Materiel (from the French "matériel" for equipment or hardware, related to the word material) is a term used in English to refer to the equipment and supplies in military and commercial supply chain management.
In a military context, materiel relates to the specific needs of a force to complete a specific mission. The term is also often used in a general sense ("men and materiel") to describe the needs of a functioning army. Materiel management consists of continuing actions relating to planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, controlling, and evaluating the application of resources to ensure the effective and economical support of military forces. It includes provisioning, cataloging, requirements determination, acquisition, distribution, maintenance, and disposal. The terms "materiel management", "materiel control", "inventory control", "inventory management", and "supply management" are synonymous.
Materiel in the commercial distribution context comprises the items being moved by the services of or as the products of the business, as distinct from those involved in operating the business itself.
I can smell it on the pavement
It's about to rain
And you can feed me all the pills you want
But you cannot stop the pain
Am I forcing my hand to write this down
Today is the day I finally realized
That I can't rely on anyone except myself
So you think you understand me
You're so anxious to evaluate
Maybe I'm well
Maybe I'm fine
Maybe I'm in love
Am I forcing my hand to write this down
Today is the day I finally realized
That I can't rely on anyone except myself
Don't just stand there, it's about to rain
You were never one to worry.
Maybe my dreams are just more interesting
Than my reality
All this time
See it through my eyes
Am I forcing my hand
My eyes are still burning from such sunny days
When you came to paint all of my dark skies away
Who would choose between two shades of gray
In a world, in a world so fast my heart stops beating?
I try to wrap my head around a world so big, when we've
got just one life, just one life to live
WHow can my voice sound above all the lies?
We're silenced by the masses, but who are we if we
don't try?
Give me a reason to believe this life is more than what
it seems
Give me a reason to believe you're all I need
Trying to decide just where my loyalties lie
When our heads are filled with so much useless pride
Children's cries drowned out as we feed our greed
With no thought to the future, will we ever take a
chance on peace?
Give me a reason to believe this life is more than what
it seems
Give me a reason to believe you're all I need
And you're already gone, and I've been here too long
And I see that it's all about to change
Well you've come and gone and it seems so long
please someone tell me that I am strong
It's all about to change
And you were here all this time
But I was blind without a chance to make it right
It's all about to change.
Give me a reason to believe you're all I need
So here I am, help me dow
Make me feel the way that I'm supposed to feel now
Does this seem real
Living a lie when you're trying to hide
Everything that is trapped down deep inside?
Can you bear the weight?
Carry the pain and take these troubles from my hands
Lay them in this bed you made before you shut the door.
Don't say you never left me
When your eyes are fighting with your heart
For the truth in the conversation
But now that I've found out
Can you feel the distance?
It's growing further and my heart is beating faster now
But we both know that we can't hide from ourselves
Don't say you never left me
When your eyes are fighting with your heart
For the truth in the conversation
Don't tell me I'm the only one when your eyes won't
stop fighting with your heart when you wrap your arms
around me
Now I'm gone
But there was just this once you said you hated
everything about me
My hands, my face, the clock that hung in the bedroom
My hands, my face, even your own body
Don't say you never left me
When your eyes are fighting with your heart
For the truth in the conversation
Don't tell me I'm the only one when your eyes won't
stop fighting with your heart when you wrap your arms
around me
Now I'm gone.
Wash the blankets and the sheets, mop my footprints as
I leave
Come what may
This September has never felt so far away
We've got a secret, we've got to keep it
Let them say what they want to say
"So tell me who's going to end this, because forever
never ever works out,"
Well baby we've got the promise and nothing's going to
break us down
Come what may
I'm afrait it won't be as easy as it used to be
The world's romantics replaced by skeptics
What do tthey know about this anyway.
"So tell me who's going to end this, because forever
never ever works out,"
Well baby we've got the promise and nothing's going to
break us down
Come what may
If it's not your heart it's your head
Turning you around on the words you've said
Don't give up on the light, I need to see it in your
eyes
To guide me through the darkest nights
"So tell me who's going to end this, because forever
never ever works out,"
Well baby we've got the promise and nothing's going to
break us down
It's been three long months
I think i've had enough of waiting for you to come home
It's been three long years full of blood and sweat and
tears
I'm waiting for you to come home
Feel the weight of this situation, feel it in your
chest
Chorus:
Show me who you are, who you really are
I've been trying oh so long to keep you here in my arms
Show me who you are, who you really are
I've been trying oh so long to keep you here in my
heart
And i don't think that i can be the one who's waiting
patiently
So when will you decide to choose the one who's been
behind you all along
Feel the weight of this situation, feel it in your
chest
(chorus)
Baby you're lying, and i can see right through you
Feel the weight of this situation, feel it in your
chest
Show me who you are, who you really are
I've been trying oh so long to keep you here in my arms
Right here in my arms
Baby you're lying, baby you're lying
[Afrika Baby Bam]
Well, I was standin on the verge, just about to get off
Cause I was losin my crew in a society war
Pipin the pipe every night, and when
The moon came up, they was gone with the wind
And every night the dope sold they desired
Last one hired and first one fired
Fixed in the mix, and I couldn't stand still
So I win a war, but it wasn't my will
[Mike G]
Girlfriend smoked out and her mind's burnt out
Losin weight and her legs and her stomach stickin out
Knowin daddy's uptown in his work all around
Keep your ear to the ground and your soul heaven bound
Now ain't no use in screamin loud
Cause yo, money's gone off chasin clouds
Leavin you once again to pick up slack
But where you're goin is where you're at
(Concentrate) you got to think a little harder
Come here, let me show you before you even start to
(On the big payday)
Yeah
(Concentrate) you got to think a little harder
Come here, let me show you before you even start to
Playin with fire - don't you know that you're gonna get lit?
