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James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno /ˈlɛnoʊ/ (born April 28, 1950) is an American stand-up comedian and television host.
From 1992 to 2009, Leno was the host of NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Beginning in September 2009, Leno started a primetime talk show, titled The Jay Leno Show, which aired weeknights at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time, UTC-5), also on NBC. After The Jay Leno Show was canceled in January 2010 amid a host controversy, Leno returned to host The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on March 1, 2010.
James "Jay" Leno was born in New Rochelle, New York, in 1950. His mother, Catherine (née Muir; 1911–1993), a homemaker, was born in Greenock, Scotland, and came to the United States at age 11. Leno's father, Angelo (1910–1994), who worked as an insurance salesman, was born in New York to immigrants from Flumeri, Italy. Leno grew up in Andover, Massachusetts, and although his high school guidance counselor recommended that he drop out of school, he later obtained a Bachelor's degree in speech therapy from Emerson College, where he started a comedy club in 1973. Leno's siblings include his late older brother, Patrick, who was a Vietnam veteran and a lawyer.
[Verse 1: Natti]
It's about time, like that shit that light up ya wrist
Real niggas keep pleadin' the 5th
Concealed dealings in the heat of the mist
In the jungle where the simians pull semis a-plenty
In the league of the chimps
I'm so for real with bananas and clips
So I fail with the gangstas and pimps
Try'na prevail, quick money attempts
Couple hits, nigga thinkin' he rich
But I was, headstrong dead wrong perhaps
Playin' scenes in my mind when a fiend relapse
Eyes rolled back in they head relaxed
But money feeds the J's to the feet of the cool
And my feet were famished after walkin' from school
Wood heels, smokin' kill with a hooligan crew
Talkin' slick to the fiends, even robbin' a few
Niggas lucky that it's rappin' that he happen to do
Cause oh, lo and behold, it could happen to you
[Hook:]
And the beat goes up (imperial)
You can feel it in your lows (imperial)
Imperial rock (imperial)
Imperial roll (imperial)
[Verse 2: Freddie Gibbs]
The politics of pushin' potent potion
One toke and I bet I got you open
Peep what I prescribe to my smokers
Give em the proper dosage
Gary boy with dreams like Michael to see the ocean
I was local til the white boy Joseph put me on
different coasts
Then he left me for dead, dog
So he could push the pussy pigs Sonic The Hedgehog
The crackers wanna profit off my topics of mockin'
But yo I'm from a small town called
"Bitch when I see you, I'm in yo pockets"
Niggas rock it let it dry, trap, traffic and train hoes
Poppin' my P-95 at polices in plain clothes
The ghetto just infested with felons
So whether it's the fuzz or the thugs now you under
surveillance
I got a letter from the feds in the mail
That say I'm connected with some niggas that's sellin'
yayo
So share some information or you'll be sharin' a cell
"Lock me up and swallow the key, throw me under the
jail
Never tell, I'm a gangsta"
[Hook:]
And the beat goes up (imperial)
You can feel it in your lows (imperial)
Imperial rock (imperial)
Imperial roll (imperial)
Oh you want to know what happened to me?
I've made a few mistakes.
Something needs to change.
Oh you want to know what happened to me?
I'm better off this way.
Things are falling into place.
Yeah that's right,
I'm gonna be the one who takes you when you die.
Yeah right, I am satisfied without being born twice.
You know you're wasting time trading life for lies to discover.
(I mean this is eternity)
In this life there's only wrong and right, that's for you to decide.
(You better make up your mind)
Oh you want to know what happened to me?
I've made a few mistakes.
Something needs to change.
Oh you want to know what happened to me?
I'm better off this way.
Things are falling into place.
If you are only trying to make me plead.
Did you ever stop wondering?
If I can't change your mind I'll just disconnect mine.
Yeah, that's right I am his only son, the one who had to die.
Yeah right, the only way I'll go to heaven is in disguise.
You know you're wasting time trading life for lies to discover.
What's left of you won't matter in the end.
(I mean this is eternity)
In this life there's only wrong and right, that's for you to decide.
