An ambulance is a vehicle for transportation of sick or injured people to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury, and in some instances will also provide out of hospital medical care to the patient. The word is often associated with road going emergency ambulances which form part of an emergency medical service, administering emergency care to those with acute medical problems.
The term ambulance does, however, extend to a wider range of vehicles other than those with flashing warning lights and sirens. The term also includes a large number of non-urgent ambulances which are for transport of patients without an urgent acute condition (see functional types, below) and a wide range of urgent and non-urgent vehicles including trucks, vans, bicycles, motorbikes, station wagons, buses, helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, boats, and even hospital ships (see vehicle types, also below).
The term ambulance comes from the Latin word ambulare, meaning to walk or move about which is a reference to early medical care where patients were moved by lifting or wheeling. The word originally meant a moving hospital, which follows an army in its movements. During the American Civil War vehicles for conveying the wounded off the field of battle were called ambulance wagons.Field hospitals were still called ambulances during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and in the Serbo-Turkish war of 1876 even though the wagons were first referred to as ambulances about 1854 during the Crimean War.
I ain't got
Nothing to be scared of,
No I ain't got
Nothing to be scared of
No I ain't got
Anything to be scared of
'Cos I love you
I was born out of love
It's the only way to come into this world
I know I'm not all there
But I'm getting, getting, getting there
If you let me live my life
I'll stay with you to the end
And I know, lord
I'm nearly there
I want to tell you this
I ain't got
Nothing to be scared of, no
No I ain't got
Nothing to be scared of, no
No I ain't got
Anything to be scared
Cause I love you
I ain't got
Nothing to be scared of
No ain't got
They dont need an autobike
Someone, plastic
Stick around, stick around
Selfish liars wanna cheat
Your insecurity
I know i've gotta get away
Ambulance, Ambulance
I really need you bad
Ambulance, Ambulance
I reallly need you bad
Bring him back, bring him back
I really need you bad x 2
Really!
So long down
Really!
Father funeral at your door
Contradiction that I know
You've heard it all before
Repeat chorus
Really!
So long down
Really
so, so, so, so
Yeah papoose in the building
I got the city locked
Thugga up in the building
They got the semis cocked
Man we always on fire
Niggas ain't really hot
Culture Power Homie, 4, 5
You f**kin with the wrong guy
In the back of that ambulance it's
A long ride
In the back of that ambulance truck
I put your ass in the back of that
Ambulance truck
You dying slow you actin like
You gonna pop soon as you think you hot
In the back of that ambulance truck nigga you shot
In the back of that ambulance truck
I put yo ass in the back of that
Ambulance truck
You betta watch who you call or hold you down
You ain't neva know when you gonna have to blow em down
Friends be yo worst enemies
I know it sounds crazy but it's real homeboy
I show you how
Callin on the real niggas you know in town
Talking about meet me at the club I know ya style
You don't callup no one but time
You rollin foul, You just be callin him because
You know he be towin clown
What if you and him catch drama it's goin down
You don't tote yo hammer like that and you know it now
You got yo red monkeys on you fly my nigga
Ambulance come they cut yo jeans with scissors
You talking like you gully got in yo ass
Now you talking like a mummy through that oxygen mask
You man coulda dropped you off left you in the streets
He ain't wanna get you blood in his car seats
Now they askin you ya name ya age ya address
But you can't give an answer you breathin ya last breath
'Bout to panic under pressure and fold you mad stressed
See yo future faddin you past tense
Culture Power Homie, 4, 5
You f**kin with the wrong guy
In the back of that ambulance it's
A long ride
You dying slow you actin like
You gonna pop soon as you think you hot
In the back of that ambulance truck nigga you shot
In the back of that ambulance truck
I put yo ass in the back of that
Ambulance truck
In the back of that ambulance truck
I put your ass in the back of that
Ambulance truck
You a coward in the streets in you bars you tough
But I don't believe you I don't care how hard you bluff
Niggas comin through with hoodies like they hard to touch
I pull that hoodie over you head and wash you up
Ya'll supporting these lost artists like they the Godfather
That's word to my Aunt Margaret None of they bars honest
Talking about you New York's hardest you spit
Hard garbage . You ain't a hard artist, You a Con artist
Get it on ya'll cowards avoid it when it's on
Scream like a bitch and make noises when it's on
My man right or wrong
That ain't the point the point I pointing crawns
So I point if he right I point it if he wrong
These little rappers being putting poison in they song
You paranoid man you annoying when it's on
I came up hard ain't have a choice to get it on
Told this little nigga stop topyin when it's on
You man died I'm disappointed that he gone
But the way you movin you about to join him in the morgue
You getting older now you voice is getting strong
If you make it past eighteen then boy you
Livin long
This is thugga thugga we enjoy to get it on
I keep it Brooklyn like Hoyt ans Schimmerhorn
Culture Power Homie, 4, 5
You f**kin with the wrong guy
In the back of that ambulance it's
A long ride
You dying slow you actin like
You gonna pop soon as you think you hot
In the back of that ambulance truck nigga you shot
In the back of that ambulance truck
I put yo ass in the back of that
Ambulance truck
This is not what you love me for
Will give you a present, actually please you
Whatever will actually please you
It's funny and sad to look at you these days
When nothing really matters
And we're doing our best I guess
I just wanted to know
Does anybody own you?
