(Drake) 
It may not mean nothing to y'all 
But understand nothing was done for me 
So I don't plan on stopping at all 
I want this s*** forever, mayne (ever, mayne) 
I'm shutting s*** down in the mall 
And tellin' every girl she the one for me 
And I ain't even planning to call 
I want this s*** forever, mayne (ever, mayne, ever, mayne) 

(Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay) 

(Drake) 
Last name Ever, first name Greatest 
Like a sprained ankle, boy, I ain't nothin' to play with 
Started off local, but thanks to all the haters 
I know G4 pilots on a first-name basis 
In your city faded off the brown, Nino 
She insists she got more class, we know 
Swimming in the money, come and find me, Nemo 
If I was at the club you know I balled, chemo 
Dropped a mixtape, that shit sounded like an album 
Whoda thought a country-wide tour be the outcome 
Labels want my name beside an X like Malcolm 
Every got a deal, I did it without one 
Yeah, nigga, I'm about my business 
Killin' all these rappers, you would swear I had a hitlist 
Everyone who doubted me is askin' for forgiveness 
If you ain't been a part of it, at least you got to witness 
B***** 

It may not mean nothing to y'all 
But understand nothing was done for me 
So I don't plan on stopping at all 
I want this s*** forever, mayne (ever, mayne) 
I'm shutting s*** down in the mall 
And tellin' every girl she the one for me 
And I ain't even planning to call 
I want this s*** forever, mayne (ever, mayne, ever, mayne) 

(Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay) 

(Kanye) 
I ... Read more »

[Verse 1: Rihanna] 
I think I've had enough. 
I might get a little drunk. 
I say what's on my mind. 
I might do a little time. 
Cause all of my kindness is taken for weakness. 

[Hook: Rihanna] 
Now I'm FourFiveSeconds from wildin'. 
And we got three more days I'til Friday. 
I'm just tryna make it back home by Monday mornin'. 
I swear I wish somebody would try me. 
Ooh, that's all I want. 

[Verse 2: Kanye West] 
Woke up an optimist. 
Sun was shining, I'm positive. 
Then I heard you was talkin' trash. 
Hold me back, I'm bout' to spaz. 

[Hook: Rihanna] 
Now I'm FourFiveSeconds from wildin'. 
And we got three more days I'til Friday. 
I'm just tryna make it back home by Monday mornin'. 
I swear I wish somebody would try me. 
Ooh, that's all I want. 

[Bridge: Rihanna] 
And I know that you're up tonight. 
Thinkin', "how could I be so selfish?" 
But you called 'bout a thousand times wondering where I been. 
Now I know that you're up tonight. 
Thinkin' "how could I be so reckless?" 
But I just can't apologize, I hope you can understand. 

[Verse 3: Kanye West] 
If I go to jail tonight. 
Promise you'll pay my bail. 
See they want to buy my pride. 
But that just ain't up for sale. 
See all of my kindness is taken for weakness. 

[Hook: Rihanna and Kanye West x2]

[Intro: Kanye West]
Hey son (all, all, all the things, things)
You made the team this year? (all, all, all the things things)
Aw th-, they say you wasn't tall enough?
(all, all, all that glitters is not gold)
Yeah me we gon' cook this up okey(now gold is not a reality)
(real is what you live to be)
You got some new girlfriend?

[Verse 1: Kanye West]
This is family business
And this is for the family that can't be with us
And this is for my cousin locked down, know the answer's in it
That's why I spit it in my songs so sweet
Like a photo of your granny's picture
Now that you're gone it hit us
Super hard on Thankgiving and Christmas, this can't be right
Yeah you heard the track I did man, this can't be life
Somebody please say grace so I can save face
And have a reason to cover my face
I even made you a plate, soul food, know how Granny do it
Monkey bread on the side, know how the family do it
When I brought it why had guard have to look all through it?
As kids we used to laugh
Who knew that life would move this fast?
Who knew I'd have to look at you through a glass?
And look, you tell me you ain't did it, then you ain't did it
And if you did, then that's family business