(So don't forget you have a choice)
We are the red letter
red letter
we will slit your throats
your heart is black
so rest your head
because tomorrow
we'll be your death
we smell your fear
so close your eyes
and say goodbye
tonight you die
we will slit your throats
to kill you would make my heart at ease
Day in, day out
a burden on me
a gasp for breath is all I need
your beautiful words were not enough
in ashes I leave to find my peace
breathe you in
one last time
hold you in
you were mine
pull this rope tighter
hang here covered in hame
in ashes
leave to find my peace
take me
without love
take my hand
carry me
So take your vows and seal them with a kiss
Pour out your lives and seal them with a kiss
Vows that fail with a kiss
We will not sympathize with the life
With the path you have chose
You have lived
Fill these wounds with wine
Drink these wounds dry
And drink into vengeance
Drinking wine from the wounds of our dead wives x3
Lips once soft now razor sharp
Body once warm now dead, cold
I take your hand in sickness and in health
Or until I feel this love is dead
And with this ring I will destroy your heart
Dear so called love till death due us part
We drove her to her grave
And never thought of who it would affect
To be one
Death to me
These petals falling
Your eyes are all I see
As we plan out our lives
You're why I survived
I claim my prize
I take my own x2
As the rain pours down I will stand and smile
As my sorrows are gone when I gaze into your eyes
As the rain pours down you don't stop holding me
You keep me dry through the storm
You are my peace x3
All my demons released
The have no gold on me
Rain turns to snow
I' am heir to a throne of power
Man of a thousand lies
Son to a murdered father
Who died under my own knife
I have lust in my eyes for power
Seeking the face of the gods
Breaking the will of many
Using my sharpened tongue
I betray the men around me
Not by my own sword
I' am a man in need of power
And I always crave for more
Smile for me my brother won't you share my smile
I feel your corpse stop breathing
We are but shadows and dust
I' am heir to a throne of power
Man of a thousand lies
Son to a murdered father
Who died under my own knife
I have lust in my eyes for power
Seeking the face of the gods
Breaking the will of many
Using my sharpened tongue
I betray the men around me
Not by my own sword
I' am a man in need of power
And I always crave for more
Smile for me my brother won't you share my smile
I am the fire in your soul
the serpent calling your name
We are all washing away, onto a shore that has no name
I was told not to kill
but I will
if you step up to me
rain blood on me
for I cannot see
in fear, I'm not leaving, I left, goodbye
this second chance was my last
i was told not to kill
but i will
if you step up to me
we are washing away onto a shore that has no name
without hope
I took my weapon
without love
I spelled your name in blood
desire
for nothing more
but to destory what's in me
and rest my head
desire
to leave you nothing
and wash my feet
I don't wanna die
in fear, I'm not leaving, I left, goodbye
trapped here without a hope
treading across the sand
resting against the rocks
He is the warrior but uses no sword
He is the painter that brings hope to this world
Tonight he dines at the table of filth
But conceals it as his darkest grey
He lives in horror and fear that his actions will show the secret of his own soul
The story is told simply as this
Just a disguise just the grey in his mind
The only color in the black of his mind
Beauty on the outside is not real
He is the warrior but uses no sword
He is the painter that brings hope to this world
Tonight he dines at the table of filth
Wearing a mask made of glass to hide the grey that consumes his mind
Like a painting of sorrow, of fear
Bring us down
you try and try
never giving up
bring us down
you are relentless
just another machine
bring us down
clap on clap off
just another machine
with your armored suit
and that pretty face
your life's a waste of time
you will be shut out
keep thinking its alright
you brought this on yourself
your joy was hating us
we will steal your smile
no more lies
sail away
with all your crooked smiles
sail away
go hide behind your friends
bring us down
you try and try
never giving up
bring us down
you are relentless
