Bilal

We're all the same
And all so very different
Divine by design
It all intertwines

Ain't nothin' new
But it's always changin'
Movin' still waters
Soft yet so hard

So what is love?
(What is it?)
What is love?
(What is it?)

Cool on the outside
Hot in the middle
Cool on the outside
Hot in the middle but

You ain't even gotta try
All you gotta do is realize
You ain't even gotta try
All you gotta do is realize
(It's all matter)

One great big small thing
Like humming in the spring breeze
A speck of dust
In this vast universe
It's just like a raindrop
In the sea of consciousness

Oh, it's all matter
It's all matter

So what is love?
(What is it?)
What is love?
(What is it?)

Cool on the outside
Hot in the middle
Cool on the outside
Hot in the middle but

You ain't even gotta try
All you gotta do is realize
You ain't even gotta try
All you gotta do is realize

It's all matter
It's all matter
It's all matter
It's all matter
(You ain't gotta try)

It's everything it ought to be
It's everything it needs to be, okay
Don't stand in the way
You'll only make it hard

Just keep it flowing
Flow with the ocean
And you'll be
Just where you should be

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keep going, just keep going
Keep going just keep going so

So what is love?
(What is it?)
So what is love?
(What is it?)

Cool on the outside
Hot in the middle
Cool on the outside
Hot in the middle

Oh, what is love?
(What is it?)
What is love, love?
(What is it?)

Cool on the outside
Hot in the middle
Cool on the outside
Hot in the middle but

You ain't even gotta try
All you gotta do is realize
You ain't even gotta try
All you gotta do is realize

You ain't even gotta try
All you gotta do is realize
You ain't even gotta try
All you gotta do is realize

It's all matter
It's all matter
It's all matter
?

[Common]
Yeah!
Yeah!
[Common]
Nigga deep in the rhythm, experience speak
Some keepin’ the wisdom, the life hustlers seek
I seeking it with em, i’m dope the streets need me to hit em
With some of that (revolutionary rap)
Revolutionary blunted rap
My peoples want hits, I hit it from the back
Under the cherry moon, I hold notes and carry tunes
My guise pack heat enough to bury June, on my feet
Im getting married soon, walking in the clouds like Mary Bethune
Fumes of a real nigga seep into your room
Or through fifthteens of the your jeep that you boom
Son so many cats, they call me high noon
Offerings to Osun hoping war is over soon
Guard your grill like George Foreman
Time to build, as far as building im the doorman, opening doors
My blood I expose on the floors, tell them the game aint only the score
Hold on to your life as I carry these styles
To have you tapping your head like Darius Miles
You aint supposed to rhyme, better off with a clothing line
In this business of pimps, many hoes get signed
Opposed to shine so me holding the blinds
Mixing golden seal and wine, holding a nine
In the age of aquaruis...
[Chorus]
(Singing)
The water that arrives (ba-ba ba ba)
To purify the world (du-ba ba ba)
Flying through the night (du ba-ba ba ba)
So watch out here he comes ( du-du ba ba ba)
Aquarius! (echoes)
[Common]
Between churches and liquor stores, my mic leaks
With raps, all over your head like Tweet
Playing with yourself, thinking the game is just wealth
Hot for a minute, watch your name just melt
Same spot where it’s joyous, where the pain is felt
As you build and destroy yo remain yourself
They say im slept on, now im bucking in dreams
And rhyme with the mind of a hustler scheme
Or the struggle of feinds, I flow over water thats as troubled as teens
For the love of the team, trying to double the dream
Be greatful like the chruch psalm my grandmother sings
Im rubbing my rings across the domes of clones
Punchlines like Roy Jones with poems
While you and your dogs foam at the mouth
Thinking rap is the only way out
The black human genius will never play out
I take you way out, where you never been before
Been it since birth, sent to replish the Eatrh
That truck that you roll is like a miniature hearse
I deaded your shit before you finished a verse
From niggas to gods from bitches to earths
From Nat to Truck Turner that lives in my verse
Realness is an act that you cannot rehearse
Holla back, but listen first
We in the age of aquarius...
[Chorus] x2
Aquarius! x2

[Chorus]
California sunshine, in the summer time (4x)

Last year, Jazze Phe got stuck up inside the grand lux,
Most recent was 50 in Angola, that's what's up,
Any rapper could touched, any bitch could get fucked,
Under the California sun, impalas and big trucks,
They say Suge got knocked out, but don't play that nigga cheap,
Cuz you're body might wash up by the courts at Venice Beach,
Ain't shit sweet but my Swisher, ain't shit buzzin but my liquor,
Cali chickens got to the 80's strip and come back a little thicker,
With more ass then Delicious, that's my Flavor of Love,
We make it rain like Rainman, when he play with the glove,
I'm the king to you pawn niggas, punisher, spawn, niggas,
Playin in green, Paul Pierce to you Lebron niggas,
We them barbeque, front and back lawn niggas,
Summer Jam, throw your ass offstage Akon niggas,
We drink Kool Aid with the ice on your arm nigga,
Take that Champion hoody off in the California sunshine


[Chorus]

I'm in my drop top Phantom, down Wilshire boulevard,
We can't find Biggies' killers so we gave Diddy a star,
And I'm by far, Hollywood boulevard,
but I'm from a boulevard that tought ya'll to shoot out of moving cars,
Remember, New Jersey driver's like a East Coast menace,
And Belly was like the sequel without O-Dogg in it,
Give me a New York minute,
to show you Cali got more dead bodies then the Yankees got New York pennants,
Cuz we Dodgers and Impalas with the windows tinted,
I duck shots where Venus and Sarena used to play tennis,
And they never came back, like throwin a boomerang flat,
See me, I'm posted like a Cincinatti pitcher in the same hat,
It's like a scene from a movie, when the screen fade black,
Niggas roll up on you, Now you stuck in that Harold and Cane trap,
If you slippin in Hollywood, and you get your chain snatched,
I know some niggas that know some niggas, Ill get your chain back.

[Chorus]

Niggas already know who had the marijuana first,
We birthed haze and sour diesel, I was there when the water burst,
Hell nah we don't surf, We half way go to church,
Tell you the truth, shiit, right now I'm in the fuckin hearse,
And it ain't my night to get buried in the dirt
But it is your day to get buried by a verse,
It'll be another ten years before you see an MC Ren here,
Where he been, I been there, that Lambo, I'm in there,
Hotter then the beginning of my career with 50, Dre and Em there,
Top off the Murcialago like Victoria's Secret swim swear,
So listen, I'm so sincere, bout to work out like gym wear,
Murder MTV's top ten, and tat my face with 10 tears,
That's 10 funerals, 10 caskets,
10 3-piece Ralph Lauren suits, 10 motorbikes stopping traffic,
And 10 reasons why I got California hotter than acid,
Don't you ever, ever leave me out of the top 10 you fuckin' bastards
Blaow.

