know that that was poison he was sippin
And you can drink it dowwwwn
then (what?) You won't be around
So long live the posse the one and only
Who's the phony? That other Tony
You can't stab me I got eyes in my back..
.. cause Tony don't play that
[Chorus]
[scratches] Tony don't play that
[scratches] Tony don't play that
[scratches] Tony don't play that
[scratches] ..
[Tony D]
Tony don't play that, and here's a reason to play dis
It's [??] all the shit on your playlist
with all this tooth fairy, twinkletoes, Peter Pan rap
It sounds good to hear somebody snap..
.. once in a while, y'knowhatI'msayin? I mean flip it up switch it up
Or if not - you might as well give it up
But don't be an indian giver
And try to relive the past cause all you had
was a sliver of a piece of cake, you couldn't even partake
Sittin there sayin to yourself you can make
a comeback, but you was never in the front
In my estimations you was never in the hunt
You wasn't in the thick of it, you couldn't stick with it
so quit it (I quit!) Done did it
from the jump start, I kept tellin you you was wack (word)
And Tony don't play that
[Chorus]
Tony ain't..
[scratched: "nothing to play with"]
[Tony D]
My name ain't Paco and I ain't eatin no taco
So don't come up to me talkin, "Alright Rocko"
Cause damn - I said I know who I am
So you don't have to remind me everytime you shake my hand
Point blank, understand, don't you think I noticed?
There's a mirror in my room, that would clearly show this
I have 20/20 vision and my vision's never blurry
Don't worry - what are you in a hurry?
Or waitin for a call from Fiji
My name ain't Luigi, I'm not at your car with a squeegee
Or all at your feet with a cup talkin WHATTUP
or beggin - like some young punk
Cause I'm definitely in this, and very very generous
But on the other hand YOU, you're penniless
Pity this? Hell no, I get rid of this
And take it to your mom and she said, "Look what you did to this!"
What did I do to him; you oughta be glad I took him home
He can't even walk, because I broke nearly every bone
But besides the point, be thankful that he's back..
.. cause Tony don't play that
[Chorus]
[Tony D]
Tony don't play that, word
[Tony D]
Style within yes, there is no goal too grim
I teach the way yo, to match the color of my skin
So get it right y'all, my family had to organize
Comin over on a boat you see they had to realize
that they were one yes, in a nation of so many
Nationalities of people, knowledge we had plenty
as an equal, but still some considered us an outcast
Names like guinea and wop, is what was used in the past
to describe us nonetheless we kept our head up
Knowin in the future we shall all drink from the same cup
Unity is what I'm strivin for G, so let it be
Ebony and ivory in our community in harmony
Livin, perfectly together as a whole
From the bottom of South Africa to the North Pole
When I look at a human you can say I'm color blind
Cause I see them with my eyes but I judge them with my mind
Stop racism
[Tony D]
Hardheaded individuals say media blow up
is the cause of all racism, it's mentally throw up
So grow up and learn that the problem exists
Like Markie said, we gotta unball our fists
and put away the bats and throw away the knives
and get rid of the guns, that can hurt the lives
of our children, you see I pray for the future
It was once quoted, to let knowledge uproot ya
To build as one, and elevate and keep climbin
Stop racism, the cause that I'm rhymin
I can't wait for the twenty-first century
It's gotta happen now, cause that's the way it's meant to be
But you say how, can we do this you gotta put your mind to it
And know like Bo and just run right through it
My conclusion to the topic will be racism MUST end
Apartheid you're THROUGH with the message I send
Stop racism
[Tony D]
There's a handful of people I'm unable to reach
It's like tryin to find a certain grain of sand on the beach
A few friends of mine said it's a worthless cause
Like Run-D.M.C., it'll only "Pause"
and keep goin, some people will remain prejudiced
It's my job to make 'em see through the fog in their midst
Would it suffice this is the church, and this is the steeple
There's many religions, but there's only two people
That's man and woman, and woman and man
And if I can I'ma make 'em understand
That twenty years after Martin Luther King
It's still the same 'ol thing
We fed the world, and saved the farms
We even greeted the homeless with open arms
But when it comes to racism and apartheid
The people run away and try to hide
That's not the answer, the problem can be solved by you
I'm doin mine, now what you gonna do?