just another machine
Rot away with the dissonance struck between each chord
Every sour note sings the symphony of your approaching death
Violins in the minor complete the sorrow you have driven upon yourself
Sustaining the apathy
That you need
That you grieve x2
Chained and weighted your body is sinking as you reach out to me
Fingertips break the way
Watch your life slip away
You watched every changing moment pass you by x2
Wishing you could see the sun rise one last time x2
One more line till your last sunrise
One more line till we mourn for you
Your life rests on thin white lines
To dissipate as the last flame burns like the friends you left behind
You never felt life before
You greeted death
You strolled along the rail razors in hand
Plunging head first into your own reflection
Wishing you could see the sun rise one last time x2
We are the red letter
red letter
we will slit your throats
your heart is black
so rest your head
because tomorrow
we'll be your death
we smell your fear
so close your eyes
and say goodbye
tonight you die
we will slit your throats
The air is stale tasteless night
No god dwells here only those who survive
We found you here with no meaning
Your body broke, lifeless
No easy bargain would be made in that place
The misery of a father that has seen his son's corpse
(swing from the gallows) waiting where he hangs
Remember hell
Rest your head you have not deserved
The images of hell
Pulling iron from his chest
(his life flashes before his eyes)
The first light they strike
Bodies pile so high
The fire burns bright
Being blind or build a shrine
To vanquish takes away without return
With chains you're bound
The best died last the looking glass
Exterminating and you might well find
It's just a matter of time
Around and around and around again
Around and around and around again
Two converse and two advance
Always wailing up the city's found
On solid ground
A broken tree, a bended knee
Forever or until the evolving night
Shall turn to clay
I don't wanna dance
Don't wanna move myself to the rhythm
Don't wanna clap my hands
No, I don't do applause because ei'm serious
I don't wanna drink
No, I don't shift down to your level
No, I won't be wearing pink
No, my shirt don't say "love" because I'm serious
Because I'm serious
What I'll do
Kissing you on the cheek
Just because you're super sweet
Disappear with you into the night
Just because you're on my mind
Because you're on my mind
You are always on my mind
Just because you're on my mind
Because you're on my mind
You are always on my mind
Just because you're on my mind
No, I don't like your bed
No, I don't like the people that are with you
I don't think you're in demand
No, I don't do that stuff because I'm serious
Because I'm serious
What I'll do
Kissing you on the cheek
Just because you're super sweet
Disappear with you into the night
Just because you're on my mind
Because you're on my mind
You are always on my mind
Just because you're on my mind
Because you're on my mind
You are always on my mind
Just because you're on my mind
Won't take off my shirt
As we gonna drive into the dark
Finger on my lips to stop the dizz
Oh, come on, boy, let's start with a kiss
Just because you're on my mind
Two is in the clouds
As we gonna fall into the night
Oh, you touch my neck and I get out
Out of my high, wasted charts
What I'll do
Kissing you on the cheek
Just because you're super sweet
Disappear with you into the night
Just because you're on my mind
Because you're on my mind
You are always on my mind
Just because you're on my mind
Because you're on my mind
You are always on my mind
Just because you're on my mind
Imperial
WE HAVE RETURNED
FOREVER'S INVENTION
THE TWO BECAME ONE
TILL WE COLLIDE
TWO WORLDS COLLIDE
TILL WE COLLIDE... OH...
Further... further... FURTHER!
NOW is the TIME we DELIVER!
...SING and BE HEARD!
NOW! by the PROPHECY of the fucking weak
that fucking wept...
Chorus: Rah Digga
Flipmode the Imperial
You know you love it when you hear us on the radio
Go cop the joint and play the shit up in your stereo
or in the streets up in your Jeeps or in the disco
And if you want the fly shit, my nigga here we go
You know it's Digga lookin pretty in the video
With Bus-a-Bus up in the cut but you don't hear me though
Just when you think we done we hit y'all we got plenty mo'
Blow!
