[Hook: Mary J. Blige]
This kind of love is a once in a lifetime cruise
Reach out and touch the love that I have for you
I see you standing there so lost and all alone
I wanna take you in my arms
And tell you that you're home
I look into your eyes
I said I know you very well
I see a mirror of my life
A reflection of myself
[Verse 1: Nas]
3:45 am can't sleep, can't dream
I'm stuck, money problems pop up
How will I survive, guess it's best to decide not to decide
So that's my decision
Whatever happens happens
I keep makin' my millions
Can see myself in presidential campaign dinners
But I'm gassin' blunts around a bunch of gang members
When you're too hood to be in them Hollywood circles
And you're too rich to be in that hood that birthed you
And you become better than legends you thought were the greatest
And out grow women you love and thought you could stay with
Life become clearer when you wipe down your mirror
And leave notes around for yourself to remember
I like to teach and build
With brothers about how easy it is to reach a mill
All you need is some skill, then it's grindtime
Imagination better than knowledge, say's Einstein
It's all in the mind
Nasty the nicest, I'm somewhat of a psychic
Just one minute after it's heard
You all excited, you all repeat it
So call me a genius, if you didn't
Now that I said it I force you to think it
Write in my little vignettes, sipping Moet
When you vision me, you vision the best
When I was young they called me, Olu's son
Now he Nas father, I was the good seed
He was the wise gardener
[Hook: Mary J. Blige]
[Verse 2: Nas]
Beautiful life, often I dream that I can bring my niggas
Conservatives don't understand slang linguistics
The burbs talking like the hood'll change with quickness
Love the skinny model chicks but I prefer the thickness
So what I rap about my riches and I'm ostentatious
Get out of gangsta business seen in me you basic
Try to compare what you live to the life I master
See the fly shit I wear, you try to rock it after
Big bracelets, gold any different faces
White wine spritzers and Switzerland on vacation
The strip club scene favours your supreme banker
Dope fiend neighbours, growing up I've seen paper
I describe it, hope you can visualize it
This is reminiscent to all the parks in the project
When my bread is nice, can rival your foamposites
Don't make me pull my? out the closet
She's a rich kid
She wears diamond rings
Knows how to walk
Knows everything
About love, she's not too sure
What she's looking for
Fresh from the woods
Out on the street
She's looking good
Looking so neat
She don't know if she should
'Cause she don't know
If she's bad or good
She don't care if it
Hurts her father
She don't care if it
Breaks her mother
She don't care anymore
She just wants what
She's never had before
All she wants is love, she's ready
She wants love
And she's gonna get it
All she needs is love
She's gotta have it, someone to love
All she wants is love, she's ready
Gotta have love, she'll get it
All she needs is love
She's never had it, someone to love
She was a school boy's dream
High school queen
She had it all when she was sixteen
Stayed away from boys
'Cause she thought she'd get hurt
Why did she listen to
Her mother's words
Couldn't go out
Had to stay home
And how she hated
Being on her own
She needs love like everybody else
Now she's gonna
Get some for herself
All she wants is love, she's ready
She wants love
And she's gonna get it
All she needs is love
She's gotta have it, she needs love
All she wants is love, she's ready
She wants love
And she's gonna get it
All she needs is love
When everything is war
You’re living in a battle zone
When everything is torn
And the world is cold as stone
Don’t lock all the doors
Close your heart
Shut me out of your life
And throw all the keys
Chorus:
Will you reach out?
Will you reach out for me?
When life holds you down
Like you’re drowning at sea
I’m the hand that you need
‘Til you land at your own destiny
Reach out for me
When everything is wrong
Distant cries still reach my ears
When ever you’re alone
Doesn’t mean that love’s not here
Unlock all the doors
And decide in your mind
This is not how you want it to be
Chorus
Reach out
Will you reach out for me?
So don’t hide
I’m right here
By your side
Shelter you
From your fears
From your fears
Oh your fears
Oh your fears
I won’t be
Far away
I will pull you in
Out of the rain
Chorus
Reach out
Will you reach out for me?