Stop racism
[Tony D]
Yo, the message I send is racism MUST end
Not only in South Africa but here in the U.S.
and everywhere else in the country in the world
on the planet for that matter y'knahmsayin?
Blacks and whites, reds, greens, yellows, oranges
Everybody must live, AS ONE, as man is supposed to be
Yo, my labelmate Bob Marley, step to 'em!
Thanks Fats!
And now, the outrageous contagious
Stupendous tremendous Tony D (do it!)
[Tony D]
Enter with the swing, bada boom bada bing
It's a Tony D raw type of hype type of thing
Not attackin or killer birds (worrrrd)
Wearin glasses like "Revenge of the Nerds"
You need to, look at yourself in the mirror (in the mirror)
But wait, let me make the picture clearer
for you no-soul havin, knowledge of self braggin
perpetrating (?) wearin who had to pay for your backin
Three G's a-piece just to appear on your video
That all gets recouped from your royalties y'know
So yo, be yourself, don't make me abolish
(What?) "Oh shit!" Your shoe polish
["Tony D's an inspiration.. and his name is Tony D"]
["Tony D's an inspiration.. Tony D'll put you down on the scoop"]
[Tony D]
Snakes never last so make your funny face
+3rd+ who? (Who?!) I'm gonna put you in your place
Puttin down your own people that's a pretty low level
Whoever gave you knowledge must be wrong
Fulfilled in what the devil SELF-TAUGHT
Everything I have is self-learned (TRUE!) In other words, earned
When I stepped to CBS, yo, they was with it
They said, "You got another white rapper?" I said, "Quit it!"
I'm not gonna give you suckers what you want
A replacement for the group that you love to flaunt
Outspoken drug users drinkin beer on stage
(Nahh) Now they got you another Beast in the cage
["Tony D's an inspiration.. and his name is Tony D"]
["Tony D's an inspiration.. Tony D could be an MC too"]
[Tony D]
Gettin back to the painting (the painting) I mean the paintbrush
Shoe polish, in other words you ain't much
of a rhyme more like a two-timer (two-timer)
And for your partner he's a good jock climber
Climbin my tree like he was Paul Bunyan
If I'm an avocado does that make you an onion?
If you're not yourself, does that make you a different person?
Nahhh, it makes the situation worse
and so conduct yourself, in a PROPER manner (in a proper manner)
And put away the pucker up banner (BANNER)
Your self-imposed status, I have to abolish
along with your image of the shoe polish
["Tony D's an inspiration.. and his name is Tony D"]
["Tony D's an inspiration.. and his name is Tony D"]
["Tony D'll put you down on the scoop"]
["Tony D'll put you down on the scoop"]
[Tony D]
In the shoe polish, you take a bath
You gotta learn your history before you conquer math
You rub it on your body thinkin you'll get knowledge
But you get an education from school and college (word!)
A teacher might have you taught you right, but you've learned wrong
It shows within the writing of your song
Your product's so weak you formed a negative image
But yo (SUCKER!) Life's not a scrimmage
You act far from simonized like you was magic
"Oh shit!" But the outcome may be tragic
You'll have to wait a couple of years to retaliate
While I abolish your image I call the shoe polish
["Tony D's an inspiration.. and his name is Tony D"]
["Tony D's an inspiration.. and his name is Tony D"]
["Tony D's an inspiration.."]
["Tony D's an inspiration.."]
[Tony D]
Yeah you weak and wack MC wannabe somethin that you're not
Warlock reject, Def Jam had you on ice for three years
until they needed another replacement for the Beastie Boys
Now they got you sucker!
