All the people in your life say you’re downAnd the strangers in the night say you’re downAnd the loonies on the right say you’re down and you’re downAnd the ambulances sigh that you’re downAnd the traffic speeding by says you’re downAnd the people in your life say you’re down and you’re downHey you chase the […]
Continue ReadingJohnny Ryall
Johnny Ryall is the bum on my stoopI gave him fifty cents to buy some soupHe knows the time with the fresh Gucci watchHe’s even more over than the mayor Ed KochWashing windows on the Bowery at a quarter to four‘Cause he ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no moreLiving on borrowed time and borrowed […]
Continue ReadingShades Of Truth
Here inside this quiet room there’s directionOutside in the sultry noon-time reflectionA million scurry they are looking for adviceNone willing to lend charity just exercise theirShades of Truth, and partisan conventionShades of Truth between dispirate linesShades of Truth interpret my intentionsYou don’t know I’m alrightWho authored the blueprints and made us captains?Someone proclaimed creation, people […]
Continue ReadingDon’t Get Mad, Get Even
I’ll tell you little secret make you want to jump and shoutWhen you talk to me in circles take your foot out of your mouthIt’s hard enough to make it when you’re livin’ on the streetAnd you want to tell somebody but you got to be discreetThen you catch your girlfriend with her skirt hiked […]
Continue ReadingIt’s a Party
Right right right rightRight, Busta Rhymes exclusive with the ZhaneEach and every dayWe gon come around your way and do it our way, word is bond {It’s a party, let’s get it on tonight}Word up, hah, yeah yeah one time with the flow {that’s how we flow} {Gonna rock your body, we gonna do it […]
Continue ReadingScar
Chase the sun in my head Blistered skin turning red I can’t complain It’s something to do Cloud my mind and erase you [Chorus:]Since you’re gone All is wrong Nothing feels the same down here And if you’re gone And I’m alone Whose heart will I scar now dear? Fall in, fall out Break free, […]
Continue ReadingDo Nothing/Bitchslap
The system has failed and you have failed with it No time to care, just time to say "Who gives a shit?" My mind boils as I’ve decided I’m through Fuck your position in life. I’m taking vengence on you I break down the walls of the political arena Cast the vote on FN-FAL, yeah, […]
Continue ReadingIncredible
And it’s incredible, ohThe way you make me smile.And it’s incredible, ohThat you make me want to walk down that aisle.Oh yeah, and it’s incredible, ohThe way I stare at you with my eyes, eyes, ohAnd it’s incredible, ohThat when I see you I feel like I could fly. Oh, When I see you I […]
Continue ReadingRufino
Hace algún tiempo en un barConocí a un buen señor de cierta edadUn ejecutivoJefe de una empresa de publicidadVestía traje de tweedOlía a un perfume de "Givenchy"Y sin ningún motivoSe acerco hasta mi mesa y me dijo asíDime muñeca, ¿No me encuentras atractivo? Vente muñeca, te invito a un aperitivo. Rufino, me lleva a jugar […]
Continue ReadingDevil’s Haircut
Something’s wrong ’cause my mind is fadingAnd everywhere I look there’s a dead end waitingTemperature’s dropping at the rotten oasisStealing kisses from the leperous faces Heads are hanging from the garbage man treesMouthwash jukebox gasolineCrystals are pointing at a poor man’s pocketsSmiling eyes ripping out of his sockets Got a devil’s haircut in my mindGot […]
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