[Chorus]

[Bilal]
La da da di.. la da da di..
Hey... livin in the fast lane
Drivin fast 'broads'
With them fast 'chains'
When you pimpin through life
See some people get caught up
And some charges brought up
With some people they shoot up
Hey.. there it goes again
Different face to the same old tragic end
Who's to blame if he never saw it commin
Yet he heard the bullet hummin
And he never though of runnin
It's too late for him now layin out on the ground so cold.. so cold
Nothin much to live up to.. damn
It's so far gone.. so gone

Livin in the fast lane
Drivin fast broads
With you fast chains
When you pimpin through life
See some people got caught up
With some charges brought up
From some people they shoot up
Hey.. tell me when will it end
When the baby pays for its mothers sinnin
Trapped inside the four walls of a 'penty'
Way too strong.. way too strong
Now shes out in the cold, dying slow and the spoon still warm


[Jadakiss]
It started when they birthed me
Runnin round stuck in the project now he cant wait to the first come
Little older now and cant wait till the dope come
Sleep all these years and nobody awoke him
Getting it so he can cover the whole border
Question is how many of us can hold water
It seemed like tellin is in
Signed states get an order of protection and tell him again
I'm a left lane
My life is much faster than yours
I'm with a chick and its attached to a brawl
Got the air ones matchin the car
All white.. slingin all night
So we rapidly spar
Thats what they wanna clap at me for
Understand that the flow is like the coke that he naturally grows
So I'ma get my cash on, and my mash on
And get my ass up out of the fast lane

[Bilal]

Livin in the fast lane
Drivin fast broads
With you fast chains
When you pimpin through life
.. got caught up
And some charges brought up
From some people you shoot up

Can't say no shit that she ain't heard before
Can't buy no gifts that she ain't got
(Before)
She's been 'round playin' this all her life, you know
She say her daddy raised her right

He caught a serious bit when she was 6 years old
The biggest old dealer like to sell your soul
He kept his daughter in a paradise
He liked to dress her up like a China doll

Now when the Feds bust in shootin' rounds
He said, "Everybody in the house, hit the ground"
And it all went up in a cloud of coke
And mamma lay dyin' there on the ground

When the smoke disappeared
She flew away
That's what they say
The poor little girl is a foster child
Led to the streets to run a-wild

Yeah, so it goes
Of the agony, all the pain
The worst thing she didn't choose the road
Though it's safe to stay on the railroad
But it's never ever wrong to take her home

She's flying
She's flying, yeah
She's flying
She's flying, yeah

There was some love she loved long ago
She gave that man her heart
(And soul)
He was the one that made her blood run cold
Another bad time in her life

He had her walkin' the town sellin' her ass
They was makin' money till she broke her back
One day, how you do that?
Upside down on a bow when you're smokin' crack

Somebody yelled from the back
Somebody get this hoe up off the floor
And [Incomprehensible] called the fuckin' ambulance
Now here we go

With the black top
Could've been a star
But you know how it is
You can't do shit when you're injured
Plus these hoes out here is younger every day

Plus when he left, that was that
Never even noticed that he never came back
So fucked up from prescription pills
She'll never trust the man again

No, now she's crying
She's flying
She's flying, yeah

Common (talking)
phone rang, screen said caller ID said blocked,
but for some reason i decided to answer it.
on the other end was a french accent.
he told me we needed to rap quick,
cause he had did some bad shit,
and would be gone for years, spending these last two days,
with his momma and his kids
when he spoke I wasn't trying to hear it ,cause
I knew he was a real good person,
and this didn't seem like it was in his spirit.
he couldnt believe as much as i couldnt, what he done .
he said now its time for him to turn himself in.
no longer could he run, from life, from God.
start thinkin, why is doing right is so hard.
I got back to him when we was inLondon discussin the new testament
and how our lives related to it, and how we could make the best of it.
my voice became destined, so I asked him why you gotta go.
he said you know turn to Matthew 24
he said no one knows the hour, nor do they know the day,
but the kingdom is near, don't let anything lead you to stray.
as long as God is with you, everything will be okay.
so right about then,we decided to pray.

Bilal
just lyin back makin the smoke disperse a ray....
deep into clouds (deep into clouds)
it's makin things appear to me so clearly....
deep in the clouds (deep in the clouds)
just lyin back makin the smoke disperse a ray...
deep in the clouds (deep in the clouds)
it's makin things appear to me so clearly...
deep into clouds (yeah,)

Ceelo
your time
is a terrible to waste!!!
for it's
not one of the...possesions that you can brang to space (yeah, it don't matter)
its a challenge,
but the chance of seeing, is quite a dream to chase (yes it is)
I hope
I remind God of him when he sees my face (yeah)
he gon see it!

Omar
(keeps on )
the feeling just keeps on lifting me higher (ever)
and its everflowing it's, everflowing
(keeps on )
when every thing, puts a smile on my face(ever-flowing, ever-flowing)
and i recognize the strong goal
but i keep on going, i keep on going (he keeps on going....in the background)
i keep on going on!!
(he keeps on going echo)
Jill Scott
hey mighty love,
watching over me....
a smile........brillant.....
all over .....constantly.....
warm .....comforting.....
perfect...like ...no..thing
no hate..no confusion...no strain
simply peace.... simply
simply...simply...simply
Mary J. Blidge
No fear! Heaven is to me
no fear of destruction
understanding who he is
his name is christ!!(yeah)
heaven, heaven is to me
wisdom, understanding, knowledge

(ohh understanding)

Erykah Badu
streets of gold and pearly gates
halos wings all dressed in white-haaaahhhahh, haaaaahhhuuah!
angels sing and cymbols glare
no ones rich no one's poor haaahhhhuuahh haauaahhaa
people dreaming they live free
making love while they in love haaaahhhuuahhh haahhuuahh
won-der-ful dream wake me when you're home haa!
haahhhaa haaaaaaiiiiahahah!

Papa Lynn (talkin)
Heaven, heaven is being pops
heaven is spending the day with your grandchildren
listenin to they voices whenand they laughing and play
and then at the end of the day we hug we kiss and slowly they walk away
and then suddenly they turn and rush back to me and hug me round the knees
yeah, that's heaven to me

You know, baby
My mama used to say
Be very careful what you wish for
'Cause you just might get it forever, uh

Yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
Ooh, hoo, hoo (Uh-huh)
Yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
Ooh, hoo, hoo (Uh-huh)
Yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
Ooh, hoo, hoo (Uh-huh)
Yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
Uh-huh (Uh-huh, uh-huh)

Tuesday a man by the fireplace
A couple glasses of champagne and it was written on
your face
Said you were bored, you wanted something new
So I went to the kitchen 'cause I got something for
you

Well, here in am, drawers in the hand
Housewife gone, think she won't be back till 2 a.m.
The fire on your back to my ???
Got a slick back hand 'cause I wear a size perfect for
you

I can't wait to put my hands on you
Show you what you wanna see, I'll give it all to you,
yeah, yeah
I can't wait to (Oh) get my hands on you (Get my hands
on you)
If this is what you wanna do, I hope you're ready,
Boo, yeah



Well, here it is, what you want
You look a little nervous, baby, now ain't the time to
front
So it back, keep your cool
I want you to trip, I wanna show you the rules

{Are you ready} I found my blindfold, baby, and my
leather whip
{Are you ready} If you're feelin' the music, then grab
my hips
{Are you ready} To be treated like a piece of steak
{Are you ready} If you're a good boy I might just let
you penetrate

I can't wait to put my hands on you (Ooh)
Show you what you wanna see, I'll give it all to you,
yeah
I can't wait to get my hands on you (Get my hands on
you)
If this is what you wanna do, I hope you're ready,
Boo, come on, come on

I can't wait to (Uh) get my hands on you (Get my hands
on you)
Show you what you wanna see, give it all, give it all
to you
I can't wait to (Uh-uh) get my hands on you (Get my
hands on you)
If this is what you wanna do, I hope you're ready,
Boo, yeah

Wanna get my hands on you
Do something to you
Get my hands on
Yeah...

