Mr. Pessimist

Time will swallowYour precious timeLike magic create the future What makes man so fickle ?Who put the daggers in those eyes ?Was it to learnThrough dark days of struggle ?Was it to burnTo burst all our bubbles ?Thunder and rainWell the cynicle flame will it heat, stick and blister ?Thunder […]

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Freestyle Conversation

Homey: Ai Dogg, let me holla at’cha manSnoop: Wuz up home?Homey: Word is on the streets Your beats gone be delicate since Dre did shake the spea’s out, man.Snoop: Delicate? Beats? So that’s what makes me now? Man, I don’t give a fuck about no beat (Now let me shake […]

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Miss Popular

She’s miserableWhy make everyone else miserable too?Oh, can’t she see?What she’s putting innocent people through [Chorus]Miss popularEverything she does is wrongEverywhere she goesThey’ll be lookingEverywhere she turnsThey’ll be whisperingOh, miss popular What is happening?She could have usedHer title for a good caseBut instead she spits in everybody’s face [Chorus] It […]

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Tear

The lights came on fastLost in motorcrashGone in a flash unrealBut you knew all alongYou laugh the lightI sing the songsTo watch you numb I saw you thereYou were on your wayYou held the rainAnd for the first time, heaven seemed insane‘Cause heaven is to blameFor taking you away And […]

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Float

Manslaughter, walkin on waterI stay afloat with a note, the way a boat oughtaI’m too poetically inclined, one of a kindTrue and divine the genuine, breakin a bond and gettin mineso freeze, I’m makin it flow with easeAnd droppin the funkiest lyrics that ever been known to MC’sCause I can […]

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Mersey Paradise

River splashes against the locksAnd I scale the slopeAnd hope the tracks won’tLead me down to dark black pits orPlaces where we fall to bits If she were there I’d hold her downI’d push her under while she drownsAnd couldn’t breathe and claw for airShe doesn’t care for my despair […]

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Swap Meet

(x3)They lead a lifetime that is comfortableThey travel far to keep their stomachs fullThey make their living off of arts and craftsThe kind with seashells, driftwood and burlapThey make a deal when they come to townThe Sunday swap meet is a battle groundShe loves him more than he will ever […]

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Figure You Out

[Chorus:]Lady look I’m tryna figure you out (OK)I’m tryna find out what you all about (Yeah)Baby girl I wanna get in ya head (My head?)Damn is you everything that you said? (No Doubt)Mean no harm. I admire ya style (Hmm)Just take a second baby here me outI know ya game […]

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Mama Come Quick

I straddled my bicycle when I was ten years oldI rode it up on Maxwell Hill where all the big boys goWay down at the bottom there’s a creek bed six feet wideIf you peddle fast enough you can make the other side Mama come quick I think I fellAnd […]

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Subterranean Homesick Blues

Johnny’s in the basement mixing up the medicineI’m on the pavement thinking about the govermentthe man in the trench coat, badge out, laid off,says he’s got a bad cough: wants to get it paid off God knows when but you’re doin’ it again!you better duck down the alleyway lookin’for a […]

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Family Portrait

Uh, uh, some deep shit, uh, uh Momma please stop cryin, I can’t stand the sound Your pain is painful and its tearin’ me down I hear glasses breakin as I sit up in my bed I told dad you didn’t mean those nasty things you said You fight about […]

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Lovely

[Verse One] – [Wanya]Lying here With my arms above my head Hungry for your love Waiting to be fed Your body speaks to mine And I understood every word Told me that you needed me At least that’s what I heard I’m trying to hold on But I don’t know […]

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Stick By Me

Stick by me and I’ll stick by youStick by me and I’ll stick by you My life here on earth would be useless can’t you seeIf I didn’t have you to stick by meI love you darling and that’s no lieStick by me and I’ll stick by youWhen you cry […]

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Exhale The Vile

Can’t match the stare within these eyesDo you have the strength for all your liesCan’t stand the pain with which i seeThis integrity is what i breatheI inhale this life i gave to youAnd exhale the vile Time will tellBecause my friend andNever will I concede the endCause catarac resin […]

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Lose As Directed

little girl’s arms open wide, two ways to go but you can’t decidefollows all rules, has no sayends up in somebody elses playclose your eyes cuz you just dont need them anyway lose as directed dont take no chancedont end your life upon circumstancemystery and misery go hand in handso […]

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