Phase or phases may refer to:
PHASE 2 (aka Lonny Wood) is one of the most influential and well known New York City aerosol artists. Mostly active in the 1970s, Phase 2 is generally credited with originating the "bubble letter" style of aerosol writing, also known as "softies". He was also influential in the early hip-hop scene.
Phase 2 is from The Bronx, and attended DeWitt Clinton High School along with a number of other early graffiti artists. Many famous graffiti writers of the early 1970s would meet at a doughnut shop across from the school called the Coffee Shop before heading down to the subway station at 149th Street and Grand Concourse to watch tagged trains on the IRT line pass by. Phase 2 was mentored in graffiti by his friend and neighbor Thomas Lee aka Lee 163d!, one of the pioneers of graf writing in The Bronx.
He began writing in late 1971 under the name Phase 2, a moniker which had a rather mundane provenance. As Phase 2 would later recall, "the previous year we'd given this party. We were getting ready to give another one and I said, 'We'll call this one Phase Two.' I don't know why, but I was stuck on the name. It had meaning for me. I started writing 'Phase 2.'"
The light is dead in your eye
So I'll keep living my life
I only wanted to try
To find my way back inside
My imitation of life
My litigation of life
It's something easy to find
Inside the shade of your eye
Out of the ground I rise to grace
Nobody knows it's just a phase
Help me I'm out of breath again
Nobody knows somewhere to make it go away
Phase
I find it hard to decide
The way to make up your mind
Your lips are better than mine
So you can kiss this goodbye
My imitation of life
My litigation of life
It's something easy to find
Inside the shade of your eye
It's just a phase
And I can't wait
Phase
I know
It's just a fucking phase
It's just a fucking phase
I'm drained time to fake and delay
Watch the penny drop
Let it go up and in drop
Then watch it roll
Let's all mourn till
[Intro]
Yeah
Aye blackstar (Weezy, weezy, weezy baby)
Yeah
It's another one
It's official
Girl what you trippin for?
[Verse 1]
He knew from the start
He had me all sprung
I had no choice to touch him
He had that edge
The way he worked me
He had me open
I could tell he was trouble
My girls told me that he was not the one
Plus my mama don't trust him
When he touched me
All the warnings, they just blew past me
I know that he is trouble
[Hook]
Gotta find a way to get through this
This dude is killing me
Got me caught trapped up in the game
No, there's no way to free me
And I'm playing the fool because I know he's no good
[Chorus]
That's why it's just a phase
That that I'm goin through
A shame
That he got me breaking all my rules
Got me tripping
Don't know what to do
They say it's just a phase
That that I'm goin through
A shame
That he got me breaking all my rules
Got me tripping
Don't know what to do
They say it's just a phase
[Verse 2]
Everytime Ii think
I got strength to leave
I pack my bags
(Tell my girl) come get me
He's on his knees
Makin promises that he can't keep
And then I believe him
I thought I was stronger than this
A southern girl
With southern dreams
But he could see
Thought he knew me
[Hook]
Gotta find a way to get through this
This dude is killing me
Got me caught trapped up in the game
No, there's no way to free me
And I'm playing the fool because I know he's no good
[Chorus]
That's why it's just a phase
That that I'm goin through
A shame
That he got me breaking all my rules
Got me tripping
Don't know what to do
They say it's just a phase
That that I'm goin through
A shame
That he got me breaking all my rules
Got me tripping
Don't know what to do
They say it's just a phase
[Verse 3-(Lil Wayne)]
Uh-uh I'ma lil bit more than that
Shawty I'm so hot ima make u bring yo oven back
And I'm fly call me Firebird Pontiac
Dark, rich, and strong like cognac
What's yo zodiac, see me I be a libra
And I do everything twice so I eat her, eat her
I need her, need her yeah it's jacida's son
With a tongue like a 9 milimeter gun
And we don't need a gun, because we keep peace
Tylenol p.m. sex, now she sleep
Shhhhhhh, see I just put her to bed, to bed, to bed
Now I'ma rock yo body, turn you ova, smell me like some burnin' rollers
In the mornin' turn you ova, while you yawning bend you ova
Feel like heaven, I know baby
See this just I know baby
See he could be yo phase, but I know he can't phase me
[Hook]
Gotta find a way to get through this
This dude is killing me
Got me caught trapped up in the game
No, there's no way to free me
And I'm playing the fool because I know he's no good
[Bridge]
*I have no clue what she is saying*
[Chorus]
That's why it's just a phase
That that I'm goin through
A shame
That he got me breaking all my rules
Got me tripping
Don't know what to do
They say it's just a phase
That that I'm goin through
A shame
That he got me breaking all my rules
Got me tripping
Don't know what to do
They say it's just a phase
[Outro-(Lil Wayne)]
Danity Kane and
Lil Wayne
It's hot
South baby
Ya digg?
