Forbes is an American business magazine owned by Forbes, Inc. Published biweekly, it features original articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. Forbes also reports on related subjects such as technology, communications, science, and law. Headquarters are in New York City. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Businessweek which recently was sold to Bloomberg. The magazine is well known for its lists, including its lists of the richest Americans (the Forbes 400) and its list of billionaires. The motto of Forbes magazine is "The Capitalist Tool." Its editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes.
B. C. Forbes, a financial columnist for the Hearst papers, and his partner Walter Drey, the general manager of the Magazine of Wall Street, founded Forbes magazine in 1917. Forbes provided the money and the name and Drey provided the publishing expertise. The original name of the magazine was Forbes: Devoted to Doers and Doings. Drey became vice-president of the B.C. Forbes Publishing Company, while B.C. Forbes became editor-in-chief, a post he held until his death in 1954. B.C. Forbes was assisted in his later years by his two eldest sons, Bruce Charles Forbes (1916–1964) and Malcolm Stevenson Forbes (1917–1990).
Warren Edward Buffett (/ˈbʌfɨt/; born August 30, 1930) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is widely considered the most successful investor of the 20th century. He is the primary shareholder, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He is consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people. He was ranked as the world's wealthiest person in 2008 and is the third wealthiest person in the world as of 2011. In 2012, American magazine Time named Buffett one of the most influential people in the world.
Buffett is called the "Wizard of Omaha", "Oracle of Omaha", or the "Sage of Omaha" and is noted for his adherence to the value investing philosophy and for his personal frugality despite his immense wealth. Buffett is also a notable philanthropist, having pledged to give away 99 percent of his fortune to philanthropic causes, primarily via the Gates Foundation. On April 11, 2012, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Buffett was born in 1930 in Omaha, Nebraska, the second of three children and only son of U.S. Representative Howard Buffett, a fierce critic of the interventionist New Deal domestic and foreign policy, and his wife Leila (née Stahl). Buffett began his education at Rose Hill Elementary School in Omaha. In 1942, his father was elected to the first of four terms in the United States Congress, and after moving with his family to Washington, D.C., Warren finished elementary school, attended Alice Deal Junior High School, and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1947, where his senior yearbook picture reads: "likes math; a future stock broker."
William Leonard Roberts II (born January 28, 1976), better known by his stage name Rick Ross (often stylized as RICK RO$$), is an American rapper. He derived his stage name from the drug trafficker "Freeway" Ricky Ross, to whom he has no connection. Ross founded the record label Maybach Music Group, on which he released his studio albums Deeper Than Rap and Teflon Don, Ross was also the first artist signed to Diddy's management company Ciroc Entertainment. In early 2012, MTV named Ross as the Hottest MC In The Game.
William Leonard Roberts II was born in Coahoma County, Mississippi. and raised in Carol City, Florida, near Miami. After graduating from Carol City Senior High School, he later attended the historically black college Albany State University on a football scholarship.
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Jasiel Robinson (born April 2, 1983), better known by his stage name Yung Joc, is an American rapper.
Robinson's father, Stanley Tucker, owned a hair-care products company and helped him get an opportunity to write a jingle for Revlon; Robinson founded his own label to release his music. In 2001 he married his high school sweetheart Alexandria Robinson and together they have three children, Ja'Kori, Amir, and Chase Robinson. (Jasiel has an older son Amoni from a previous relationship)
Yung Joc met Atlanta producer Nitti Beatz and the two recorded the hit "It's Goin Down" in the spring of 2006. After Teaming with Russell "Block" Spencer, founder of the Block Enterprises label. Spencer signed Joc to Sean Combs's Bad Boy Records for a multi-million dollar deal, and Bad Boy released Joc's debut New Joc City that year. The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 selling nearly 150,000 copies in the first week[citation needed]. The second week it fell to #7. It has since been certified gold by the RIAA selling over 500,000 copies.
Plot
A divorced female marine officer (Anne Heche) with two small children begins an affair with a senior officer (Sam Shepard) in this fact-based drama. Things turn nasty when she discovers that he is married. She tells him it is over, but he won't accept her ultimatum. Pledging to divorce his wife, he tries to force himself on her including an incident where he unloaded his weapon in front of a platoon of men at a firing range to get her attention. Finally, he breaks into her house and tries to force himself on her. She pulls a weapon from beneath her pillow and kills him. The movie then moves to the court room proceedings and a cover-up created by base officers who refuse to let their fellow officer's reputation be smudged.
Keywords: sergeant
An affair ends... and a conspiracy begins.
