Ahmed III (Ottoman Turkish: احمد ثالث Aḥmed-i sālis) (December 30/31, 1673 – July 1, 1736) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and a son of Sultan Mehmed IV (1648–87). His mother was Mâh-Pâre Ummatullah (Emetullah) Râbi'a Gül-Nûş Valide Sultan, originally named Evmania Voria, who was an ethnic Greek. He was born at Hajioglupazari, in Dobruja. He succeeded to the throne in 1703 on the abdication of his brother Mustafa II (1695–1703). Nevşehirli Damat İbrahim Pasha and his daughter, Princess Hatice (wife of the former) directed the government from 1718 to 1730, a period referred to as the Tulip Era.
Ahmed III cultivated good relations with France, doubtless in view of Russia's menacing attitude - in fact, both his wives were Frenchwomen. He afforded refuge in Ottoman territory to Charles XII of Sweden (1682–1718) after the Swedish defeat at the hands of Peter I of Russia (1672–1725) in the Battle of Poltava of 1709. In 1710 he convinced the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III to declare war against Russia, and the Ottoman forces under Baltacı Mehmet Pasha won a major victory at the Battle of Prut. In the aftermath, Russia returned Azov back to the Ottomans, agreed to demolish the fortress of Taganrog and others in the area, and to stop interfering in the affairs of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Alain Soral (born October 2, 1958) is a French essayist, and film maker, as well as being the author of several polemical essays. He is the brother of the actress Agnès Soral. Soral lives in the French Basque Country. Since June 2004, he has been a boxing coach. Alain Soral considers himself to be in the political "avant garde" of French society, claiming that his remarks and comments are always at first condemned and later widely accepted by the mainstream French public.
Soral was born in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie and grew up in the suburbs of Annemasse (department of Haute-Savoie), where he attended a local primary school. When Soral was about 12, his family moved to Meudon so that he could go to a reputable private Catholic high school, the Collège Stanislas de Paris. Soral spent two years doing small jobs before being accepted into the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts at 20, where he studied for two years. Soral was then taken in by a family of academics, who encouraged him to enrol at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, where he attended lectures given by Cornelius Castoriadis.
Sohail Ahmed (Urdu: سہیل احمد) (born Sohail Akram Butt), best known as Azizi (Urdu: عزیزی), is a Pakistani comedian, and stage and TV actor. He is most notable for comedy stage dramas based in Lahore.
He was born in Gujranwala, went to school at Millat High Gujranwala and graduated from Government College Gujranwala. His father Mian Muhammad Akram Butt was a senior Police Officer (Deputy Superintendent of Police).[citation needed] He is the second youngest of four brothers. Javid Akram is a journalist, while Mian Aurang Zaib Akram and Muhammad Junaid Akram are educators.[citation needed]
He improvises dialogue during stage plays. He is an outspoken opponent of vulgarity and obscenity in stage dramas. He is also the writer and director of many stage plays. Recently Ahmed produced and directed his second drama serial, Shaam, which was written by Iqbal Hasan Khan, a Pakistani playwright and short story writer. This play went on air in January 2010.[citation needed]
"Azizi" is a character name chosen by Aftab Iqbal while he was writing a column, Hasb-e-Haal in the daily, "Nawa-e-waqat". Thus, credit for the program's name "Hasb-e-Haal" and the character "Azizi" belongs to Iqbal.[citation needed] Over time, the character has come to symbolize the voice of sanity over the apparent apathy in society.[citation needed] He mocks the flagrant disregard for law, lack of policy architecture by the government and equally blatant lack of incentive from civil society to change their situation.[citation needed]
Ahmed Hoosen Deedat (Arabic: احمد حسين ديدات; 1 July 1918 – 8 August 2005) was a South African writer and public speaker of Indian descent. He was best known as a Muslim missionary who held numerous inter-religious public debates with evangelical Christians, as well as video lectures, most of which centred around Islam, Christianity and the Bible. He also established the IPCI, an international Islamic missionary organisation, and wrote several booklets on Islam and Christianity which were widely distributed by the organisation. He was awarded the prestigious King Faisal International Prize in 1986 for his 50 years of missionary work. One focus of his work was providing Muslims with theological tools for defending themselves against active proselytising by Christian missionaries.[citation needed] He used English to get his message across to Muslims and non-Muslims in the western world.
