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[John Legend]
Yeah-yeah, ooohhhhhhhhh So many hard times Yea-yeahhhhhh, ooohhhhhhhhhh Yeahhhh-yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeahhhh YEAHHHHH, yeah-yeah YEAHHHHHHHHHH Cold, cold eyes upon me they stare People all around me and they're all in fear They don't seem to want me but they won't admit I must be some kind of creature up here having fits From my party house, I'm afraid to come outside Although I'm filled with love, I'm afraid they'll hurt my pride So I play the part I feel they want of me And I pull the shades so I won't see them seeing me [Chorus: John Legend - 2X] Having hard times, in this crazy town Having hard times, there's no love to be found [John Legend] Yeah, yeah, yeah In my party house I feel like meeting others Familiar faces, creed and race, a brother But to my surprise I find a man corrupt Although he be my brother, he wants to hold me up [Chorus: John Legend - 2X] [Black Thought] Check it out, seventeen years and counting I'm tryna climb up the rough side of the mountain Friends warned me I'ma have to do it without them No problem really, it was never about them So my house, I never come out from cause every day a drought, then a shadow of doubt come I'm down to do whatever if it betters my outcome The city's like the Audubon Ballroom waiting on Malcolm Cause people wanna see my blood flow like fountains I got nowhere to go and still feel like bouncing I'm looking for the closest window I can rap from or for the highest speaker-box that I can shout from And I'm hoping to feel like something is real But it's no hope when you are but a spoke in a wheel A brick in a wall, tryna find an opening still Having hard times, tryna climb over the hill [John Legend] Yeah, so many hard times, yeah, yeah Sleeping on motel floors, yeah, yeah Knocking on my brother's door Eating Spam, Oreos Drinking Thunderbird baby, yeaaaaaaahhhh [Chorus: John Legend - 4X] [John Legend] Yea-yeah, yea-yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeaaaahhh, yeah Yeah, mmmmm, yeah, yeaaah So many hard times, yeah, yeah Sleeping on motel floors, yeah, yeah Knocking on my brother's door Eating Spam and Oreos Drinking Thunderbird baby, ohhhhhhhhh, yeah I don't wanna do it no more No-no-no, no-no I don't wanna go back there no more No-ohhhhhh I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna.. |
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love the lie and lie the love
Hangin' on, with a push and shove Possession is the motivation that is hangin' up the God-damn nation Looks like we always end up in a rut Tryin' to make it real - compared to what? Slaughterhouse is killin' hogs Twisted children killin' frogs Poor dumb rednecks rollin' logs Tired old ladies kissin' dogs Hate the human, love that stinking mutt (I can't use it) Try to make it real - compared to what? The president, he's got his war Folks don't know just what it's for No one gives us rhyme or reason Have one doubt, they call it treason We're chicken-feathers, all without one gut Tryin' to make it real - compared to what? Church on Sunday, sleep and nod Tryin' to duck the wrath of God Preacher's fillin' us with fright Tryin' to tell us what he thinks is right He really got to be some kind of nut Tryin' to make it real - compared to what? Where's that bee and where's that honey? Where's my God and where's my money Unreal values, crass distortion Unwed mothers need abortion Kind of brings to mind ol' young King Tut (He did it now) Tried to make it real - compared to what? |
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Wake up everybody No more sleepin' in bed No more backward thinkin' Time for thinkin' ahead The world has changed So very much From what it used to be There is so much hatred War and poverty, whoa, oh Wake up, all the teachers Time to teach a new way Maybe then they'll listen To what'cha have to say 'Cause they're the ones who's coming up And the world is in their hands When you teach the children Teach 'em the very best you can The world won't get no better If we just let it be, na, na, na The world won't get no better We gotta change it, yeah Just you and me Wake up, all the doctors Make the old people well They're the ones who suffer And who catch all the hell But they don't have so very long Before the Judgment Day So wont'cha make them happy Before they pass away Wake up, all the builders Time to build a new land I know we can do it If we all lend a hand The only thing we have to do Is put it in our mind Surely things will work out They do it every time The world won't get no better If we just let it be, na, na, na The world won't get no better We gotta change it, yeah Just you and me It's the god hour [..] Were we belong I try to write a song [..] We're more than consumers [..] Wake up, everybody Wake up, everybody Need a little help, y'all Yes I do, need a little help Need a little help, y'all ay Wake up everybody Wake up everybody Wake up everybody |