Plot
Romulus and Remus are two CIA agents, their direct instructor is John Elliott. They both were picked up at an orphanage by Elliott at the age of about eight, raised together as brothers and specially trained to supersede every other agent in the service. This is what they know. What they do not know is that they are part of a system Elliott had invented to build up his own private army of pros which can be assigned to any job he wishes. One day Romulus takes over a job in the course of which he and his team blow up a house and about half a dozen civilians with it. After that Romulus feels he is being chased by both men of the CIA and the Mossad. He has to find out that Elliott betrayed both him and Remus from the start. Elliott used them and others, which were recruited and raised the same way Romulus and Remus were, to support a secret agreement that was constituted between top secret service leaders of England, France, Russia, Germany and the USA after the second world war. To its effect it says that no nation shall make greater progress in any field than all the others are. The conspirators intend to preserve the status quo in both economical and political aspects. As Romulus, now joined by Remus and a female Mossad- executive he was romantically involved with years ago, finds out about all of this he wants to take revenge on Elliott who in his opinion stole not only their lives, but also many more and destroyed thousands of others.
Keywords: based-on-novel, secret-service, spy, tv-mini-series, two-part-tv-movie
His world was silent, his love was computers. Until he met her.
Plot
Terry is a self-employed lorry driver. He meets Shirley at a roadside cafe and later offers her a lift. On the way his truck with a valuable shipment of whiskey is hijacked on a quiet stretch of road. How did the hijackers know he was going on that route? Who tipped off the hijackers?
Keywords: independent-film
Plot
Geoffrey Holden is an elderly conman who is a lovable old man when providing his beloved granddaughter with the simple luxuries of life, yet has no qualms when working a racket devised to relieve his victims of their property. Trudy Marshall is the governess of the granddaughter, and is in love with a detective who is about to expose the old man's unsuspected activities.
Keywords: 1940s, adoptee, b-movie, birthday-cake, birthday-party, blackmail, butler, cigarette-smoking, con-game, con-man
OH! WHAT A CROOK WAS GRANDPA! (original poster-all caps)
STOP THIEF! YOU'RE STRALING OUR HEARTS! (original poster-all caps)
A HERO TO A KID...BUT WHAT A PAIN-IN-THE-NECK TO THE COPS ! (original poster-all caps)
STEALING WAS CHILD'S PLAY TO HIM...and how he loved to play! (original print ad)
HE WOULDN'T STEAL CANDY FROM A BABY...BUT HE'D STEAL ANYTHING ELSE! (original print ad-all caps)
Plot
Broadway gambler Gloves Donahue wants to find who killed the baker of his favorite cheesecake. He sees nightclub singer Leda Hamilton leaving the bakery. When her boss Marty's partner Joe is murdered, Leda and her accompanist Pepi disappear. It turns out that beneath all the mystery is a gang of Nazi operatives planning to blow up a battleship in New York harbor.
Keywords: auction, bakery, baseball, bronx-new-york-city, brooklyn-new-york-city, cat, central-park-manhattan-new-york-city, chase, cheesecake, coercion
Killer Bogart takes the Gestapo for a ride!
Gangdom turns its gats on the Gestapo
Leda Hamilton: [to reporters] Well, I also feel it's about time someone knocked the Axis back on its heels.::Alfred "Gloves" Donahue: Excuse me, Baby. What she means it's about time someone knocked those heels back on their axis.
Alfred "Gloves" Donahue: [to the waiter] When I order cheesecake, I don't expect to get mucilage!
Alfred "Gloves" Donahue: Do you remember anything else from your youth?::Sunshine: Yeah, but they gave me three years to forget.
Sunshine: Nice cheerful little neighborhood. My friend got his skull crushed down here last week.::Barney: For what?::Sunshine: For nuthin'!
Starchie: The first one of those guys I tag, I'm gonna kick'm right in the swastika.
Barney: Say, chief, can't I get away just long enough to give my girl a quick hello?::Alfred "Gloves" Donahue: No, stick around, will ya?::Starchie: What are you so nervous about? She'll keep!::Barney: That's what you think. I can't take a chance. The fleet's in and she's defense-minded!
Barney: Hello officer.::Cop: This your cab?::Barney: Yes, sir.::Cop: Better move it outta' here before somebody takes it away from ya'.::Barney: I'm waiting for a fare.::Cop: Hang around. You'll get one. Ain't a night goes by that we don't drag a stiff or two out of the river.
Alfred "Gloves" Donahue: Say, there's more here than meets the FBI.
Alfred "Gloves" Donahue: I start out the evening with a nice poker game in view and wind up in Central Park playing Cowboys and Indians. Now I don't know where I am. How about that! Me, in the middle of New York City, lost in the woods.
[Gloves and Ebbing are in a boat filled with explosives]::Franz Ebbing: You're not afraid to die, are you?::Alfred "Gloves" Donahue: I don't mind dying, but I hate to be divided up into small pieces.