D. Woods
Let's ride
Young Money
I am alone again,
The home I long has led me wrong,
Dragged me to descend
On the road again
Dying to be freed, I'm diving deep
Craving to be enchained
Stand to what's shown again
My mind is gone, to where it belongs
Dead drunk from abstain
(And) then in time again
But then again there is no gain
The essence screams repent
It feels life kneels
Before the fire, meld with desire
It seems blind seems
Plug your wire, sending you higher
Then I am alone again,
What I've longed for has done me wrong,
Dragged me to this end
On the road again
And then again, there was no gain
I've bitterly repent
Run, head for the sun
Test what you've done
Get rid of the man
Quit building on sand
Fear no one that's clear
Wipe off your tear
Have eyes on your rear
Watch who you draw near
And it feels that you haven't moved along
That the ties are so strong
And it seems that your self left you lorn
Blowing your own horn
Look, look what you've done
Can't hide, yet can run
For everything shows under the sun
Say, say what you feel
'Cause time won't stand still
Stop looping the reel
Your image to kill
Though the time seems won't reach us any more
Lady luck isn't whore
Even though I'm washed to your shore
I'm breathing it (with) every pore
Wide (is) the blame on your side
Kill your false pride
Reveal what you hide
Wherever you lied
Real is what you feel
Unfasten the seal
Look onto next deal
No longer to steal
Though it feels that you haven't moved along
That the ties are so strong
And it seems that your self left you lorn
Tasting your own scorn
And then
Light will shine bright again
It will show us the lane
We'll learn...
Till when
Will we stay with that burn
Making straight every turn
And I yearn
Of being free
To touch what's kept for me
Flowing in that sea
Bearing the Amethyst key
The rain
Will help wash of the stain
What's not broke under strain
... Regained
Still dying in creed
Spent what's left of me
To make you see
And pass you the Amethyst key
I'm falling high once again
Like a wind lifted small grain
Though I can't wipe off the stain
I'm keeping up with the strain
Though the time seems won't reach me any more
Lady luck's not a whore
Even though I am washed to your shore
Breathe me by every pore
I'm climbing down once again
Crying this endless rain
I'm moving backwards the same lane
Tearing (apart) the veil of shame
Though it feels that I haven't moved on
That the ties are so strong
And it seems that my self is left forlorn
Bleeding by every pore
I am so bold, I let my self unfold
I keep I hold, the greatest lie untold
Don't cross my path, becareful of my wrath
Because I'm dreadful and I'm torn
You'd wish you weren't born
Can't feel what's real, I'm falling down - I'm standing still
I am a god, not wosrhiped thus I'm sad
I am feeling bad, role model for the mad
Don't treat me well cause I'll prepare your living hell
Because I'm dreadful thought I'll haul
Through the entrance to your soul
Distorted, disordered
Living, I'm still breathing
Through the love that I'm giving
For-giving is receiving
Our own fates we are weaving
When I look at you
I sense what's there of me
Step away from the sun
Show me what's left to see
Seeing is not believing
Looks are often deceiving
Lying is just denying
Drying the rivers I am crying
When I look at you
I feel what's there of me
Step away from the sun
Show me what's left to see
And I am going down, I'm going down, down, down...
Thinking, in thoughts sinking
Plant your seed, grow the linking
Spider clothe web wider
To obtain ugly reminder
When I look at you
I get what's there of me
Step away from the sun
Show me what's left to see
Feeling weird, Acting strange
Out of human range
Great derange
Bare emotions you almost laugh
Affection always on behalf
And it seems so rough
Concentrate, masturbate
The "Big Li(f)e" served to you on a plate
Eliminate
Your life's snatch, quite a catch
Being replaced by the next batch
Your bottom touch
And I fall, fall from the edge
And I fold, masking strange
What I hold, plausibility lends
While I crave Independence?
