A belly chain or waist chain is a type of body jewelry worn around the waist. Some belly chains attach to a navel piercing; these are also called "pierced belly chains". They are often made of silver or gold. Sometimes a thread is used around the waist instead of a chain.
A belly chain is a common adornment for belly dancers.
In the West, an increasing number of women including celebrity ladies are wearing waist ornaments for various reasons. Waist chains stayed primarily as a women's fashion accessory in the West, although there are notable exceptions like designer Devon Turnbull. Use of waist chains can be traced back to 4000 years or more. Historically, waist chains were used very commonly used in Eastern countries by both men and women, as a part of a religious ceremonies, as a fashion and to show affluence. Many ancient sculptures and paintings from various locations in India, dating back to the Indus Valley civilization, indicate that waist chains were a very popular jewelry. In Maldives, it was reported that scholars, magistrates and other influential people wore silver chains around their waists before 1680s. Sayyid Mohammed arrived in Male’ when he heard that Maldives was filled with what he called "forbidden practices", he banned men from wearing waist chains as part of his effort to remove superstition and heresy. Some men complied, in other cases chains were forcibly removed. Many deities in the Hindu religion, such as Lord Krishna, wore waist chains. A waistband called cummerbund or patka was a part of the medieval upper class costume of Rajasthanis.
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. (born October 20, 1971), better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg (formerly known as Snoop Doggy Dogg), is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school. Shortly after graduation, he was arrested for cocaine possession and spent six months in Wayside County Jail. His music career began in 1992 after his release when he was discovered by Dr. Dre. He collaborated on several tracks on Dre's solo debut, The Chronic and on the titular theme song to the film Deep Cover.
Snoop's debut album Doggystyle, was released in 1993 under Death Row Records making a debut at No.1 on both the Billboard 200 and R&B charts. Selling almost a million copies in the first week of its release, Doggystyle quickly became certified 4× platinum in 1994 and spawned several hit singles, including "What's My Name" and "Gin & Juice". In 1994, Snoop released a soundtrack on Death Row Records for the short film Murder Was The Case, starring himself. In early 1996, Snoop Dogg was cleared of charges over his bodyguard's 1993 murder of Philip Woldemariam. His second album, late 1996's Tha Doggfather, also debuted at No.1 on both charts with "Snoop's Upside Ya Head" as the lead single. The album sold only half as well, being certified double platinum in 1997.
These are the words I would say to you
Snap out, wake up you fool
Busy protecting your long lost clue
Which you don't have to choose
These are the things I would say to you
Wake up snap out you fool
You're busy protecting your long lost clue
which you don't have to choose
You don't have to...
You're still listening to the hardcore tapes you used to play
The backside of your mind still busy with loving it
I don't believe you when you say good songs will die eventually
You're still, you're still, you're still, you're still listening
You're still listening
You just seem to be listening
Yeah well listen a little harder now
And try a little more
Still busy protecting your long lost clue
And there is a light in it for you
You haven't got a clue what you do
Don't you do the things that you like to do
Busy protecting the things that you own
But there is a light going wrong
Just look around you and get it through your things cause
You don't have to choose, you don't have to choose, you don't have to
But you're still listening to the hardcore tapes you used to play
The backside of your mind still busy with loving it
I don't believe you when you say good songs will die eventually
You're still you're still you're still you're still listening
Your listening
You seem to be listening
What the fuck do you think you hear
What do you fear, what do you fear, what do you fear
Come on fool
Aw...aw...aw drop that shit
Straight comin' at ya, punk
The greatest side is critical when digging on my concept
Rhythms keep on building like smoke
Got'cha running from the law
Maybe it's that low end smothered with the freestyle
Maybe it's the thought of being on the bottom of the pile
Style's bound to the sky lines
Keep 'em on the sidelines
Choking on my fly rhymes
You need the Heimlich maneuver
This ain't no joke
You're gonna choke
When I'm swinging it to ya
When do you decide (you decide)
Then you can know in your mind (you decide)
When do you decide
I'll probably never understand
Pollution, you preach the noise about the words that you don't wanna hear
Pollution, I keep the grip tight on the mic when I spill
Pollution, you preach the noise about the words that you don't wanna hear
Pollution, I keep that grip real tight
Breaker, breaker one nine, spitting out that skill
Suicidal punk let me know you're real
I'm walking on a thin line with the sticky bass line
Now you're stuck with the flow running through your mind
So if you're crossing over, let me know you're real
?????? now you get the feel
I rumble like the thunder
Now you're going under
I bet ya wonder what the fuck is even going down
I listen to 'em stereotype and then complain
I can't refrain from bringing on the pain
When do you decide (you decide)
Then you can know in your mind (you decide)
When do you decide
I'll probably never understand
Pollution, you preach the noise about the words that you don't wanna hear
Pollution, I keep the grip tight on the mic when I spill
Pollution, you preach the noise about the words that you don't wanna hear
Pollution, I keep that grip real tight
So when they tell me to turn down that volume
I'm gonna bring that beat back
And when they tell Sam to turn down that bass
I'm gonna bring that beat back
And when they tell me to turn down the vocal
I'm gonna bring that beat back
And when they tell us to shut the fuck up
I'm gonna bring that beat back
Yeah, gonna bring that beat back
Aw, gonna bring that beat back
Fuck, gonna bring that beat back
Yo, yo, yo J bring that beat back
When do you decide (you decide)
Then you can know in your mind (you decide)
When do you decide
I'll probably never understand
Pollution, you preach the noise about the words that you don't wanna hear
Pollution, I keep the grip tight on the mic when I spill
Pollution, you preach the noise about the words that you don't wanna hear
Pollution, I keep that grip real tight
I'm gonna bring that beat back
I'm gonna bring that beat back
I'm gonna bring that beat back, beat back
Bring that beat back, beat back -
Back
(Fred shut up, alright)
(This is me telling you to shut up..shut up)
(Fred, shut the fuck up)
you look back
and the ocean
are colored black
animals are going sick
the reason is the black slick
no green
is able
to remain
by the toxic acid rain
Sometimes, I wanna get away
From all the confusion causin' pollution
I know you wish you could run away
From this substitution
'Cuz there's no solution to survive
Another day when I'm wakin' up
I turn on my TV on CNN
(Yeah)
Another homie done bit the dust
My best friends back up in da pen
Somebody hit the twin towers before
And the buildings came tumblin' down
All we could do is watch the tears while the people of America
Wondered how we let it go down
Then I heard a sound when I turned around
This old man said, "Pray for me"
(What he say?)