Plot
Veteran logger Steve Blake helps city-bred Jed Malone obtain a job with the logging crew of Boss Whittaker. Jed falls in love with June Martin, the pretty dishwasher at the boardinghouse ran by Mother Manning. Steve is also in love with her, but pretends not to notice. Steve and Jed, employed on the same cutting machine, become good friends and Jed saves Steve from injury one day when the defective machine fails. Jed asks June to marry him and she agrees. Before the wedding, the saw fails again and Jed is killed. Steve hammers the machine to bits in a rage and, after breaking the news to June, flays Whittaker for not replacing the defective saw. To cover up his own negligence, Whittaker accuses Steve of killing Jed out of jealousy and then smashing the saw in an effort to cover up the crime. Steve is jailed for murder. June testifies on his behalf and the conscientious Judge Hanley aids in freeing Steve. The townspeople and loggers still believe him guilty and make him feel like an outcast. A forest fire breaks out and Whittaker, leading a party of loggers into the woods to fight it, manages to get his men and himself trapped by the blaze. Steve, who knows the woods well, refuses to rescue the men, until persuaded to do so by June.
Keywords: 1930s, accident, acquittal, archive-footage, axe, b-movie, bailiff, based-on-novel, betrothal, boarder
DRAMA LASHING WITH THE FURY OF FORESTS AFLAME! (original poster-all caps)
JACK LONDON'S powerful story of the lumber camps (original poster)
(shonlock)
tare down the gates release the apes
see we got what it takes to guzzle lakes and cause earthquakes
ever talk to dead a man with a lead hand who could have lead man to conquering
jesus i don’t mean to be facetious but he’s just what we trust when we bus
i’m an awkward observation evaluating a nation
disguised as a haitian, asian, italy indian caucasian
blessed an blazin' a bar raisin’ occasion is my situation what you thought you was facin'
humm, that’s where you’re wrong! ††my faith strong like teflon. i tell'em get up, get, get gone!
shonlock a strong arm standing on crates pickin' the lock to the gates you better ring the alarm!
halt, stop, cease, release
a jersey chica hear to rock this piece.
rooted deep with a mind to increase christ
less of my flesh so it’s tight.
constant death to my flesh so it’s right.
you tell me that this world is quite trife
and it breathes breathless scenarios
bumps nonsense up in your stereo.
world philosophers has got to go, flee.
don’t be blinded like the three.
plato, socrates, and niche tell you god is dead and not we.
even before ’74 i was destined to win and strive for more.
until then i gotsta roll like a skater,
hear me now or hear me later.
CHORUS
can you hear me now? what about now?
shake the gates and watch them come down!
can you hear me now? what about now?
people getting loud to victorious sounds!
take it back by force y’all, some say violent
make the naysayers say, shhh stay silent.
gain way! that’s true indeed
rumblin’ stronger than elephants in full stampede.
trained for the combat built rock diesel
injected with a power that can quicken dead people.
some stay sleep but that’s not us
we’re infamous, unpopular in the populus.
you can like to love us or love to hate
if you’re not locked inside them, then storm the gates.
too many held up inside this invisible grid
what you mean what would he do? we gotta do what he did.
getting it done plundering the pits for the son
the west was won by cowboys blazin’ they’re guns.
poker face is on, ready for play offs
smart under control in the midst of chaos.
see this house right here, up on the left side?
it’soccupied by a man they call money mike.
but before he moved in the neighborhood
and he’ll tell you himself, that he was up to no good.
nowi remember seein’ mike in the streets around
didn’tknow what he was in but he was deep down.
hadthem robin leech toys when they came out
rimsthat still spin when the car shut down.
yep,he was livin it up and clever though
buthe wasn’t clever enough he moves real slow.
‘causewhen he went to re-up on green bags
catspulled a sucker move and the deal went bad.
isuppose mike do regret that night
twoslugs to the spine made him not move right.
but mike lived through said the message was clear.
sohe left where he was from and then he moved in here.
immmatake you on a trip where my crib at
cause i’ve hangin in these parts since way back
it aint to far from the spot that you in
you know the liquor store keep straight there’s my residence.
you hear the sound? then respond to that
you’rein my neighborhood where the partys at.
so keep the feet movin from side to side
and get them hands in to space ‘til they scrape the sky.
wassup kaneesha! that’s my homey for shozen
stays up at the house where the garage door open.
she moved from out west about a year and a half
and to see her smile now kinda makes me laugh.
thestory of her life is like a drama mini series
to hear her vocalize it make a brother eyes teary.
shewas probably 5 or 6 when mom and dad split,
pops moved to pittsburg, hasn’t †seen hersince.
momspassed soon after the liquor took her liver.
soshe moved in with her auntie and started actin grown.
graduatedwent to spellman college
andthe fact kaneesha was freaky was general knowledge
shewas looking for love in all the wrong places,
fall in for the thugs with the gold in their faces.
laidwith them all in hopes to build on it
gave them here and they kept stepping on it.
you would see her in the club showin back and neck
onthat chemical affection that she called x
she was a queen, didn’t believe it
nobody ever told her and i guess she didn’t see it.
she wanted change another chance to begin
saw the light and on the way became a virgin again.
usedto think she did too much to ever get right
she‘bout to make a lucky man a spectacular wife.