Reach out for me
I’m the hand that you need
‘Til you land at your own destiny
Reach out
It's over your head and you don't seem to understand
One word I say and you can't live your life trying to run away
You're fighting your friends all you win everybody
But it never ends you wearing me out
Come on, reach out, reach out
And let someone in to your life
Don't get me wrong you always apologize
It's just your way of making a scene
You need to be loved
It's not such a crime
Come on, reach out, reach out
And let someone in to your life
Come on, reach out, reach out
And let someone in to your life
I said over your head you just don't seem to understand
One word I say and you can't live your life
You got so much love
It's burning inside
Come on, reach out, reach out
And let someone in to your life
Come on, reach out, reach out
And let someone in to your life
Reach out, reach out
No one's going to give it away.
They make it hard for the people today.
To get what you want, you've got to do it yourself.
Don't be afraid to drive the nail in the wood.
Or drink the bottle if it tastes so good.
You'll go the distance. You never thought that you could.
Reach out and take it.
Reach out and ta-ta take it.
Reach out and take it.
Reach out and ta-ta-ta take it.
Reach out and take it. Oh, yeah!
Cough up the cash when you go over and over.
Before the old one's gone, you've got a new owner.
You need assistance when your head's in the clouds.
You could live easy if life stood still.
You could be faking and breaking and taking it all.
But then you know you're gonna fall.
Reach out and take it.
Reach out and ta-ta take it.
Reach out and take it.
Reach out and ta-ta-ta take it.
Reach out and take it.
Don't have to take it so hard.
Don't have to take it so, so hard.
Don't have to take it so hard.
Don't have to take it so HARD!
( solos )
Reach out and take it.
Reach out and ta-ta take it.
Reach out and take it.
Reach out and ta-ta-ta take it.
Reach out and take it.
Reach out. Reach out.
Take what you want.
Reach out. Reach out.
When the world has gone crazy
And there's no one around
You can talk to, I'll be there in a hurry
'Cos I know how you feel, don't you worry
Reach out, I'll be there
Reach out for someone who cares
I'll be there, I'll make you feel fine, I'll put your mind at ease
I can be of help, I know I can, I can help
When you're looking for a friend
You won't find no better
Right on to the bitter end
Here I am, here I am
When you feel a little bit lonely
There's no need, can't you hear me
Reach out, I'll be there
Reach out for someone who cares
I'll be there, I will be the one
I'll make you feel fine
I can be the one
To put your mind at ease
I can be of help
I know I can, I can help
When you're looking for a friend
You won't find no better
Right on to the bitter end
don't walk away
i need you more than words can say
i feel for you, this everlasting flame
my everlasting flame
i will wash away your tears
through the pain and through the sorrow
better days are still to come
if you would only turn around and
reach out and touch me
reach out and hold me
reach out and touch me!
you feel the rain
i feel the tear drops run down my face
you hide your fear in everlasting shame
my everlasting flame
we have wasted so much time
so you're saying now it's over
better days are still to come
don't turn your back on me now, darling
reach out and touch me
reach out and hold me
reach out and touch me!
i will wash away your tears
through the pain and through the sorrow
better days are still to come
if you would only turn around and
reach out and touch me
reach out and hold me
reach out and touch me!
don't walk away from me now darling
i need you now much more than ever
don't you walk away from me my darling
don't walk away from me now darling
(reach out and touch me)
i need you now much more than ever
(reach out and hold me)
don't you walk away from me my darling
(reach out and touch me!)
I've felt this way for a while
like time is stealing my smile away
like darkness holds the day
I'm running at a break-neck pace
as if in a race
but what do I stand to win
to cross the line again
I'm too tired to sleep
I need to find peace
Is this where my rest begins
When I reach out to you
reach out to you (there I find a hiding place)
reach out to you (there I find a source of strength)
reach out to you
So busy I can barely breathe
temptation seems
to keep me off of my knees
yet that is where I want to be
I'm sitting in the shallow end
a pool of good intent
distraction has my feet
it pulls me underneath
Now it's sink or swim
throw the life line in
God show me what I should do
When I reach out to you
reach out to you (there I find a joy divine)
reach out to you(there I find a peace of mind)
reach out to you
reach out to you
reach out to you
reach out to you
I have failed and yet
still you give, I get
Reach out!