Ahmed Deedat was born in the town of Tadkeshwar, Surat, Bombay Presidency, British India in 1918. His father had emigrated to South Africa shortly after the birth of Ahmed Deedat. At the age of 9, Deedat left India to join his father in what is now known as Kwazulu-Natal. His mother died only a few months after his departure. Arriving in South Africa, Deedat applied himself with diligence to his studies, overcoming the language barrier and excelling in school, even getting promoted until he completed standard 6. However, due to financial circumstances, he had to quit school and start working by the time he was the age of 16.
Abbas III (Persian: شاه عباس سوم) (died 1739?; reigned 1732–1736) was a son of Shah Tahmasp II of the Safavid dynasty. After the deposition of his father by Nader Khan (the future Nader Shah) the infant Abbas was appointed nominal ruler of Iran on 7 September 1732. Nader Khan, who was the real ruler of the country, assumed the positions of deputy of state and viceroy. Abbas III was deposed on March 1736, when Nader Khan had himself crowned as Nader Shah. This marked the official end of the Safavid dynasty. Abbas was sent to join his father in prison in Sabzevar, Khorasan.
In 1738, Nader Shah set out on campaign to Afghanistan and India, leaving his son Reza Qoli Mirza to rule his realm in his absence. Hearing rumours that his father had died, Reza made preparations for assuming the crown. According to the most "authoritative account", Mohammed Hosein Khan Qajar, who had been entrusted with supervising Abbas and his father in captivity, warned Reza that the townspeople of Sabzevar would rise up in revolt, free Tahmasp II and place him on the throne again on hearing the news of Nader's death. Reza gave Mohammed Hosein orders to execute Tahmasp and his sons to forestall this. Mohammed Hosein strangled Tahmasp, cut the young Abbas down with his sword and had his brother Esmail killed too. According to Michael Axworthy, the dating of these events is speculative, but they probably took place in May or June 1739. Other sources (Encyclopaedia Iranica, Lockhart) prefer 1740.
[Chester Bennington]
Together we made it
We made it even though we had our backs up against the wall
[Busta Rhymes:]
See ah niggas i survived the worst but my life is glorious
Betta know that i leaped every hurdle and i'm so victorious
Take a look, I'm a symbol of greatness now call a nigga Morpheus
As force securing the win and I believe I'm so notorious
You know that I've been buying my bread even though we rapping now (yes)
We use to live on the strip and you see a nigga higher level tramping now
Superceded everyone of my middle struggles and
Failure never ever has been an option
A nigga paper long like we was on the trap and we bout ta take the hood shoppin'
Get it!
[Chorus: Chester Bennington] (Busta Rhymes) *Mike Shinoda*
Together we made it (you see we did it niggas)
We made it even though we had our backs up against the wall (c'mon)
Forever we waited (haha!)
And they told us we were never going to get it
but we took it on the road (to the riches)
on the road (to the ghetto)
on the roooooad (in the projects to this bangin instrumental)
on the road (ride with me) *yeah, yeah*
on the road (you come and get it) *yeah, yeah*
on the roooooooad *yeah, yeah, yeah, yo!*
[Mike Shinoda:]
When it all got started we was steadily just getting rejected
And it seemed like nothing we could do would ever get us respected
At best we were stressed and the worst they probably said we're pathetic
Had all the pieces to that puzzle just no way to connect it
And I was fighting through every rhyme tightening up every line
Never resting the question if I was out of my mind
And it finally came time to do it or let it die
So put the chips on the table and told 'em to let it ride
Sing it!
[Chorus: Chester Bennington] (Busta Rhymes)
Together we made it (you see we did it niggas)
We made it even though we had our backs up against the wall (c'mon)
Forever we waited (haha!)