CHORUS
and then here lives my man clayborn
before he transferred in took a ride in the storm.
came from rich roots with everything he could have wanted
but for some reason, clayborn he didn’t want.
to pof his class and never played hooky
until one day he ate a bag of gangsta cookies.
messin with them guns for the street sensation
stealin cars, pullin home invasions.
he got caught for doin some filthy work
evidence, a shoe print cops found in the dirt.
his life rocked, print matched his shox
it was enough to send him up in the county cell spot.
now a guest of the state, looking back at his deeds
he decided crime life wasn’t fillin his needs.
like morgan in shawshank, clayborn found redemption.
is it better to love and loose or not love at all?
or cling on to past love where real love was never spawned?
it’s an exhaustive process when playing these dating games
exchanging numbers and names heartburn from ol’ flames.
holding surveys to see which one looked better
goin’ darn near broke purchasin’ anklets, flowers and sweaters.
and i mind all that, but if the dating don’t last
you get that final call askin if you want your stuff back.
it aint all her fault, 89% was mine
now i’m listing out things i should have seen as warning signs.
charm can be deceitful and beauty can pass,
it’s like a contest to see whose fabricated first impression last.
and it’s funny how quickly one can loose the hots,
for a girl the transforms more rapid than autobots.
they couldn’t all be the one i’m letting god define that
but next time could you at least put a song on her back to let me know.
it’s not another sad love song, it’s from being so
but with each one the goes bad, i see spots i need to grow.
i’m stingy with my time and in some ways that selfish
when i’m hard headed and keep to myself like shellfish.
but i’m working on them flaws fixin screws that look loose
not trying to guess who she is playin duck duck goose.
she’s the one, she’s the one . †no she ain’t
so i wait to find the one that’s really worthy of the chase.
fellas, were quick to spend time with a girl we might like.
but if you know that she ain’t for us then she’s somebody else’s wife.
ladies, guard your hearts no matter what we say
keep it locked in a box ‘til god say give it way, ok?
the man the finds a wife done found a fine treasure
where divorce is not option ‘cause the loves beyond measure.
he’s tuning us, now, right for when we unite
and loan you my last name for the rest life.
we can jump the broom, and get connected at the bone hip
take you on the road or fall asleep on the phone with.
it’s been a ride tryin to figure what commitment †meant
but it means we stick together through the thin and thethick.
instead of runnin’ and buttin heads let’s talk it out and make it stronger
when it’s sculpted by the father it remains forever.
i wanna lead you the right way at the same serve?
Welcome to the realm where the glory don?t stop
Where your feet stay locked when atop of battle block
Cornerstone buildin? from the floor to the ceiling
Set it in flames watch what the fire revealin?
Pass the hills for direction follow the vocal inflection
Ricocheting inside brain section
Joy for the frowning to keep?em from downing, drowning
Feeling protection of angelic surrounding
The feeling getting marked by God is so astounding
Loving how of life begins sounding
Walk in triumph full of faith, you know
Champions sing the hook when you hear the notes
From the bottom to the top of the globe
You better turn the radio up
(Live to the music)
A fresh crib or a humble abode
You better turn the radio up
(Live to the music)
Down low with a hole in your soul?
You better turn the radio up
(Live to the music)
This song will bring calm in the middle of storms
You better turn the radio up
(Live to the music)
Whether you comin? or goin' you better boost this
Sound repetitive? Just
(Live to the music)
Choose a track and skip through confusion
Dance to a sound where you can?t stay loosin'
A clear sound no musical illusion
Follow the maestro when his hands keep movin'
Go to the next plateau, level, like Hendrix
Jimi open your and set it off the hinges
So sick, when you see sin your skin cringes
You wanna radio edit or remix extended?
Words in stereo with the proper grounding
Feel the bass in the space when your heart keep pounding
Do you know your producer? Nah?
Get a tweekin', then find yourself through dimensions that he see in
He rose and overcame just so one could overcome
Blood written composition when it finally done
You could live to the right mix, no obscene blends
Get refreshed in the presence even when the scene ends
Know why you exist and your script flips drastic
And the plot thickens more than local game day traffic
Purpose for your design lies in designer
I know you think your fine but he?ll make you finer
You tired of the dark? Then strike the lighter
CHORUS
expensive games we play, who really wanna pay?
who would have thought that life could ever really be this way?
who wanna work it out? find something to be about.
lemme hear you shout! whoa, whoa,whoa, whoa, yeah!
bonafide's verse
in these last days where rhyme pays
to play the part of criminal ways.
subliminal slaves for minimum wage,
fulfillin the crave and fillin the grave.
i feed off the rage to beat a machine
against destruction's massive scheme.
things unseen my means to end
the payment is life to breathe again.
still payin a price so high to live,
the road less traveled is so expensive.
to extensive to put in the verse
cop the whole album, unlock the curse.
ride in the hearse and kick up the dirt
'cause that's what it took for me put in work.
bonafide stay live with rhymes intensive
but this right here is so expensive.
man, you can't be too pretentious
verbs and grits just had to mention.
lemme hear you say it! whoa, whoa,whoa, whoa, yeah!
scream it! shout it! you better be about it!
emme hear you say it! whoa, whoa,whoa, whoa, yeah!