You€™ve got something more to say
That€™ll blow away the human race
Shine a light on any shadow of doubt
Meet me half way, just reach out
So reach out, reach out
The typical way to celebrate
The invisible way that we both hate
I€™ll give you something to shout about
I knock you down and then reach out
So reach out, reach out
This n*gga be just callin my phone
I be like why do u call me i never gave u my number first of all
I find it rude for you to call somebody
it's like i got ya number from your people,
some people, but i was like well i didn't give you my number so you shouldn't call my phone..
Hold on 1 sec. baby... hello?
She left you all alone, so take my body home
i'm here to make ya moan (reach out, touch me)
now feel some naked sweat bet it'll drip right down your neck, when i talk ya won't forget (reach out, touch me)
you want a hella chick lemme sign some other dick, you get the tip to lick n *ooh* (reach out, touch me)
sit back n close your eyes, don't try to take your time, it's gonna be a night
(reach out, touch me)
I say G's feel ya ass up, me up on a plasma, is there anything better you can ask for?
ain't nothin sweeter than a diva named trina
fresh to death like i live at the cleaners
i'm so sexy i could kiss myself
but why do it when i know that i could get some help
yo take my number, let it marinate, don't even wonder how i turned a winter's night into summer
ponder, in ya mind, this spot it 69,
i'll make sure you'll get yours now gimme mine
you know, holla at me, throw a thousand to a dolla at me
gucci, miss sixty, to some prada at me (reach out, touch me)
shower me with the finest things, diamond rings, tea cups, ?? and designer jeans
i got this call comin in, i'll hit ya back
be prepared to cross our lines that connect-picture that
She left you all alone, so take my body home
i'm here to make ya moan (reach out, touch me)
now feel some naked sweat bet it'll drip right down your neck, when i talk ya won't forget (reach out, touch me)
you want a hella chick lemme sign some other dick, you get the tip to lick n *ooh* (reach out, touch me)
sit back n close your eyes, don't try to take your time, it's gonna be a night
(reach out, touch me)
Can ya hear me nanna?
ya hear me better?
good, i'm ready to seva and down for whateva
i'd slid you my digits nah, come pay a visit
your no ("man-chick"), that's just ready to handle business
Ooh my bedroom moans louder than ringtones
my sexy ninja have ya shoppin at Queen's Home
My girls told me bout your line with a 3-way
But this curious cat don't wanna go off what 'she' say
so get over to room star 67
where i block the haters and a playa get a piece of heaven
lemme know when you downstairs in mike's kitchen, it's the playgirl's suite
before i change my decision
curve insturctions no disturbance when i nurse on you
off the hook in a lawn waitin in my birthday suit
no dis when i give you my hand
im about to give the limit to plan-goddamn
She left you all alone, so take my body home
i'm here to make ya moan (reach out, touch me)
now feel some naked sweat bet it'll drip right down your neck, when i talk ya won't forget (reach out, touch me)
you want a hella chick lemme sign some other dick, you get the tip to lick n *ooh* (reach out, touch me)
sit back n close your eyes, don't try to take your time, it's gonna be a night
If our arms were reaching out
If our words could only bridge the doubt
Will we lose this chance again?
Strange roads with different signs
Don't even know where we divide
Are you my enemy or my friend?