Yeah, you hold the mic like an ice cream cone Mr. Softee
Marshmellow head buttercup MC
Yo you'll never get with Tony D
That's why Chuck wouldn't go on tour with you devil
Yo, and what's up with your dancers?
Don't ever take the name of a prophet and misuse it in any way
Even Tony D knows that, you sucker!
And now I'm out of here for the 90's
[Verse One: ??]
Listen to me brother, so we can discover
why they will not play this
Their minds are enslaved with, this commercial style
But meanwhile rap is exiled
off of the radio, not on the playlist
No rotation, so listen when I'm statin that
this style, may not sell many units
It's just to protect the rep of our music
We gave birth to the sound of the 90's
And most of you who sing, can't deny me
that rap rhythm, now makes you a livin
But who will listen to the rhyme that's given?
What do you fear most, about the sound that we're teachin
To tell the truth is my reasonin
Seems to me that the radio should play the truth
to enlighten, today's black youth
Cause your education's not teachin them
It only weakens them, and they rebel to violence
I can not be silent, kick the petty rhyme
pick up my royalty check and keep slimin
as if there was nothin wrong, this indeed
is a sell-out, and that is not the way I go out
I was put here to give enlightenment
But there are some who want to change my writin
into somethin which I can not be
A sell-out MC, let me be free
to do what I do best without all the preachin
Yo Tone - why can't we teach them?
[Chorus]
Listen to me brother.. YO THIS IS FOR THE CHILDREN
Listen to me brother.. [Chuck D: "suckers never play me"]
Listen to me brother.. IT'S STRICTLY FOR THE KIDS
Listen to me brother.. [Chuck D: "suckers never play me"]
[Verse Two: ??]
Yo "radio" black radio
pull their rap out, for fear of a whiteout
They sellout like suckers and come from out their position
Fear the man on the mission but didn't bother to listen for
lessons instead, you let the critics discriminate
Put a twelve on the 12 but still you don't let it rotate
You're prime time, just another rhyme I can dance so
I loaded my lyrics and then I pumped them like ammo
Through the heart of the ghetto it's time that they know the truth
Rap music is television to mind of black youth but
the system's corrupt, they watch us all self-destruct
Instead of knowledge of self, they teach to sell-out for wealth
So take 'em back to your army, that [?] outsell
P.E. knew the time, Chuck D would fight and rebel
Follow the Minister entered to teach a lesson to all
Yo the suckers won't play this cause this is yo' "Final Call", so
[Chorus]
Listen to me brother.. DJ'S STOP SLEEPIN
Listen to me brother.. [Chuck D: "suckers never play me"]
Listen to me brother.. PROGRAM DIRECTOR, WAKE UP
Listen to me brother.. [Chuck D: "suckers never play me"]
[Tony D]
(Tell them!) Yo "radio" give me some airplay
If rap was a golf course, that'd be the fair/fareway
And we'd run through the charts like Herschell
But daytime's only for commercial
material, man who you tellin?
Despite the lack of play we're STILL sellin
more, units, than ever before
Flyin in and out of your record store
It's hip-hop, stronger than ever
Ain't no stoppin us now, the time is never
Thanks to you and your lack of promotion
.. there's been a video explosion
Four o'clock kids be glued to the TV
You think they're tuned to you? Man, believe me
they're not - eyes are fixed to the cable
As of now forget the turntable
Until late at night when you might hear a rap show
Thirty-five and down be tuned to the flow
As your daytime dull [?] pleases the old heads
I'll be coolin with the kids and the dreas, so
[Chorus]
Listen to me brother.. YO IT'S HERE TO STAY
Listen to me brother.. [Chuck D: "suckers never play me"]
Listen to me brother.. RAP WILL NEVER DIE
Listen to me brother.. [Chuck D: "suckers never play me"]
[MC Lyte: scratched] "I know who I am"
[Tony D]
I know who I am, and you can clearly see this
Somebody else there's no reason to be this
type of person, but you say what the heck?
