Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and film producer. He first rose to prominence when he joined the cast of the medical drama, St. Elsewhere, playing Dr. Philip Chandler for six years. He has received much critical acclaim for his work in film since the 1990s, including for his portrayals of real-life figures, such as Steve Biko, Malcolm X, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, Melvin B. Tolson, Frank Lucas and Herman Boone.
Washington has received two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe awards, and a Tony Award. He is notable for winning the Best Supporting Actor for Glory in 1989; and the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2001 for his role in the film Training Day.
Denzel Washington was born in Mount Vernon, near New York City, New York on December 28, 1954. His mother, Lennis "Lynne", was a beauty parlor-owner and operator born in Georgia and partly raised in Harlem. His father, Reverend Denzel Hayes Washington, Sr., a native of Buckingham County, Virginia, served as an ordained Pentecostal minister, and also worked for the Water Department and a local department store, S. Klein.
Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence (born April 16, 1965) is an actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and stand up comedian. He came to fame during the 1990s, establishing a Hollywood career as a leading actor, most notably the films Bad Boys, Blue Streak, and Big Momma's House. Lawrence has acted in numerous film roles and starred in his own television series, Martin, which ran from 1992 to 1997.
Lawrence was born in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse in Germany on April 16, 1965, to American parents. He was given his first name after civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and his middle name after US President John F. Kennedy. His father, John Lawrence, served in the US Military. After his parents divorced when he was eight, Lawrence rarely saw his father, who worked as a police officer at the time. His mother, Chlora (née Bailey), began working several jobs to support her family. During his teen years, Lawrence excelled at boxing. He lived in Maryland, and attended Thomas G. Pullen School of Creative and Performing Arts (Landover, Maryland), Fairmont Heights High School (Fairmount Heights, Maryland), Eleanor Roosevelt High School, and also Friendly High School in Fort Washington, Maryland, becoming a Mid-Atlantic Golden Gloves boxing contender.
Sunday in Memphis it's hallelujah dawn
I can hear the angels singin'
Such a beautiful song
Lost here in Memphis
Feeling so alone
I can hear the church bells ringing
Callin' me back home
Down on my luck
Here on these sidewalks
It's Sunday in Memphis
And I'm down to my last prayer
Sunday in Memphis
And I'm wishing you were here
I can still remember
Every word she said
With every step that's taken
And every tear that's shed
Fell down on my knees
Said please forgive me lord won't you please
It's Sunday in Memphis
And I'm down to my last prayer
Sunday in Memphis
And I'm wishing you were here
We all make mistakes sometimes
That's just the way it goes
But we can change and make it right I know
It's Sunday in Memphis
And I'm down to my last prayer
Sunday in Memphis
I don't know where you lay your head
or where you call your home
I don't know where you eat your meals
or where you talk on the phone
I don't know if you got a cook a butler or a maid
I don't know if you got a yard with a hammock in the shade
I don't know if you got some shelter, say a place to hide
I don't know if you live with friends in whom you can confide
I don't know if you got a family, say a mom or dad
I don't know if you feel love at all, but I bet you wish you had
PRE-CHORUS
Come and go with me to my Father's house
Come and go with me to my Father's house
CHORUS
It's a big big house
with lots and lots a room
A big big table
with lots and lots of food
A big big yard(touchdown!)
where we can play football
A big big house
Its my Fathers house
All I know is a big ol' house with rooms for everyone
All I know is lots a land where we can play and run
All I know is you need love and I've got a family
All I know is your all alone so why not come with me?
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS
Without an invitation
it used to be more fun
surveillance through the dry bush
you knew the art of ring and run
and hid behind the t-bird
unless the door would open first
you had a talent for excuses...
an innocent who'd been coerced
you had to have it all rehearsed when
knocking at the big house
knocking at the big house
It always seemed the easiest
when it didn't mean that much
though you welcomed competition
you had an ace no one could touch
but didn't have a short clue
that this gift's a given thing
call it camouflage or filthy rags
it was not enough to let it ring
you had to sign this offering by
knocking at the big house
knocking at the big house
Now there's nothing to conceal you
you come in from the front
the hedges have been cut back
and you're much too old for scavenger hunt
maybe you're collecting
donations for the cause
it may be now or never
so let it ring
don't you pause
you are not breaking any laws when
knocking at the big house
knocking at the big house
keep your eye up to the keyhole
what do you see now
you'll be
knocking at the big house
knocking at the big house
I don't know where you lay your head
Or where you call your home
I don't know where you eat your meals
Or where you talk on the phone
I don't know if you got a cook
A butler or a maid
I don't know if you got a yard
With a hammock in the shade
I don't know if you got some shelter
Say a place to hide
I don't know if you live with friends
In whom you can confide
I don't know if you got a family
Say a mom or dad
I don't know if you feel love at all
But I bet you wish you had
Come and go with me
To my fathers house
Come and go with me
To my fathers house
It's a big, big house with lots and lots a room
A big, big table with lots and lots of food
A big, big yard where we can play football
A big, big house it's my fathers house
All I know is a big ol' house
With rooms for everyone
All I know is lots a land
Where we can play and run
All I know is you need love
And I've got a family
All I know is your all alone
So why not come with me?