Yeah, I heard this one before
Darling, are you for sure?
We play it back and forth
Beside you're here
Tell me what the hell we fightin' for?

Now
How long will you sing?
We're in the same place
There's got to be more levels
In this what we [Incomprehensible]

You know my hands was tied
And you, you had the right
Lock me up and throw away the key
You can't never get enough of me, no

But now
How long will you sing?
It won't go away
There's got to be more levels
This got to be a sin

If you run away
Wanna find another way
But if you wanna leave from here
Into the paradise

We'll shake off all the problem
Come on, do that, do
Let's go higher then, baby
Let me take you high again
Let me take you high again

Girl, when you like it
Play this song, play this song
Play this song, play this song
Play this song if you love me

Oh, play this song, play this song
Play this song if you love me
Play this song if you love me

Hey, play
Play this song, play this song
Play this song if you love me
Play this song if you love me
Play this song if you love me

Play this song, play this song
Play this song, play this song
Play this song if you love me

They say it's gonna take a miracle to bring you back again
They say there's nothing they can do
But I'm not the only one who sees the possibility in you
You know you're mama sees it too

No matter what it takes
I'll make sure that you find, you find your way
I'll know how hard you've been tryin'
Little one

I never wanna be a mystery to you
I'm not a god and I ain't no saint
I'm just a man workin' every day to be a better man
One day you'll learn to be one too

No matter what it takes
I won't let you make the same mistakes
But I won't hold nothin' against you
I will always be there to hold your hand
And I can help you walk but can't make you stand

So whenever you feel like you can't go on
Just believe you can, you can
And you will, you always will
Oh, you always will

No matter what it takes
I'll make sure that you find, you find your way
I'll know how hard you've been tryin', yeah
I won't let you make the same mistake

I'll always love you
Little one
Little one

Ooh...ooh...
Oh...oh...oh...
Oh...oh...oh...

When I look at you
What I see is my future wife-to-be
Only God Himself
More important in this life to me

You've been there for me
Nurtured and cared for me
Never left my side
In you I can confide

Love it (I love it)
Love it, love it (Everything about you)
Love it (I love it)
Love it, love it (Hey, good and the bad)

You know I love it (I love it)
Love it (Can't imagine life without you)
Love it (Oh...)
Love it, love it

Give me peace of mind
Conversations be so soothing
disagree sometimes
But it only shows were human

Cause I'll take one for ya
like you would the president
The love I have for you
one couldn't even measure it

Love it
Love it, love it (Hoo, I love it)
Love it
Love it, love it (Everything about you)

You know I love it
Love it (Can't imagine life without you)
Love it
Love it, love it (Ho, I love it)

Love it
Love it, love it (Everything about you)
Love it
Love it, love it (Love could end the pain)



You know I love it
Love it (Hey, I love it)
Love it
Love it, love it (I love it)

And your love make this life worth livin'
Give so much of yourself and you keep on givin'
Givin' me (Me) everything I need
Baby, what more can ask for

Love it
Love it, love it (Baby, and I love it)
Love it
Love it, love it (Good and the bad)

You know I love it (Whoa...oh...)
Love it (Baby, I love it)
Love it
Love it, love it (Everything about you and I love it)

Love it
Love it, love it (Baby)
Love it
Love it, love it (Whoa...ho...hey...yea...)

You know I love it
Love it (I love it, I love it)
Love it (I love it)
Love it (Love it), love it (I love it, love it)

Love it (Love it)
Love it (Love it), love it (Love it, love it)
Love it (Love-love-love-love-love-love-love-love)
Love it, love it

You know I love it (I love it)
Love it (Everything about you)
Love it (I love it)
Love it, love it (Hey...hey...yeah)

Love it
Love it, love it (Oh)
Love it
Love it, love it (I love it)

You know I love it (Hey, hey)
Love it

Grow... grow... grow... grow

As we step from across the room
Started to ponder what we've been going through
What does my kiss mean to you?
Are we just friends or is there more to you?

But if we label this, just picture what we might lose
That unexpected kiss of fullfillment that brought me to you

Why rush why chose?
Why rush this thing and ruin me and you?
I want to love her and keep it fresh
I wanna be near you and not pretend.

But if we label this, just picture what we might lose
That unexpected kiss of fullfillment that brought me to you

(spoken word... love poems)

Grow... grow... grow... grow

But if we label this, just picture what we might lose

Yeah... ohhh... (3x)

[Bilal - Chorus]
Ohhh...
Everything's gone be alright
If you play your cards right
Everything's gone be alright...

[Common - Verse 1]
It's do or die, your looking through the eye of a revolver
I revolve around the world, a problem solver
Alter your ego, and the way your walkin'
Talk to people, still I stay regal
Read through the bullshit
Sometime to make peace, you need a full clip
Roll dice with niggas who got bricks at a good price
Talk shit, give good advice, rollin' through the 'hood right
It's the good life, like T.I. said
Gettin' it, how could I not be fed
Get bread, get dough, get fed, get mo'
In the old school Lincoln, thinking I sit low
Let problems burn slow away
I yearn for the day that it won't go gray
Remember we were kings, back in the day
Still can be, depending on the cards you play

[Bilal - Chorus 1 (repeat 2x)]
If you play (if you play), your cards right (cards right)
Everything... gone be alright (well... alright (3x))

[Common - Verse 2]
I ain't playin' with a full deck
The government won't let me get a full check
I'm taxin' marks, I got more heart than clubs
The black spade, givin' 'em darker love
Make 'em strip, like poker poker mag in his face
You tried to smoke my ace, you know the stakes
It's high like the ace is
Get your squad face down like cards, before they get a facelift
You get robbed, better yet jacked for diamonds
Leave you victimless, like Jack in "Shining"
Blocked your bluff, now your respect is stolen
Took your chips, led my guys in Texas Hold 'Em
Rolled the strips of Vegas, with money boss players
Stacey Adams of different flavors, we major
Gangstas and hustles, living moviestar life
Dealt a bad hand, but I played my cards right

[Bilal - Chorus 1 (repeat 2x)]
If you play (if you play), your cards right (cards right)
Everything... gone be alright (well... alright (3x))

[Bilal - Chorus 2 (repeat 2x)]
Ohh...
If you play (if you play), your cards right (cards right)
Everything's... gone be alright (well... alright (3x))

[Bilal - Accapella]
Yeah... Ohhh...