[Hook: Choir]
And I don't care 'bout (all the, all the diamond rings, diamond rings)
They don't mean a thing (all, all, all the things)
All these fancy things
I tell you that all (all the glitter) my weight in gold
Now all I know I know all these things

[Verse 2: Kanye West]
This is family business
And this is for everybody standin' with us
Come on, let's take a family Grammy picture
Abby, remember when they ain't believe in me?
Now she like "See, that's my cousin on TV"
Now, ... Read more »

Flashing lights, lights 
Flashing lights, lights 
Flashing lights, lights 
Flashing lights, lights 

[Kanye West] 
She don't believe in shootin' stars, 
but she believe in shoes & cars 
Wood floors in the new apartment, 
couture from the store's department 
You more like L'eau de Stardee shit, 
I'm more of the, trips to Florida 
Order the h'orderves, views of the Water 
Straight from the page of your favorite author 
And the weather so breezy, 
man why can't life always be this easy 
She in the mirror dancing so sleazy, 
I get a call like where are you Yeezy 
Try to hit you with a 'Oeur de Whopee' 
Till I get flashed by the paparazzi 
Damn, these nigga's got me, 
I hate these nigga's more than the Nazis 

[Dwele] 
As I recall, I know you love to show off 
But I never thought that you would take it this far 
What do I know? Flashing lights, lights 
What do I know? Flashing lights, lights 

[Kanye West] 
I know it's been a while, 
Sweetheart, we hard-ly talk, I was doing my thing 
I know I was foul bay-bay, 
a-bay late-ly you been all on my brain, 
And if somebody would've told me a month ago 
Fronting though, yo I wouldn't wanna know 
If somebody would've told me a year ago 
it'd go, get this difficult 
Feeling like Katrina with no fema 
Like Martin with no Gina 
Like a flight with no visa 
First class with the seat back I still see ya 
In my past, you on the other side of the glass 
Of my memory's museum, 
I'm just saying, Hey Mona Lisa,  ... Read more »

WHOO! 

[Hook] 
Memph' Bleek always smokin that la-la-la (HOO) 
Beanie Sigel always smokin that la-la-la (HOO) 
Kanye track smoke like la-la-la (HOO) 
It's the R.O.C. mami, sing our lullaby 
C'mon! 

[Chorus] 
Excuse me miss, I'm the shit 
You should come, hang with me, basically 
Hold up, skip all the singin' let's get right tonight mami 

[Jay-Z] 
I know my English ain't as modest as you like 
But come, get some, you little bums 
I take the cake from under the baker's thumbs 
I bake the cake, get two of them for one 
Then I move the weight like I'm Oprah's son 
Uh, I'll show you how to do this son 
Young don't mess with chicks in Burberry paddings 
Fake Manolo boots straight from Steve Madden (u-uh) 
He padded hisself the rap J.F.K., you wanna pass for my Jaqueline Onassis 
Then, hop ya ass out that S-class 
Lay back in that Maybach, roll the best grass, I ask 
Have you in your long-legged life 
ever seen a watch surrounded by this much pink ice? 
Look but don't touch, motherfucker think twice 
'Cause the gat that I clutch got a little red light 
Need a light? 

[Hook] 
To smoke that la-la-la 
Beanie Sigel always smoking that la-la-la 
Memph' Bleek always smoking that la-la-la 
It's the R.O.C. mami, sing our lullaby 
C'mon! 

[Chorus] 
Excuse me miss, I'm the shit 
You should come, hang with me, basically 
Hold up, skip all the singin' let's get right tonight mami 

[Jay-Z] 
We got brothers full of Arm'i, mami's in Manolo 
Bags by Chanel ... Read more »

First Verse:

Last night me and my dogs was hanging out
Tired of being cramped up in the house
We were simply celebrating life
Off from work today, so it's all right
But all those ups and downs, turned me in a twist
Started dancing with this model chick
Then every record became our favorite song
And that is all that I remember

Chorus:

Cuz I had one too many drinks
And ended up at the Embassy
With this pretty little thing, from Memphis Tennessee
It was a one night extravaganza