'Cause I don't know you
And you don't know me
It's the same sun rising
We all just look to the sky
If we try
We can work it out somehow
If you don't know me
And I don't know you
How can we be fighting
We're all connected it's true
Reaching out
It's only love that pulls us through
We all grieve in different ways
If one tear could wash away the pain
We're all free to have the faith we believe, yeah
The world sleeps at different times
With one turn your day is now my night
We all live sharing the air that we breathe
Reaching out, reaching high
Reaching out
Touching you, touching me
If your arms were reaching out
If our words could only bridge the doubt
When the spotlight is fading
And everyone's gone
When your thoughts come back to life
And you think of what you have done
Take a look in the mirror
And then look to the past
Tell me who you are
And then tell me what's gonna last
And as you take off your disguise
As you dare to open your eyes
To behold the panacea
Embracing your life
Oh, and then you realize
You gotta reach out
To find it all inside of you
As the spotlight fades away
You gotta reach out
To find it all inside of you
And let that spotlight fade away
It's so hard to escape from
Where they say you belong
If they say don't you break the rules
You just got abandon them and then go on
And there won't be anything missin'
There won't be no grief or regret
Oh, let the child inside break free
I'll find the time to be stiff when I'm dead
Don't wanna be trapped in a disguise
I want it all and I wanna rise
And I dive in the panacea
Embracing my life
Open my eyes
Reach out!
To find it all inside of you
As the spotlight fades away
You gotta reach out
To find it all inside of you
And let that spotlight fade away
Reach out!
Find it all inside of you
As the spotlight fades away
Reach out!
Find it all inside of you
Let's go, so bring your passport girl, I'm trying to show you the world
I know your ex did you bad but I'm your new perfect man
Dignity where you stand with just a touch of my hand
I'm trying to show you my plan, you got me girl, I'm a fan
From the minute that you walked right through the door
Thoughts were racing in my mind, time to explore
I tell my friends that I just gotta have him
But don't look now 'cause I see you staring at him
Tunnel vision had him locked on in my sight
On a mission for position by the end of the night
It's like a prey playing games with the hunter
Nowhere to run boy, time to surrender
And all I need is to feel you
All I want is to feel you
Reach out and touch me before I go insane
Reach out and touch me, boy don't you make me wait
I'm a diamond and you're so on the money
Reach out and touch me
And all I need is to feel you
Reach out and touch me
Like a prayer your touch can take me there
In my mind you and me in a secret affair
Oh boy you're killing me and you don't even know it
Tried to hold back but I can't control it
So I'm stepping to ya, skip the how ya doin'?
Grab your hand and pull you closer to me, yeah
Out the door we're slipping then we start to kissing
Boy you're invited to my fanta-tasy
And all I need is to feel you
All I want is to feel you
Reach out and touch me before I go insane
Reach out and touch me, boy don't you make me wait
I'm a diamond and you're so on the money
Reach out and touch me
Reach out and touch me before I go insane
Reach out and touch me, boy don't you make me wait
I'm a diamond and you're so on the money
Reach out and touch me
And all I need is to feel you
Reach out and touch me
Let's go, I'm here to play with fire, your body's my desire
The time to flirt across the room doesn't expire
'Cause you a superstar, get in my super car
The paparazzi watchin' us, the tube is on
I know I took it far but look how good you are
And look how good you look, one touch I'm supercharged
Baby can't you see how you're affecting me?
Baby sensual, physical fantasy
Maybe fate brought the two of us closer now
Don't you wanna, don't you wanna
Don't you wanna, don't you wanna reach out and touch me?
