Lion In Winter

Lion in my winter.I’m a lion with no crown. You wanna make me big man , a star on a screen.Some kind of James Brown or something in between.But when I ask for money you smother me in charms.I can’t live on glory when your bendin’ both my arms. I […]

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Some X Shit

[left and right DMX parts simultaneous]Whoo whoo! Dog ni-gga WHAT?Whoo whoo! Dog ni-gga [DMX]Uhh, Ruff Ryders, WHAT?!Volume One, Swizz Beats (WHOOO!)WHAT?!Uhh, uhh, (WHAT?!) all aboard! [DMX]If I thought y’all niggaz really wanted dramaI’da been pulled out the armor, word to my mommaI’ma — hit y’all niggaz with somethin that you […]

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El Viento

El viento vieneEl viento se vaPor la fronteraEl viento vienEl viento se vaEl hombre vieneEl hombre se vaSin más razónEl hombre vieneEl hombre se vaRuta Babylon…Por la carreteraLa suerte vieneLa suerte se vaPor la fronteraLa suerte vieneLa suerte se vaEl hombre vieneEl hombre se vaSin más razónEl hombre vieneEl hombre […]

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Lake Fever

We can take a bit of a breather.We can skip to the practical part.We can skip to the Time of Neither,when we’re together and evenwhen we’re apart.I’ll tell you a story about the Lake Fever orwe can skip to the coital fury.You didn’t say yes or no, neither.You whispered, hurry. […]

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Let There Be More Light

Let There Be More Light" Far, far, far away – wayPeople heard him say – sayI will find a way – wayThere will come a day – daySomething will be done. Then at last the mighty shipDescending on a point of flameMade contact with the human raceAnd melted hearts Now, […]

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Sleeping Bag

When it’s cold outside and you want to sleep ingo for a pallet that’s so nice and thin.Zip it on around while it’s on the ground,spread it out and lay it on down.Slip inside my sleeping bag,slip inside my sleeping bag. You’re afraid of the dark, baby, no need to […]

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Drop Me Off In Harlem

Drop me off in Harlem,any place in Harlem,There’s someone waiting therewho makes it seem likeHeaven up in Harlem. I don’t want your Dixie,you can keep your Dixie,there’s no one down in Dixie who can take me‘way from my hot Harlem, Harlem has those southern skies,they’re in my baby’s smile, Iidolize […]

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Keepin' It Gangsta

[Fabolous talking]Fabolous, yeah, uh-huh, uh-huh, YeahYo, I don’t care what y’all do, how y’all doWhere y’all do it, just keep it gangstaLook at them gangstas [Verse 1]Fab’s livin’ la vida locaOnly nigga in the hood you can come see for either weed or cocaNark’s wanna see me and my team […]

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Shout 2000

(shout shout) Let it all outThese are the things I can do without(come on)I’m talking to you(so come on)[repeat] In violent times…You shouldn’t have to sell your soulIn black and white…They really really ought to know(just don’t know)Those wandering minds…Who took you for a working whoreKiss them goodbye…They shouldn’t have […]

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7:30

Whoa, whoaWhat the plurrr is this, YO! They say I’m 730, say I spaz outFB is ill, she’ll wild outCan y’all feel my pain?I can’t let it slideHow could I smile when I’m hurtin’ so bad inside? Yo how can we start thisMy life is thorough never heartlessI laid it […]

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Dose

I believe in something elsenow go bother someone elsestick your fingers in your booktake a better second lookyou crookI hate it when you breach my spaceand I hate it when you preach your caseand you should go downdownsave someone else. I think I should warn youI think I should tellwhat […]

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Jigsaw You

Fifty six falcon, across the old laundry, I tastedJigsaw you, how I hate to see this wastedThinkin’ of a parallelThese lines won’t cut but all it takes is finding someWay to weld Some way to weld

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Sex And Violence

Hu hah!Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah!And you just don’t stop, FIYAH!And you just don’t stopPrince Paul in the house, lick two shotsCome down! POM POM! POM POM!POM POM! Check it out! Sex and violence, sex and violenceSex and violence, we just can’t take itSex and violence, sex and violenceSex and.. […]

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Don't Cry For Me Argentina

This won’t be easyyou’ll think it’s strangewhen I try to explain how I feelthat I still need your loveafter all that I’ve done You won’t believe meall you will see is a girl you once knewalthough she’s dressed up to nines for sixes and sevens with you I had to […]

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It Was A Very Good Year

When I was seventeen, it was a very good year. It was a very good year for small town girls and soft summer nights.We’d hide from the light on the village green when I was seventeen.When I was twenty-one, it was a very good year. It was a very good […]

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