Second Verse:

When I woke up from last night's "salvatry"
Baby doll was laying next to me
Shoes and clothes was scattered every where
I got dress and got up out of there
But not before I call for me a cab
Hung over from all the drinks I had
And now I'm telling my story to you
Every thing that I remember

Repeat Chorus: 2x

Bridge:

Extravaganza, Extravaganza
Only was an extravaganza
Yes, it was
The things that I remember

Kanye West's Rap:
(And I remember)
Being at the bar
Trying to ask what that Hpyno hit fo'
Knowing that I can't afford to get mo'
Here's a broke n**** trick
Buy one bottle and sip slow
Or, or leave the club now
Do like I did
Come back when you get dough
A fish stick n****
Now we messing with lobsters
We messing with Grammies
We messing with Oscars
You messing with that dranky drank
Plus you puffing on the stanky stank
In the morning, you g'on draw a blank
The hotel said that y'all was on one
My girl wasn't on shit
I picked the wrong one
Steady talking about I ain't like them other girls
Well tonite, I'm trying to find them other girls
Bring they own rubber girl
Neva meet 'cha mother girl
... Read more »

[Murphy Lee] 
Whooooooooooo, what up derrty? 
Damn, that girl fine, that girl fine, that girl fine 
Yo, yo, Kanye, yo turn it up, a little bit, whoo 

[Hook] 
Take notes while I take tokes to the marijuana smoke 
One look and murder she wrote 
She drop dead gorgeous, she drop dead.. 

[Kanye West {*over the hook*}] 
Yo, this is a Roc-a-Fella, St. Lunatics collaboration 
Chi-Town and St. Louis 
She said she ain't never seen Murphy Lee befo' 

[Murphy Lee] 
I called her back from an earlier beep 
Fo' in the mornin' they be like "Nah, I wasn't sleep" 
Convenient whore stay on top of convenient stores 
Keep pictures of me in their Victoria Secret drawer 
I keep somethin' hot on tour 
Can ya, Kenyatta, make sure they know before what is really in store 
See I adore the ones that call me Tory, true story 
I created 'hood rats so these new mice bore me 
See I normally settle for sevens, but eights I can't wait 
Nines be wantin' time and dimes be wantin' dates 
So know I got elevens and twelves 
With at least thirteen or fourteen reasons why they fine as hell 
I hit 'em up like Blu Cantrell 
Hehehehehehehehe hell, I remember when she smashed LaBelle 
See most women kinda sneaky like a six-year old 
Hey yo they always in the summer, somethin' wrong with their nails 

[Hook] 
Take notes while I take tokes to the marijuana smoke 
One look and murder she wrote 
She drop dead gorgeous, she drop dead.. 

[Kanye West] 
What's the point of havin' a girl that's drop dead 
That you know don't like you? 
She'll ... Read more »

Spit it to ya say little West's a little beast 
To make the middle west blow like the middle east 
PEACE 
Peace, couldn't afford the S-Class 
So I had to cop the baby mama Benz 
G 
With put 50 I get this on the first tape 
But that 50 break the bank 
Back when my ATM was crazy slim 
Had a girl nicknamed Spreewell 
Cause when I try to stop she still made me spin 
Back when 80's was in 
My dog Crazy Ken had 80 of them 
It's time to hit the dancefloor ya CRAZY again 
Ta get that cash money like Baby and Slim 
Pull up in somethin tinted 
So tinted she squinted 
She said "This car is real old!" I told her her it was vintage 
And I need to hit the HEALTH CLUB 
And get a girl thats 
In to the fitness tryna get into the business 
Ima make her my apprentice 
Make her open wide like she made me her dentist 
And let me get inside 

[Chorus] 
Now I been hustlin' my whole life (Ohh) 
Tryna get this money up (Ohh) 
And I think I finally got it right 
And I been partyin with this one girl 
Who claim "I gotta go to work tomorrow, but tonights the night 
So pour another glass of that good stuff 
A couple more shots and I'll be 
Doing Fine" 

