Some Other Time

Where has the time all gone to?Haven’t done half the things I want toOh well, we’ll catch up some other time This day was just a tokenToo many words are still unspokenOh well, we’ll catch up some other time Just when the fun was starting,Comes the time for partingBut let’s […]

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El Tiempo No Es Mi Amigo

Cada palabra que ahora escribo y pienso…Me cuesta tanto recordar…Ha pasado tanto tiempo, tanto viento, tanto mar…Mis libros del colegio y mis "Madelman"…Sabe Dios dónde estarán…El nuevo, el bueno, el roto, el maloAsí era más fácil, poderlo matar… El tiempo no es mi amigoY el mar ya no estáSe fue, […]

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Lady Sun

You bring joy to my lifeAnd I’m so glad that we are togetherYou’re the one who lifts me upYou bring sunshine where there’s stormy eweatherWhen I think of youI thank you for your love and understandingLike a plane you make me flyYou bring our love to a happy landing I […]

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Let The Reigns Go Loose

(Ahh)Can you take the bullet back?Change it to a heart attackmy wish, I wonder could it be true?Sick fits form a former homeWmisfits under mistletoeOne year spent waiting, waiting for you [Chorus]This isn’t what i wished forThis isn’t what i knewWhat can waiting do? Date: Fall 1989 Daydream of a […]

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Sleep Alone

Say so long babyTurn aroundLoneliness hits youEmptiness closes you downAlone in his carYou think of his nameTook part of you with himIt won’t be the sameYou love to reliveThe love that he givesYou love to recallThe rush of it allHe woos you so sweetThen kicks on the heatYou’re willing, you’re […]

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Drop Dead Gorgeous

Totally out of controlShe owns meI didnt know that she’d know She stoned meI think I got it bad and I cant let it goI thought & youd be much better All of the cashmere all orange & greenShes naturally drop dead gorgeouscleanly gardenia and black lessareenshes naturally drop dead […]

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Keep Walkin' On

Well in this world of sorrow, trouble and temptationJesus always promised trial and tribulationThen He said, "You don’t have to fret or fearChildren, be of good cheer and keep walkin’ on"Children, keep walkin’ on, keep walkin’ onKeep walkin’ on, keep walkin’ on In Jesus Christ the truth is foundHe’ll keep […]

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Should've Been A Cowboy

I bet you’ve never heard ol’ Marshall Dillion sayMiss Kitty have you ever thought of running awaySettling down would you marry meIf I asked you twice and begged you pretty pleaseShe’d of said yes in a New York minuteThey never tied the knotHis heart wasn’t in itHe stole a kiss […]

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7 Chinese Brothers

This mellow, sweet, short-haired boy, woman offers pull up a seat Take in one symphony now, we’ve just begun to battle Wrap your heel in bones of steel, turn the leg, a twist of color Autumn waited hold it to you in the colored come another Seven chinese brothers swallowing […]

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Dope Man (feat. Serena Altschul)

[*sound of a camera taking a picture*] [Jay]Millenium flow[MTV]Serena Altschul’s here live outside the criminal courthouse[Jay]This is {bullshit} y’all[MTV]in New York City for the first day in the trial of [Jay]I’m gone [*car speeds off*][MTV]the State vs. Shawn Carter, a.k.a. Jay-Z[Jay]Uhh, uh-huh-uh, uhh, uh-huh-uh, uhh[MTV]Whatever the verdict in this trial […]

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JFK 2 LAX

Yo Yo Premier?Yeah whassup G? That trip to L.A., may be delayedWhy whassup I’m on my way to the airport now Yeah well your boy Guru got knockedWHAT?! I don’t know what this is about, sounds crazy man Somethin about a gun "The court calls Keith Elam to the stand. […]

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Severed

You wanna feel it go Won’t you color me a picture of your shallow needs together you and me will find a pill to help stop you bleed all this time you thought you’d never live successfully just turn right back around and tell yourself the delivery You wanna feel […]

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Don't Cry

Don’t be so hard on yourself.Those tears are for someone else.I hear your voice on the phone.I hear you feel so alone.My baby.Ohh my baby.Please my baby,My baby,When we were young,And truth was paramount.We were older then,And we lived our life without any doubt.Those memories,They seem so long ago.What’s become […]

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It Never Goes Away

Want itYou can have it Come and take it I don’t need it Power and possessions Never quiet your obsessions Outside, we search for somethingInside, we still have nothing People deep in trouble Let their money run for doubleOutside, they search for somethingInside, they still have nothingIt never ends There’s […]

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Say Hello Say Goodbye

The costumes, the scenery that make up the propsThe audience that lifts you when you’re downThe headaches, the heartaches, the packing, the flopsThe sheriff who escorts you out of town There’s no business like show businessThere’s no business I knowEverything about it is appealingEverything the traffic will allowKnowing that you […]

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