And they told us we were never going to get it
but we took it on the road (to the riches)
on the road (to the ghetto)
on the roooooad (in the projects to this bangin instrumental)
on the road (ride with me)
on the road (you come and get it)
on the roooooooad
[Busta Rhymes:]
Look in case you misunderstand exactly what I'm building
Shit that I could leave for my children (children) children (children)
Now I only wake up with a smile to see how far I've come
Fighting for sales on a strip to get the hustle from
From nights in jail on a bench using my muscles son
To counting money like Dre and Jimmy or Russell One
But now I live what I dream you see we finally did it
Let's make a toast to the hustle regardless how you did it
Sing it
[Chorus: Chester Bennington] (Busta Rhymes)
Together we made it (you see we did it niggas)
We made it even though we had our backs up against the wall (c'mon)
Forever we waited (haha!)
And they told us we were never going to get it
but we took it on the road (to the riches)
on the road (to the ghetto)
on the roooooad (in the projects to this bangin instrumental)
on the road (ride with me)
on the road (you come and get it)
The block got my back and my boys do too
And my baby momma tripping, saying she need more loot
Every block every hood, every ghetto got beef
Gotta heater on my lap and another in the back
Shit, how'm I supposed to cope with all this stress on me?
Everybody and their momma call the feds on me
I don't knew it, I'mma do it, I'mma do it
(I'mma do it)
Look I don't knew it I'mma do it, I'mma do it
(I'mma do it)
I got money in my head but I'm riding in the drop
(Drop)
Drop
(Drop)
Drop
(Drop)
Drop
(Drop)
Yeah, feeling just like JFK
In the city that little fly like JFK
Sometimes La Guardia, I ain't gonna lie to ya
If looks can kill then my style might bother ya
That's why I'm with Nadia, I call my gun Nadia
When she say hi to ya, Ba-ba-bye to ya
Make it sound like Saudia
Arabia, maybe ya haters ya
Watch what he say to her, ya think
I can hold my head high or die
Or I can live and duck
My attitude is celibate, I don't give a fuck
The block got my back and my boys do too
And my baby momma tripping saying she need more loot
Every block every hood, every ghetto got beef
Gotta heater on my lap and another in the back
Shit, how'm I supposed to cope with all this stress on me?
Everybody and their momma call the feds on me
I don't knew it, I'mma do it, I'mma do it
(I'mma do it)
Look I don't knew it I'mma do it, I'mma do it
(I'mma do it)
I got money in my head but I'm riding in the drop
(Drop)
Drop
(Drop)
Drop
(Drop)
Drop
(Drop)
Yaa, who are you to tell me how to conduct myself?
Why don't you practice safe sex and go fuck yourself?
The rumor is that I'm a hazard to a suckers health
I coulda told you that, ya I coulda told you that
Picture me now I'm fly, where is them exposures at?
Right here on my lap, that's where my composure's at
I'm back like a gun cocked, I'm so cool
That if go to hell all I'll need is my sunblock
Nigga, hold your head high and die, or live and duck
My attitude it celibate, I don't give a fuck
The block got my back and my boys do too
And my baby momma tripping saying she need more loot
Every block every hood, every ghetto got beef
Gotta heater on my lap and another in the back
Shit, how'm I supposed to cope with all this stress on me?
Everybody and their momma call the feds on me
I don't knew it, I'mma do it, I'mma do it
(I'mma do it)
Look I don't knew it I'mma do it, I'mma do it
(I'mma do it)
I got money in my head but I'm riding in the drop
(Drop)
Drop
(Drop)
Drop
(Drop)
Drop
(Drop)
I mean let's be honest, ya never liked a nigga
Trying to lesbian this so I kept the strap on
Clap off clap on, lights out like flights out
You could be departed, never me who started
I Lambo gallard it, I am vehically challenged
That means the car is retarded
But regardless, I'm tin man, heartless
No love hate, son, looking for love get a show on VH1
Nigga, hold your head high and die or live and duck
My attitude is virgin, still don't give a fuck
The block got my back and my boys do too
And my baby momma tripping saying she need more loot
Every block every hood, every ghetto got beef
Gotta heater on my lap and another in the back
Shit, how'm I supposed to cope with all this stress on me?
