Chinese eyes and Chinese suitsSmokin’ much Buddha and smokin’ much bootsMore updated on the hip-hop lingoMy favorite New York Knick was Hawthorne WingoMet a girl at a party and I gave her my cardYou know that it said Napoleon BonapartePeepin’ out the colors I be buggin’ on CezanneThey call me […]
Listen people can’t you hear the voices that are crying out.There’s a hunger burning in the heart of their souls.Maybe now that I got you let me tell you what I’m talking ’boutStand up and shout tonight we’ll lose control I been down and mistreatedNow we’re standing undefeated.I’m the King […]
Drums keep pounding rhythm to the brainLa-dee-da-dee-deeLa-dee-da-dee-da Wait till you have reached the age Blah blahHistory has turned the page Blah blahWe still want to hear a brand new thing Uh huhWe still need a song to sing Uh huh And the beat goes onAnd the beat goes onAnd the […]
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeahShe loves you, yeah, yeah, yeahShe loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah You think you lost your loveWhen I saw her yesterdayIt’s you she’s thinking ofAnd she told me what to sayShe says she loves youAnd you know that can’t be badYes, she loves youAnd […]
When you’re aloneI want you to knowI’ll be back some day When you’re aloneI want you to knowI’ll be back some day It’s time for me to have to goAway for so longTo make our own paradiseBut dreams don’t come easy you’ve gotta believe meYou know this deep inside But […]
Intergalactic Planetary Planetary Intergalactic Another DimensionDon’t you tell me to smileYou stick around I’ll make it worth your whileGot numbers beyond what you can dialMaybe it’s because I’m so versatileStyle profile I saidIt always brings me back when I hear Ooh Child>From the Hudson River out to the NileI run […]
Hindsight, don’t make it rightShe give me trouble enoughAnd she’s a ball of lightI’m in the tunnel of loveWith the American dreamAnd I was born too soonA little good luck, never stuckShe got me climbing the wallsGot me hard as a rockWithin a city of sin, she got a city […]
[Malcolm X]Stealing runs rampant in HarlemGambling runs rampant in HarlemAll types of evils and uhh, vices that terrified our communityrun rampant in Harlem [Big L]The microphone is through when this rap legend grab itSendin poems to have them faggots diggin hoes like Reverand SwaggartL’s the nigga that crime followsI’m hittin […]
Bloodhounds shall cruise rendezvous Break curfew new trip ensues You never know Bloodhounds just go Pack backpack up for down the road No change of clothes but change for tolls Pack of No-Doz Rolos and Skoal Old Milwaukee Jolt black coffee Sugar Daddy Rand McNally A pack of jacks those […]
I walk the lonely streets; I watch the people passing by. I used to smile and say hello. Guess I was just a happy guy. Then you happened,girl, this feeling that posessses me. I just can’t move myself. I guess it all just had to be. (Chorus) I can’t see […]
{Big Daddy Kane:} Hey, you know, [Name] I’m findin it very hard to understand The lifestyle of young ladies today{Male voice:} Yo, they’re hard to figure out, gee They need a sincere leader{Big Daddy Kane:} You know, I’ve heard it said You gotta use what you got to get what […]
there’s a natural mystic blowing through the airif you listen carefully now you will hearthis could be the first trumpet, might as well be the lastmany more will have to suffermany more will have to die – don’t ask me why things are not the way they used to bei […]
it’s 3 am – and i’m lying here next to youwhat cha gonna do?will you tell a story – when he asks you where the hellyou’ve beenor will you tell the truth? i ain’t holdin’ back – i know where i standi just want to be with youya gotta face […]
They stumbled into their livesIn a vague way became man and wifeOne got the other they deserved one anotherThey settled in a brand new townWith people from the same backgroundThey kept themselves busyLong hours left them dizzyNow when he’s in, she’s out All you ever do is fade awayAll you […]
Now and again it seems worse than it is,but mostly the view is accurate.You see your breath in the airas you climb up the stairsto that coffin you call your apartment. And you sink in your chair,brush the snow from your hairand drink the cold away.You’re not really surewhat you’re […]
