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• The Stars Of Amateur Hour - Reputation
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• Reputation - Screaming Jets
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• Reputation - Dusty Springfield
• Reputation - Expire
• Reputation - A Plea For Purging
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• Reputation - Apollo Brown
• Reputation - Chubb Rock
• Face It - Reputation
• Reputation - Manda & The Marbles

Sometimes recovering takes half a day
then lips get red
the lights go down
and all the kiddies come out to play
well just a little skin
it keeps them coming back
for just a little sin
it's how you look not how you act
a drunken sprawl reclaims these streets
most every night
to search and destroy
a chosen few
who thought they might get out alive
hey just a little skin
it keeps them coming back
for just a little sin
no matter what price it exacts
you pay your dues on battered lips and broken themes
your little scenes played out in bars
well welcome to the grownup world
it's time you learned we are the stars of amateur hour
a certain inept licentiousness
an artless gluttony for squalid nights
and heated promises
but just a little skin
it brings us crawling back
for just a little skin
yeah we all want it like that.
you pay your dues on battered lips and broken themes
your little scenes played out in bars
well welcome to the grownup world
it's time you learned we are the stars...
of amateur hour.
you pay your dues on battered lips and broken themes
your little scenes played out in bars
well welcome to the grownup world
it's time you learned we are the stars
the stars

If you want,
I'll stay far away from you.
Hold my tongue or slice it up.
If thats what you want,
then I'll stay far away from you
ground the things we set
aloft and burned them through.
A wasted premise: "we",
drove until it died then passed it on.
But if it's really all that simple for you to destory
then it looks to me like you are right where you wanted
to be
and it looks to me like its not everything you thought
it would be.
so enjoy it, doll, you're free.
enjoy it, doll, you're free.
If its all the same
then I'll stay far away from you
I've apologized for long enough
so what'd you expect?
cause I can't feel that sorry for
any guy who called me a slut.
You've learned to play the victim perfectly
if everythings my fault your not to blame.
For all your simpering diatribes of how I’ve caused you
so much pain...
It looks to me like you are right where you wanted to
and it looks to me like it's not everything you thought

Too tough to handle, too much to hold
She goes round and round and round and round, the girl runs hot and cold
What you gonna do when she's tired of you?
Reputation, mmm, reputation
Run like the devil or sink like a stone
You'll go down and down and down and down and wind up on your own
You're not the first to fall, it's happened to us all
(Solo)
She's too tough to handle, too much to hold
She goes round and round it's all over town, but you just can't let her go

He's not getting the rush anymore
Used to take one but now he needs four
Its medication for his adult add
He's zoning out on the family life
Never playing with the kids; h not talking to his wife
Wherever he is, it ain't where he wants to be
Well he's not giving up a reputation he's been working on all the time for so long
Well he ain't coming back
Always on the need for another score
Used to be up front now he's back door
Trading it in for a part time love affair
He said he'd sell everything just for one more chance
Dance with the Devil but the Devil aint gonna dance
And when he turns his back, it won't be there yeah
Well he's not giving up a reputation he's been working on all the time for so long
Well he ain't coming back
Well he had everything and he's traded it in for just a little more
Well he's not giving up a reputation he's been working on all the time
No going back across the line
he's not giving up a reputation
Ya know he's been working on all the time for so long

He's not getting the rush anymore
Used to take one but now he needs four
Its medication for his adult add
He's zoning out on the family life
Never playing with the kids; h not talking to his wife
Wherever he is, it ain't where he wants to be
Well he's not giving up a reputation he's been working on all the time for so long
Well he ain't coming back
Always on the need for another score
Used to be up front now he's back door
Trading it in for a part time love affair
He said he'd sell everything just for one more chance
Dance with the Devil but the Devil aint gonna dance
And when he turns his back, it won't be there yeah
Well he's not giving up a reputation he's been working on all the time for so long
Well he ain't coming back
Well he had everything and he's traded it in for just a little more
Well he's not giving up a reputation he's been working on all the time
No going back across the line
he's not giving up a reputation