(Rah Digga)
It be's the little mama, lip gloss and eyeliner
The only shit poppin like White Castle or the Donna
Rah Digga make the joints that the DJs blast
Ghetto diva in the Source with the 3 page ad
Watch as the hood rat messiah climb swiftly
Labels scarred to death to let their artist bomb with me
Cause you can send your thuggest MC and watch me son 'em
The ruggedest bitch, don't even rhyme about gunnin
Got joints circulating like them old karate flicks
Buncha Rah Digga shirts on some big body chicks
Throw my shit in your hoopty or your luxury trucks
And make the quickest turn around like 'dro for 20 bucks
And I'll still be the greatest if this rap shit fail me
Back to jackin bootleg flicks from out the deli
Livin off the interest
Sippin on Tequila with my logo on the side of fuckin 18 wheelers
Chorus
(Busta Rhymes)
Ay yo yo yo
Raze and dazzle niggas like ya'll
Spread niggas like you and dismantle niggas like y'all
I got the thing that'll majorly handle niggas like y'all
Fight y'all, bust a semi and cancel niggas like y'all
I know some joke niggas who love to hassle niggas like y'all
Talk, and fix and simply dance on niggas like y'all
Trample niggas like y'all
Make examples outta niggas like y'all
Grit their teeth and cock the hammer up inside the dance hall
Thugs, here's another sample for niggas like ya'll
Or for the ones who pass and light a roman candle for niggas like y'all
Fight for niggas like y'all
Grad the mic from motherfuckers like y'all
Blow the spot in the night for all my niggas like y'all
My get high niggas, I blaze for niggas like y'all
Stink the spot up with 'dro now spray the fuckin Lysol
You know we be the ultimate
We fuckin with some other shit
And when we hit y'all
Yes, we sit and watch ya'll niggas ride the dick
Chorus
(Busta Rhymes)
A'yo, clap and slap up a nigga for talkin lotsa wack shit
While I roll around with the Harriet Thugman of this rap shit
(Rah Digga)
Black chick, with intellect, who wanna match wits?
Write my own rhymes so can't no nigga tell me jack shit
(Busta Rhymes)
Master shit, Flipmode exclusive across the map and shit
Presenting the first lady of the squad so give me dap and shit
(Rah Digga)
Sayin' peace when you see me, play the role like Ally Sheedy
And I ain't gon' join ya cipher if the weed's too seedy
(Busta Rhymes)
Yo, make sure you see what we doing now, put on your binoculars
Then I gas ya like a paid latino down at Banco Popular
(Rah Digga)
Rah Digga underground and gon' always blow the spot for ya
Longest runnin shit since the phantom of the opera
(Busta Rhymes)
Bus-a-Bus, going down as one of the greatest spoken philosophers
Holding a 12-shot semi with a little red dot for ya
(Rah Digga)
First and only female unmatched by anyone
Rip it from old school to the next millenium
Chorus
Instrumental
Buried alive
we found you drowning
in your own tears
we must have lost touch
we found you drowning in your tears
lost without a place to go
we found you drowning in your tears
(in your tears, we found you)
run away
from all of this hate
buried alive
we found you drowning
in your own tears
we must have lost touch
in faith
we are standing
covered in his blood
covered in our loves blood
broken therefore
covering our sins
the pain lasts, long
remove this sterile blade
and stand by me
bury, the simple things
(your beauty)
and ask these questions
(it breaks me, breaks me softly)
are you alright
(your beauty)
can you take this
(it breaks me, breaks me softly)
I march into battle with the front lines
In this war of faceless souls I am ready to die
With fire in my step
No fear of man
We will not be overthrown
We will cast the final stone
I wage my life (for my cause)
I'm willing to die (for my cause)
We will cast the first stone in defiance
Lying breathless in defeat we will leave you
Our candles burn till light
We are the fearless ones
We set sail at dawn
This is a call to arms
We drown out our fears
Not bound by you, this war is now
We come with swords drawn
We sail at dawn
We set sail on seas of blood
They moved you out
of this place
just to turn and run
and seek pain
broken by herself
she won't
won't let it go
she had...