Everybody and their momma call the feds on me
I don't knew it, I'mma do it, I'mma do it
(I'mma do it)
Look I don't knew it I'mma do it, I'mma do it
(I'mma do it)
I got money in my head but I'm riding in the drop
(Drop)
Drop
(Drop)
Drop
(Drop)
Drop
"Tony Starks fights again for survival,
and by just a thin thread of electric current
wins another victory."
Ugh, c'mon, yeah, c'mon y'all
(Bounce wit us) Hip-hop
(What? Celebrities, what?)
(Street corner) For all my niggas
Crack spot niggas
Chicken ass mothafuckas, envious bitches
Yo, you know what y'all...
Make me wan' pop sumthin', no champagne
Two-five on me, weed and crack stalk me
Bitch motherfucker tried to get a rep' off me
Leave him there, never know, get him off me
I remember days when we just fucked bitches
Bought a lot of clothes and just played the ave.
Now we rap niggas with a lot of wardrobes
and if we want a nigga dead we pay the cash
I ain't tryin to waste my career on y'all
Even scuffle with y'all, waste gear on y'all
But if I gotta go out, you know I'ma show out
You gon' fuck around and get your whole back blown out
I remember on the Island, can't tone out
The mess hall crawler, about to zone out
Dumb motherfuckers with our microphone out
We just dumb motherfuckers with our microphone out
See.. see.. see me
I roll with Ghost and cats that carry they toast and
make the post and from pagin, sin astasian
When it's time to bust off them things, it ain't a game man
We rocked out own diamond rings, see them 'Bling, Bling'
Got big boy toys, Porsche, Sixes
Dime bitches, told y'all before we import those
Jury stay froze, court cases get closed
Niggas hate Nino cuz how fast I roast them
Like George Jefferson and em, steppin on em
The headline read, "Starks had the weapon on em"
The best, what y'all expect? He a vet
Plus the best, now tell me how we gon' foul
when we dealin with 'Supreme Clientele'
From Riker's Island to the Camay Island
We thugs like, life is the same challenge
Do the knowledge, recognize your talent
And if you live the streets, you better stay silent
Yo, spotted at a mirage, Ghostface walked by groupies
Minkal monk stars, I come in cat, invades Mars
Hallyed at a sanctuary, first dent placed upon entry
Fainted when the book mentioned me
Keep ballin, new systems, high sciences
Drop that, Ghost listenin, the track sizzlin
Angelica, Judey Plum for bitches, Goines king of the century
Best sellers, but niggas stay together
Posted up trucks, leanin on the Benz
Cinemax smile shot in thrity-five lens
You program, broke bottles of Dom
Seven inch bangles, back breakers
I'm a dope feed, look at my art, Popeye strength
Rap with a British accent, Gucci clothes
Dennis Coles in the latest fashions
Blow backs in, flip raps like fourty-eight bundles
Dinner plates, deadly front gates, celeb Brian Gumble
Interlapse this in like Deniro, words in your center earhole
Blocks of ice like Sub-Zero, we been right since day zero
Shatter your soul like glass windows
Turn verses to nymphos, pop these hollows at fake cats in a Tahoe
Wild out, throw your liquor bottles at hood rats to the richest models
We conversate like Christ and the twelve apostles
Livin life without you, can't count you as great men
Murderers in the state pen', bein caged in
The wage is a sin, before they read up they pop our tape in
You ain't gotta tuck you chain in cuz here we want the head of Satan
Durags and our pants hangin
Uh-huh, uh-huh
That's right y'all
Street corners
Jail niggas
Riker's Island
Ge-Grey Haven
Big Un
That's right y'all
Word up
All y'all, all y'all crumbs
We made it, nigga
Step the fuck off
True indeed, true indeed
Yeah, Ready Red
That's right, my nigga Born
That's right yo
Lil' Free in the feds
That's right, you'll be home nigga
Yeah, we made it
Yeah, C Allah, word up
That's fam
Yeah, check it out
Staten Island
True indeed
Five boroughs
(feat. Linkin Park)
[Chester Bennington]
Together we made it
We made it even though we had our backs
Up against the wall
[Busta Rhymes]
As you can see i survived the worst
But my life is glorious (uh!)