YEAH! I'm coming hard, so hard
Like a demon, burning like a demon
Don't ask me why
The world's on fire
I'm rolling hard, so hard
Like the ocean, rolling like the ocean
Don't send a Handy Maid to stop a tidal wave, oh yeah!
We're rolling on, so hard,
Across the nation, rolling 'cross the nation
We're tapping into that USA Love/Hate Trip
We're rolling on, so hard Across the nation, rolling 'cross the nation
We're selling soul and California Bad Vibrations With a bad reputation
I've got a bad reputation
And you don't even know me!
Don't ask me why, those rumors fly by me
I've got a bad reputation, and you don't even know me!
I'm just a teenage dream
Just a picture in a magazine for you
You know that I've got a bad reputation in the city of Richmond

chorus:
can't get that reputation
how i'm making an invasion
people spread my information
i need a better explanation
cuz i'm getting expectations
on my brand new creations
how i'm staging conversations
i need to lose these situations
i know i can't be dreaming
cuz that's the way life is
it's based on taking chances
that's why that girl is his
but that just can't be fair
it's one more chance to take
but no's my reputation
i can't make that big mistake
(chorus)
we need to be way less shy
get a better life to live
make things a little more fun
stop saying i don't give
but what if it won't work
mess that up one more time
but yes is my explanation
to why that boy is mine

I know i always let everybody down
I know i've got a bad name in this town
'cause my last friend stopped calling months ago
I know i always make you wait around
I know the way my promises must sound
And even though you've heard it all before
Darlin' could you listen just once more
I've got a reputation with everyone
But i don't want one with you
I know you know me well enough by now
And you're loving me as well as you know how
But i need one more chance to let you down
'cause no one else will give it to me now
I've got a reputation with everyone
But i don't want one with you
I know you know me well enough by now
And you're loving me as well as you know how
But i need one more chance to let you down
'cause no one else will give it to me now
With you, i'm so glad to get into a bad situation
'cause nothing makes us close, nothing like a little incarceration
I've got a reputation with everyone
But i don't want one with you
I know you know me well enough by now
And you're loving me as well as you know how
But i need one more chance to let you down

Another fighting chance at clean
just leaves you fighting for a way to come up breathing
or find a better way of giving in warm and easy
to force a fate between playing dead and needy
but I think it might be getting better
Another night of backing down
just leaves you cold and wondering when
you'll scream out loud
how you're as black and blue
as if you'd opened your mouth
and you think oh god there must be some way out
Yeah it must be getting better
because it's got to get better
And I wish it'd been the truth
when you said you'd never lay a hand on me
and god will damn you
for all the ugliness kicking around inside me
you say you're sorry and I pretend it will never come

(Brian Spence)
(Reputation) - (Repeat x 12)
They're gonna want you
They're gonna love you
They're gonna make your dreams come true
They don't know the real you, but
They're gonna steal you, oh
They're gonna take my dreams away
Well you tried, you looked for a way
Of keeping your face, of keeping your face, oh, oh
(Reputation)
You try and you try again
(Isn't worth the patience)
You leave me to cry again
(Who cares what they're thinking?) oh, oh
(Who cares what they're whispering?, whispering, whispering)
You know I won't blame you
And I won't defame you, oh
I won't name you in any court of law
Well you tried, you looked for a way
Of keeping your face, of keeping your face, oh, oh
(Reputation)
You try and you try again
(Isn't worth the patience)
You leave me to cry again
(Who cares what they're thinking?) oh, oh
(Who cares what they're whispering?, whispering)
They're whispering
(Reputation)
You try and you try again
(Isn't worth the patience)
You leave me to cry again
(Who cares what they're thinking?) Baby
(Who cares what they're whispering?, whispering, whispering), ooh, ooh
You leave me to cry again
Well you tried
Baby, you looked for a way, oh
You don't want to change, but
You still change the same, oh
(Reputation)
You try and you try again
(Isn't worth the patience)
You leave me to cry again
(Who cares what they're thinking?) oh, oh
(Who cares what they're whispering, whispering?)
They're whispering
(Reputation)
You try and you try again
(Isn't worth the patience)
You leave me to cry again
(Who cares what they're thinking?) ooh, ooh
(Who cares what they're whispering, whispering?)
They're whispering
(Reputation)
You try and you try again
(Isn't worth the patience)
You leave me to cry again
(Who cares what they're thinking?) Baby
(Who cares what they're whispering?, whispering, whispering)

Approach me with hesitation
Heard about my reputation
Lord knows I've tried to change
But fear it's too much too late
There are things I could try to say
To try and sway you either way
But I just ran out of time
And the window's closed to change your mind
Can't help what I say
Can't help what I do
So much about me I wish you never knew
You got it all figured out
You keep me at arm's length
The blood's already on my hands
No changing what you think
Can't help what I say
Can't help what I do