Reach out and touch me before I go insane
Reach out and touch me, boy don't you make me wait
I'm a diamond and you're so on the money
Reach out and touch me
Reach out and touch me before I go insane
Reach out and touch me, boy don't you make me wait
I'm a diamond and you're so on the money
Reach out and touch me
And all I need is to feel you
Reach out and touch me
Reach out, reach out, reach out
Reach out, reach out
Reach out and touch me
The hard times'll hit you when your chillin
Explode describes the feelin
Hennee cups help the healin
Money hungry hookers on my heals I can hear em
They showin is comparin cause this butters much I'm carin
Where I'm from the murder rate is climbin through the ceilin
Lil niggas walk to school and see they daddy on a buildin
Spray paint faces then we grow up cops chase us
On a every day basis meet the old head replacements
Shorty said survival is to go past the bottle
No faith knocked out too young to read the bible
Before they show you mercy they gon show you marcialago
Tooly in my cargo for nigga thinkin he hard yo
Do or die motto like my boys that took it with em
Ice flippin star hit me hard wont forget em
Shout outs to pay still mournin offa kwan
Since a youngin it was on life fast night gone
Knew him since a baby got the mind to stay strong
Lost my best friend on the same night I perform
Reality'll sting yeah and it's comin by the swarm
Get high til I'm gone muffin off a hundred on a arm
Ratha go a player then a mothafuckin pawn
Middle finger drawn til I'm back where I belong
Got a letter from my nigga told me ain nobody close
That he was shorttimin and bombin a couple toasts
Until then I boast
Gucci out a ruthles car superstar
Haters want the star shoot and move the bars
Trooper pulled me ova slippd and shorty poofd the charge
Livin life without a limit want me use the card
Flow out the world gotta ship the group to mars
Fresh to death alien pairin up in a new minaj
Lifes a couple hoes bagged em both dual massage
[Intro:]
I can show you how to reach that
I can show you how to reach that
[Verse 1:]
You've been running through my mind all day
Picturing you laying next to me
And I whisper to you, I wanna feel you
Please got in close, come on make your move
Don't worry about any distractions, boy
Put everything aside, and enjoy
The special things I got in store for you,
The sexy things I'm gonna do, ooh
[Bridge:]
Said it's easy to explain what I'm feeling now
I've already let you know what it's all about
If you still don't know the way, I can show you how
I know you're gonna love it, no doubt
Gotta tell me what you want, I'mma take you there
It's somethings you wanna do, and we're both aware
All the places I'mma take you, they won't compare
To anything you've seen before, baby
[Chorus:]
If you're looking for heaven
You're in the right place
I can show you how to reach that
I can give you good things,
If you're willing to taste
I can show you how to reach that
If you give me your all,
I'll show you the way to mine
I can show you how to reach that
Feel good love, baby I can show you right
I can show you how to reach that
[Verse 2:]
It's just the way that you do your thing
I can't get enough, need it everyday
So don't be mad, if I kiss and tell
Gotta dim the lights,
Cause you do it too well
Ain't no one else,
You're my one and only
I love the way that your lips
Such show me, give it to me
Do it to me, give it to me
Til our bodies can't take it no more
[Bridge:]
Said it's easy to explain what I'm feeling now
I've already let you know what it's all about
If you still don't know the way, I can show you how
I know you're gonna love it, no doubt
Gotta tell me what you want, I'mma take you there
It's somethings you wanna do, and we're both aware
All the places I'mma take you, they won't compare
To anything you've seen before, baby
[Chorus:]
If you're looking for heaven
You're in the right place
I can show you how to reach that
I can give you good things,
If you're willing to taste
I can show you how to reach that
If you give me your all,
I'll show you the way to mine
I can show you how to reach that
Feel good love, baby I can show you right
I can show you how to reach that
[Outro:]
I can show you how to reach that
I can show you how to reach that
I can show you how to reach that
I can show you how to reach that
Verse 1
I was looking for the answer all the time
Always looking, never finding
I was empty inside
Falling into darkness
Needing the light to see
Reaching out for shelter
Then He set me free
Chorus
I reached out, You reach out, He'll reach out today
I reached out, You reach out, He'll reach out today
Verse 2
If you're looking for the answer, now this is the time
To stop looking and start finding that feeling inside
You don't need the darkness
When there's a light to see
He'll provide the shelter
And He'll set you free
Repeat Chorus
I'll reach out, I'll reach out
I'll reach out, I'll reach out today
Oh, reach out today
Oh, reach out today
Oh, reach out today
Oh, reach out today
Lonely again, I ain't got no friends
My emptiness begins when my work ends
Tomorrow's Christmas
I'm gonna spend it with who?
Myself? Or is it any use?
The rain falls down outside
As tears fall from my eyes
Another day gone by and I didn't ever try
Try to make contact but I don't know how
It seems so natural in my mind
I am scared, that they won't accept me
I hide inside myself and I just let it be
The way I act, I'm so insecure
I hate myself and I'm not sure why
To hang on and with who?