No, I got to pay
End up broke and worn out
You'll have to do better than
You'll have to do better than
Better than, better than that
911 can you help me{ help me}?
I’m callin you so can ya, can ya, can ya help me…?
Mishon…
Verse 1;
Girl when you left me, I couldn’t breathe for; nothing to save my life. How can this be, we been together so long. Ohwaoh.
I been {I been}, seachin’ {seachin’}, workin’ , tryin…but I’ve been unsuccessful {thoughts runnin through my mind.} Like have you move to the next one. Baby I don’t have the strength I need, to make it through this pain. And you know that you are all I have; some how you changed {ohh}
Chorus;
Somebody help me she don’ broke my heart. {got me} crawlin on the flo’ when I can’t breathe. I need an ambulance, need an ambulance, need an ambulance, need an ambulance. Can you, tell me what happened; thought we were forever. Girl me and you together, pl,pl,please don’t leave. I need and ambulance, need an ambulance, need an ambulance, need an ambulance.
Verse 2;
She’s gone, and now I’m free but it felt when you {when you were in my life} It’s so unfair and you acting like you don’t ooohh..
It just {it just} hit me {hit me} that you’re not {that you’re not}, comin back. So tell me where we began if I be the end tonight. Do you hear me back, back, back. Or react, act act. Like ya did did did in the past. And girl you know, that you’re the only one for me...{Ohhh}
Chorus;
Somebody help me she don’ broke my heart. {got me} crawlin on the flo’ when I can’t breathe. I need an ambulance, need an ambulance, need an ambulance, need an ambulance. Can you, tell me what happened; thought we were forever. Girl me and you together, pl,pl,please don’t leave. I need and ambulance, need an ambulance, need an ambulance, need an ambulance.
I’m callin 911, can you help me? {help me} I’m callin you so can you help me?{help}
911, can you help me? {help me} I’m callin you so can you help me? {help me}3x
I need an ambulance, need an,an,an,an ambulance. Need an ambulance.
i need an ambulance.
i took, i took the worst of the blow.
send me a redeemer.
let me know if i'm gonna be alright.
am i gonna be alright?
'cause i know how it usually goes.
i know how it usually goes.
i built a monument
for the love we used to know.
but that is far removed,
and you say that i'm gonna be okay.
and yeah, i'm gonna be okay.
but it doesn't seem that way.
no love, not today.
'cause i was told to get out
told to leave
told to have my things in the parking lot.
no no no no no no no no no, baby
yeah, just send me that ambulance
oh, just send me that ambulance.
oh woah, ohohoh, no oh [x2]
thought you were made for me
and we shared our history
and in time you'll tear your eyes far away.
like a rubbernecker's gaze
is it really safe to say
that we're just made that way,
made to brave the pain?
'cause i was told to get out
told to leave
told i have my things in the parking lot.
no no no no no no no no no, baby
yeah, just send me that ambulance
oh, yeah, just send me that ambulance.
oh woah, ohohoh, no oh [x2]
i need an ambulance.
i took, i took the worst of the blow.
send me a redeemer.
let me know if i'm gonna be alright.
am i gonna be alright?
'cause i know how it usually goes.
Stefan were on duty when the telephone ringed. ambulance was
Needed. someone
Got run over. stefan has been ambulance driver for 17 years.
Never once has he
Made any mistake. he got quickly to the place of incident. a
Young kid lied
Under the wheel of a bus. his right leg lied 5 meters farther.
It was an
Unpleasant scene. the kid was still alive, though. he got
Carried over to the
Ambulance very quick. every minute was important. stefan started
The engine in
A hurry. he made too much of being privileged on the road. he
Didn't manage to
Stop the ambulance at the cross-roads. driving 95 km/h he
Clashed together
With a truck going from the opposite side. the ambulance got
Crushed. stefan's
Cranium, spine and ribs lie all around now. his intestines are
Too sticky and
Thin to flow out of the driver's cabin. stretcher splitted into
Pieces and
fingers dialing
and your not breathing
and i cant find the medicine
if this is a joke then please tell me so
so i'll know, so i'll know
An ambulance at the crossroads
the crossroads in the city
and no one will let it through
though its lights are streaming every hue
and the bleeder in the back thinks
"This is the moment of my death;
I'm about to die in a traffic jam
and everyone's so angry at me
because I have the nerve to die right here,
because maybe they'll miss things at home on tv."