This story won’t have a happy ending. Happy endings are for stories that are finished. This won’t end quickly. You won’t enjoy this. I’m fed up with who you are. Generic to the sight. Cliche ideals spew from you. You need to think for yourself. Parade around like you own the world. Embrace your ignorance. Cause you will learn. We all will learn. We all will learn. I’m fed up with who you are. Generic to the sight. Cliche ideals spew from you. You need to think for yourself. My little sheep. Don’t fool yourself into thinking you’re not like sheep. Don’t fool yourself into thinking you’re not like sheep. My little sheep. Don’t fool yourself into thinking you’re not like sheep. Don’t fool yourself into thinking you’re not like sheep. My little sheep. Don’t fool yourself into thinking you’re not like sheep. Don’t fool yourself into thinking you’re not like sheep. My little sheep. Don’t fool yourself into thinking you’re not like sheep. Don’t fool yourself into thinking you’re not like sheep. My little sheep. Don’t fool yourself... Parade around like you own the world. Embrace your ignorance. Cause you will learn. We all will learn. We all will learn. I’m fed up with who you are... Generic to the sight... Cliche ideals spew from you... You need to think for yourself... But who are you fooling. Your fake identity will be your grave. This will be your grave. This will be your grave. This will be your grave.

I don't have a reputation
Falling faster all the time
Help me make my reputation
I'll help yours if you'll help mine
My clothes are too big for my body
My body's too big for my mind
I don't like humiliation
I can change my clothes
But I don't think I'll change my mind
Hey look! I just bought a beach house
So bring all your friends along
I don't need an explanation
Boss says I must leave right now
Take the night plane to Vermont
Here I go, I'm swinging low
Move out of my way
Come and take a look at what I've found
Here I am, I've got a plan
Don't walk away
My reputation follows me around
Once there was a girl in New York
Wonder where that girl has gone
She was full of adulation
I tried to phone her
Strange the number turns out wrong
I've got all I ever wanted
But what I've got, no-one wants to share
They turned down my application
Please won't you let me in
Seems like no-one ever cares
Glenn Gregory: Lead vocals, backing vocals
Martyn Ware: Linndrum programming, backing vocals
Ian Craig Marsh: Fairlight
Greg Walsh: Fairlight programming
John Wilson: Guitar
Nick Plytas: Piano

Yall yall, I dedicate this to the whole time baby
Yall, this to the home scene,
my peoples do their own thing,
they letting more than a phone ring
we put the world on wheels the motor city baby
big three, original shit they built the whole thing
go rings party frames life exchange all of that
priest bare one the forth let her on the fall caps
I'm talking at really it's on the map shit,
I'm from Detroit so the raps fit,
I'm from, where you gotta earn is far the blocks concern
they burn the Cadillac whips,
been through more shit they can't fish
over the Amazon big body clatchin,
Detroit yeah, the city is got a wide web
that explains why over seven hundred thaw lab
but the industry tend to follow the trends,
the same motherf*ckers from my set
Yall poll winner, hot summers, murder in high numbers
enemies don't tell hide from us,
my love to the globe is Michigan pride deal
what if flip pie to get em a ride,
so you can't survive on nipples and dimes,
so a lot pick inside, just stick in the crimes,
pulling homicides off the in lines,
still the cookie swine put clips in your mind,
all the wow to getting them blind
ice brite less just chillin the time
hustlers, but quick to turn gangstas
whenever motherfucker give em a sign
I earn strikes and got my song
some wonder honestly why I got so far
I'm like damn how could you not go hard,
the top is hard and I'm for mine
The re, the re, the re, the reputation stick the watch x 4
No matter where I go I take the crib with me