Come and go with me
To my fathers house
Come and go with me
To my fathers house
It's a big, big house with lots and lots a room
A big, big table with lots and lots of food
A big, big yard where we can play football
A big, big house it's my fathers house
It's a big, big house with lots and lots a room
A big, big table with lots and lots of food
A big, big yard where we can play football
A big, big house it's my fathers house
My fathers house
Come and go with me
To my fathers house
Come and go with me
To my fathers house
It's a big, big house with lots and lots a room
A big, big table with lots and lots of food
A big, big yard where we can play football
A big, big house it's my fathers house
It's a big, big house with lots and lots a room
A big, big table with lots and lots of food
A big, big yard where we can play football
Psychotic
Neurotic
Alcoholic
You might call me imbecilic
I'm dirty I'm so mean
Like no other you've ever seen
I'll take down the other side
A place where you can meet and hide
I'll take you down the darker way
To a game - a game that I play
And what you see is what you get
A wicked man with no regrets
I get whatever I want
You won't forget
Goin' back to the Big House
Goin' back - back inside
Pathetic, rejected, full of doom
Some people call me Mr. Gloom
I sold my soul - sold my soul
When I went down the fire hole
I'll take you down, down with me
A nice place for you to be
I'll take you down to my home
I'll leave you there to die alone
And what you see is what you get
A wicked man with no regrets
I get whatever I want
You won't forget
Goin' back to the Big House
Goin' back - back inside
Goin' back to the Big House
Goin' back inside
Goin' back to the Big House
Goin' back inside - back inside
Goin' back to the Big House
C'mon, get on it
That's it, baby, now kick it in
Baby, it's cold outside out here in the rain
Sure looks warm inside through the window pane
I been knockin' on your front door
I been waitin' all night an' you know what for
It's cold outside, let me come on in
What's that blue tick hound doin' in my chair?
Better throw that dog a bone, get him outta there
I been walk, walk, walkin' since a quarter to four
I'm gonna keep talkin' 'til you open that door
It's cold outside, let me come on in
Get a little lovin' in the oven
Sugar pie in the pan
I know what you got cookin', baby
An' I'm a hungry man
I been comin' 'round nearly every night
But you keep that door, baby, locked up tight
Now tell me why, why must you insist
On deprivin' me of what I can't resist?
It's cold outside, let me come on in
Get a little lovin' in the oven
Sugar pie in the pan
I know what you got cookin', baby
An' I'm a hungry man
Well, your kiss is what I miss
A little lovin' after dark
So slide the chain off this old door
That's keepin' us apart
If I did you wrong, let me make it right
Or I can say I'm sorry for the rest of my life
Or we can talk, talk, talk about it all night long
You could open the door and let me see what's wrong
It's cold outside, let come on in
Baby, it's cold outside, let come on in
Baby, it's cold outside, let come on in
Findin' a corner in a crowded room
Livin' on the dark side of the moon
My doctor said, ?Son what's killin' you??
He said, "You gotta bad case of the lonesome blues"
And you ain't lonely yet
You don't know how it feels
To have a broken heart
One that ain't never gonna heal
You ain't crying now
And I hope you never will
Try to be happy some how
It's easy to forget
You ain't lonely yet
I tried to call you about a hundred times
You sister says, you're gone and I hope she lyin'
You brother said, "Son, you better move along
'Cause everything you had is long gone ya?
You ain't lonely yet
You don't know how it feels
To have a broken heart
One that ain't never gonna heal
And you ain't cryin' now
I hope you never will
It's easy to forget
But you ain't lonely yet
I'm tellin' you baby
You ain't lonely
You ain't lonely yet
You ain't lonely
You ain't as lonely as it gets
You ain't lonely yet
You ain't lonely
You ain't lonely yet
Can't you hear me sayin'?
You ain't lonely
You ain't as lonely as it gets
You ain't lonely yet
You ain't lonely
You don't know how it feels
You ain't lonely
To have a broken heart
You ain't lonely
One that ain't never gonna heal
And you ain't cryin' now
You ain't lonely
And I hope you never will
You ain't lonely
Try to be happy somehow
It's easy to forget
You've been steppin' just bit out of line
And that's walkin' on me
Well don't you know you can't be right all the time
Without walkin' on me
I don't wancha, putcha walkin' shoes on
And head on out that door
'Cause you'll go out and stay all night long
Like too many nights before
Well I've tried everything I can, and I'll beg and plead
Then she tells me baby there ain't no need
Just say it again, does me no good
Baby won't you treat me baby like you know you should?