You are at the crossroads
the crossroads in the city
and no one will let you through
though you've waited hours in the queue
and the phone in your backpack rings, PICK IT UP, cause you'll be late
call your wife and tell her that
she should save you something to eat
because you're caught here looking at the blood in the street
Your slim frame, your eager eyes and your wild mane
Oh, they keep me where I belong, all wrapped up in wrong
You?re to blame for wasted words of sad refrain
Oh, let them take me where they may, believe me when I say
I will be your accident if you will be my ambulance
And I will be your screech and crash if you will be my crutch and cast
And I will be your one more time if you will be my one last chance
Oh, fall for me
Your slim frame, your simple stare and your wrong, wrong name
Oh they keep me where I belong, all strung out in song
Why so tame, we could shoot wilder vines through younger veins
Sip slow from night?s deep wells and watch our gardens swell
Once the seeds are sown, wild and overgrown
You?ll see heart's colors changed like leaves
Oh sweet, sweet tree, fall for me, fall fast, fall free, fall for me
Because I will be your ambulance if you will be my accident
And I will be your screech and crash if you will be my crutch and cast
And I will be your one more time if you will be my one last chance
I'm a lover and a whore
And I've been rich but I've been poor
It's not over now
And the fortunes that we keep
Create bonds around our feet
It's not over now
Call me an ambulance
I'm fading away
I'm here overwhelmed
I'm here overwhelmed
Lost in the shuffle
I'll fall to the back
I'm here overwhelmed
I'm here... overwhelmed
And I've walked in the street
Had my head down in the feet
It's not over now
Taking for granted and I fell
Just to appreciate you now
My world's an island
Just waiting to be found
Call me an ambulance
I'm fading away
I'm here overwhelmed
I'm here overwhelmed
Lost in the shuffle
I'll fall to the back
I'm here overwhelmed
I'm here... overwhelmed
Can't let you down
And how do I begin?
Can I let you in?
And how do I begin?
Oh, how do I begin?
Can't hide behind these walls
The guard of every city falls
It comes crumbling down
And while your sister lies with me
Fortune smiles through broken teeth
Just waiting for you to lay her down
Call the ambulance
I'm fading away
I'm here overwhelmed
I'm here overwhelmed
And life in the shuffle
I'll fall to the back
I'm a lover and all
I've been rich but I've been poor
it's not over now
Well the fortune that we keep
create walls around our feet
it's not over now
Call me an ambulance
I'm fading away
I'm here overwhelmed
I'm here overwhelmed
lost in the shuffle
I fall to the back
I'm here overwhelmed
I'm here overwhelmed
I walk down the street
and my head down in
it's not over now
Taken for granted and run foul
just to appreciate you now
my world's an island
that's waiting to be found
Call me an ambulance
I'm fading away
I'm here overwhelmed
I'm here overwhelmed
lost in the shuffle
I fall to the back
I'm here overwhelmed
I'm here overwhelmed
Can I let you down
Can I let you down
and how do I begin
Can I let you in
And how do I begin
And how do I begin
to hide behind these walls
but darling every city falls
and comes crumbling down
And while her sister lies
for she smiles through broken teeth
just waiting for you to lay her down
Call me an ambulance
I'm fading away
I'm here overwhelmed
I'm here overwhelmed
lost in the shuffle
I fall to the back
I'm here overwhelmed
I'm here overwhelmed
I fall to the back
Ambulance
Am I still alive?
Feels like I am
Trapped beneath the ice
My lips still move
But my voice it won't come out
Ambulance
I'm not ready
Ambulance
Will you be in time
To save my heart
From disconnecting now?
Better feel it while you can love
Feel it while you can
Give yourself to love, love
Give yourself to love
Love love love love love love love love
Can you help me
I have lost my powers
And I can't find my batteries
Can you help me
I've been down here for hours
'people staring at me
And now I feel the pressure, the sweat the paranoia
Oh yes, I feel the pressure, hold me tighter
I can make it better, when im not flat out on the floor
We can make it better, we can make it
Is there even any point
To this life
Without you
Without you
I am empty, ive only got three days
Left to pimp my soul
I'll sell it cheaply, I'll sell it by the hour
Watch a line on a screen, watch me fade I'm fast asleep, watching a number drop too low. Close the wounds, shut the door, I can't help you anymore. I'll drive fast, but you're dying faster.
And you'll keep us guessing way into the morning. Your life is an off switch away.
Am I going to get out? It's not safe here for me.