Everything's gone be alright, if you play your cards right
Everything's gone be alright...

If I could block the moon
And rob the sun from the sky
My love for you would still
Shine through me somehow
And if the rain won't fade away
My love would still soar

I love you girl and I know it shows
I can't deny the joy I found
And when I'm at my wits end
Say the word that gives me peace within
Queen of sanity from sanity of sanity

My soul is what you touched
I love you and I know it shows

How do you run this race
And never lose your pace?
(You're the queen of sanity)
Cold breath of night, calm voice of morning
(You're the queen of sanity)
Warm embrace of day, what more can I say?
(You're the queen of sanity)

I'd forget life whenever I hold you tight
(You're the queen of sanity)
Girl, I love you so
And I'm never gonna let you go

My soul, my soul is what you touched
And I love you so and I know it shows

How, how do you run this race
And never miss a beat, never lose your pace?
(You're the queen of sanity)
Cold breath of night, calm voice of morning
(You're the queen of sanity)
Warm embrace of day, what more can I say?
(You're the queen of sanity)

I'd forget life whenever I hold you tight
(You're the queen of sanity)
Girl I love you so
And I'm never, never gonna let you go
(You're the queen of sanity)

Queen of Sanity
(You're the queen of sanity)

(Mos Def)
Yo
Just when I think that I've forgot you
I hear that thug that we used to rock to
Just When I think I'm gettin' on without you
Somebody Passed and asked me about you

Was in the back of the cab the other day
Swear to God I saw you walking passed the other way
My heart rushed, my face flushed
Tell the driver hit the breaks slow the pace up
Wait up, It wasn't you
Realised it's a mirage I was running to
Damn, can the affects of Love and time
Cause the mind to trick the eye?
I wonder how you gettin' by
And all the stars still in your eyes
But you still just get the five
You break the bank to spend the time
I reminisce of shifting time, to when you was mine

(Bilal)
Years ago, in a mist of hallways and sliding doors
Missing links of family very obscure
Vision of you shine
But only for a short time
My mistake I didn't pick up on it till years down the
line

Here now as I (reminisce) reminisce, will I ever see
your face again?
(In-fect-ion)
Baby as I lay back (reminisce) will I ever see your
face again.
(In-fect-ion)
As I reminisce (fect-ion)
as I reminisce (In-fect-ion)

(Bilal) (Common)
Hold still (uh)
The devine has placed us
In a small world (yes)
And thankfully so (Thank God)
Our paths cross once more
And to whose surprise but mine
Was 14th and 6th was the placed where we combine once
more
There at the front door of the cornor store you stood.


(reminisce)
I reminisce Infection
(In-fect-ion)
as I lay back (reminisce) will I ever see our face
again
(In-fect-ion)
As I reminisce (In-fect-ion)
As I reminisce (In-fect-ion)

A happy story always ends
As it starts
But with few exceptions involved
We became an item
(Me For You)
Me for you and
(You For Me)
You for me
(Through Good Times and Bad Times)
Good times
(Sickness And Health)
Sickness and health
(Broke ass and richness)
Broke ass, and richness, baby we made it work

(Common)
Yes Sir
Yo I reminisce over this chick
Colder than a soda
Princess a soldier
Raised in Islamic culture
Sexy as the girl on the Jamaica poster
Men are over seas where there really don't be no
sistas
Brought her on stage as Bilal sang "Soul Sista"
In body parts the blood was thicker
Sweet only tryna make sure it ain't the liquor
She was with a nigga come to find out
She and Sista backstage, conversation kissed her
Made me forget to remember that I pimp the dime
Put the pimpin' aside I see Kenya in her eye
Our connection lies in a life before
For us to meet again was devine law
So I can't describe how deep I dug her
Now only in memory can I hug her
I reminisce y'all

Oh my God

Seems like we said too much
Drank too much
Let our emotions play
Out of touch

I'll go outside
And watch it rain
I'll go outside
And give you space

I'll be outside
Coolin' off
But no matter how far I roam
I'm comin' home

Have we come too far
To turn it all back around?
Have we come too far
To turn it all back around?

Or is it too late
To start again?
You know I lost my whole direction
But it's you that I want

Traveled the world
Had my fun
But at the end of the day
I still feel lost without you in my world

Is there no remedy
To cure the pain?
Only myself to blame
I'll wear the shame

Oh, so many nights
I stumbled out the bar
Yeah, I think I never made
Made it back home, girl

Have we come too far
To turn it all back around?
Have we come too far
To turn it all back around?

Or is it too late
To start again?
You know I lost my whole direction
But it's you that I want

Traveled the world
And had my fun
But at the end of the day
I still feel lost without you in my world

Have we come too far
To turn it all back around?
Have we come too far
To turn it all back around?

Oh, turn it all around, girl
Oh, turn it all around
I wanna step back over again
Turn it all back around, girl

Or is it too late
To start again?
You know I lost my whole direction
But it's you that I want

Traveled the world
And had my fun
But at the end of the day
I still feel lost without you in my world
Oh, hey

Seems like we said too much
Drank too much
Let our emotions play
Out of touch

I'll go outside
And watch it rain
I'll go outside
And give you space

I'll be outside
Coolin' off
But no matter how far I roam
I'm comin' home

Have we come too far
To turn it all back around?
Have we come too far
To turn it all back around?

Or is it too late
To start again?
You know I lost my whole direction
But it's you that I want

Traveled the world
Had my fun
But at the end of the day
I still feel lost without you in my world

Is there no remedy
To cure the pain?
Only myself to blame
I'll wear the shame

Oh, so many nights
I stumbled out the bar
Yeah, I think I never made
Made it back home, girl

Have we come too far
To turn it all back around?
Have we come too far
To turn it all back around?

Or is it too late
To start again?
You know I lost my whole direction
But it's you that I want

Traveled the world
And had my fun
But at the end of the day
I still feel lost without you in my world

Have we come too far
To turn it all back around?
Have we come too far
To turn it all back around?

Oh, turn it all around, girl
Oh, turn it all around
I wanna step back over again
Turn it all back around, girl

Or is it too late
To start again?
You know I lost my whole direction
But it's you that I want

Traveled the world
And had my fun
But at the end of the day
I still feel lost without you in my world
Oh, hey

Seems like we said too much
Drank too much
Let our emotions play
Out of touch

I'll go outside
And watch it rain
I'll go outside
And give you space

I'll be outside
Coolin' off
But no matter how far I roam
I'm comin' home

Have we come too far
To turn it all back around?
Have we come too far
To turn it all back around?

Or is it too late
To start again?
You know I lost my whole direction
But it's you that I want

Traveled the world
Had my fun
But at the end of the day
I still feel lost without you in my world

Is there no remedy
To cure the pain?
Only myself to blame
I'll wear the shame

Oh, so many nights
I stumbled out the bar
Yeah, I think I never made
Made it back home, girl

Have we come too far
To turn it all back around?
Have we come too far
To turn it all back around?

Or is it too late
To start again?
You know I lost my whole direction
But it's you that I want

Traveled the world
And had my fun
But at the end of the day
I still feel lost without you in my world

Have we come too far
To turn it all back around?
Have we come too far
To turn it all back around?