Said I have been in this world for eighty eight long years
And my nanas can stay for me
(What chu do)
I looked him in his eyes
And gave him a smile
I said, "Mister I don't mean no harm"
But you ain't goin' nowhere
So just pull up a chair
I got green fresh off the farm
(What happened?)
An' with that he pulled a bottle
From his pocket and said young'n ima
Give it a try
(Give it a try boy)
I said, "Hold up pops I ain't forget 'bout the nada that you promised"
So go and pass it by
Then he said
"Sometimes I wanna get away
From all the confusion causin' pollution
I know you wish you could run away
From this substitution
'Cuz there's no solution to survive"
From dusk to dawn Mom's always telling me
You must move on let the past be the last thing that dusts you son
And I trust you mom but that doesn't dif my luvs for fun
Wanna bus' my gun wasn't much to some
Didn't measure up to most
Started walking down the road to the
Treasure off the coast you just never fuckin' know
What your gonna see who your gonna be who your gonna meet
It's true your gonna be sleeping slippin' into silence
Shotguns firin', choppers and sirens
Spotlights shine flashin' on the glance
And a poke a doted chance and
A devil doin' the dance
Then
I know you wanna run away
(Haa aaa aaa)
I know you wanna run away
(Haa aaa aaa)
I know you wanna run away
(Haa aaa aaa)
I know you wanna run away
(Haa aaa aaa)
I'm just sayin' dog
Livin' my life shinin' hopin'
I'm just sayin dog
Just chasin' the dreams that I be hopin'
I'm just sayin' dog
Something that will make you laugh
That will make you cry
That's how in goes may why ask why
I'm just sayin dog
To take me away from my frustration
I'm just sayin' dog
To teach me to use my 'magination
I'm just sayin' dog
Something that will make you laugh
That will make you cry
That's how it goes man why ask why
Sometimes I wanna get away
From all the confusion causin' pollution
I know you wish you could run away
From this substitution
Cuz there's no solution to survive
(I know you wanna run away)
(I know you wanna run away)
(I know you wanna run away)
(I know you wanna run away)
(I know you wanna run away)
(I know you wanna run away)
(I know you wanna run away)
The corpse of mankind is floating down your stream
Raping everything but keeping the image clean
Is it will or is it gain?
The trick of being efficient yet undetectable
Keep the stream flowing and deceive the undesirables
The sun's burning The sky's grey Concret's replaced grass Buildings've replaced tres Can't we find a better way That to wait it's too late We won't be here for long extinction is close Soon the dirt will cover the planet The planet looks like a grabage can Cant we find a better way Than to wait it's too late What will happen when there is nothing between us and the sun The sun's no longer shining The sky's not blue anymore Death fishes in the seas Brids have no strenght left to fly x4 As I look towards the sky There must be something we can find A different way to die Something to save our kind
Time was when an american about to go abroad would be warned by his friends or the guidebooks not to drink the water. but times have changed and now a foreigner coming to this country might be o
D the following advice.
If you visit american city,
You will find it very pretty.
Just two things of which you must beware:
Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air.
Pollution, pollution,
They got smog and sewage and mud.
Turn on your tap and get hot and cold running crud.
See the halibuts and the sturgeons
Being wiped out by detergents.
Fish gotta swim and birds gotta fly,
But they don't last long if they try.
Pollution, pollution,
You can use the latest toothpaste,
And then rinse your mouth with industrial waste.
Just go out for a breath of air,
And you'll be ready for medicare.
The city streets are really quite a thrill.
If the hoods don't get you, the monoxide will.