If I only could find a reason to pull trough
Reach out and grab a hold
Reach out and I won't let go
Reach out from my emptiness
Never been afraid to learn - at the speed I've been living
Never tried to run away - when my luck's been sinking
Looking back doesn't seem that long
I was too blind to see waht was going on
(Chorus)
Tried to reach out and touch you but you were gone - Oh I
Sometimes I wonder If I was wrong - so wrong
Never been afraid to say - anything I been thinking
Never tried to run away - even from the beginning
Looking back doesn't seem that long
The way I feel now don't care if I carry on
(Chorus)
Tried to reach out - tried to touch you
Tried to reach out - tried to touch you
Reach on out and touch me
Give me thrills like I never had
Reach on out and touch me
You got something that is driving me mad
My head is reeling
Nobody ever had me feeling this way
ooooooh
Reach on out and touch me
Well I'm having a bad time waiting for your love
Reach on out and touch me
Keep it movin' 'til I tell ya I've had enough
So come on keep it rising
The feeling is suprising to know (woa - oh - yeah)
You can take it all
Take it any way you like (ooh yeah)
I said you can take it all
When you give it back sure gonna do it right (yeah yeah)
(Ooh that's what I'm talking about ooh hoo)
(ooh ooh ooh)
Reach on out and touch me baby
This is what I wanted to know (yeah)
Reach out over here and thrill me with your love
''cause I ain't never had it this way before
Now you can feel it coming on
Just shake it one more time and I'll be gone
(whoa ho ho)
Reach out to--uch me
You better reach out (out, ooh baby touch me)
Where have you gone I can't see you
What's going on I can't feel you
Come back wherever you are
Come back, just follow the star
What can I do I can't hear you
Where do I have to go to find you
Where are you now
Where are you NOW!
Reach out to my hand
And I will pull you into the light
Hold on to my hand
And you shall never fall again
Fear is keeping you where I can not come
Tear your fears, let them go with tears
(Solo)
Reach out to my hand
And I will pull you into the light
Hold on to my hand
I don't want to be the answer, girl
I don't want to be a dancer on your dreams
I don't want to shield you from yourself
But you know it's sometimes harder than it
Seems
In a wicked world there's light somewhere
I care
Reach out your little hand to me
And I'll be there
Reach out your little hand to me
And I'll be there
When it seems you've got the broken cup
When your given soap instead of sympathy
When you feel as if you're giving up
There's another road that leads right back to
In a wicked world there's light somewhere
I care
Reach out your little hand to me
And I'll be there
Reach out your little hand to me
And I'll be there
Reach out your little hand to me
And I'll be there
Reach out your little hand to me
And I'll be there
And I would never steal your time
Or make you sign forever
You're free
You're free
Take me
Take me to your heart
Reach out your little hand to me
And I'll be there
Reach out your little hand to me
And I'll be there
Reach out your little hand to me
And I'll be there
Reach out your little hand to me
Reach out
like a mountain i can't climb
like a river i can't cross
i beat my head against the wall
the obstacles before me are so tall
i'm trying to reach you
i'm trying to reach out
i'm trying to reach out
wanting to be with you
will i measure up?
what am i supposed to do?
i've never felt this way
these are my darkest days
i feel so far away
away!
a life of perfection
constant reflection of what i'll never be
smothered by your love
safe in your embrace
unending devotion
the memory of your face now i know
now i know me
so, i'm reaching out and i'm hold on
and i'm trying things i had left behind
No one knows what is hurting inside me
But I feel it in every breath
So many have promised to heal me
Till my money and hope was spent
I am hiding in this crowd
He may be just beyond my grasp
But if I just reach out....
If I just reach out....
Just for a moment....
Could everything change....
If I just reach out....
If I just reach out....
For the hem of His garment....
Could everything change....
Worry is the water rising
And it’s flooding up to my neck
ve nothing to lose, but can I believe
These broken years are in my past
Then eyes like fire and warm like the breeze
Turn and meet mine
I feel like something has changed....
I feel like something has changed....
I know I felt something change....
I just reached out....
I just reached out....
Just for a moment....
And everything changed....
I reached out....
I just reached out....
For the hem of His garment....