Can't remember how I got in
I can't see doors in this departure lounge
Stuck in this limbo
Where's the road back home
I have to find the way back home
Can't remember how I got in
Touching ground
Held by an unseen bound
For western star
Drags me way too far
To find you my love
To build that connection above
Feels so strong, can't be wrong
Can't be wrong, it's no wrong
Love and hate
So easy to overrate
Fearful bait
Lover designate
It runs through the vein
Raising hate in vain
Presumed Gain, breathes again
Blows again
Hypnotic state
Closer to Relate
Drug we take
There s no chance to fake
Love to hate
Greatest Love to date
Feels so strong, (but) for how long
It feels quite you
When you're drowned in darkness
Lust overwhelming you
I stand astounded
Feelings' slackness
Just scanning the next truth
You're craving for my sex
(In) your lost soul's inner depths
For you're in your first real false steps
You've never died before
Do what you do
Just 'cause they see it all wrong
Convinced once more it's you
Seeing when you wanna see
You need to belong
Right things on time for you
So tell me who you are
Before we get that far
Drop your disguise for my surprise
That s what I m longing for
Life on the edge for you
To see beyond the hedge
Please tell me who you are
Not any truth that bends
You always do what you do
Just 'cause they see it wrong
Please babe I'm not that strong
Drop your disguise for my surprise
No intention to hide
So twisted inside
Run but from fate you can't hide
Done long before you decide
Feel, everything must be real
Kill, to defend one's idea(l)s
And I feel so alone
In this desert I roam
Empty words carved in stone
For no sin I atone
Dying everyday to believe
Burned in pursuing sweet relief
Chance, just for the sake of change
Own, not a thing worth exchange
And I am so alone
In this wasteland I roam
Empty words carved in stone
[Intro]
Yeah
Aye blackstar (Weezy,weezy,weezy baby)
DK
Yeah
It's another one
It's official
Girl what you trippin for?
[Verse 1]
He knew from the start
He had me all sprung
I had no choice to touch him
He had that edge
The way he worked me
He had me open
I could tell he was trouble
My girls told me that he was not the one
Plus my mama don't trust him
When he touched me
All the warnings, they just blew past me
I know that he is trouble
[Hook]
Gotta find a way to get through this
This dude is killing me
Got me caught trapped up in the game
No, there's no way to free me
And I'm playing the fool because I know he's no good
[Chorus]
That's why it's just a phase
That that I'm goin through
A shame
That he got me breaking all my rules
Got me tripping
Don't know what to do
They say it's just a phase
That that I'm goin through
A shame
That he got me breaking all my rules
Got me tripping
Don't know what to do
They say it's just a phase
[Verse 2]
Everytime Ii think
I got strength to leave
i pack my bags
(tell my girl) come get me
he's on his knees
makin promises that he can't keep
and then i believe him
i thought i was stronger than this
a southern girl
with southern dreams
but he could see
thought he knew me
[Hook]
Gotta find a way to get through this
This dude is killing me
Got me caught trapped up in the game
No, there's no way to free me
And I'm playing the fool because I know he's no good
[Chorus]
That's why it's just a phase
That that I'm goin through
A shame
That he got me breaking all my rules
Got me tripping
Don't know what to do
They say it's just a phase
That that I'm goin through
A shame
That he got me breaking all my rules
Got me tripping
Don't know what to do
They say it's just a phase
[Verse 3-(Lil Wayne)]
Uh-uh I'ma lil bit more than that
Shawty I'm so hot ima make u bring yo oven back
And I'm fly call me Firebird Pontiac
Dark, rich, and strong like cognac
What's yo zodiac, see me I be a libra
And I do everything twice so I eat her, eat her
I need her, need her yeah its jacida's son
With a tongue like a 9 milimeter gun
And we don't need a gun, because we keep peace
Tylenol p.m. sex, now she sleep
Shhhhhhh, see I just put her to bed, to bed, to bed
Now I'ma rock yo body, turn you ova, smell me like some burnin' rollers
In the mornin' turn you ova, while you yawning bend you ova
Feel like heaven, I know baby
See this just I know baby
See he could be yo phase, but I know he can't phase me
[Hook]
Gotta find a way to get through this
This dude is killing me
Got me caught trapped up in the game
No, there's no way to free me
And I'm playing the fool because I know he's no good
[Bridge]
*I have no clue what she is saying*
[Chorus]
That's why it's just a phase
That that I'm goin through
A shame
That he got me breaking all my rules
Got me tripping
Don't know what to do
They say it's just a phase
That that I'm goin through
A shame
That he got me breaking all my rules
Got me tripping
Don't know what to do
They say it's just a phase
[Outro-(Lil Wayne)]
Danity Kane and
Lil Wayne
It's hot
South baby
Ya digg?