But I know that I leaped every hurdle
And I'm so victorious (uh!)
Take a look I'm a symbol of greatness
Now call a nigga Morpheus (yeah)
As force securin' the win, but they
Believe I'm so notorious (yeah)
You know that I've been 'bout my bread
Even though we rappin' now (yes)
We used to live on the strip even though
a nigga higher level trappin' now (oh!)
Superseded everyone of my little struggles and (uh!)
So your head never ever been an option (trust)
you see my nigga paper long like rush hour traffic
And I'm about to take the hood shoppin' (get it!)
[Chorus: Chester Bennington (Busta Rhymes)]
Together we made it (you see we did it niggas)
We made it even though we had our backs
Up against the wall (come on)
Forever we waited (ah hah)
And they told us we were never gonna get it
But we took it on the road
(To the riches)
on the road
(To the ghetto)
on the road
(In the projects, to this bangin' instrumental)
on the road
(Rise with me)
on the road
(We come and get it)
on the road
[Mike Shinoda]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yo
When it all got started we were steadily
Just getting rejected
And it seemed like nothin' we could do
would ever get us respected
At best we were stressed at the worst
They probably said we're pathetic
Had all the pieces to that puzzle
Just the way to connect it
I was fighting through every rhyme
Tightening up every line
Never restin' the question if I
Was out of my mind
It finally came time to do it and let it die
So we put the chips on the table and
Told them to let it ride, sing it (yeah)
[Chorus: Chester Bennington (Busta Rhymes)]
Together we made it (you see we did it niggas)
We made it even though we had our backs
Up against the wall (come on)
Forever we waited (ah hah)
And they told us we were never gonna get it
But we took it on the road
(To the riches)
on the road
(To the ghetto)
on the road
(In the projects, to this bangin' instrumental)
on the road
(Rise with me)
on the road
(We come and get it)
on the road
Yeah, yeah, yeah, look
In case you misunderstand exactly what I'm buildin'
The shit that I can leave for
My children's (children's) children's (children)
Now on the wake up I smile, to see how far I've come (yeah)
Fighting for sales when I'm stripped
To negate the hustle from (yeah)
From nights in jail on a bench using my muscles son (yeah)
To countin' money like Dre and Jimmy and Russel was (yeah nigga)
But now I live when I dream, you see we finally did it (oh!)
Let's make a toast to the hustle
Regardless how you get it, sing it
[Chorus: Chester Bennington (Busta Rhymes)]
Together we made it (you see we did it niggas)
We made it even though we had our backs
Up against the wall (come on)
Forever we waited (ah hah)
And they told us we were never gonna get it
But we took it on the road
(To the riches)
on the road
(To the ghetto)
on the road
(In the projects, to this bangin' instrumental)
on the road
(Rise with me)
on the road
(We come and get it)
Ogni giorno di te è un lamento di tanti guai
non ti accorgi che al mondo le guerro non muoiono mai
se potesse un bambino giocare anche con le ali
giù non tornerebbe qui ci sono solo animali
ogni cosa fai, ogni se ogni mai, io muoio di te
ogni volta no, ogni tuo non so, ogni tornerò, io muoio di te
ogni volta no e muoio di te
ogni mio perché, ogni si con te, ogni senza te, io muoio di te
è un riflesso non so nel mio libro io leggo andare
ma per dove con chi se noi qui non sappiamo volare
io mi arrendo con te come scoglio che sa arginare
no non affogare qui hai tante cose da bere
ogni cosa fai, ogni se ogni mai, io muoio di te
ogni volta no, ogni tuo non so, ogni tornerò, io muoio di te
ogni volta no e muoio di te
ogni mio perché, ogni si con te, ogni senza te, io muoio di te
parlami d'amore, parlami di un anno di mai
ogni mio dolore ha sapore solo di te
ogni cosa fai, ogni se ogni mai, io muoio di te
ogni volta no, ogni tuo non so, ogni tornerò, io muoio di te
ogni volta no e muoio di te
ogni mio perché, ogni si con te, ogni senza te, io muoio di te
ogni volta no, e muoio di te
Bad timing for love: you caught me on your birthday
I could feel your heart break into a hundred pieces
We were too torn apart, now it seems so senseless
And if we're clever, we'll put it together, it may be forever
We made it, made it, made it before, I know that we can make it again
We made it, made it, made it before, I know that we can make it again
Down on my luck, you arrived just in time, my angel
Thought you'd given me up, like a rhyme that needs no reason
I want you enough to keep my life untangled
If we're clever, we'll put it together, 'cos it may be forever
I want you enough to keep my life untangled
If we're clever, we'll put it together, 'cos it may be forever
If ever we'll make it, we're gonna make it girl
And I know we can take it, we got to take it, girl
If ever we can make it, we gotta make it
Verse 1:
We made it through hard trials,
We made it through the pain.
