There’s another reflection involved up in my mindA wholeness that has just been lostStriving hard for perfection but still nothing to findSome value with a cheaper costAnd as I reach out to hear you the sound is so muffledIt makes a lesser man of meSo the only thing left to bring up to date is […]
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This for my man yo… word up [Radio transmission]"I got a 187 on the corner of Farmers boulevard in Linden.""Uh, drug related?""The usual." I don’t mean this in a disrespectful wayBut Columbine happens in the ghetto every dayWhen the shit goes down y’all aint got nothing to say [Verse 1]He kicked the old lady’s door […]
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long way from home,lost by an echo, i’d never of knowni’ve got pictures to prove i was there,but you don’t carehere’s me overseas, across a pond by the Dover peaksi’ve smuggled myself into new nationalities, you think yo’d be proud of methere’s room to believe, out of mind, out of sight, out of reachstart over […]
Continue ReadingAin't No Stoppin' Us Now
Here we go, here we go on the smooth sideLet’s take a ride in stride and I’m the guidewith the source, and of course – I don’t wanna be the king or bossI just wanna get my point acrossCause it’s time to organize and open your eyesRealize, we on the riseto the climax, time to […]
Continue ReadingCash Car Star
Ya gotta understand.Ya gotta understand.It’s just a fact that ya must attack.Gotta get it while you can. Well everyone’s gonna be a big star.Everyone’s gonna drive a fast car.Everyone’s gonna be in charge.‘Cause everybody’s business is everybodys’ business.Ya, we think you understand.Ya, it’s just a master plan.Ya, we’re just coming down for you. My baby […]
Continue ReadingHey Darlin' Darlin'
Hey darlin’ darlin’ gonna say it trueNo one understands me like you doI got the story when I was a childI took me over and turned me wildOnly to make it true But when I’m alone all aloneNo one home, the TV and the phoneStill say ‘it will rain today"O.K. Hey darlin’, darlin’ help me […]
Continue ReadingOne Last Breath
Please come now I think I’m fallingI’m holding to all I think is safeIt seems I found the road to nowhereAnd I’m trying to escapeI yelled back when I heard thunderBut I’m down to one last breathAnd with it let me sayLet me say Hold me nowI’m six feet from the edge and I’m thinkingThat […]
Continue ReadingHeart With No Companion
I greet you from the other sideOf sorrow and despairWith a love so vast and shatteredIt will reach you everywhere. And I sing this for the captainWhose ship has not been builtFor the mother in confusionHer cradle still unfilled. For the heart with no companionFor the soul without a kingFor the prima ballerinaWho cannot dance […]
Continue ReadingOcean Size
Wish I was ocean sizeThey cannot move youNo one triesNo one pulls youOut from your holeLike a tooth aching a jawbone… I was made with a heart of stoneTo be brokenWith one hard blowI’ve seen the oceanBreak on the shoreCome together with no harm done… It ain’t easy living… I want to beAs deepAs the […]
Continue ReadingHaligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh
The phone slips from a loose gripWords were missed then, some apologyI didn’t want to tell you thisNo, it’s just some guy she’s been hanging out withI don’t know, the past couple weeks I guessWell, thank you and hang up the phoneLet the funeral startHear the casket closeLet’s pin split-black ribbon to your overcoatWell, laughter […]
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