Oh, turn it all around, girl
Oh, turn it all around
I wanna step back over again
Turn it all back around, girl

Or is it too late
To start again?
You know I lost my whole direction
But it's you that I want

Traveled the world
And had my fun
But at the end of the day
I still feel lost without you in my world
Oh, hey

to monn6pence from papayeverte

Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
Say, yeah, yeah

Wake up to bow down
To the almighty dollar, pay your homage again
Boxed in, so get down
Buried, now you're livin' underground

Do you wish you could be amongst the aristocrats
Who sip wine and look down
On the gangsta's, hustla's and things
Who make it rain and shit on the fortuneless
All in the same game struggling to get up, yeah

(Know when, know what)
Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

So you a baby born with teeth
Ready to speak, the sign the end is near
His first words, uh, uh are, "Where's daddy?"
Can you hear the world stand still?

When she looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
She looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
She looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
Baby, I don't know, know where's the president

(Know when, know what)
Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Know when, know what)
Uh, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

The information age is here
Then you better read the omen
There's something 'bout a natural disaster
War will never act here

A growin' thirst for power
As we approach the final hour
Monkey see, monkey do
What are you gonna do?

What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?

to monn6pence from papayeverte

Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
Say, yeah, yeah

Wake up to bow down
To the almighty dollar, pay your homage again
Boxed in, so get down
Buried, now you're livin' underground

Do you wish you could be amongst the aristocrats
Who sip wine and look down
On the gangsta's, hustla's and things
Who make it rain and shit on the fortuneless
All in the same game struggling to get up, yeah

(Know when, know what)
Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

So you a baby born with teeth
Ready to speak, the sign the end is near
His first words, uh, uh are, "Where's daddy?"
Can you hear the world stand still?

When she looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
She looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
She looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
Baby, I don't know, know where's the president

(Know when, know what)
Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Know when, know what)
Uh, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

The information age is here
Then you better read the omen
There's something 'bout a natural disaster
War will never act here

A growin' thirst for power
As we approach the final hour
Monkey see, monkey do
What are you gonna do?

What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?

to monn6pence from papayeverte

Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
Say, yeah, yeah

Wake up to bow down
To the almighty dollar, pay your homage again
Boxed in, so get down
Buried, now you're livin' underground

Do you wish you could be amongst the aristocrats
Who sip wine and look down
On the gangsta's, hustla's and things
Who make it rain and shit on the fortuneless
All in the same game struggling to get up, yeah

(Know when, know what)
Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

So you a baby born with teeth
Ready to speak, the sign the end is near
His first words, uh, uh are, "Where's daddy?"
Can you hear the world stand still?

When she looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
She looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
She looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
Baby, I don't know, know where's the president

(Know when, know what)
Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Know when, know what)
Uh, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

The information age is here
Then you better read the omen
There's something 'bout a natural disaster
War will never act here

A growin' thirst for power
As we approach the final hour
Monkey see, monkey do
What are you gonna do?

What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?

to monn6pence from papayeverte

Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
Say, yeah, yeah

Wake up to bow down
To the almighty dollar, pay your homage again
Boxed in, so get down
Buried, now you're livin' underground

Do you wish you could be amongst the aristocrats
Who sip wine and look down
On the gangsta's, hustla's and things
Who make it rain and shit on the fortuneless
All in the same game struggling to get up, yeah

(Know when, know what)
Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

So you a baby born with teeth
Ready to speak, the sign the end is near
His first words, uh, uh are, "Where's daddy?"
Can you hear the world stand still?

When she looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
She looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
She looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
Baby, I don't know, know where's the president

(Know when, know what)
Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Know when, know what)
Uh, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

The information age is here
Then you better read the omen
There's something 'bout a natural disaster
War will never act here

A growin' thirst for power
As we approach the final hour
Monkey see, monkey do
What are you gonna do?

What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?

to monn6pence from papayeverte

Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
Say, yeah, yeah

Wake up to bow down
To the almighty dollar, pay your homage again
Boxed in, so get down
Buried, now you're livin' underground

Do you wish you could be amongst the aristocrats
Who sip wine and look down
On the gangsta's, hustla's and things
Who make it rain and shit on the fortuneless
All in the same game struggling to get up, yeah

(Know when, know what)
Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

So you a baby born with teeth
Ready to speak, the sign the end is near
His first words, uh, uh are, "Where's daddy?"
Can you hear the world stand still?

When she looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
She looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
She looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
Baby, I don't know, know where's the president

(Know when, know what)
Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Know when, know what)
Uh, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

The information age is here
Then you better read the omen
There's something 'bout a natural disaster
War will never act here

A growin' thirst for power
As we approach the final hour
Monkey see, monkey do
What are you gonna do?

What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?

to monn6pence from papayeverte

Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
Say, yeah, yeah

Wake up to bow down
To the almighty dollar, pay your homage again
Boxed in, so get down
Buried, now you're livin' underground

Do you wish you could be amongst the aristocrats
Who sip wine and look down
On the gangsta's, hustla's and things
Who make it rain and shit on the fortuneless
All in the same game struggling to get up, yeah

(Know when, know what)
Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

So you a baby born with teeth
Ready to speak, the sign the end is near
His first words, uh, uh are, "Where's daddy?"
Can you hear the world stand still?

When she looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
She looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
She looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
Baby, I don't know, know where's the president

(Know when, know what)
Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Know when, know what)
Uh, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

The information age is here
Then you better read the omen
There's something 'bout a natural disaster
War will never act here

A growin' thirst for power
As we approach the final hour
Monkey see, monkey do
What are you gonna do?

What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?

to monn6pence from papayeverte

Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
Say, yeah, yeah

Wake up to bow down
To the almighty dollar, pay your homage again
Boxed in, so get down
Buried, now you're livin' underground

Do you wish you could be amongst the aristocrats
Who sip wine and look down
On the gangsta's, hustla's and things
Who make it rain and shit on the fortuneless
All in the same game struggling to get up, yeah

(Know when, know what)
Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

So you a baby born with teeth
Ready to speak, the sign the end is near
His first words, uh, uh are, "Where's daddy?"
Can you hear the world stand still?

When she looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
She looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
She looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
Baby, I don't know, know where's the president

(Know when, know what)
Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Know when, know what)
Uh, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

The information age is here
Then you better read the omen
There's something 'bout a natural disaster
War will never act here

A growin' thirst for power
As we approach the final hour
Monkey see, monkey do
What are you gonna do?

What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?

to monn6pence from papayeverte

Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
Say, yeah, yeah

Wake up to bow down
To the almighty dollar, pay your homage again
Boxed in, so get down
Buried, now you're livin' underground

Do you wish you could be amongst the aristocrats
Who sip wine and look down
On the gangsta's, hustla's and things
Who make it rain and shit on the fortuneless
All in the same game struggling to get up, yeah

(Know when, know what)
Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

So you a baby born with teeth
Ready to speak, the sign the end is near
His first words, uh, uh are, "Where's daddy?"
Can you hear the world stand still?

