Now what if I told you my city was the best And my city was a threat to the rest And my city was a threat to the rest This city is my city And I love it yeah I love it I was born and raised here I got it made here And if I have my way I'm gonna stay From every corner To every block yeah And whether it's warm or storming it down or right stupid hot hot From the colors all the way to the solutions yeah Forget all the drugs and gangs corruption and pollution no Cause this city is my city And I love it yeah I love it I was born and raised here I got it made here And if I have my way I'm gonna stay here For life uh huh For life uh huh For life uh huh For life uh huh For life uh huh For life uh huh For life uh huh For life uh huh Now what if I told you my city was the best And my city was a threat to the rest But you can't rest inside my city My city's so cold if you ain't dressed And what they accept better had a right address Come to my city certain colors can't step And sadly I'm talking about the color of your skin Sorry my brother can't let you in Cause the property value might go down to a level that's Economically unacceptable and socially tabu fast to live around you Uh uh is this what it's down to Roof for the same team nigga had the same dream Not the same reality Actually mines is a bad education and gentrification Despite all the above I love This city is my city And I love it yeah I love it I was born and raised here I got it made here And if I have my way I'm gonna stay here For life uh huh For life uh huh For life uh huh For life uh huh For life uh huh For life uh huh For life uh huh For life uh huh And you can take it back Picture you can take it back But you're never gonna take my city away Cause you can burn it to the ground Oh or let it flood but it's in my blood Cause this city is my city And I love it yeah I love it I was born and raised here I got it made here And if I have my way I'm gonna stay here For life uh huh For life uh huh For life uh huh For life uh huh For life uh huh For life uh huh For life uh huh For life uh huh For life
Hey, little girl, don't cry, dry your eyes I wrote this song for you Now, it goes down
Can you imagine every world? Every boy and every girl They'd all get the same things They'd all get the same things
A little dough, a lot of love With a mom and dad to hug They'd all get the same things
Huh, but down here the world is real And it don't matter how you feel Because, we don't get the same things We don't get the same things
You got to work to stay alive Forty hours, from 9 to 5 We don't get the same things
All my gangster friends, yeah And all my skater friends (What they want?) We all want the same thing (What we want, now?) We all want the same thing, yeah
DJ's in the clubs, Jesus, freaks and thugs We all want the same thing Same thing, same thing Same thing, same thing, now
And, I think about the way All the politicians say (What they saying, now?) Say they want to change things Say they want to change things
But every year, they take some more And I don't know what it's for Though, they never change things (They don't change nothing)
But, if you want to make it stop, stop Well, first, you got to start Making some big, old changes Doing some different things, yeah
Get up out your bed, think outside your head And you won't get the same things Same thing, same thing Same thing, now
All my gangster friends And all my skater friends (What they want, now?) We all want the same thing (What we want, now?) I said, we all want the same thing
DJ's in the clubs, Jesus, freaks and thugs We all want the same thing Same thing, same thing Same thing now
All my ex-girlfriends And all their new boyfriends (What they doing, now?) They all want the same thing (What they want, now?) I said, they all want the same thing
From Wall Street to the hood New York and Hollywood We all want the same thing, yeah (And what you say, what you say?)