CHORUS
coff's verse
wanna come to a place where everybody know your name,
that place just don't exist.
where we're from is created in our mind
to make our struggle and plight seem bigger than this.
i'm standin' on a platform spillin' my guts.
you chasin the wind, facin' the sin,
but your set apart. be still my beating heart.
go too fast still in the dark.
man killed in the park got scrapes, scratches, marks.
who takes his cries to help to heart?
nothin' but mourning and woes, when a casket doors close he embarks
to meet his maker can't hear you singin' like a anita baker.
but he's scared frozen.
'cause all his life he ain't gave nothin'
he been a taker, wet finger, and a breaker.
how i minister to you
to the people that hate 'cause you see me in the source.
look sinister to you,
but it's all good and gravy if all this happened to you.
me and my guises down, picnic table with flies around.
the story of my life what lies abound
sometimes i need a break so i get in my car and just drive around.
verbs's verse
steppin onto the promenade, me and a few of my closest confidants.
switchin up the pendulum of the mood swing to a different type of new
ambiance.
gotta keep it movin, that's for real.
all i know is that i'll never ever ever dish another raw deal.
playin make believe sayin that i'm true
no proof if words mismatch what i do.
the game of life will handle you in a manly way
leave you actin immature like you b2k.
lookin for a little gold in it.
spray a little soul glo in it.
many trust when they roll with it,
but the penny got a whole in it.
gotta little to bold with it.
the green god got a fold in it,
when it's spent, done, and gone really it's over with.
gross debt we all net from buyin fast thrills.
there's one reconciling piling past bills
paid in full to give you what you need
and the love, it don't cost you a thing indeed.
you got a hold of some wrong information
if you were told the keys to win were too complicated.
they pulled your leg and you been given the business
hoodwinked and sheisted til you froze from a distance.
your parents wasn’t nothing you’d be nothing you’d assume
just wanna work and get a job since there is nothing else todo.
but it’s all lies just an excuse in disguise,
victory for you was sealed from first ticking in time.
and i came to challenge y’all its exceedingly more
proceeding with all of your heart avoid exceedingly bored.
how less can one expect when christ sits as lord?
he passed you the torch and all obstacles get floored.
for those who feel unworthy now step out your bubble
if we got what we deserved, well then we all would be introuble.
how can it be he uniquely placed us.
of incorruptible seed meticulously traced us so.
what you rock now, and how you rock now
echos in eternity
if its not you, who then?
and if its not now, then when does the greatness begin? say
what you rock now, and how you rock now
echos in eternity.
just know its you now then
tart to make your move and then does the greatness begin.
is it possible to live every day of the week
from the moment you wake from sleep to never bow to defeat?
the old bones that held you back had been seen delete
and you can use these truths to fully complete the beat.
i’ll let the snare drive it in your head call it brainwashing.
close your eyes imagine doing things really awesome.
the game plan has never changed bro
we still get the same land if the players don’t walk lame though.
there’s a race to be ran so lets race on in
with an upperhanded advantage custom built to win.
throw your hands in the air and don’t procrastinate.
why we either never do it or we always do it late? say
CHORUS
many wobble when they wander what their place is
on their own strength trying to get to new phases.
never wonder when you know what your place is
it aint your own strength when you get to new phases.
can’t hang on to long to this ledge or brink
start to walk on beyond to what i’ve asked or dreamed
when my sites are set off then i’m prone to sink.
and my own vocal tone can create the kinks.
now some hate this, he placed a name on the faceless
implanted his genetic code its dna laced with greatness.
feelin’ like a winner from a sweepstakes
Examining actions of slaves to self satisfaction
In a circle snakes where saints are a small fraction
Cover my ears an can still hear the fall happenin
I'm body battlin' saddlin' up to keep travelin'
And you are my inspiration many emotions mangle my meditation
And every time I spit I keep tastin' soul preservation
Link with the lord for some life renovation
I keep reservations for conversation
It's hard to harm the lord's well-armed calm kept creation
None felon bomb of a none denomination
A simple servant out here sicken sevens on the nation
My camp or coalition cold crash your congregation
We standing in the light eternal life is what we facin'
And aint nothing adjacent and cant nothing replace the man
Every time I say amen I feel like I'm trippin
Trippin in any city, county, town, or zipcode
Interstates, highways, byways, backroads
Skylines twinklin' pretty but still look dark
Pushin evil outta these borders and tell it to depart
Hear the cries from famined cities where crime and sin crumble the streets
Where heat waves seek and earthquakes shake the territory
I see my man on the block that goes anywhere the just may blow
Downtown in the middle of the night, neon light bright where there's no windows
Gangs bang with gun and chain until their brains hang out
Then pick another gang to see if they hang so that they can claim they clout
It's where the worth of young youth is getting skewed and reduced
They've been handed the wrong juice and straight lost their innocence
Fatherless dealing with rage fight to escape the shame
Finger pointing ignites the blame, inner bitterness beginsto flame
Not seeing beyond the hood life is automatically lacking
Demons of death on desolate blocks and they're feenin' for destiny jackings
But the news is marvelous, we can start repairing thebreech
Christ came to destroy the works so you can start repairing the streets
And he's looking for people presenting an ultimatum to evil
Threating lethal either leave or simply get drawn off the easel
Trippin in any city, county, town, or zipcode
Interstates, highways, byways, backroads
Skylines twinklin' pretty but still look dark
late to bed early to rise,
hit the top of the clock open blinds to see the sunshine.