When she looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
She looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
She looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh
Baby, I don't know, know where's the president

(Know when, know what)
Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

Say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Know when, know what)
Uh, yeah
(Are you a robot?)

The information age is here
Then you better read the omen
There's something 'bout a natural disaster
War will never act here

A growin' thirst for power
As we approach the final hour
Monkey see, monkey do
What are you gonna do?

What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?

How quick, How quick the mind goes
Game meets game that's how the life goes
Stripped the boy out of his house coat
Higggggggh, high up in the sky
Cold as ice
Tell no lies
Sally, Sally

(Intro)
This is a song that makes me spill out all my guts
Sometimes

Sometimes, I wish I wasn't me
Sometimes, I wish I was drug free
Sometimes, wish I saw the exit sign first
Sometimes, wish I knew the truth without search
Sometimes, I wish I could go where I never been
See what I never saw, do what I never did
Or walk before I could crawl

Sometimes, I wish my eyes wasn't so red
Sometimes, I wish I had breakfast in bed
Sometimes, I mean it's worth it
Since I did all the work last night
Sometimes, you ain't good to me, yes
I am good to you
And you don't see my attention the way that I do

Sometimes, hey slim, you should be nicer than you are
Sometimes, you take that complaining shit way too far
I mean, I thought it was cute in the beginning but now
I think you only do it 'cause you know I hate it
Sometimes, you got me wishing I didn't have home training
Sometimes, then it wouldn't hurt me so bad
With dreams of knocking you in your head
Then it wouldn't hurt me so bad
With our kitchen knife put up your ass

Sometimes, wish I knew life with no pain, yeah
Wish I held the keys to this game
Sometimes, I pretend 'cause I'm afraid to be, afriad to be
Sometimes, I hope I live to see twenty five


Sometimes, I wish I could be like Moses
Round up my people, move out the ghetto
And live a better life
Sometimes, I wish I didn't try so hard
Sometimes, who knows truth any way
They don't know nothing, who needs that approval

The sun in your hands player
Move at your own pace, listen to your own mind
Do your own thing, yeah yeah
I'm saying it because I love ya
And I wanna grow with you, yeah yeah
But you wanna run in the other direction
So I got to stay on my path until I win
I win, I win, I win
I wanna win, I wanna win, I wanna win, I wanna win

Oh sometimes, sing it with me I wish
(I wish in love) And I wish, oh I wish
(I wish in peace) Oh sometimes
(I wish in hope) I wish hope
(I wish true) I wish true
(I wish clearly) Hey I wish so clearly sometimes
(Wish with no fear) I wish with no fear
(I have no fear) I have no fear
(Have no doubt) I have no doubt
(I don't doubt) I don't doubt
(Have no doubt) No, I don't doubt
(Have no doubt, I wish love)
I wish love, hey hey

Ad lib until fade

(Intro)
This is a song that makes me spill out all my guts
Sometimes

Sometimes, I wish I wasn't me
Sometimes, I wish I was drug free
Sometimes, wish I saw the exit sign first
Sometimes, wish I knew the truth without search
Sometimes, I wish I could go where I never been
See what I never saw, do what I never did
Or walk before I could crawl

Sometimes, I wish my eyes wasn't so red
Sometimes, I wish I had breakfast in bed
Sometimes, I mean it's worth it
Since I did all the work last night
Sometimes, you ain't good to me, yes
I am good to you
And you don't see my attention the way that I do

Sometimes, hey slim, you should be nicer than you are
Sometimes, you take that complaining shit way too far
I mean, I thought it was cute in the beginning but now
I think you only do it 'cause you know I hate it
Sometimes, you got me wishing I didn't have home training
Sometimes, then it wouldn't hurt me so bad
With dreams of knocking you in your head
Then it wouldn't hurt me so bad
With our kitchen knife put up your ass

Sometimes, wish I knew life with no pain, yeah
Wish I held the keys to this game
Sometimes, I pretend 'cause I'm afraid to be, afriad to be
Sometimes, I hope I live to see twenty five


Sometimes, I wish I could be like Moses
Round up my people, move out the ghetto
And live a better life
Sometimes, I wish I didn't try so hard
Sometimes, who knows truth any way
They don't know nothing, who needs that approval

The sun in your hands player
Move at your own pace, listen to your own mind
Do your own thing, yeah yeah
I'm saying it because I love ya
And I wanna grow with you, yeah yeah
But you wanna run in the other direction
So I got to stay on my path until I win
I win, I win, I win
I wanna win, I wanna win, I wanna win, I wanna win

Oh sometimes, sing it with me I wish
(I wish in love) And I wish, oh I wish
(I wish in peace) Oh sometimes
(I wish in hope) I wish hope
(I wish true) I wish true
(I wish clearly) Hey I wish so clearly sometimes
(Wish with no fear) I wish with no fear
(I have no fear) I have no fear
(Have no doubt) I have no doubt
(I don't doubt) I don't doubt
(Have no doubt) No, I don't doubt
(Have no doubt, I wish love)
I wish love, hey hey

Ad lib until fade

Verse 1
It's all in her eyes
you and me
Words just disguise
all the things that you be

What is deep
it's deeper than deep
So only it knows
this kind of vibe
gets stronger in time

Won't go on unnoticed
So concrete can't hold this
Hearts filled righteously

Whatever it is
I know that it's real
Long as you know
No complaints
you're all that I feel

CHORUS
Si-sta-soul
(You must be my soulsista, soulsista)
Si-sta-soul
(Hey sis, you must be my soulsista, soulsista)
Si-sta-soul
(Hey sis, you must be my soulsistaaa)
Si-sta-soul

Verse 2


You are so fine
(Like spaces that fall in my soul)
See baby that has no rhyme
Do you like how it feels
when I smoke you out
head down to your toes
Making you scream and shout
You must be my soulsista, soulsista

CHORUS
Si-sta-soul X6

Music...

(Hey baby can I talk to ya)
Can I love you in the right way (Way)
(PLEASE)
Soul
(HOLD)
Baby I want to
(LOVE)
You know baby I want to
(LOVE)
In the right way
(HOLD)
Cause you're my
(SOUL)
Sista, baby you are
(MY)
All I wanna do is
(LOVE)