D. Woods
Let's ride
Young Money
Young Weezy baby
I'll be your biggest fan, I will be your fool
I'll be your exception to every rule
and I ain't the type to bitch
I ain't the type to cry
I'll sit at your red light
and wait for your ship to go by
and this vague little smile is my all-purpose expression
the meaning of which I will leave to your discretion
yeah my distraction is my defense against this lack of inspiration
against this slowly deflation
yeah the further the horizon you know the more it warps my gaze
the foreground's out of focus but you know I kinda hope it's
just a phase, just a phase
just a phase, just a phase
just a phase, just a phase
just a phase
I've been through and through this, I know just how it goes
you'll have no idea, you'll have no need to know
I will make your body grow wings and take flight
I will erase sound, I will erase light
I said this vague little smile is my all-purpose expression
the meaning of which I will leave to your discretion
yes my distraction is my defense against this lack of inspiration
against this slowly deflation
yeah the further the horizon the more it warps my gaze
and the foreground's out of focus but you know I kinda hope it's
just a phase, just a phase
just a phase, just a phase
just a phase, just a phase
[Intro:]
Yeah
Aye blackstar (Weezy, weezy, weezy baby)
Yeah
It's another one
It's official
Girl what you trippin for?
[Verse 1:]
He knew from the start
He had me all sprung
I had no choice to touch him
He had that edge
The way he worked me
He had me open
I could tell he was trouble
My girls told me that he was not the one
Plus my mama don't trust him
When he touched me
All the warnings, they just blew past me
I know that he is trouble
[Hook:]
Gotta find a way to get through this
This dude is killing me
Got me caught trapped up in the game
No, there's no way to free me
And I'm playing the fool because I know he's no good
[Chorus:]
That's why it's just a phase
That that I'm goin through
A shame
That he got me breaking all my rules
Got me tripping
Don't know what to do
They say it's just a phase
That that I'm goin through
A shame
That he got me breaking all my rules
Got me tripping
Don't know what to do
They say it's just a phase
[Verse 2:]
Everytime Ii think
I got strength to leave
I pack my bags
(Tell my girl) come get me
He's on his knees
Makin promises that he can't keep
And then I believe him
I thought I was stronger than this
A southern girl
With southern dreams
But he could see
Thought he knew me
[Hook:]
Gotta find a way to get through this
This dude is killing me
Got me caught trapped up in the game
No, there's no way to free me
And I'm playing the fool because I know he's no good
[Chorus:]
That's why it's just a phase
That that I'm goin through
A shame
That he got me breaking all my rules
Got me tripping
Don't know what to do
They say it's just a phase
That that I'm goin through
A shame
That he got me breaking all my rules
Got me tripping
Don't know what to do
They say it's just a phase
[Verse 3: Lil Wayne]
Uh-uh I'm a lil bit more than that
Shawty I'm so hot I'm a make u bring yo oven back
And I'm fly call me Firebird Pontiac
Dark, rich, and strong like cognac
What's yo zodiac, see me I be a libra
And I do everything twice so I eat her, eat her
I need her, need her yeah it's jacida's son
With a tongue like a 9 milimeter gun
And we don't need a gun, because we keep peace
Tylenol p.m. sex, now she sleep
Shhhhhhh, see I just put her to bed, to bed, to bed
Now I'm a rock yo body, turn you ova, smell me like some burnin' rollers
In the mornin' turn you ova, while you yawning bend you ova
Feel like heaven, I know baby
See this just I know baby
See he could be yo phase, but I know he can't phase me
[Hook:]
Gotta find a way to get through this
This dude is killing me
Got me caught trapped up in the game
No, there's no way to free me
And I'm playing the fool because I know he's no good
[Bridge:]
{I have no clue what she is saying}
[Chorus:]
That's why it's just a phase
That that I'm goin through
A shame
That he got me breaking all my rules
Got me tripping
Don't know what to do
They say it's just a phase
That that I'm goin through
A shame
That he got me breaking all my rules
Got me tripping
Don't know what to do
They say it's just a phase
[Outro: Lil Wayne]
Danity Kane and
Lil Wayne
It's hot
South baby
Ya digg?
