You did the best that you could do.You were a great crew,who tried to nurture and preserve yourfaith in you.And with the bureau chiefsand the shrugging spiesYou could stay, but why? You see a light and then anotherand everything you fought fornaught’s uncovered.You’re not a fighter, you’re a lover.You got […]
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Kid A, Kid A, Kid A, Kid AEverything, everything, everything, everything..In its right placeIn its right placeIn its right placeRight place Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemonYesterday I woke up sucking a lemonYesterday I woke up sucking a lemonYesterday I woke up sucking a lemon Everything, everything, everything..In its […]
Continue ReadingLong Goodnight
every attempt to… is filled with holesit reads like a plygraph i’m toldi'[m not bitter anywaylet it goi never sleep still lest i forgettied down by handicaps insteadi’m not bitter anyway, but i didn’t want it to turn out this waysing a long goodnight, forgeit any fight refuse to rest […]
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(Kweli) We do not (under no circumstances) live for Hip-Hop (Hip-Hop)It lives for uswe don’t live for Hip-Hop (Hip-Hop), it lives for us (repeat 3x) It’s the eternalist, y’all burn to this, blaze da dro’Soul rebels trap up, we got a long way to goBefore this here blow like a […]
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The gates of time have opened,Now, it’s chains are broken.An ancient force unleashed again As I enter the portal,I feel the enchantmentIt takes me away, away from here Come near me,enter my private chambers,I want to feel the warmth on my face,light-in darkness,lift me up from here.Give me you wings,to […]
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I lived in your shadowI drove your carYou thaught I belonged in your four wallsI was never your bunnyI was never your petWhen you threw me out the windowI landed on my feetYeah you threw me out the windowLike a, like a, like a cat Hey mister you can never […]
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Ooh-OohAh, here we go nowOh[male rapper] Like a great boy, all my other women are insolesWe’re thinkin ’bout the great exphidition as popped we chose[Britney & rapper] So here we come, throwing here[rapper] Throwing here all on the sceneThough we go[Britney & rapper] On and on[rapper] come, come follow me […]
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I looked out the window and seen his bald headI ran to the fridge and pulled out an eggScoped him with my scopes he had no hairLaunched that shot and he was caught out thereSaw the convertible driving byLoaded up the slingshot and let one flyHe went for his to […]
Continue ReadingLa Estrella Y La Luna
Cuenta un sabio de hoy que una estrella fugazEn el cielo azul tapaba al astro lunarEra tal el candor que despedía al volarQue la luna no dejaba de llorar… …no dejaba de llorar. De envidia la luna lloraba al mirarComo a la estrella la querían másEran sus ojos capaces de […]
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Who’s that woman on your arm all dressed up to do you harm And I’m hip to what she’ll do, give her just about a month or two. Bit off more than I can chew and I knew what it was leading to, Some things, well, I can’t refuse, One […]
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Two glass eyesI’ll fuckin tell you liesI’m on the side of the roadYou won’t fuckin die Yeah, yeahShoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shootPow Fuck this roadWell, fuck you tooI’ll fuckin kill your best friendWhat you fuckin gonna do Shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shootPowShoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shootPow
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Now here you go again, you say you want your freedomWell who am I to keep you downIt’s only right that you should play the way you feel itBut listen carefully to the sound, of your lonelinessLike a heartbeat drives you madIn the stillness of remembering what you hadAnd what […]
Continue ReadingKarma Killer
(talking: You’ve been naughty…very very naughty)Are you cut upOr do you easily forgetAre you still aroundWhy haven’t you managed to die yetYou could prop up the bar in hell How do you sleepYou’ve never lovedWhy was I never good enoughYou thought you’d leave me falling foreverKarma killer Needless to sayI […]
Continue ReadingShine On You Crazy Diamond (I-V)
Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.Shine on you crazy diamond.Now there’s a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.Shine on you crazy diamond.You were caught on the crossfire of childhood and stardom, blown on the steel breeze.Come on you target for faraway laughter, […]
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In the year of thirty-nine’ assembled here the volunteersIn the days when lands were few Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny mornThe sweetest sight ever seen.and the night followed day, and the story tellers sayThat the score brave souls inside For many a lonely day sailed […]
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