press play another active day in the city
where the aroma overall can linger far from pretty.
hundreds of thousands ride the subway
uptown to downtown, staten i to bk.
taxi cabs drivin’ speed, swerve, jerk,
pedestrians work to dodge so they don’t get hurt.
cops walk the beat with no real urgency,
fd responds to regular emergencies.
business man a flew out of jfk
but he’ll fly back tomorrow for his sons birthday.
and you could see the statue clear from the pier.
buy a paper from the newsstand that stood here for years.
you in a hurry, just a rush to find time
it’s the hussle and bussle metropolis type of grind.
CHORUS
many got no sleep last night was restless
some tossed and turned inside their minds with questions.
like where was god terror struck our town?
he’s at where you left him before the buildings came down.
topsy turvey the comfortable distorted
fear grew greater when breaking news was reported.
look to narrow in on this widespread panic
and call back the safety that we might have taken forgranite.
real secureness only lies in one place
lives find refuge in the midst of the grace.
we wave flags speak patriotic slang,
but god will bless america when god is god again.
taking, doubt, paranoia, and all uncertainty
for a portion of the comfort everlasting surety.
attendance grew in the pews from that day.
all i want to do is make you feel special
all i want to do is make you feel good.
i got all the answers to all your little problems,
if you can get away then i wish you would
come a little a closer
i know that you've been told your really not supposed to
but i won't bite.
what can it hurt you?
i solemly swear to never ever leave you lonely,
so just this time.
VERSE
ever since i could remember i was amazed by the way you made everything else
not matter.
i thought of you on two occasions that's day and night
you said you never let me go and your embrace was tight.
we stuck together through the weather when thin got thicker
better got worser and case got tenser.
we had the official the bond was magnetic
you'd gas me up to do stuff and i'd later barely regret it.
i found myself stumbling over myself for you
like turbo tumbling down head over heels.
where would i be in this world if we never met?
can't believe i almost let myself love you to death!
CHORUS
you might have beenable to make feel good
but you never solved the problem, never have never could, nah.
now that i think about it and the role you played
the closer i got to some answers the further you pulled me away.
i barely even seen you sneak in my mix when
you spoke into my ear like some vuluptuous vixen.
i got everything you need that will ease your pain
no shame, just stay, you can always walk away.
i learned my lesson when you had me second guessin'
you couldn't afford the real so you bootleggin' a blessin'.
so don't you get caught out there,
i'll catch you when you fall. i do solemly swear.
wait just a minute, don't even continue.
mentirosa, you're a liar and the truth is not in you.
i've heard your raps and seen the property tax
the contract is too long and too many strings attached.
CHORUS
deception came in clear perfect reception.
i switched the source where my satisfaction rest in.
i read the fine print noticed the loop holes
you grab souls leaving them sitting in neutral.
messing with you i racked up such a large debt
couldn't pay it off working double shift ups.
exhausted and stressed out
until i heard word of a man that cancelled all my debt stretched out.
i was slave for you, now i slave for him.
shredded up the old me brand new life begins.
i see you lovin cats and leavin them until they slowly die
as they follow what had felt good in their own eyes.
Get Ya 5's Out, Get Ya 10's Out, Get Ya 20's Out, Get Ya 50's Out
I'm a Shopaholic, I'm a Shopaholic, I'm a Shopaholic
And I'm Outta Control
I'm a Shopaholic, I'm a Shopaholic, I'm a Shopaholic
And I'm Outta Control
I'm a Shopahlic Better Take Away Mah Wallet
Nothin In Mah Pocket And I'm Out On A Roll
I'm a Shopaholic Better Take Away Mah Wallet
Pockets Got Nothin And I'm Outta Control
Uh Huh Uh Huh
CallIn All Shopahloics
Uh Huh Uh Huh
Yeah... Where The Credit Cards At
I'm a Shop Shop Til I Drop Drop
Wearin Out A Hole In My New Hightops
Rope Chain Swingin With My Big Gold Watch
Watch Me What She Got A Casio Hottest [?] Watch
I Need to Marry Man From Bel-Air
Who Can Buy Me The Beers Until The Ladies Is Clear
Tryna Get On The Rich List With Three Figure Digits Like
"Doctor Doctor Is My Purse Anorexic"
I Hit The Store To See See What's Happenin
Clean Out The Shelves And leave With The Manikin
80's Queen Three Finger rings
Yeah I Can Do It All With A Little Loose Change
I'm a Shopaholic, I'm a Shopaholic, I'm a Shopaholic
And I'm Outta Control
I'm a Shopaholic, I'm a Shopaholic, I'm a Shopaholic
And I'm Outta Control
I'm a Shopahlic Better Take Away My Wallet
Nothin In Mah Pocket And I'm Out On A Roll
I'm a Shopaholic Better Take Away My Wallet
Pockets Got Nothin And I'm Outta Control
Hold Up!