D. Woods
Let's ride
Young Money
The wake up call, will shock you all,
I hope you won't break when you fall
Your eyes must see, the tendencies
The hidden truths washed off the sea
Hear me, don't fear (of) me
I'm just a friend you've long forgot
It's grown in size, you've circumcised -
Your dreams - were exchanged with cheap lies
You lived your years beneath your fears
No more to cry reptilian tears
Deal with me, don't kill me
Take your hands from my wounds and heal me
Hear me, don't fear (of) me
I'm just a friend you've long forgot
Sweet sound pleases my soul
Thank God for the wake up call
It's time to wake, the spell to break
No more the sense of real to shake
It's time to rise go wash your eyes
And witness how your false self dies
Grow strong stand tall
Un-pause your life start to roll
The sound pleases my soul
Thank God for the wake up call
It feels quite you
When you're drowned in darkness
Lust overwhelming you
I stand astounded
Feelings' slackness
Just scanning the next truth
You're craving for my sex
(In) your lost soul's inner depths
For you're in your first real false steps
You've never died before
Do what you do
Just 'cause they see it all wrong
Convinced once more it's you
Seeing when you wanna see
You need to belong
Right things on time for you
So tell me who you are
Before we get that far
Drop your disguise for my surprise
That s what I m longing for
Life on the edge for you
To see beyond the hedge
Please tell me who you are
Not any truth that bends
You always do what you do
Just 'cause they see it wrong
Please babe I'm not that strong
Drop your disguise for my surprise
No intention to hide
So twisted inside
Next strong wind to ride
So it's your birthday and you've made it so far
You have smoked and been to a bar
You had sex, you got to drive cars
You bought friends, you've reached for a star
BUT who are you,
Happy birthday to who?
Now isn't too late
To control of your fate
Looking back will show (you) what defines you
If your deeds were of made up needs
Was it all then just a reaction?
Were you biting the hand that it feeds... The real you
Who are you?
Happy birthday to who
What's the matter with you
There is a smile of love and there s a smile of deceit
There's a smile of all smiles and the smile where those
(two smiles) meet
There is a cry of war and there's a cry of despair
There's a cry of all cries and a cry where you
Can meet me
You can
Meet me there
Under the face of god all actions can be foreseen
There's a peculiar smile crack when the desire is keen
There is a place of sin and there's a place of remorse
There is a place in god's grace and the place where you
Can meet me
You can
Meet me there
There's that fire above
(That) drives this inspiring love
Then there s too much to touch
Stepped into the endless fire
Acquired the demon of desire
The observer points his hand on you
Projects your fate through
Perdition
Perdition's in the air
You search for entrance to the fair
You have awakened it Beware
Walking restless though your life
Despair has been your loyal wife
The haunting's clearly up on you
Protects what s been abused
Perdition
Perdition's in the air
You search for entrance to the fair
You have awakened it Beware
Felt the thrill
Met conditions to reach to a deal
Sudden kill
Blind to see
Promises like a drop fell to sea
Let it be
Soundless voice
I feel the oncoming death, awful noise
Much rejoice
Set it free
Got to end that unbreakable spree
Search of me
Perdition
Perdition's in the air
You search for entrance to the fair
Dying inside your dream
You hear that voiceless scream
You re trying to get along
With your self again
Live inside a lie
Suppress the truth, deny
You always seem to be
Yourself when you're pretending
You mustn't feel
You must steal
You must conceal the truth
You haven't felt
You have heard
And you keep on pretending
Just defending
Run but you can't hide
You never can really decide
When you think it's up to you, you'd better think twice
Put that fire out
You're speechless again though you shout
You die to understand, but you won't get it
I want it so much
I want it so much
It slips away
But I want it so much
You mustn't feel
You must steal
You must conceal the truth
You haven't felt
You have heard
And you keep on pretending
Still descending
Stay, stay here and listen to the way,
The wind is blowing
Lay before the fire, then betray
Your secret passion play
You must remain all thoughts free
You won t believe your senses' spree
Pray, your tribute to the unknown god pay
He's grace retain
Day, by day we're killing us away
A slow decay
You're still the same, you've no gain
You need release for once again
Ask me
Ask me
Spectator of your uncolored vanity
Touch me
Feel me