.. and get no respect
Wearin sideburns that went out with Elvis
Thinkin you got soul just by pumpin your pelvis
Think again, you need to get out the basement
Cause to me you're just another replacement
+New+ hyped up +Kids on the Block+, actin delerious
But rap's not a joke my brother, get serious
Suckers, yeah, we can surely pay 'em
if they act like the Beastie Boys until the A.M.
Step my way and I'ma school you like college
+Nice+ no longer, so +Serch+ for knowledge
Thinkin you know somethin about, what you know nothin about
.. so I'm takin you out
To the Apollo, remember, footsteps you follow
of another man, whose head is hollow
Do for you and I'ma do for me
That's the plan - I know who I am
[MC Lyte: scratched] "I know who I am"
"but we are who we are"
[Tony D]
Black is black, and white is white
There's no changin, or rearrangin
this subject, cause that's the way it has to be
I'm fillin my mind up to capacity
with knowledge of self I know who I am
I'm not down with the kiss-ass program
I say what I want, cold do what I want
It's my prerogative, as long as I'm positive
But sometimes a nasty wants to step with the oppression
Which becomes, quite costly, in other words expensive
and extensive to your health so I wouldn't recommend this
Damage, could be tremendous
So forget it be yourself, stop worryin about what Tone done
You got to +3rd Bass+, I hit the home run
Damn! I meant to say the grand slam
cause I know who I am
[MC Lyte: scratched] "I know who I am"
"but we are who we are"
[Tony D]
While I'm smilin on Island you're not peakin you be speakin
the weakened stuff, so I'm callin your bluff
with an extension, this I'd like to mention
The capital city where I'm from we call Trenton
NJ, then say where
A question, but here's a suggestion
Look on the map because I'm done givin information
about my jam(?) until he switched the story
And continue with the verbal assault
An onslaught, for this time I fought
You got caught, with your mouth hangin open now you're hopin
.. that Tone be like not dopin
But I am and you can't understand I know who I am
The caucausian complexion of a tan man
And, if you are what you eat, I be fish and meat
and lotsa pasta hold the swine but not the lobster
cause I gotta, watch my cholesterol
And prove to y'all who's the best of all MC's
and make you understand.. I know who I am
[MC Lyte: scratched] "I know who I am"
"but we are who we are"
[Tony D]
Yo just a reminder that umm
y'know, the man with the, the minus sign behind his name
had a good saying - be yourself or you might find yourself by yourself
[BEEP!] "Information, may I help you please?"
"Yeah I'd like the number of uhh, Harvey Wallbaner please?"
"Uhh let me get you my superior"
("More powerful..")
[Tony D]
One-two, one-two, move over one-two
Mic checkin and checkin and checkin and checkin for you
Harvey Wallbanger's, back to bang walls
Lastin for hours and never takin a pause
Cause Harvey, that is his name
And any other Harvey's just ain't the same
Although it seems amusing ain't a damn thing funny
So get that smirk off your face, money
And let's simply take a ride on the wild side
And bust our ass on the rawhide
Sex packets? I don't need to try these
Cause Harvey's in there for the 90's
With the quickness, speed, and agility
Harvey - has the ability
to reach the seventh letter of the alphabet
So Troy Wonder - tell 'em who to get
[Chorus]
Harvey [..]
You gotta get Harvey [..]
What's his name? His name is Harvey [..]
You know what I'm talkin? Get Harvey [..]
[Tony D]
Take off the hat this ain't no time for fashion
Why? This is a time for passion
Yes, another Harvey summer
What? I'm cloggin pipes like a plumber
This ain't the desert put away the cactus
Harvey - never needed any practice
He was born with the skill and technique
Technic - since I'm on it let me speak
about my DJ, Troy Wonder on the fader
with the quickness, teamed up with the fitness
Now who in the world has a faster wrist
Nobody tell 'em why Troy [Rakim] ("cause I've mastered this")
Yes you heard it from the grapevine
Get the hell off mine - cause it's Harvey time
Barring further adieux, I must get the job done
("Let's have some fun..") with Harvey
[Chorus]
Harvey [..]