U Need To Hire A Stylist
Thought You Looked Tight With The [?] Lion Like Midas
I Gotta Rope Chain The Dope Chain
Girl U Been Had They Must Of Gave You The Broke Chain
My Wallet May Be Empty But Mah Closet Is Full
And I Can't Be A Fashion Victim If It Hasn't Been Done
Let's Go!
Get Ya 5's Out, Get Ya 10's Out, Get Ya 20's Out, Get Ya 50's Out
I'm a Shopaholic, I'm a Shopaholic, I'm a Shopaholic
And I'm Outta Control
I'm a Shopaholic, I'm a Shopaholic, I'm a Shopaholic
And I'm Outta Control
I'm a Shopahlic Better Take Away My Wallet
Nothin In My Pocket And I'm Out On A Roll
I'm a Shopaholic Better Take Away My Wallet
Pockets Got Nothin And I'm Outta Control
They Say I'm Addicted (Whatever Man)
They Say I'm Addicted
How Can U Say I'm Addicted (I'll Show U What It Is)
If U Have Expensive Taste
Never Let A New Fit Go To Waste
Even When Ya Closet's Got No Space
Baby Gotta Stretch That Dolla Bill
Can't Put A Price On Style
Even When Ya Cash Flows On The Last Mile
We Ain't Talkin Vanity
Ju-Ju-Just Originality
Stretch That Dolla Bill
I'm a Shopaholic, I'm a Shopaholic, I'm a Shopaholic
And I'm Outta Control
I'm a Shopaholic, I'm a Shopaholic
Stretch That Dolla Bill
I'm a Shopahlic Better Take Away My Wallet
Nothin In Mah Pocket And I'm Out On A Roll
I'm a Shopaholic Better Take Away My Wallet
Stretch That Dolla Bill
I'm a Shopaholic, I'm a Shopaholic, I'm a Shopaholic
And I'm Outta Control
I'm a Shopaholic, I'm a Shopaholic, I'm a Shopaholic
And I'm Outta Control
I'm a Shopahlic Better Take Away My Wallet
Nothin In My Pocket And I'm Out On A Roll
I'm a Shopaholic Better Take Away My Wallet
Heaven must be beautiful right now,
Cause they got you baby
Cause they got you babe... (o ohh o o ohh)
Yesterday you were in front of me,
Woke up this morining
All of a sudden you're a memory,
If life is as short as they say it is
I guess we'll meet again
Sooner than we think we will...
But I thought if I looked around
You'd always be there,
If I fly or fall you pick me up
And tell me keep believing...
My heart stopped beating
Soon as you stopped breathing
I got on my knees and I don't care who sees me
Heavens gotta wait because I need you...
They say a picture says a thousand words,
But I would trade a thousand pictures
To hear one of yours
And I been saying prayers
Like I was writing you letters,
Cause if heavens far like I think it is
You wouldn't get em... (you're so far away...)
See it's the distance that's making it harder,
I can't just call you up
And laugh with you the way we used to...
This world isn't good enough, it don't deserve you
Cause you were an angel all along
And now god returned you
And...
Heaven must be beautiful right now,
Cause they got you baby
Cause they got you babe... (o ohh o o ohh)
They say that god is full of mysteries
Sometimes I wonder
If you tell him that you're missing me?
Cause I miss you everyday
Like they took summer away,
Like they took color away and this grey
Needs to get the hell away from me...
So much life lost unnesessary
Street wars, world wars, earth is only temporary
Anger's only momentary,
Words replaced by weaponry
We need to save the human, save the future
Stop our history becomming...
And I'm sorry, did I take you for granted?
But did I ever thank you?
I meant to everyday...
Please don't say it's too late to pay homage,
Never called yourself a hero,
But you never dissapointed me.
We think we're so 'in control'
But boy, we don't even know what's coming round...
I should be counting out my blessings
Like I was counting down seconds
Cause I can only say goodbye for now
For now, I know heaven...