Fade out

Let's do it now, it's me and you
Close my eyes Erotica, I'm seein' you
Listen to me wishin' I could be with you
To share my love and ecstasy with you
Are you alone? Is your shorty sleep?
Hold on. That's okay, ignore the beep
For you, my love is immortal deep
You are my queen but I can't ignore the freak
Let's let our bodies talk and our auras speak
Hold on, gotta get the toiletries
As our waters reach distances unheard of
I'm in the room nestled sweet and I observe love
Only for you, I ask God to show me the truth
What he showed me was you
Wherever I go, my soul leads to you
Days gone, nights lonely for you
Erotica - Wet dreams are on my mind
Erotica - Can I come in your mind?
Erotica - Oh yes, our love must shine
Erotica - Wish on star 69
Erotica - Wish on star 69
Erotica-ca-ca - Wish on star 69
Erotica-ca-ca
Wish on star 69, erotica...
So much I wish you were here with me now
My bad, I just hit redial
I want you to come and never leave now
Is your mind and your right hand free now?
Our love-reach deep down inside of it
As the candle burns
where desire's lit
Makin' love knows no distance or environment
When we (ahh), feel the most high in it
I feel you touchin' me and I begin to rise from it
Your love is stuck in me
Our minds are so alive and thick
Picture my hands on your waist
As I stare in your face
Your mouth half open
Your love I can taste
Embracin' you
Life: I let go
Gotta switch phones 'cause this one is ghetto
Another level of love we create when we take it to
And when it's made, Erotica, it's made for you
Erotica - Wet dreams are on my mind
Erotica - Can I come in your mind?
Erotica - Oh yes, our love must shine
Erotica - Wish on star 69
Erotica - Wish on star 69
Erotica-ca-ca - Wish on star 69
Erotica-ca-ca
Slave to your loneliness
""Slave to your loneliness...""
Inside of loneliness
""Inside this (alt we bear)""
With love of loneliness
""With thoughts of loneliness""
Enslaved by loneliness
I want you to come
Inside your mind
And find a place
Nasty and kind
This is where
our desires grind
And where they peak
Is most divine
A place and time
I hope we reach together
You are my queen
And freak forever
I feel you in-side my stomach
My body shakes...
Erotica - Wet dreams are on my mind
Erotica - Can I come in your mind?
Erotica - Oh yes, our love must shine
Erotica - Wish on star 69
Erotica - Wish on star 69
Erotica-ca-ca - Wish on star 69
Erotica-ca-ca
(*repeats and fades out*)

Let me holler at you
Can I talk to you?(x5)
I want you, cuz you make my heart skip the beat that I drum to
I want to be the one you run to, when pain confronts you
You're everything, sometimes I get nervous when I'm in front you
You can hear it in my voice when I ask you if you comfortable
Look how love do, I'd practice the Art of War for you like Sun Tzu
Come through and arouse you every morning like the sun do
If you blackout and collapse I want to help you to come to
Notice I haven't yet gotten to what I want from you
I want you to come to when I come through and make you shine like the sun do
I want you to be the valley for my river to run through
You're everything, send your soul through your lips to my heart
Sweet music will start I want you to be the music of my art
When people try to rip us apart we got to work to stay together
Go through the seasons of love and never change with the weather
This is my wish list, what I want not what I need there's a difference
These days I'm learning that words got power so I'ma be specific
Can I have a talk with you?
Can I make a dream come true?
Can I be in love with you?
Cuz I would if I could
Yeah sunflower
You must live in the infinite blackness that exists when I close my eyes
I see you when I fall asleep, I see you when I dream
Lil' darlin'
Set your soul on fire (lil' darlin')
Be your one desire (lil' darlin')
Lil' darlin'
Can I talk to you? (lil' darlin')
Lil' darlin', lil' darlin'
Can I talk? (lil' darlin')
Can I talk, can I talk, can I?
Lil' darlin' (lil' darlinc1

I walk the streets to see a homeless man
With his outstretched hands
You know he want somethin' to eat
Or maybe another bag of meth for his head
But he want the dollar, the dollar, the dollar

On my way home, I like to go past
All the nice neighborhoods
See all the big houses
Costs money everywhere
And I want the dollar, the dollar, the dollar

Ooh, it's my lucky day
Now that I can chase that man away
I feel like I can do anything
Oh

Ooh, it's my lucky day
Now that I can chase that man away
I feel like I can do anything
Darlin', I can buy everything

Gave back my soul, so fresh, so clean
Smiling those pearly whites
Then waited till I was fast asleep
To rob me in the middle of the night
For the dollar, a dollar, that dollar

With a little bit of money in one hand
Contract in the other
He wanted it so bad
He'd enslave his own brother
For the dollar, a dollar, the dollar, yeah

Ooh, it's my lucky day
Now that I can chase that man away
I feel like I can do anything
Darling, I can buy everything

Ooh, it's my lucky day
Now that I can chase that man away
I feel like I can do anything

Yeah, your life has no meaning at all
And it's all set up for you to fall
That'll make you believe
Oh, don't you believe it, no, no

Yeah, your life has no meaning at all
And it's all set up for you to fall
Why don't you believe it
Man, don't you believe it, no, no, yeah

I like to think about all the fun we had
Up on a cloud
Never thought we would fall back to the world
Gravity pulled us down
Then it tore us apart
Why cant things turn out like you wanted?
I never want to take away from you
I feel like you?re flying and I?m weighing you down
You should be free to be
Go for now
Maybe the second time around would be sweeter

Oh Think it over Oh think it over
Oh think it over

So we was gonna be forever?
Like King and Coretta I thought we could change the world
But I needed air
I stepped out on the balcony and the world took me out
But u know I always have a thing for you
And if I deny it I would be lying to myself
I pick up the phone and put it down
But I?ve been asking around

And I hear you?re doing better now

Oh Think it over Oh think it over
Oh think it over

There will always be a hole
Always be a hole in my heart
Always be a hole
Always be a hole in my heart
Always be a hole in my heart
Always be a hole in my heart
Always be a hole

They?ll be a special place.
I?ll keep a special place for you
And I?ll keep it safe
I?ll keep it safe for you
If you can wait for me
Oh just wait and see
I will always have a place

Can't come around
They gon' wanna bring you down
No one knows
just what's inside
Doing dope and doing time
Why they messing
with your mind
Black maybe
I heard a white man's yes
Is a black maybe
I was delivered in this world
As a crack baby
Hard for me to pay attention
And I act crazy
Gotta get over from the tip
I watch the fat lady
sing and song
On how we guerillas in warfare
And I'm the kingest kong
They say we dreamin wrong
Them same strips that them
older cats lingered on
Now the walgreens is gone
Hope is killed fiends are born
We leanin on a wall
that ain't that ain't stable
Its hard to turn on the
hood that made you
To leave We afraid to the
same streets that raised you
Can aid you What other
black births came suit
the rage up in
harlem and the southside
Brothers is starving
with there mouth wide open
Floating across state
got the workout plans
so they can move weight
The fate of the black
man woman and child maybe
Can't come around
They gon' wanna bring you down
No one knows
just what's inside
Doing dope and doing time
Why they messing
with your mind
Black maybe
Can't come around
They gon' wanna bring you down
No one knows
just what's inside
Doing dope and doing time
Why they messing
with your mind
Black maybe
He had game since
he used to hoop at chattum
Neither the ghetto nor
defenders could trap him
The stones had his
back and they'd pat him
He was living a life
they couldn't fathom
Colleges getting at him
with all type of scholarships
Even if he went they knew
he'd leave college quick
For the pros the one
from the hood that was chose
The black rose that
grew in the jungle
But humble stud still
had rumble in his blood
Women all around giving
him trouble love
You know the love
when you up they down
Cause you wrap a
ball they round
Your win is their crown
Dudes in the circle
he known for years
Shared beers and cheers but
chose different careers
when paper and fame came
they ain't know how to react
Them same studs shot
him in the back
Now that's black maybe
Can't come around
They gon' wanna bring you down
No one knows
just what's inside
Doing dope and doing time
Why they messing
with your mind
Black maybe
Can't come around
They gon' wanna bring you down
No one knows
just what's inside
Doing dope and doing time
Why they messing
with your mind
Black maybe
When we talk about black maybe
We talk about situations
Of people of color
and because you are that color
You endure obstacles
and opposition
And not all the time from
from other nationalities
Sometimes it come
from your own kind
Or maybe even your own mind
You get judged
you getlaughed at
you get looked at wrong
You get sighted for
not being strong
The struggle of
just being you
The struggle of
just being us
black maybe

black maybe
Can't come around
They gon' wanna bring you down
No one knows
just what's inside
Doing dope and doing time
Why they messing
with your mind
Black maybe

