All I want is something goodIt gets harder every timeShe is leaving here tonightTake a breath, take your timeSpread your wings and rise Make a mark upon the wallPaint your face and pass the timeClose your eyes and she ascendsHold your breath and ease your mindForty thousand timesTime fades into […]
When they push, when they pull, tell me, can you hold on?When they say you should change, can you lift your head high and stay strong?Will you give up, give in, when your heart’s crying out that it’s wrong?Will you love you for you at the end of it all? […]
Every morning the clock kicks off the beat.Little Joe struggles just to get up on his feet.Waits in his platforms for the right train to come.Sipping his coffee another day has begun Little Joe got work for minimum wageTries to get through another dead beat dayAt five a clock he […]
In my place, in my placeWere lines that I couldn’t changeI was lost, oh yeah I was lost, I was lostCrossed lines I shouldn’t have crossedI was lost, oh yeah Yeah, how long must you wait for him?Yeah, how long must you pay for him?Yeah, how long must you wait […]
[Sen Dog] Gangster Red, whassup yo?[Gst Red] It’s a Tribe thang Verse One: B-Real Madman gonna get cha, quick with the cuenteSee a gang, no there ain’t no jugeteRollin like a pyscho with the windows rolled downWho you lookin at, you tryin to fade me clown?Plato, si mon, you want […]
[Cypress] Born to get busy, born to get busy baby — 2X [Sen Dog]I’m the the stiff and I do get nice-rUp the pussy when we in the same party, whatWe can do this bro, we can’t be maxinThe figures is useless, unless we’re taxinThis is a perfection and my […]
"Gimme a pound, thank you man" –> Tim Dog(repeat 2X, then 4X faster) I’m as bad bad, as Leroy Brown BrownYo I’m a pro pro, but not a noun nounIf you got beef beef, then you’ll get ground groundCut up in soul soul, by the pound poundI’m going downtown like […]
Felt someone calling me into the howling of the wind. I heard the reflection of a sound echoing through my skin…and a distant drum rumbling under ground gently guides me on…through my wild heart… whispering to methe Sisters of Avalon… Sisters of Avalon… Sisters of Avalon… Sisters of Avalon She […]
("Yeah yeah, now check the method" – Extra P from ATCQ’s _Keep It Rollin_) * cut and scratched 4X by Mista Sinister Verse One: No I.D. No time to get all excited, just write itfrom the inside let the pen slide, and spreadthe ink on the papyrus, come understand this […]
She’s just a product of misery… Everyday she’d go aroundEverytime I see that frownBroken down and down and out,The drudgery goes on and on.Oh I just want to say,I ain’t gonna live that way ’cause She’s just a product of misery.I don’t want to live like that,Just a product of […]
An artificial seasonCovered by summer rainLosing all my reasonCause there’s nothing left to blameShadows paint the sidewalkA living picture in a frameSee the sea of peopleAll their faces look the same So I sat down for awhileForcing a smileIn a state of self-denialIs it worthwhileSell my pity for a dimeYeah, […]
Caught up in the middleHad no choice, had no choiceBirthright forgotten, so silentNo voiceI see youYou know whoLittle girl, little girlNow realize little girlOverlooked little girlBottled up and empty holding backAt loss you’re forgottenGetting back, get backExpectations of anotherLove given to the youngerBroken father, broken brotherEmptiness feeds the hungerI see […]
Over land and over seaShe reaches out to meweaving and threading the loomfrom womb to wombSlaves and merchantspilgrims and thievesfelt her hand and charted skiesby following her moonMotherMother Mother Some came and built with stone and bonesome planted fields on promised landand harvested their dreams, then disappearedAs generations lose their […]
somber sisterthis is a strange and bitter fruitbecause you taught me to singand the rhythm in my heartand the rhythm in my feet is- Why are the rainbowsstolen from the skyand locked up in boxesyellow, black, red and whitelike birds in their cagesbeating their wings on the barsand there’s a […]
Now you’s my boy and all, but we need to talkStop by the store bring ya ball, let’s hit the park,I wanna rap for a minute, but don’t take it hard,Cause, I’m hoping afterwards you’ll still be my partner,It’s hard for me to express how I’m feelin’ and when you […]