[..]
It's Harvey [..]
[..]
[Tony D]
There's a knock at the door, yo guess who's here
Harvey? Nah, Jimmy the Queer
And Jimmy's just a little squirt kind of a Pee Wee Herman
Homeboy be like squirmin
Loose like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
I fit tight like a girdle
And when I quote I float note for note
So there's no need to ("CLEAR MY THROAT!")
Cause Harvey's skill you could never measure
So sit back relax and enjoy the pleasure
Harvey stays stiffer to the break of dawn
and goes ("on and on...")
Flowin like a river, passin your liver
Long enough to make your backbone shiver
Goosebumps, make you feel like you're numb
And it takes a long time 'til he says ("I'm comin!")
[Chorus]
It's Harvey [..]
It's Harvey [..]
It's Harvey [..]
Harvey [..]
[Tony D]
Now when it's time to stroke ("GO!") Harvey ain't no joke ("GO!")
Boxers get hot so you might see smoke ("GO!")
but never burnin, cause I like to examine
snatch, before I start rammin
Harvey, the new shit for the summer
Like neon, so put your pink on
or your blue on, or even your red on
Cause even in the dark I'm dead on.. target
And I never miss ONCE!
I'm always hittin the cunts
For the 90's, most definitely in there
Freaks of the world beware..
[Chorus]
It's Harvey [..]
It's Harvey [..] yeah you know what I'm sayin baby
It's Harvey [..] you wanna get stanky? Yup
It's Harvey [..] so get out your notes, your pad and pencil
Cause this is the explanation
For the 90's, most definitely in there, y'knowhatI'msayin?
The family, most definitely got, the big Harvey's y'knowhatI'msayin?
Troy Wonder got the Harvey, [?] got the Harvey
Ministers of Black got the Harvey
YouknowhatI'msayin? [BLEEP] got the Harvey
Poor Righteous Teachers most definitely got the Harvey
So now you know what a Harvey is, I must say
[Tony D]
Greetings - how's that for a formal
introduction which seems quite normal
'Til I push the H-Y-P-E button
Then.. all of a sudden
A change in the format with reckless abandon
Rush the stage and start commandin
the mic, but the mic's not cordless
Mine is, cause I can afford this
type, of mic you like without the cord
that you can't afford cause the Lord
is takin over for the sell-out
Bust the mic 'til your eighteen inch fell out
your bass bottom - now I got 'em
He tried to take it back so I shot him
with a double barrel, semi-automatic shotgun
You say it's weak but you ain't got one
Cause you be frontin witcha fake plastic uzi
YO (yo) you need to save that for Suzy
Chapstick, witcha overhangin fat lip
Plussin out the cracks with the Vaseline grip
So wake up, you need to learn the correct date
I'm the one that get the job done, I'm great
Cooperate with respect
when Tone's in effect, cause I'm in
[Rakim: x4] "E.F.F.E.C.T."
[Tony D]
This is, the non-violent way that I kill
Puttin heads to bed, like NyQuil
Flyin knots, so go fly a kite (true)
High enough to get struck by light-ning
A key is tied to the string
To cause a shock, words that'll sting
from a killer bee, but don't touch the honey
Pockets so fat it's translated means money
and power, and sprayin thoughts like a shower
to blossom and bloom like a flower
But please, don't confuse it with a daisy
I dance even dirtier than Patrick Swayze
So work out, with the number one video
And watch me bust a rhyme on my man Arsenio
Hall Show, I think you should know
I'm Tone with the skintone that seems to glow
like snow, that keeps fallin to the earth
Take your rhymes to the pawn shop, see what they're worth
Nothin, cause your rhymes ain't top notch
So sit back relax and watch, cause I'm in
[Rakim: x4] "E.F.F.E.C.T."