Heaven must be beautiful right now,
Cause they got you baby
I Wanna Man To Bring Home To Mah Momma
Got His Game Tight And It Ain't No Drama
No Calls In The Night From The Third Baby Mama
When The Check Comes Knowin He Forgot That Wallet
Rich Man, Poor Man, Hustla Whatever
Tough Guys Tough But They Far From Clever
You Don't Gotta Be The Butler Just Have Manners
Better Put 'Em On Display Or It Ain't Gon Happen
I'm Tellin You I Gotta Have A Gentleman
Open Up The Doors and He Holds Mah Hand
I Can Have A Thug But It Ain't No Match
Cause A Thug Can't Do What A Gentleman Can
Don't Need Your Money (Don't Need That)
I Got Mine (Cause I Got That)
What I'm Askin For Won't Cost You A Dime (Save Your Money For Another Chick)
Can You Give Me (Can U Give It To Me Baby)
What I Like (Tryna Tell U What I Like Yeah)
Ain't No Exceptions When It Comes To My Guy
Call Me By My Name Don't Call Me Baby Girl
Who's A Girl Yo I Thought I Was Ya Lady
I Like A Man Who's Sophisticated
Read A Magazine But He Reads Me Shakespeare
Confidence Mixed With Modesty
It's A Recipe When U Wanna Step To Me
Try To Act Hard And U Won't Get far
I Need A Lot More Attention Than You Pay To Ya Car
I'm Tellin U It Ain't About Commitment
Just As Long As U Handlin Ya Business
U Ain't Gotta Be A Baller Cause I Prefer A Boss
And A Boss Knows Ladies Come First
I'm Tellin You I Gotta Have A Gentleman
Open Up The Doors And He Holds Mah Hand
I Can Have A Thug But It Ain't No Match
Cause A Thug Can't Do What A Gentleman Can
Don't Need Your Money (Don't Need That)
I Got Mine (Cause I Got That)
What I'm Askin For Won't Cost You A Dime (Save Your Money For Another Chick)
Can You Give Me (Can U Give It To Me Baby)
What I Like (Tryna Tell U What I Like Yeah)
Ain't No Exceptions When It Comes To My Guy
I'm Tellin You I Gotta Have A Gentleman
Open Up The Doors And He Holds Mah Hand
I Can Have A Thug But It Ain't No Match
Cause A Thug Can't Do What A Gentleman Can
I'm Tellin You I Gotta Have A Gentleman
Open Up The Doors And He Holds Mah Hand
I Can Have A Thug But It Ain't No Match
Cause A Thug Can't Do What A Gentleman Can
Don't Need Your Money (Money)
I Got Mine (I Got Mine)
What I'm Askin For Won't Cost You A Dime (Won't Cost You Baby)
Can You Give Me (Give Me)
What I Like (What I Like)
Ain't No Exceptions When It Comes To My Guy
Don't Need Your Money (Money)
I Got Mine (I Got Mine)
What I'm Askin For Won't Cost You A Dime (Won't Cost You Baby)
Can You Give Me (Give Me)
What I Like (What I Like)
S so swaggeriffic
S so swaggeriffic
How can ya call it a lifestyle, if ya don't live ya life in style?
They call me the walkin beauty paegant
Don't need a crown with my jewelry flashin'
10 girls behind me tryina be like me
Hella fly tile I die and there ain't no actin
I'm a connoseur and I'd like to help you
The look on ya face got ya sh** devalued
How ya gona rock donatella with a frown?
Girl this ain't a competition,
Do you wana ask the crowd?
I'm the type of girl who can make things rare;
If I wear something, it'll sell out everywhere
I rock hellz bellz with my new chanel
You rock fake nails, chanel with 2 l's
I freak black pearls, I freak rose gold
You pearls turned black when the paint got old
This is not a popularity contest
When god made me he made a new commandment!
Fly fly fly
(And he said...)
Thou shalt be fly fly fly
(Til the end...)
Until the day you die die die
I'm fly! lemme testify!
Not a habit, I'm just gifted
Lord please keep me swaggeriffic
I spot swagger with my london eye
You ain't got it- I can spot it from the london eye!
So fly I hit heaven
Flyer than a 747 when I'm riding with my london guy...
Yeah, on ya birthday you get flowers
My boyfriend gets me cazals
I go to the ivy, you got to a drivethrough
We rock the matchin crooks and castles...
This is not a popularity contest
When god made me he made a new commandment!
This is not a popularity contest
When god made me he made a new commandment!
When god made me he made a new commandment!
When god made me he made a new commandment!
Thou shalt be fly...
Fly fly fly
(And he said...)
Thou shalt be fly fly fly
(Til the end...)
Until the day you die die die
I'm fly! lemme testify!
Not a habit, I'm just gifted
Lord please keep me swaggeriffic
How can ya call it a lifestyle, if ya don't live ya life in style?
Authenticated... overated... counterfeit it
It's your business
Keep it swaggeriffic
Keep it swaggeriffic
Authenticated... overated... counterfeit it
It's your business
Keep it swaggeriffic
Keep it swaggeriffic
Fly fly fly
(And he said...)
Thou shalt be fly fly fly
(Til the end...)
Until the day you die die die
I'm fly! lemme testify!
Not a habit, I'm just gifted
Lord please keep me swaggeriffic
Yes! I'm fly... I can't deny...