I be walkin’ god like a dogMy narrative fearlessMy word war returns to burnLike Baldwin home from ParisSteel from a furnaceI was born landlessIt’s tha native sonBorn of Zapata’s gunsStroll through tha shantiesAnd tha cities remainsSame bodies buried hungryBut with different last namesThese voltures rob everythingLeave nothing but chainsPick a point tha globeYes tha pictures […]
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PeopleKeep on learnin’SoldiersKeep on warrin’World,Keep on turnin’Cause it won’t be too long.PowersKeep on lyin’,While your peopleKeep on dyin’World,Keep on turnin’,Cause it won’t be too long. Chorus: I’m so darn glad He let me try it again,‘Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin.I’m so glad that I know more than […]
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We turn away to face the cold, enduring chillAs the day begs the night for mercyYour sun so bright it leaves no shadows, only scarsCarved into stone on the face of earthThe moon is up and over One TreeHillWe see the sun go down in your eyes You ran like river to the seaLike a […]
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When the power chords come crashing downGo tearing through my sensesIt’s for the strong, not for the weakIn light and dark dimensions It stimulates, regeneratesIt’s therapeutic healingIt lifts our feet up off the groundand blasts us through the ceiling Between the eyesI hear it screamingAnd it electrifiesYour inner feelings Hot shock waves charge the airAll […]
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Shes old enoughShe knows enoughShes thrown upSo throw herOut to meAnd I’ll treat her like she was mineLet my beliefYou got your way and I’ll get mine And I can’t eatI can’t sleepI want to thank you for comingAnd why do we always laughWhile we’re in this discussion Should have known enoughNever grown enoughAlone enoughTo […]
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ft. Cappadonna, Method Man, Redman [Method]Who I’m is? The phenom, them niggaz can’t liveWho I’m is? We ain’t got shit, somethin got to giveY’all done flipped y’all wig, blacked out the cribDie and live for my nigs and my bad-ass kids, freeze*sniff* Lookin at your ice like GEEZ!I’m plottin on the mousetrap, about to snatch […]
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Don’t bring me down (x 3) I’ve never been one for playing games You can move your mouth forever But the words sound just the same Something like, bang bang you’re dead Couldn’t we just make love instead? Say yes because it’s what we do best And I’ve had sucha hard day Take me where […]
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Suppose I saidI am on my best behaviorAnd there are timesI lose my worried mind Would you want me when I’m not myself?Wait it out while I am someone else? Suppose I saidColors change for no good reasonAnd words will goFrom poetry to prose Would you want me when I’m not myself?Wait it out while […]
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She had this thing about allistair crawlin’, it was like a fascinationShe had this thing about allistair crawlin’, it was like a fascination I don’t mean to be rude Hey, I wannaI wanna testify heyI wanna Burton in a salad bar sweet like a candy barNo more sugar for a clean genius in quarantineI mean […]
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Whenever we talk about sun all I see is the rainIt’s like looking for tears in a oceanI’m hearing your words like the windThey blow straight through my heartWill you ever give in to emotion And we hurt the ones that we love the mostWhy we do only heaven knowsAnd I don’t know why I’m […]
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