I'll say it again if I thought it would
Make you treat me baby like you know you should
You've been walkin', walkin' on me
Yeah, you've been walkin', honey, walkin' on me
Now we both know this ain't the first time around
You're still walkin' on me
You go out loud and come back in without a sound
Honey, walkin' on me
Well I don't wancha, putcha walkin' shoes on
And head on out that door
'Cause you'll go out and stay all night long
Like too many nights before
I've tried everything I can, and I'll beg and plead
Then she tells me baby there ain't no need
Say it again, does me no good
Baby, won't you treat me baby like you know you should?
I'll say it again if I thought it would
Make you treat me baby like you know you should
You've been walkin', walkin' on me
You know, you've been walkin', honey, walkin' on me
Yeah, you've been walkin'
Yeah, you've been walkin'
I've tried everything I can, and I'll beg and plead
Then she tells me baby now ain't no need
Say it again, does me no good
Baby, won't you treat me baby like you know you should?
I'll say it again if I thought it would
Make you treat me baby like you know you should
Say it again, does me no good
Won't you treat me baby like you know you should?
Say it again if I thought it would
Make you treat me baby like you know you could
Now won't you treat me baby like you know you should?
You've been walkin', walkin' on me
You know, you've been walkin', honey, walkin' on me
Yeah, you've been walkin'
Honey, you've been walkin'
Yeah, you've been walkin', walkin' on me
You know, you've been walkin', honey, walkin' on me
You know, you've been walkin', honey, walkin' on me
I was born on a bus, they say going south
Lived at a truck stop I never knew
My mother never sensed how it's been my home
Two-lane block top, a super highway
Drive 'em all night and I drive 'em all day
Sometimes it seems like I'm going nowhere
Like a restless wind I keep moving on
And I can't seem to stay in one place too long
I'm a road man, I'm a road man
I'm a road man, yeah, yeah, come on
Well, after a while, it all looks the same
Same old town with a different name
Huh, that's why I keep moving on
Now if I have a dollar every mile I drove
You know I would be rich beyond words
Money ain't the only thing I'd want
Like a restless wind I keep moving on
And I can't seem to stay in one place too long
I'm a road man, I'm a road man, Lord
I'm a road man, yeah, yeah
Think of me when you hear the wind blow
I stick around but not too long
Hey baby, my middle name is, 'Gone'
I'm long gone, I'm a road man, ha
Born on a bus, they say, going south
Lived at a truck stop, I never knew
My mother never sensed how it's been my home
Restless wind keeps me moving on
And I can't seem to stay in one place too long
I'm a road man, I'm a road man
I'm a road man, yeah, yeah, come on
Shake me down loose, I'm a road man, Lord
Take me on a groove, I'm a road man, Lord
Shake me down loose, I'm a road man
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Shake me down loose, I'm a road man, Lord
Shake me on a groove, I'm a road man, Lord
Shake me down loose, I'm a road man
Findin' a corner in a crowded room
Livin' on the dark side of the moon
My doctor said, ?Son what's killin' you??
He said, "You gotta bad case of the lonesome blues"
And you ain't lonely yet
You don't know how it feels
To have a broken heart
One that ain't never gonna heal
You ain't crying now
And I hope you never will
Try to be happy some how
It's easy to forget
You ain't lonely yet
I tried to call you about a hundred times
You sister says, you're gone and I hope she lyin'
You brother said, "Son, you better move along
'Cause everything you had is long gone ya?
You ain't lonely yet
You don't know how it feels
To have a broken heart
One that ain't never gonna heal
And you ain't cryin' now
I hope you never will
It's easy to forget
But you ain't lonely yet
I'm tellin' you baby
You ain't lonely
You ain't lonely yet
You ain't lonely
You ain't as lonely as it gets
You ain't lonely yet
You ain't lonely
You ain't lonely yet
Can't you hear me sayin'?
You ain't lonely
You ain't as lonely as it gets
You ain't lonely yet
You ain't lonely
You don't know how it feels
You ain't lonely
To have a broken heart
You ain't lonely
One that ain't never gonna heal
And you ain't cryin' now
You ain't lonely
And I hope you never will
You ain't lonely
Try to be happy somehow
It's easy to forget
You ain't lonely yet
I don't know if you got some shelter
say a place to hide
I don't know if you live with friends
in whom you can confide
I don't know if you got a family
say a mom or dad
I don't know if you feel love at all
but I bet you wish you had
[PRE-CHORUS]
Come and go with me
to my Fathers house
Come and go with me
to my Fathers house
[CHORUS]
It's a big big house
with lots and lots a room
A big big table
with lots and lots of food
A big big yard
where we can play football
A big big house
Its my Fathers house
Ibidibidee bop bop bow whew! yeah!
All I know is a big ole house
with rooms for everyone
All I know is lots a land
where we can play and run
All I know is you need love
and I've got a family
All I know is your all alone
so why not come with me?