Pollution, pollution,
Wear a gas mask and a veil.
Then you can breathe, long as you don't inhale.
Lots of things there that you can drink,
But stay away from the kitchen sink.
The breakfast garbage that you throw in to the bay,
They drink at lunch in san jose.
So go to the city, see the crazy people there.
Like lambs to the slaughter,
They're drinking the water
why do you treat me oh so badly oh so cruel
I'm just a good boy needs a good girl someone cool
now I can't live with out you
I want to live
I need a solution
too much pollution
is in my head
think about you night and day
I've got to get away
you're always in my head
why don't you call me, you're too busy, I'm too plain
why can't you see the things you do they cause me pain
now I can't live with out you
I want to live without you
I need a solution
too much pollution
is in my head
I think about you night and day
I've got to get away
you're always in my head
I tried to end it but I know I can't be happy with you not around
you're not around
I tried to end it but I couldn¡¯t find an easy way to let you down
to let you down...
Planet earth is abused
You know we're to blame
Symposium shows it's not too late
Constant threat, Nuclear war
Corrective measures await us all
Staring death, In the face
The end of the human race
No it's not too late
No it's not the right time
To cross the gate invisible line
Established by mankind
Our planet is abused
Can't live this was any more,
I don't know
Are we near the end
It is real ten years it might be too late
No it's not the right time
To cross the gate invisible
Established by mankind
Our planet is abused
The Earth is decaying from rot and pollution. A distorted brain makes us all the pain. Discharge and waste gets thrown in our face. Nuclear energy to kill all humanity. My lungs have now turned green and there’s no-one to be seen. For miles around there is a sound of all the people who have drowned. Factories and industries churning out the smoke. Oxygen in the air is turning into mucus. Plutonium, uranium - burning to dilute. We don’t want your equation to make more radiation. For all your sciences and all your arts, all the world is going to be torn apart by all the chemicals and all your gases, to separate and kill - kill all the masses.
You shall be afraid
When you realize
That if I smile
It's because I'm nothing
(Just) (but) (and)...pain
...I'm someone different!
Unique, I'm the character
The illusion, the smell, the scent
Which you deny to see
I am always after
The last limits of morality
Everything is lost beforehand anyways...
For nothing will be better tommorrow
I'm a fucking psycho
But I will be crazy
I'm a fucking sickhead
But I will be insane
I want to desire more
And this obsession makes me fear
Kiss me, leak me, leak my perversion
With a good scent of aggression
Empty mind, my heart filled with
Regrets and memories
I must progress and evolve
Now my only law...
To be the destroyer
Now call me... ...Into my obsession
I listen but I don't understand
Hope, but nothing in my hands
Words of consolation feel like plain bullshit
Just one truth...
For a worm I will be the meat
Beyond the horizons of the mind
I build my life with the dead
Everything is lost beforehand
[Chorus]
Sometimes I wanna get away from all the confusion
Causin' pollution
I know you wish you could run away from this institution
Cause there's no solution, to survive
Another day when I'm waking up
I turn my TV on CNN
Another homie done bit the dust, my best friend's back up in the pen
Somebody hit the twin towers,? and the buildings came tumbling down
All we could do was watch in tears
While the people of America wondered how we let it go down
Then, I heard a sound when I turned around
This old man said pray for me
Said I've been in the world for 88 long years and go now can you stay for me?
I looked him in the eyes, and gave him a smile and said mister I don't mean no harm
But you ain't going nowhere, so just pull up a chair
I got greens fresh off the farm
And with that he pulled a bottle from his pocket and said youngin' ima give it a try
I said hold up pops, I ain't forget about the nana you promised so pass it by
And then he said...
[Chorus]
From dusk to dawn, mom's always tellin me you must move on
Let the past be the last thing to dust you son
And I trust you mom
But the? lust for fun, wanna bust my gun
Wasn't much to some, then you measured up to most started walking down the road
To the treasure up the post
You just never f***ing know what you gonna see, where ya gonna be, who you gonna meet
It's true you gonna sleepin, slip into silence
Shot guns fired, choppers and sirens
Spotlight shinin, flashin on the glance
At a boy without a chance and the Devil on his ass
I be sayin though, livin my life... wishin' and hopin
I be sayin though, chasin the dreams...
I be sayin though same thing that will make you laugh will make you cry
That's how we know man, why that's why
I be sayin though taken away from the frustration
I be sayin though teach me to use my imagination
I be sayin though same thing that will make you laugh will make you cry
That's how we know man, why that's why
Why do you treat me oh so badly, oh so cruel
i'm just a good boy, needs a good girl, someone cool.
Now i can't live without you
now i can't live without you
now i can't live without you
i wanna live
I need a solution
too much pollution is in my head
i think about you night and day
i gotta get away, you're always in my head.
Why don't you call me, you're too busy, i'm too plain
why can't you see the things you do they cause me pain
Now i can't live without you
now i can't live without you
now i can't live without you
i wanna live
I need a solution
too much pollution is in my head
i think about you night and day
i gotta get away, you're always in my head.
I tried to end it, but i know i can't be happy with you not around.