(krs-one)
Can we hear the track please.
Blaow! who are we? (we.) {reputation!}
Who are we? (we.) {reputation!}
Only the best touch the microphone
(one two, check one two) you know whassup
Chubb rock, krs-one, get 'cha mind blown
Now we gon' talk about. {reputation!}
. your reputation
(it's about to blow. shit's about to blow big)
Reputation {reputation!}
(mental countdown) {reputation!}
Lyrical skills we bring for the nation
(we have liftoff) chubb rock come down!
(chubb rock)
I am the big time figure, the bass drum hitter
The I am what I am rogueish nigga
A flow like lava, to heat up the chatta
Heat up ya mat'ta, then go stick her daughter
I oughta, joe cocker your opera
Crowd rock ya, I make you scream "oooh ah ah!"
I, indubital mental big head
Praying for a battle if ya battle, you're dead
Get diesel, I do ya like they did bugsy siegal
I'm on the mic and kris is really on the me-tal
Cuttin, backspinnin and recuttin
Your english bugged so you can't do me nuttin
Laced up lyrics and the beat real tight
Your song is wrong and I get focused right
With the eq, be who, be you
When you're trying to be me, you and your crew
Just stop, before the shit gets too hot
You need respect - just to get a rep
(krs-one)
Tra la la la la la la la lay
We the freshest deejay in america today, hey hey!
Tra la la la la la la la lay
We the freshest deejay, in america today - hey hey!
(chubb rock)
Well the lyrics of my peers have changed course here's
Platinum lp's, the subject is to swear, yeah!
And who wears what and what, fashion is up
And which designer cut is more corrupt
It's an open and shut case, no ill look is on my face
While the bass growls, profound nouns buy a vowel
I'm concerned because, "you must learn"
Before you croak, I've been dope since I was sperm
Sellin records, but of course with no return
On the mic you know I burn baby {*inhales*}
With your beats you know you have no respect
Kids haven't walked wild since "go stet"
And I bet when they stage rock they get booed
They need qualuudes to get crude and extra rude
The spirits have haunted your lyrics so I slept
Got nuff z's, tryin to get a rep
(krs-one)
If you thinkin that it's krs you wanna take out
You better reroute quick you got it, all wrong
See when I grab the microphone career is finished
You better reroute quick you got it, all wrong
I do not mean to diss you but we simply are the best ones
And you can call him chubb or you can call me krs-one
Either way you'll get done, anywhere, any one
Me and lyrics one ton, straighten up and choose one son
In nineteen-ninety-sess, krs is in his peak'n
You will weaken and collapse like michael at the (? )
You talk more ish than a senator
You can't last, just call me enema, cause I'll be in that
Ass-teroid, heaven to merkatroid
I'm that 6l microphone holdin humanoid
Psychological like sigmund freud
But I get annoyed, cause these rappers have no brain
These hardcore rappers crack me up like cocaine
They got no skill or game
They sound like that commercial that be sayin
"ask for minoxonil, with rogaine"
True skills I will explain
The t'cha breaks the campaign down plain
{people always talk about.}
Complete blowout, complete blowout {reputation!}
Check, complete blowout {reputation!}
{people always talk about.}
"now I understand what they're talkin about" {reputation!}
"now I understand what they're talkin about" {reputation!}

3 months without a moment to breathe now all you want in
life is one good night's sleep yeah as soon as you think
you're fine you fall
so far behind that there's nothing much more you can
do but grit your teeth and try to get by fight the next
new gulf that widens inside and right when you thought
it was near so face it it's time to admit that you want
to be here well what the
hell it's the best cot tease of the year and it's more
than what you needed the doubts have all receded it's
time to get it going I want to get there with you it's
coming clearer and it's all
I wanted to do now all the willful want so here's to
feral new beginnings that telegraph their endings
to daily disabusals and a total refusal to care you're
feeling heat-sought and
so damn glad to be there go join the neophytes and haunts
philistines and dilettantes the new Elmer Gantry's in
one feverish race to the bottom it's what you wanted it's

1-2-3 you're blamin' me i've gotta go
whoa oh oh oh when when when will this end
before it starts all over again
i'm runnin' fast i'm runnin' slow i just don't know where to go
whoa oh oh oh you point your finger at me & i'm walking
out the door and i'm starting it all over again
1-2-3- I'm on my kness i've gotta know
whoa oh oh oh why why why do you care
i'll take you out i'll take you down
i'll take you right outta here
whoa oh oh oh another reckless fight
with a punker boy who cares
all i do is run away from
my reputation & all it does is follow me         X2
I can't take it I can't take it anymore
I can't shake it
1-2-3 I'm on my knees I've gotta know
whoa oh oh oh when when when will this end
they're blamin' me they're  pushin' you they're kickin' us
right outta here whoa oh oh oh
another pointless fight throwin' bottles throwin' chairs.
all i do is run away from
my reputation & all it does is follow me    X2
I can't take it I can't take it anymore
I can't shake it
1-2-3 you're pushin' me i'm on the floor
whoa oh oh oh where where where did we go
i'm outta breath i'm outta time i'm thru bein
nice to you whoa oh oh  oh
don't you tell me what i can and cannot do
all i do is run away from
my reputation & all it does is follow me   X4
I can't take it I can't take it anymore