Often criticized, we never gave up,
lied on, we remained strong;
my life is in God's hands.
Verse 2:
Many tire along the way,
they had no vision, no desire to stay.
Felt it would crumble if they were gone,
we kept praying, we stood strong;
my life is in God's hands.
Vamp 1:
He upholdeth me, He holds me up.
He upholdeth me with His right hand.
Vamp 2:
Stand, He holds me up.
Stand, with His right hand.
Vamp 3:
Yes, yes, yes,
with His right hand.
Ending:
We made it, we survived
When the enemy came in to threaten our lives
God lifted a standard
Devine protection
No weapon formed
Shall prosper against us
I made it this far, by faith
My future's brighter than my today
I'm holding on to my praise, I made it
I survived
I'm a Survivor!!(x3)
Let's Stand in liberty
Let's Walk in unity
Let's Pray continually
We made it
The day tastes like I can’t fit it
And tells me I’m out of line.
The things that I have permitted
(to you) are ignored, so I’m left behind.
And I’ll never ask you
Why couldn’t we rhyme?
You’re self-centred all the time.
I’ve been wading through the night.
Devious, waiting, I’m omitted, declined and denied…
Why so timid, why so blind?
Got a suspect, got a feeling we never confide.
You touch me like I’m contagious,
Like I am a fragile vase…
I wait for your kiss for ages
And stay awake just in case.
I don’t need to ask you
Why don’t we rhyme!
You’re self-centred all the time.
I’ve been wading through the night.
Devious, waiting, I’m omitted, declined…
Make me happy, be so kind
I crave your passion but you’re making me lonely
inside…
Lying here
I feel omitted and cold.
Don’t you care
About me?
Aching here
I feel omitted and cold.
I guess you don’t ever care
So get omitted in return…
I feel omitted and cold…
I feel omitted and cold…
I feel omitted and cold…
I’ve been wading through the night.
Devious, waiting, I’m omitted, declined and denied…
Why so timid, why so blind?
Got a suspect, got a feeling we never confide.
I’ve been wading through the night.
Devious, waiting, I’m omitted, declined…
Make me happy, be so kind
I crave your passion but you’re making me lonely
inside…
I feel omitted…
I feel omitted and cold…
I feel omitted…
[Verse 1:]
We made it through hard trials,
We made it through the pain.
Often criticized, we never gave up,
Lied on, we remained strong;
My life is in God's hands.
[Verse 2:]
Many tire along the way,
They had no vision, no desire to stay.
Felt it would crumble if they were gone,
We kept praying, we stood strong;
My life is in God's hands.
[Vamp 1:]
He upholdeth me, He holds me up.
He upholdeth me with His right hand.
[Vamp 2:]
Stand, He holds me up.
Stand, with His right hand.
[Vamp 3:]
Yes, yes, yes,
With His right hand.
[Ending:]
Countless lovers,
Six months later he woke up
Got out of bed,
Looked around the room and threw up
Dolce suits, baskets of fruit and money
And your face on TV don't look
Like you today honey
But you made it
Yeah you made it
Oh you made it
What you gonna do now?
Walk down the street, people you meet think
They own you
They say give me a piece of your life 'cause I
Feel like I know you
Say, sign my shirt, kiss my cheek, hug me
Well I've given you years of my life and I want
You to love me
But you made it
Yeah you made it
Oh you made it
What you gonna do now?