[Tony D]
Now when I'm in effect that means I'm in the mode
to move, cause I never been sued or sold
You see you need to be told
The weak style of rap you're usin, is old
and worn out, that's why you never get a turnout
All you're ever gonna be, is a burnt out MC
You see you'll never be a hero
So listen sweetheart, you need to cut that zero
Like my man Doug said, the opposite is a bug-bed
or a bedbug, so roll out the red rug
or carpet, you need to just park it
Before I use your crown as a target
at the gallery, or a shoot 'em up movie (bang)
The beat is kinda groovy
But is it smooth enough to be selected for the quiet storm?
Yes, because it's soft and warm
So let the storm keep brewin
Now ask yourself, hey Tone whatcha doin?
Eventually, you'll soon come to realize
I keep my eyes on the prize, cause I'm in
[Rakim: x4] "E.F.F.E.C.T."
[time passes]
Another Two-Tone production's most definitely in there for the 90's
Y'knowhatI'msayin? Gotta keep it raw, cause that is most definitely..
[scratched: "the way it should be"]
Yeah, y'knowhatI'msayin? Do it like this - wonderfully done
[Tony D]
One, more, time I come again with the style and the fashion
It seems to me that some lost their passion
to create, a new level in your rhymin
Make your rap, like a mountain, and proceed to start climbin
Higher and higher, reachin the peakin (of perfection)
So damn high no one can break my concentration
Stabbin and jabbin a rhyme into your membrane
Put you in an institution for the mentally insane
Cause you're crazy, lazy, definitely not the one that pays me
And shit like that, seem to never ever faze me
Never offended because I stay on the offensive
Expensive extensive, never reprehensive
Take back, make that wack rap stay wack
Feedback you hack, is nothin but four clap
And on to the break of dawn of daylight's crack
And in case you're wonderin Troy "got my BACK!"
And I got the front covered with the thickness and the quickness
Like a bubonic plague, it's a SERIOUS sickness
for me to cut you up and make you bleed in need of nurses
Cause one must agree I do be droppin funky verses
[Chorus: x4]
[KRS-One] "Funky funky funky funky funky hit records"
[scratched: "droppin funky verses"]
[Tony D]
I do be droppin funky verses nailin suckers with a hammer
But before, I continue I will check with my programmer
See cause suckers are like [??] loves us
And in case you didn't know by the shit is.. "funky enough"
[Interlude: x4]
["won't stop rockin" - Run-D.M.C."]
[scratched: "funky enough"]
[Tony D]
Funky enough, so get your hand off the rewind button
Huffin and puffin but suckers ain't sayin NOTHIN
Talkin and sqwakin, like a bird you do be chirpin
When I'm droppin funky verses it seems feelings I be hurtin
Breakin your teeth off into pieces of a puzzle
Your mouth was open, so I shut it with a muzzle
Rappers come in limos and they leave in hearses
"think about it" - cause I be droppin funky verses
[Chorus]
[Tony D]
I do be droppin funky verses never holdin them inside
I'm releasin when I'm speakin form is perfectly in stride
For the 90's with the [?] with the speed with the agility
Of course on the two turntables Troy has the ability
to slice and dice and chop and grind whatever's on the menu
Cuttin shit up, like an oriental ginnsu
knife slicin dicin choppin wait a minute
"Freeze!" Troy Wonder "if you please"
Drop the beat and let me rock it acapella
Make it clear so they can hear me tell a
gathering of people exactly what's on my mind
You have to be creative in a song (what) when you rhyme
Not just another rap and then a dull-ass hook
It gets, kind of repetitious if you stop and take a look
in the mirror it'd be clearer if you'd practice your rehearses
And stop sellin out, keep on droppin funky verses
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