(Bilal)
Waitin' for the DJ to, let your body rock (It's your boy Kweli, BK MC)
So I can show you just what I got (Memph Blow in the house)
Waitin' for the DJ to, let your body rock
So I can show you just what I got

(Talib)
Music is the air I breathe
The prayer I leave
Rippin' in the atmosphere
Up there in the breeze
Stronger then the revolution
That you wear on your sleeve
Its all I know
Not an idea you believe
I spit bars you can't touch
Like tits in strip bars
Get charged, man I drop hits that hit hard
Hit bars with my brown sugar sistah
the night just start, I'm waitin' ....

(Bilal)
Waitin' for the DJ to, let your body rock

(Talib)
We all hop in the car deep
We bring Brooklyn to the city
My fellas lookin' sharp my ladies lookin' pretty
When the DJ let the needle drop
The beat'll rock, the beat'll start
Boppin' and my people got it poppin' like needle marks
3 o'clock and it's mass hysteria
I'm about to hit the cafeteria
I'm Waitin' ...

(Bilal)
Waitin' for the DJ to, let your body rock (Put it down for y'all)
So I can show you just what I got
Waitin' for the DJ to, let your body rock (Put it down for y'all)
So I can show you just what I got

(Talib)
I read the lines and all the between
In my mind I'm rewindin' the scene
The club ain't the place to be findin' a queen
You all in my dream girl
Though I can't sleep on you no
You was a star tonight
It like shown through
Vampires takin' a bite
I'm in the zone too
I always end up takin' the flight
Makin' a right for the fam
So tight in the jam
A fight began
Always heard bad niggas tryin' to act like a man
The DJ had the mic in his hand
Like calm down (Waitin' for the DJ to, let your body rock)

(Talib)
Yeah, it was like I was the audience at the concert
You had on Converse
With the Luis Vuitton purse
Tiger's eye around the wrist
With the fly and the prints
Lookin' up your arm and blendin' where the tattoo begins
I had to catch a plane but you make me wanna stay
I had to catch your name and I'm waitin' ...

(Bilal)
Waitin' for the DJ to, let your body rock
So I can show you just what I got
Waitin' for the DJ to, let your body rock (Put it down for y'all)
So I can show you just what I got

(Bilal)
Cuz they let me chasing (?) through the same old song
So just clap your hands together 'til they make that sound

(Talib)
Yeah, hot fun in the summertime, Sly said it
Guys see the flesh catch a thigh fetish
Honeys smellin' too sweet its like I'm diabetic
More stars in the sky than a seminar on Dianetics
Drop the top beat up the block
On Flatbush Ave. where they smoke a tree up
As shots reach the new tunes
Dogs who lose hollerin' at the new moon
Ours, I'm like the sun, the flower in full bloom
When I come out the house we complete like the number 9
You're gon' gimme some of yours, I'm a give you some of mine
Your off the sucka rhyme
A song will sound like one of mine
I know you love it when I shine, I'm waitin' ...

(Bilal)
Waitin' for the DJ to, let your body rock
So I can show you just what I got
Waitin' for the DJ to, let your body rock
So I can show you just what I got
Waitin' for the DJ to, let your body rock
So I can show you just what I got
Waitin' for the DJ to, let your body rock
So I can show you just what I got
Waitin' for the DJ to, let your body rock
So I can show you just what I got
Waitin' for the DJ to, let your body rock
So I can show you just what I got

Ever told you bout the boy
Who said he was a Virgo?
He walked around doin every little thing
He thought a Virgo does.
Until he read in the paper
That he might be a Leo
So he started actin out on every little thing
He thought a leo should.

Til somebody hit 'em upside his head with a bottle
Now he's out there brawling in the street like a warrior.
Fighting for his life
Yes he was fighting for his life. (Who are you)

Ever told you bout the girl
Who thought she was a Christian?
So she walked around tryin to save everyone
Just like the Christ had done
Until she heard from the Sun
That she was really an Egyptian
And the Pope just stole all of his concepts
Straight from the pyramid walls.

Now she's searchin through her heart tryin to find the answers
To this life
This heaven, this hell
This heaven, this hell

(who are you......who are you......who are you)
(who are you......who are you......who are you)

When the band stops playin and the lights go down and
The pusher man's gone and your friends ain't around
Time to go home but it's early in the morning
And your thoughts won't stop but it's too late to get away
Do you think about the good times?
Or do you think about the bad?

Do you let them tee you off? Can you just let it go?
Tell me can you let it go?
(who are you.....who are you.....who are you)

I'm a lover, I'm a fighter, I'm a saint, I'm a sinner
I'm a loser, I'm a winner, but I'm just a beginner
I'm a
Chief and Indian
Buddhist
Egyptian
I'm a builder, I'm a part, I'm a help
I'm the problem, I'm a father, I'm a husband, I'm a son
I'm a
Lover I'm a
I'm just a lover I'm a
I'm a lover I'm a
I'm a
I'm a Muslim, Christian
Hindu
Magician
Jewish
Heathen child of the funk
I'm a freak, I'm a mind-number
Anything you want I'm a
I'm your lover I'm a fighter, I'm a saint, I'm a sinner, I'm a
Whoaa, basically
I'm just a human being, yeah
Be what I wanna be
That's who I am
Whoo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Spiritually, yeah
Spiritually, yeah

[Break to Reggae Section]

I found you wearing satin, the shade of ebony
In the silence of my dreams you kept me company
On this secluded island our bodies seem to melt
Intoxicating, overwhelming intensity

You're the one that I've been searching for
No less than everything and nothing more
Until the end of time I feel a dawn
You baby, you are all, you are all

I sketch you to observe you, a smeared reality
Now you're draped in chocolate, tasty opportunity
To place you, take time to rest you on some mantel piece
Ignite you, take time to, and everything in between

You're the one that I've been searching for
No less than everything and nothing more
Until the end of time I feel a dawn
You baby, you are all, you are all

You're the one that I've been searching for
No less than everything and nothing more
Until the end of time I feel a dawn
You baby, you are all, you are all

To me you read as clearly
It's like poetry, you've got me
With sexy smile, sexy frown
Those frowns, those frowns, do what you do

To me you read as clearly
It's like poetry, you've got me
With sexy smile, sexy frown
Those frowns, do what you do

To me you read as clearly
It's like poetry, you've got me
With sexy smile, sexy frown
Sexy, do what you do
Do what you do
Do what you do

To me you read clearly
Poet, you've got me
You've got me