And oh love
You're so good lookin'
Oh love
Really cookin'
Oh love
Don't you ever get
Tired or uninspired
But you made it
Yeah you made it
Oh you made it
[Juice speaking]
"They say there is no hope for the young generation. I beg
to differ. I feel like we gon' go there, you know. You all
just got to trust us. It's like they don't trust us. When
you think about it though, it's up to us to make it happen. For real."
[Chorus: Kahea]
Don't worry about what happen then
Just know that we can win
Keep your head up and smile within
YOu know we gon' make it
Doesn't matter if they don't believe
You know we will suceeed
Got through the bad times to live the good times
We gon' make it
[Verse 1]
Now we possesing old souls but we young folks
I figure generation X will give us some hope
We all some lost souls, all seeking knowledge bad
It's all the same, whether dropouts or college grads
And 2001 was timulturous
Tith all these terrorist attacks on our culture, plus
In NY, we had to watch the buildings crumble down
And Lisa "Left Eye" is gone, so we humble now
To tell the truth, I still bug on how Aaliyah left
But if you look when it's cold, you could see her breath
"One in a Million" girl, and there ain't too many flows that I can do
But Ness, he made me hear the soul in the sample
Funerals, the only time the hood come together
And when a kid pass away young, he's young forever
Preserved in the image that the good lord made him
Generation Y, they can't fade him, No
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
I'm chilling with this gangbanger from the west side
He ask me why am I alive and all the rest die
Little hustler, he had just lost his best friend
Somebody let the pistol blow like the west wind
I told him, death is like magic, homies dissappear
I mean, we know their spirits living, but we miss them here
I told him, "Player listen, you were blessed to be hear"
Finally, took a puff of smoke to make him see clear, see there
He been hustling for three years, spillin malt cheap beer for this tee's peers
Little chip, so I asked him "Where's your momma man?"
And he said, "Well, she's with Dr. King in the promise land."
I told him, "Do your thing but never lose your focus
My only hope is that you learn about what hope is."
And oh yeah, I know about what selling dope is
To tell the truth, we do the same thing in show biz
Now keep living
[Chorus] plus
Though we came to get paid, and sometimes it's not the right way
But if you learn something this day, we can make it
[Verse 3]
I used to hang on the block, with the glock
From six o'clock to six o'clock
I used to tell all the haters, forget me not
Then the whole world found out I MC hot
These old folks call us thugs right
Big rims and froze ropes, we love life
So I have to say something to today's youth
Whether you sipping grey goose or pray to Jesus, hang loose
There's nothing that can stop us, no crooked coppers
It's time to get our proppers, now's the time
Broke, I done been there a million times
Cheese that don't melt, little children crying
And that's why corrupt thoughts fill their mind
Cats come out the projects and still they shine
So whether MVA or NBA, call my niggas on the block
I'll simply say, keep hustling
[(feat. Chris James - Guitar sample by Michael Collins)]
Stay close
The water is rising
Silent cries
The shadows surround us
So we crawl out from under
The water
Out of darkness
We're almost home, no sleep, don't girl
Look around
Don't stare into the light too long
There's nothing here to see, nothing here to see, nothing here to see
Frozen hands on the window
Crying out in your sleep
Look away now
Look away now
I never said that you were falling to pieces
I know the thought that we would never get out of this
Now the time that falls into the cracks
There's nothing here to see, nothing here to see, they never will be
So we crawl out from under
The water
I never said that you were falling to pieces
I know the thought that we would never get out of this...