This is a message to Remind you there's just one who calls love
All my gangster friends (What they want, now?) And all my skater friends We all want the same thing I said, we all want the same thing
DJ's in the clubs, Jesus, freaks and thugs We all want the same thing Same thing, same thing Same thing, same thing now
All my ex-girlfriends (What they want?) And all their new boyfriends They all want the same thing I said, they all want the same thing
From Wall Street to the hood New York and Hollywood We all want the same thing, yeah We all want the same thing, yeah
All right already The show goes on All night 'til the morning We dream so long Anybody ever wonder When they would see the sun go Just remember when you come up The show goes on All right already The show goes on All night 'til the morning We dream so long Anybody ever wonder When they would see the sun go Just remember when you come up The show goes on Have you ever had the feelin' that you was bein' had Don't that shit there make you mad They treat you like a slave Put chains all on your soul and put whips up on your back They be lyin' through they teeth hope you slip up off your path I don't switch up I just laugh put my kicks up on they desk Unaffected by they threats then get busy on they ass See, that how that Chi-town made me that's how my daddy raised me That glitterin' may not be gold, don't let nobody play me If you are my homeboy you'll never have to pay me Go'n and put your hands up when times is hard you stand up L U P the man cuz the brand that the fans trust So even if they ban us they'll never slow my plans up All right already The show goes on All night 'til the morning We dream so long Anybody ever wonder When they would see the sun go Just remember when you come up The show goes on All right, already The show goes on All night 'til the morning We dream so long Anybody ever wonder When they would see the sun go Just remember when you come up The show goes on One in the air for the people ain't here Two in the air for the father that's there Three in the air for the kids in the ghetto Four for the kids that don't wanna be there None for the niggas tryna hold them back Five in the air for the teachers not scared To tell those kids that's livin' in the ghetto That the niggas holdin' back that the world is theirs Yeah, yeah, the world is yours I was once that little boy Terrified of the world now I'm on a world tour I will give up everything even start a world war For these ghetto girls and boys I'm rappin' 'round the world for Africa to New York Haiti then I detour Oakland out to Auckland Gaza Strip to Detroit Say hip-hop only destroy tell 'em look at me boy I hope your son don't have a gun and never be a D boy All right already The show goes on All night 'til the morning We dream so long Anybody ever wonder When they would see the sun go Just remember when you come up The show goes on All right already The show goes on All night 'til the morning We dream so long Anybody ever wonder When they would see the sun go Just remember when you come up The show goes on So no matter what been through no matter what you into No matter what you see when you look outside your window Brown grass or green grass picket fence or barbed wire Never ever put them down you just lift your arms higher Raise 'em 'til your arms tired let 'em know you here That you struggling, survivin' that you gon' persevere Ain't nobody leavin' nobody goin' home Even if they turn the lights out the show is goin' on All right, already The show goes on All night 'til the morning We dream so long Anybody ever wonder When they would see the sun go Just remember when you come up The show goes on All right, already The show goes on All night 'til the morning We dream so long Anybody ever wonder When they would see the sun go Just remember when you come up The show goes on
If you are what you say you are A superstar Then have no fear The camera's here and the microphones and they wanna know Oh oh oh oh If you are what you say you are A superstar Then have no fear The crowd is here and the lights are on and they wanna show Oh oh oh oh yeah
Yea, uh A fresh cool young Lu Trying to cash his microphone check 2, 1, 2 Want to believe my own hype but it's too untrue The world brought me to my knees What have you brung you? Did you improve on the design? Did you do something new? Well your name ain't on the guest list Who brung you? You The more famous person, you come through And the sexy lady next to you You come too And then it hit me Standing outside of heaven waiting for God to come and get me I'm too uncouth Unschooled to the rules And too gum shoe Too much of a newcomer And too uncool Like Shadow and Lavelle I battle with it well Though I need a holiday like lady who sung blue Go back what ever you did you undo Heavy is heaven The devil on me two tonnes too
If you are what you say you are A superstar Then have no fear The camera's here and the microphones and they wanna know Oh oh oh oh
And you better wear your shades The spotlights here can burn holes through the stage Down through the basement Past the Indian graves Where the dinosaurs laid And out through China Nearly misses air liners Magnified times five This is pointed at the rhymer Ricochets off the moon and sets the forest ablaze Now that's important to say Cuz even with all of that Most of us don't want it to fade We want it to braid Meaning we want it to grow Meaning we want it to stay Like the governor called And they told him to wait Un-strap him from the chair And put him back in his cage The audience ain't fazed And they ain't gon' clap and they ain't gon' praise They want everything back that they paid Cuz they been waiting since ten to see the lights get dim
If you are what you say you are a superstar then have no fear the crowd is here and the lights are on and they want a show oh oh oh oh yeah
So chauffeur chauffeur come and take me away Cuz I been standing in this line For like five whole days Me and security ain't getting along And when I got to the front they told me all of the tickets were gone So just take me home where the mood is mellow And the roses are grown M&M's are yellow And the light bulbs around my mirror don't flicker Everybody gets a nice autograph picture One for you and one for your sister Who had to work tonight but is an avid listener Every song's a favorite song And mics don't feed back All the reviewers say you need to go and see that And everybody claps cuz everybody is pleased Then they all take the stage and start performing for me Like ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha
If you are what you say you are A superstar Then have no fear The camera's here and the microphones and they wanna know Oh oh oh oh If you are what you say you are A superstar Then have no fear The crowd is here and the lights are on and they wanna show Oh oh oh oh yeah