I could practice this every day, but hurricanes they make things change. Eyes have died; blood has dried on him. Close the wounds shut the door I can't help you anymore. I'll drive fast, but you're dying faster.
Hide all the evidence so we can rest assured that we'll be safe for now,
There's got to be a system where this all would play out right
And all hands would be clean,
And I'm not sure the ambulance will come
And take us to the medicine that we desperately need,
I'm waiting for the angels to come down,
Veil my eyes and tell me that this is what I've been dreaming of,
What I'm waiting for,
Believe me I've only got your best interest in mind,
Believe me so I can confide in these fists to break down the standards we rely,
Hide all the evidence so that we can rest assured that we'll be safe for now,
There's got to be an intervention somewherealong the way,
Along your lines,
Along my hands on those same damn lines,
And I'm not sure the ambulance will come
And take us to the medicine that we desperately need,
I'm waiting for the angels to come down,
Veil my eyes and tell me that this is what I've been dreaming of,
What I'm waiting for,
Forget about your nervous hands,
An ambulance rushes by
Flashing red and white
To the scene
Two hundred cars
A head screaming
Three miles at most
On the highway
The city shifts its weight
Heading north
You'll be late
I dont know the dead
But i got a chill
I dont know tragedy
But they say i will
Ha ha ha
Ha ha ha
Ha ha ha
Ha ha ha
Whatever they mean
They dont care because
Today they cried and stared
A man they dont know
Wont make it home tonight
I drive past in heartache
And in relief
You know what i mean
You know what they think
I'm glad it wasn't me
I dont know the dead
But i got a chill
I dont know tragedy
But they say i will
Ha ha ha
Ha ha ha
Ha ha ha
Ha ha ha
Ha ha ha
Ha ha ha
Ha ha ha
I don't know if I can find a way to keep
All the secrets that you told me in your sleep
And I'm amazed that you still find the space to dream
In the shadows of a town made out of thieves
Who would drown the sound of history repeating
With the ambulances screaming up the street
So sing to me
Don't let me fall asleep to the sound of cold machines
Or the smell of gasoline
Or the weight of destiny
Don't make me wait
I've been waiting here all night
I've been waiting my whole life
Somewhere the ghosts of factory workers dance
With the ghosts of kids who never had a chance
[Fam-Lay] Uh!
[Pre-Chorus: Fam-Lay]
If you hear a shot nigga, think of me!
Cause if there's a stressin there's no question I'm a ride
Just conceal my gun in D!
I'll fulfill my requests if you heard that I die
A thousand niggaz jumping, a thousand niggaz bowing
Niggaz making money, a thousand niggaz throwing
Thousand niggaz slanging, a thousand niggaz banging
Selling that H nigga, selling that caine
[Chorus: Pharrell Williams] [x8]
Here come the ambulance! (woo! woo! woo! woo! woo!)
[Verse: Fam-Lay]
Uh! Fam-Lay uhh! I bet you heard of me
But there's some cowards out there who tried to murder me
Now they got em in ICU Surgery
Cause I burnt their ass up to the 3rd degree
I got that H, I got that D
And if you need it homie you can get a pack from me
Word on the street is that them people after me
But I'm a scrambler, won't let em capture me
I got my bag, a case of gin
Pocket full of, tattoos all in my skin
We got gold teeth (uh) ducking them police
On the corner all night getting no sleep
This how we do, how real is this
I'm from Shark City, big fish eat little fish (Norfolk!)
This is my hood, and I'm a represent
I've been riding round wit shotguns ever since
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Verse: Fam-Lay]
Chicks is braiding hair, fellas out clocking
Chil'rin everywhere, old folks is out watching
Gotta be +Train To Go+ in this harsh world
Full of nothing but hood niggaz and park girls
We all down to ride, for that homicide
We prepared to go long as the drama ride
Run up on your roads, open your suicide door
Take the umbrella and treat it like a 2 by 4
We are ignorant, we don't give a shit
Fuck who started it long as we finish it
Come up to your club, got a thousand deep
All the six of us waking you out your sleep
I don't give a fuck, let the corner pick em up
From what I did to em, left his corner spitting up
We could go to war, till the death of me
If you want beef, WE got the recipe
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Verse: Fam-Lay]
Pharrell put me here, to put these streets on lock
Now that I'm in here, we can't be stopped (Star Trak!)
I'm a carry it raw, till the day I die
And keep it street, as days go by
I'm in erry spot, the rawest clubs
I'm on erry block, wit all the thugs
My family locked up, know what this about
Got enough couzins wit me to get you out
[Pre-Chorus]
Ambulance rotate your lights
All over my block tonight
You are the first vehicle driving through this layer of snow
Like it's too good to be true
How often does it happen to you
Hope it's nothing too serious
That there is so much chance