And we crawl out from under
The water
You, you are my truth
Your grooves, they want me to move
My youth, a gift to you
This mood is passing like you do
Killer of my thriller
Go and just give her the love that you knew
And fill her with vanilla
And tell her she shouldn’t get fat too soon
Who except you
Will be as father so pure
And who will fill this room
With this sweet and sour perfume
Killer of my thriller
Go and just give her the love that you knew
And fill her with vanilla
And tell her she shouldn’t get fat too soon
Oh killer of my thriller
Go and just give her the love that you knew
And fill her with vanilla
And tell her she shouldn’t get fat too soon
Too soon
Too soon
Too soon
When I held you close in my arms last night
I held you baby and I squeezed you tight
you whispered, "honey your the one for me"
I'm fallin' in love and it's - plain to see
You made a hit, yeah-yeah,
This is it, ooh-whee,
I'm in love with you
Well, I'm in love with you and yeah, yeah, baby
say you love me too, your drivin' me crazy
Set my heart afire - my, I'm doin' flips
you burn me up with love so--kiss me quick
You made a hit, yeah-yeah,
This is it, ooh-whee,
I'm in love with you
yeah
break:
When I kissed you baby and I knew right then
I was a fallin' in love again
You make the chills run up my spine
when you call me sweetie and your lips touch mine
You made a hit, yeah-yeah,
This is it, ooh-whee,
I'm in love with you
Well, I'm in love with you an' yeah, yeah, baby
say you love me too, your drivin' me crazy
Set my heart afire - my I'm doin' flips
you burn me up with love so--kiss me quick
You made a hit, yeah-yeah,
This is it, ooh-whee,
I'm in love with you
let's go
break:
Well, I'm in love with you an' yeah, yeah, baby
say you love me too, your drivin' me crazy
You set my heart afire - my, I'm doin' flips
you burn me up with love so--kiss me quick
You made a hit, yeah-yeah,
This is it, ooh-whee,
I'm in love with you
You made a hit, yeah-yeah,
This is it, ooh-whee,
Pack your suitcase, let’s get on to
a plane that will take us off
this endless highway
I told you, we’d get there someday
From a dream
we’ve crossed mud and frights
increased our will to fight
But we’d be all right
Yeah , thank God we tried
Looking back in my memories
I see you and me
The first time we got into all this
decided to get through the storm
to the other side to face a pretty sun
We’ve tried, cried
But we did it all,
Dry those tears
and shout out loud
We made it on our own!
Now it’s easy to point out mistakes
a place to trace the line
But we paid the price
nobody gave us a ride
When the way doesn’t seem so clear
It is so rare to find
a true friend
Or even a helping hand
We stared into destiny
made our bets to see
the people we were to be
In a world where people care too much
about each other’s lives
that never seems to help
We’ve tried, cried
But we did it all,
Dry those tears
and shout out loud
We made it on our own!
solo
Remember we dared and stared at fate
when our dreams seemed unreachable
with all the weight of the world
upon our shoulders
Looking back in my memories
I see you and me
The first time we got into all this
And decided to get through the storm
to the other side to face a pretty sun
We’ve tried, cried
But we did it all,
Dry those tears
and shout out loud
When I held you close in my arms last night
I held you baby and I squeezed you tight
you whispered, "honey your the one for me"
I'm fallin' in love and it's - plain to see
You made a hit, yeah-yeah,
This is it, ooh-whee,
I'm in love with you
Well, I'm in love with you and yeah, yeah, baby
say you love me too, your drivin' me crazy
Set my heart afire - my, I'm doin' flips
you burn me up with love so--kiss me quick
You made a hit, yeah-yeah,
This is it, ooh-whee,
I'm in love with you
yeah
break:
When I kissed you baby and I knew right then
I was a fallin' in love again
You make the chills run up my spine
when you call me sweetie and your lips touch mine
You made a hit, yeah-yeah,
This is it, ooh-whee,
I'm in love with you
Well, I'm in love with you an' yeah, yeah, baby
say you love me too, your drivin' me crazy
Set my heart afire - my I'm doin' flips
you burn me up with love so--kiss me quick
You made a hit, yeah-yeah,
This is it, ooh-whee,
I'm in love with you
let's go
break:
Well, I'm in love with you an' yeah, yeah, baby
say you love me too, your drivin' me crazy
You set my heart afire - my, I'm doin' flips
you burn me up with love so--kiss me quick
You made a hit, yeah-yeah,
This is it, ooh-whee,
I'm in love with you
You made a hit, yeah-yeah,
This is it, ooh-whee,