no where to run
no one to see
she was all alone
and all she asked was love me
she left me
We can change
There is nothing good to say about a massacre
Grant me serenity to accept what was
Courage to change the things I can
Wisdom to always tell the difference
All races
All colors
One future
Please be advised against the blood that resides within
Baby make a way for our color blind generation
(everything was beautiful and nothing hurt)
(no more salt poured on this gaping wound)
We cannot change the past so we make way for our future
Take a trip into the cellar of a slaughterhouse
The children still, the women in line
Flipmode the Imperial
You know you love it when you hear us on the radio
Go cop the joint and play the shit up in your stereo
Or in the streets up in your Jeeps or in the disco
And if you want the fly shit, my nigga here we go
You know it's Digga lookin' pretty in the video
With Bus-a-Bus up in the cut but you don't hear me though
Just when you think we done we hit y'all we got plenty mo'
Blow
It be's the little mama, lip gloss and eyeliner
The only shit poppin' like White Castle or the Donna
Rah Digga make the joints that the DJ's blast
Ghetto diva in the Source with the 3 page ad
Watch as the hood rat messiah climb swiftly
Labels scarred to death to let their artist bomb with me
'Cause you can send your thuggest MC and watch me son 'em
The ruggedest bitch, don't even rhyme about gunnin'
Got joints circulating like them old karate flicks
Buncha Rah Digga shirts on some big body chicks
Throw my shit in your hoopty or your luxury trucks
And make the quickest turn around like 'dro for 20 bucks
And I'll still be the greatest if this rap shit fail me
Back to jackin' bootleg flicks from out the deli
Livin' off the interest
Sippin' on Tequila with my logo on the side
Of fuckin' 18 wheelers
Flipmode the Imperial
You know you love it when you hear us on the radio
Go cop the joint and play the shit up in your stereo
Or in the streets up in your Jeeps or in the disco
And if you want the fly shit, my nigga here we go
You know it's Digga lookin' pretty in the video
With Bus-a-Bus up in the cut but you don't hear me though
Just when you think we done we hit y'all we got plenty mo'
Blow
Ay yo yo yo
Raze and dazzle niggas like y'all
Spread niggas like you and dismantle niggas like y'all
I got the thing that'll majorly handle niggas like y'all
Fight y'all, bust a semi and cancel niggas like y'all
I know some joke niggas who love to hassle niggas like y'all
Talk, and fix and simply dance on niggas like y'all
Trample niggas like y'all
Make examples outta niggas like y'all
Grit their teeth and cock the hammer up inside the dance hall
Thugs, here's another sample for niggas like ya'll
Or for the ones who pass and light a Roman candle for niggas like y'all
Fight for niggas like y'all
Grad the mic from motherfuckers like y'all
Blow the spot in the night for all my niggas like y'all
My get high niggas, I blaze for niggas like y'all
Stink the spot up with 'dro now spray the fuckin' Lysol
You know we be the ultimate
We fuckin' with some other shit
And when we hit y'all
Yes, we sit and watch ya'll niggas ride the dick
Flipmode the Imperial
You know you love it when you hear us on the radio
Go cop the joint and play the shit up in your stereo
Or in the streets up in your Jeeps or in the disco
And if you want the fly shit, my nigga here we go
You know it's Digga lookin' pretty in the video
With Bus-a-Bus up in the cut but you don't hear me though
Just when you think we done we hit y'all we got plenty mo'
Blow
Aiyo, clap and slap up a nigga for talkin' lotsa wack shit
While I roll around with the Harriet Thugman of this rap shit
Black chick with intellect, who wanna match wits?
Write my own rhymes so can't no nigga tell me jack shit
Master shit, Flipmode exclusive across the map and shit
Presenting the first lady of the squad so give me dap and shit
Sayin' peace when you see me, play the role like Ally Sheedy
And I ain't gon' join ya cipher if the weed's too seedy
Yo, make sure you see what we doing now, put on your binoculars
Then I gas ya like a paid latino down at Banco Popular
Rah Digga underground and gon' always blow the spot for ya
Longest runnin' shit since the phantom of the opera
Bus-a-Bus, going down as one of the greatest spoken philosophers
Holding a 12-shot semi with a little red dot for ya
First and only female unmatched by anyone
Rip it from old school to the next millenium
Flipmode the Imperial
You know you love it when you hear us on the radio
Go cop the joint and play the shit up in your stereo
Or in the streets up in your Jeeps or in the disco
And if you want the fly shit, my nigga here we go
You know it's Digga lookin' pretty in the video
With Bus-a-Bus up in the cut but you don't hear me though
Just when you think we done we hit y'all we got plenty mo'