Free As A Bird


Free As A Bird,It’s the next best thing to be free as a bird.Home, home and dry.Like a homing bird I fly, as a bird on wings.Whatever happened to the life that we once knewCan we really live without each otherWhere did we lose the touchThat seemed to mean so […]


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Mirrors And Fevers


I was cold in a dreamsomewhere close to the surfaceBetween the ice and the streamthere is three inches of airSo I swam towards the lightI let my breath get there firstWhen I opened my eyesI saw myself in the mirrorAnd I knew I would do like my father has doneYes, […]


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Flesh and Blood


I’m not that someone who’s got what you wantI can do nothing but watch what you do You just want someone to kiss you good nightBut lips are never enough to get you throughYou stole my nights and you got your wayNow you got me dying inside , oh baby […]


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Lila


Close your eyesThe dark outside can’t hurt youAnd I will never desert your bedsideSo close them tightThe stars are so glad that they’ve found youAnd on the blankets that surround youThey shine their lightThey shine their lightSo rest your headAnd I will be watching from the doorwayAs you slip into […]


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'98 Freestyle


[Big L]One-two, one-twoKinda tired..Big L, ’bout ta.. get into some shitAight check it out Yo, fuck all the glamours and glitz, I plan to get richI’m from New York and never was a fan of the KnicksAnd I’m all about expandin my chipsYou mad cause I was in the van […]


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Ready For War


[Majesty]Ridin with death [Layzie]We niggas rappin but still we actin like criminals [Majesty]Ridin with death [Layzie]We niggas rappin but still we actin like criminals My nigga now Majesty these niggas is after me murder redrum redrum redrumMy nigga now Majesty these niggas is after me murder redrum redrum redrum [Layzie]You […]


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Crazy Baldheads


Them crazy, them crazyWe gonna chase those crazyBaldheads out of townChase those crazy baldheadsOut of town I and I build a cabinI and I plant the cornDidn’t my people before meSlave for this countryNow you look me with a scornThen you eat up all my corn We gonna chase those […]


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All Rise


Yo, yoStargateYo, yoYour honour pleaseGotta believe what I say(Say)What I will tell(Tell)Happened just the other day(Day)I must confess(Confess)‘Causee had aboutEnough (Enough)I need your help (help)Got to make thisHere thing stop (Stop) Baby I swearI tell the truth(Uhuh)About all the thingsYou used to do(Come on)And if you thoughtYou had me fooledI’m […]


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Please Take Me Home


Oh no, it happened againShe’s cool, she’s hot, she’s my friendI’d drive for hours, it’s soYou leave me nowhere to go She’s unstoppableUnpredictableI’m so jaded, calculatedWrong Please take me me homeToo late, it’s goneI bet you’re sadThis is the best time we ever had Buy hope, hope that it lastsGive […]


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Get Another Boyfriend


Get another boyfriend Backstreet … check it Let’s talk about one,baby You gotta here me outDo you really think you’ll be the last to knowwhat it’s all aboutLet’s talk about who you sayIs the essence of your lifeBut he’ll eat you up from inside soAnd then he doesn’t wanna knowI’m […]


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Lady Madonna


Lady Madonna, children at your feetWonder how you manage to make ends meetWho finds the money when you pay the rent?Did you think that money was heaven sent? Friday night arrives without a suitcaseSunday morning creeping like a nunMonday’s child has learned to tie his bootlaceSee how they’ll runLady Madonna […]


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Slaves


don’t try to say that i threaten your freedom.we’ve done without for 20 years, so think if we really need ’em.we’re all just slaves for the troop commanders.we’re all slaves.we can blow up things better than in any country except this one.waiting for it too then you realize it ain’t […]


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Keep On Moving


Lord I got to keep on movingLord I got to get on downLord I’ve got to keep on movingWhere I can’t be found, where I can’t be foundLord they coming after me I’ve been accused on my missionJAH knows you shouldn’t doFor hanging me they were willing yeah! yeah!And that’s […]


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A Spindle, A Darkness, A Fever, And A Necklace


You turn on a spindleYou’re so much looser nowBut you’re not explaining howYou gained such new reposeI touch the clasp of your locketWith its picture heldSome secret you wouldn’t tellBut let it choke your neckSo imagine a darknessWhere all shapes divideSolids changing into lightWith a burst of heat so brightWell […]


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Como Te Llama


Como te llama? Oh yeah Aint nothing much to do one saturday afternoon I’m sitting here on my stoop, Dreamion that rainy day away Mamma said go to the store And sure you heard that And that’s how it. it all began I was walking down the street Someone slammed […]


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