House of Shame

First you say you needed me,then you give me sympathy,they say good girls never win,something good in giving inhow do I get through to you?You must be made of stone. VERSE 2:Just when I was safe and soundLove you built a wall aroundYou take a hard line attitudeTime to send […]

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Paid My Dues

[Spoken:]You can say what you want about meWanna do what you want to meBut you can not stop me I’ve been knocked downIt’s a crazy townEven got a punch in the face in LAAin’t nothing in the world that you keep me from doing what I wanna do ‘Cause I’m […]

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All Eyes On Me

Daylight burns your sleepy eyesIt’s hard to see you dreamingYou hide inside yourselfI wondered what you’re thinkin’And everything you’re chasingIt seems to leave you emptyAnd it won’t take long to burnAll eyes on meThrough the nothing that you’ve learnedAll eyes on meAnd the things you choose to beAll eyes on […]

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Am Radio

The VCR and the DVDThere wasn’t none of that crapBack in 1970 We didn’t know aboutA world wide web It was a whole different game being playedBack when I was a kid You wanna get downIn a cool way? Just picture yourself on a beautiful day With the big bell […]

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Change

you woke me up at 3:00 a.m.to tell me about the fireyou said that she was more than a friendyou were consumed by your desire CHORUS: and so it goesthis too shall pass awayit cuts so strangethe only thing that stays the sameis change your love was here but now […]

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Calm Like A Bomb

I be walkin’ god like a dogMy narrative fearlessMy word war returns to burnLike Baldwin home from ParisSteel from a furnaceI was born landlessIt’s tha native sonBorn of Zapata’s gunsStroll through tha shantiesAnd tha cities remainsSame bodies buried hungryBut with different last namesThese voltures rob everythingLeave nothing but chainsPick a […]

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Higher Ground

PeopleKeep on learnin’SoldiersKeep on warrin’World,Keep on turnin’Cause it won’t be too long.PowersKeep on lyin’,While your peopleKeep on dyin’World,Keep on turnin’,Cause it won’t be too long. Chorus: I’m so darn glad He let me try it again,‘Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin.I’m so glad […]

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One Tree Hill

We turn away to face the cold, enduring chillAs the day begs the night for mercyYour sun so bright it leaves no shadows, only scarsCarved into stone on the face of earthThe moon is up and over One TreeHillWe see the sun go down in your eyes You ran like […]

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Heavy Metal

When the power chords come crashing downGo tearing through my sensesIt’s for the strong, not for the weakIn light and dark dimensions It stimulates, regeneratesIt’s therapeutic healingIt lifts our feet up off the groundand blasts us through the ceiling Between the eyesI hear it screamingAnd it electrifiesYour inner feelings Hot […]

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Old Enough

Shes old enoughShe knows enoughShes thrown upSo throw herOut to meAnd I’ll treat her like she was mineLet my beliefYou got your way and I’ll get mine And I can’t eatI can’t sleepI want to thank you for comingAnd why do we always laughWhile we’re in this discussion Should have […]

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Buck 50

ft. Cappadonna, Method Man, Redman [Method]Who I’m is? The phenom, them niggaz can’t liveWho I’m is? We ain’t got shit, somethin got to giveY’all done flipped y’all wig, blacked out the cribDie and live for my nigs and my bad-ass kids, freeze*sniff* Lookin at your ice like GEEZ!I’m plottin on […]

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Hard day

Don’t bring me down (x 3) I’ve never been one for playing games You can move your mouth forever But the words sound just the same Something like, bang bang you’re dead Couldn’t we just make love instead? Say yes because it’s what we do best And I’ve had sucha […]

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Not Myself

Suppose I saidI am on my best behaviorAnd there are timesI lose my worried mind Would you want me when I’m not myself?Wait it out while I am someone else? Suppose I saidColors change for no good reasonAnd words will goFrom poetry to prose Would you want me when I’m […]

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Great American Nude

She had this thing about allistair crawlin’, it was like a fascinationShe had this thing about allistair crawlin’, it was like a fascination I don’t mean to be rude Hey, I wannaI wanna testify heyI wanna Burton in a salad bar sweet like a candy barNo more sugar for a […]

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No Apologies

Whenever we talk about sun all I see is the rainIt’s like looking for tears in a oceanI’m hearing your words like the windThey blow straight through my heartWill you ever give in to emotion And we hurt the ones that we love the mostWhy we do only heaven knowsAnd […]

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