There's something special in your eyes
You've got me hooked up completely
I won't accept no compromise
Until you say that you need me
Whatever the game is
Wherever we stand
Whatever the name is, of
Whatever we plan
I'll be right here by your side
I'm the one to light your day
I'm the one to reach out to reach out for you
I just want to let you know
I'm the one to lead the way
I'm the one to reach out to reach out for you
Baby, I won't let you go
I feel your touch respond to mine
You were meant to be near me
Oh baby, can't you read my mind?
I love you sincerely
Whenever you need me
Whenever you fall
I feel it so deeply, don't
Say nothing at all
Cause I'll be right here by your side
I'm the one to light your day
I'm the one to reach out to reach out for you
I just want to let you know
I'm the one to lead the way
I'm the one to reach out to reach out for you
Baby, I won't let you go
Whenever you need me, because...
I'm the one to light your day
I'm the one to reach out to reach out for you
I just want to let you know
I'm the one to lead the way
I'm the one to reach out to reach out for you
So many things you said last night
In your attempt to be forthright
How certain things are meant to be
If it's of benefit to me
This moments really celestine
You said "I'm not sure what that means"
But kept this to myself
Lest I intrude on your sincerity
And you said
Go reach out and find yourself
Go reach out and find yourself
I fail to understand these pearls
Of abject generosity
They're all that they appear to be
A conscience sold for precious words
The meat of your philosophy
Of TV talk show homily
Was heaven is within us all
I couldn't help but think your heaven must be very small
So I said
Go reach out and find yourself
Go reach out and find yourself
God could I use a drink or a cigarette
Since you're refusing to think
Guess we'd better get high
It's been a while
Thanks for being so frank I gotta go
You wear your candor and rank
Like a new trophy bride
It's back in style
I felt your need to share some more
I felt the pressure knock my door
Thank god for wood and all it's strength
The power to keep you at arms length
So I said
Go reach out and find yourself
Go reach out and find yourself
Go reach out and find yourself
[Intro: Prodigal Sunn]
Number one, all around the world
Yeah, borough to borough, state to state, baby
State to state, country to country, all around
We gon' do it
[Chorus: Madame Dee (Prodigal Sunn)]
Reach out, reach out, reach out, reach out
(I'm all about reaching my people
I'm all about reaching the people) for me
(Through thick and thing, we gon' do it again
And again, and again, and again)
[Prodigal Sunn]
Visualizin' on my block, first floor in my building
Crucial times in the ghettoes, killaz, criminal villains
Seen it for millions, perceivin' the blood spilling
This dude's appealing, black on black crime
Nigga please, please, stop trippin'
Cops splittin', fruit lemon, receivin' gold ribbons
It's all a part of the old system, destroy the rhythm
Toys I give 'em, jewels, I spit 'em, that's how I hit 'em
Expandatory, mandatory, Brooklyn, where you living
To my moms and my pops, aiyo, it's Thanksgiving
Thanks for giving me the mind to overshine prison
I love you all to my lessons, yeah I'm all right
A hell of a fight, we write it and sell it, they write it
That's how the game goes, same ol' shit
Same old click, forget the fame, I did it for my PJ bricks
Yeah, every chance I get, I reach out, let the world know
It's not a game
[Chorus x2]
[Prodigal Sunn]
Yeah, for many reasons, I internet, connect thru legions
Season to season, a sound blast, region to region
Pace my tone, bury my bone, ace on the throne
Section eight grown, the place that we all call home
I shred two tears, before peers, three thousand push ups
Bodies falling in the hood, I calibrate my weight up
The simple rules to the game, baby, the game is trife
Many jewels, fame over life, wrong over right
I take flight like the birds and bees
It's good and evil, when every man
I seen it on, many degrees
Don't get puzzled from the words I spill
I let the truth reveal, necessary like the meat in the meal
Let me tell you what's really real, the dope and the coke
The crills and the pills, devil mental controls sills
I do the knowledge, take it easy, like George and Wheezy
Out in BK, that's where you can reach me
[Chorus x2]
[Prodigal Sunn]
Yeah, this goes worldwide to every man, woman and child
Victims of the system, X-Files, prison exhiles
Due to your trial, environmental guilty and wild