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| 5:26 |
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Time is getting harder and harder
More and more each day, yeah Still I am determined that I'm never gonna change my way Thinking 'bout love the way it should be You better open your eyes and you will see About love the way it should be You gotta make up your minds And you'll advance humanity Humanity, humanity, humanity What happened to the love That they are all talking about? It's nothing but useless words Coming from out of their mouths Talking 'bout love the way it should be We gotta open our eyes and we will see About love the way it should be We gotta make up our minds And we'll advance humanity Humanity, humanity, humanity What happened to the love That they are all talking about? Oh, It's nothing but useless words That are coming from out of their mouth Talking 'bout love the way it should be Open our eyes and we will see About love the way it should be We gotta make up our minds And we'll advance humanity Humanity, humanity, humanity Listen, people listen (You got the notion, I hope so) Listen what I'm saying to you (You got the notion, I hope so) A little bit of justice and peace (You got the notion, I hope so) But bring a little love for everyone (You got the notion, I hope so) Said you got the notion, you got the notion (You got the notion, our hope's on) So get in the motion, get in the motion (You got the notion, I hope so) You got the notion (You got the notion, I hope so) So get in the motion (You got the notion, I hope so) You got the notion, I hope so You got the notion, I hope so You got the notion, I hope so |
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| 11:43 |
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| 2:43 |
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I wish I knew how, it would feel, to be free
I wish I could break, all the chains, holding me And I wish I could say, all the things, that I should say Say 'em loud, say 'em clear, for the whole world to hear I wish I could share, all the love, that's in my heart Remove all the bars, that keep, us apart And I wish you could know, what it means, to be me Then you'd see, and agree, that every man, should be free I wish I could give, I'm longing to give And I wish I could live, like I'm longing to live And I wish I could do, all the things I can do Though I'm way overdue, I'd be starting to move Well I wish I could be, like a bird up in the sky How sweet it would be, if I found I could fly Well I'd soar to the sun, then I'd look down at the sea Then I'd sing cause I'd know Yes I'd, sing cause I'd know Sing cause I know I know I'm free, yeah Yeah I know I'm free... {*fades out*} |
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They wait to plead their case, unknown cast aside.
I love to see their face, can we spare the light? Are we afraid to see the prisoners of history? These beautiful minds, trapped inside. Bring them back to life. Let 'em shine. Let 'em shine on. Let 'em shine. Let 'em shine on. So dark, but I see sparks, if we don't snuff them out. We gotta light them flame, let them speak their name. Let them reach up to the clouds. Can't eat if we don't feed them. Can't read if we don't teach them. There's no line if we just hide them. Don't just let 'em die. Let 'em shine. Let 'em shine on. Let 'em shine. Let 'em shine on. Let 'em shine. Let 'em shine on. Oh stars flicker in the distance, lonely out in space. They sing out when we're not listening, because we don't see their face. We can let them die, we can make them high. Hold the little miracles that live inside. Let 'em shine. Let 'em shine. Let 'em shine on. Let 'em live. Let 'em shine on. Let 'em read on. Let 'em shine on. Let 'em grow. Let 'em shine on. Come on, let them love. Come on, let them love. Come on, let them love. Yeah. Yeah (let them love) Hold them close, let them know they'll get through the night Ordinary people could be a hero, don't blow out the light. Let 'em shine. Let 'em shine on. Let 'em shine. Let 'em shine on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let them shine on. These lyrics are not available for printing. |
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