Playin with fire - don't you know when to quit?
Playin with fire - don't you know that you're gonna get lit?
Playin with fire - don't you know how to quit?
[Mike G]
Grandma's runnin to the old number spot
Spendin what she saved tryin to hit the jack-pot
Brotherman swearin what he is or is not
Landlord smilin and my motor's not hot
Pretty little sister should be kept in a cage
She thinks she's grown up cause she looks older than her age
She chose the streets over a chance on stage
Found dead in the river, story made the first page
Devils snatchin souls into a little glass being
Sayin (if you got problems I can - I can change your way of seein em)
It's not as easy as it surely may seem
You lose your life over the price of a dream
Blow
Yeah
Ha-ha
(Concentrate) you got to think a little harder
Come here, let me show you before you even start to
(On the big payday)
Yeah
(Concentrate) you got to think a little harder
Come here, let me show you before you even start to
(Concentrate)
Playin with fire - don't you know that you're gonna get lit?
You're playin with fire, don't you know it don't make no sense
[Mike G]
Yeah
Different colors for different brothers
That gives no reason to kill off each other
We're dyin at a pace as if we're in a race
The President sendin our money to space
Our very short lives and a very long strive
Some start their lies, so some get high
Some do both and cut their own throat
No paddle in the boat, just goin for a float
Fool
Equal opportunity
Biological lunacy
[Jungle Brothers]
The tracks is slammin
The tracks is slammin
No question
Brothers got to get a fix on what they're doin
What we're talkin about here is..
You just keep playin with fire
You keep playin with fire
Equal opportunity, brother
That's what we need
Word is bond
[Afrika Baby Bam]
Now the brothers be doggin
The sisters be hoggin
They're playin with the fire, and they're gonna get burnt
Word up
Smokin and puffin and sniffin and riffin
They don't get enuffin, but it don't make a difference
Cause they be lovin the heat
Feelin the beat, walkin the street
But they don't never concentrate
All alone, walkin along
Standin alone
Stoned to the bone
And the lunacy's on
Check it out
Playin with fire - don't you know you're gonna get lit?
Playin with fire - don't you know when to quit?
Playin with fire - don't you know you're gonna get lit?
Playin with fire - don't you know it don't make no sense?
[Mike G]
Cigarette's pokin blood pressure
Somebody's gettin paid cause they're all insured
Second step to your mind, first step to your heart
And nothin will work if somethin don't start
No meat on my plate cause I choose my own faith
My peoples movin out at a very high rate
Either to the grave, or way upstate
I better concentrate
[Afrika Baby Bam]
You got to think a little harder
Come here, let me show you before you even start to
Woke up one mornin after a nightmare
Heart full of fear, oh darlin, my dear
A man's got it all, and don't wanna share
No clothes on my back, now I swear it ain't fair
Follow me, good God, and I'll lead ya
Oh Lord, can't you see that we need the
Equal opportunity
Biological lunacy
Don't call it off, don't say it's over now
Because I call the shots, and when I say it's off it's
Don't call it off, don't say what you think you have to
say to me
What's done is done and I think we both agree that
we've run this into the ground.
I think it's time we say good night. I think it's time
we say goodbye.
Does she know just how to whisper in your ear the way I
Does she catch your eyes from a distance standing in a
crowded room?
How many times must I sing my soul to you
before you realize the trials you put me through?
No one has to know.
But won't you grant me this last request?
I just want to feel like I've had something to say in
this relationship.
And it's been so rough just trying to see eye to eye
And it's been so tough but at least I tried
And I've had enough, so let me scream it out with my
last breath.
I think it's time.
Does she know just how to whisper in your ear the way I
Does she catch your eyes from a distance standing in a
crowded room?
How many times must I sing my soul to you
before you realize the trials you put me through?
No one has to know.
No one.
Too many dreams have come to life to just to wither and
Keep it a secret, save your pride, I hope she eats you
alive
Because your faithless words of blasphemy won't get you
anywhere with me
Just keep it a secret, save your pride, I hope she eats
you alive.
How many times must I sing my soul to you
before you realize the trials you put me through?