Just keep ya, head up in hell excel, walk with a smile
Preachin' the babies, juveniles bleeding, key to the puzzle
Many got, knocked in the hustle, shot in the struggle
Government scams, poor less, fortunite fams
Got 'em loving, boat by the gram, recorded on cam
Many scram for the cheddar, better things in life
High price ice, it's all on how you scream them dice
A lot of steam broc', white rice, keeps me precise
The magnetic, calastetic, mathematic device
Communicatin' through pay phones, cell phones and land lines
With man kind, American Rap Star, on Showtime
HBO, Sex and the City, I held mine
Money makes the world go round, a gazillion times
I am a god
I live tomorrow here today (I am far too young to worry)
just open wide I see right through you anyway (it's so easy to be free)
reach out
reach out
you'll live forever
reach out
reach out
and I'll stand by
when the water pulls you down
when you stop to wonder why
never hesitate
just reach out for me when you're at the lost and found
when you need a glimpse of light in the lack of faith
just reach out for me
I am a god
but I don't wanna see you pray (life is too short for reproaches)
just break the bond and you will find we are the same (it's so easy to be me)
you must find strength you know I'm here for you
reach out
reach out
it's now or never
reach out
reach out
Sometimes I wonder how I'd feel
If time should ask to pay the bill
Of every whim
that made me nasty to you
But if you tried to make me see
That all the blame is down on me, boy
I wouldn't be convinced of it too
'Cause I will be devoted 'till the end of time
But I just can't deny what I need
And I need you everyday
To take all possible care
It's our love you have to pet and too feed
I'm giving you my love and my life
And everytime we're caught up in a strife
I'm giving all my best to make you out
So why don't you try, boy, to reach out
Well, I pretend the world is mine
But won't you give me little sign
You mean to help me to feel
sheltered and proud
So when I'm sure you've got it wrong
Don't take a stand and come along
Though I know I wouldn't pass in a crowd
Just say you'll be devoted 'till the end of time
In spite of any flaw we point out
'Cause I have many faults but I'm not a liar
And all I wanna do is reach out
For a hand to catch me if I fall
Is your hand stong enough to bring me
Where is my place in life?
Why can't I get it right?
Tell me what I'm going through.
Where are we going to turn to?
You feel alone I feel abused.
Tell me what are we supposed to do, suffer?
Reach out your hands to me
I understand you because I feel the same
It won't go away
This pain will never go away
I see it in your eyes.
You cannot hide your faces.
You're going through it too.
Where are we going to turn to?
You feel alone I feel abused.
Tell me what are we supposed to do, suffer?
Chorus
It's building up inside I know I've had enough
1,2,3 blow it up!
You feel alone I feel abused.
We share the same pain.
I know there's one thing we can do
And that's fight together and get away
To the sound of a dirge
From the mist, I emerge
From the gloom, from the grey
Leading us into the day
If you’ll only reach out
Reach for me
There is a fire in me
I burn with empathy
Dear, let compassion reign
Call out my name and face the flame
In the black of the night
When the dark steals your sight
Let my voice be your guide
Let my love be your light
And reach out in the night
Reach for me
There is a fire in me
I burn with empathy
Dear, let compassion reign
Call out my name and face the flame
Reach out with all your might
Reach out beyond the blight
That has surrounded you
And start anew with love so true
Let my voice be your guide
Let my love be your light
And reach out in the night
Reach for me
There is a fire in me
I burn with empathy
Dear, let compassion reign
Call out my name and face the flame
Reach out with all your might
Reach out beyond the blight
That has surrounded you
And start anew with love so true
Reach out with all your might
Reach out beyond the blight
That has surrounded you
We suffered some days
And closed our stairways home
A short little while
So close but far as well
From our dreams
Finally came the night
We´ve made up with our minds
Far away saving shores
Broken toys in hand
A fairytale´s end
Reach out for this land
It´s your land
It´s so far from where we started
Reach out for this land
It´s your land
untill the morning light will lead us apart
But at least we feld strong
Stronger than the pain
Neither beggars nor heroes
Are able to pretend
That this story won´t end