Spit it to ya say little West to little beast 
To make the middle west blow like the middle east 
PEACE 
Please 
What I gotta win 5 gram-mys before you finally let me play Alicia's 
Keys 
If I can't bone then I'll get a clone 
Get her there got her there grab her hair she bobbin don't stop her there 
Told me she love the Roc so much she dr ... Read more »

[Chorus:]
Drive slow homey 
Drive slow homey
Ya never know homey might meet some hoes homey 
Ya need to pump your brakes and drive slow homey

[Kanye:]
My homey Mali used to stay one 29th and May
One of my best friends from back in the day 
Down the street form Calumet a school full of stones
He nicknamed me K-Rock so they'd leave me alone
Bulls jacket with his hat broke way off
Walk around the mall with his radio face off
Plus he had the spinner from his Dayton's in his hand
Keys in his hand reason again to let you know he's the man
Back when we rocked Alesis he had dreams of Caprice's
Drove by the teachers even more by police's
How he get that cash today his father passed away
Left him with a little somthin 16 he was stuntin
Al B Sure nigga with the hair all wavy
Hit lakeshore girls go all crazy 
Hit the freeway go at least bout 80
Boned so much that summer even had him a baby
See back back then then if you had a car 
You were the Chi town version of Baby
And I was just a virgin a baby
One of the reasons I looked up to him crazy
I used to love to play my demo tape when the system yanked
Felt like I was almost signed when the shit got cracked
We'll take a Saturday and just circle the mall
They had the Lincoln's and Aurora's we were hurting them all
with the girls a lot of flirting involved
But dawg f**k all that flirting I'm trying to get in some draws
So put me on with these hoes homey's
He told me don't rush to get grown drive slow homey
Drive slow homie
Drive slow...
Ya never know homey about these hoes homey
Ya need to pump your breaks and drive slow homey

[Paul Wall:]
What It do 
I'm posted up in the parking lot my trunk wavin'
The ... Read more »

(hook)
Throw ya diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe
The Roc is still alive, every time I rhyme
Foreva eva, foreva eva
Eva Eva (x5)

close your eyes and imagine, feel the magic
vegas on acid, seen through Yves Saint Laurent glasses
and i've realized that i've arrived 'cause
it take more than a magazine to kill my vibe
does he write his own rhymes? well sort of...
I think em, that mean i forgot better shit than you ever thought of
damn, is he really that caught up?
i ask, if he talkin about classics, do my name get brought up?
i remember i couldn't afford a Ford Escort or even a 4-track recorder
so it's only right that i let the top drop on the drop top porsche
and sport yourself, thats important
if a stripper named Portia, and you get tips from many men
then your fat friend, her nick-name is minivan
excuse me, thats just the henny man
i smoke, i drink, im sposed to stop, i can't because

(hook)
Throw ya diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe
The Roc is still alive, every time I rhyme
Foreva eva, foreva eva
Eva Eva (x5)

i was sick about awards, couldn't nobody cure me
only playa that got robbed and kept all his jewelery
alicia keys tried to talk some sense in him
30 minutes later, seen theres no convincin him
what more could you ask for? the international ass-hole
who complained about what he is owed
and throw a tantrem, like he is 3 years old
you gotta love it tho, somebody still speak from his soul
and wouldn't change by the change or the game or the fame

when he came in the game, he made his own lane
now all i need is y'all to pronounce my name
it's Kanye, but some of my plaques, they still say Kane
got family in the D, kin folk from Mo-Town
back in the Chi, then folks aint from Mo-Town ... Read more »

[Intro]
Diamonds are forever
They won't leave in the night
Have no fear that they might
Desert me

[Chorus]
Diamonds are forever (forever, forever)
Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe
Diamonds are forever (forever, forever, forever)
The Roc is still alive every time I rhyme.
Forever ever? Forever ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?......

Close your eyes and imagine, feel the magic
Vegas on acid,
Seen through Yves St. Laurent glasses
And I've realized that I've arrived, cuz
It take more than a magazine to kill my Vibe does
he write his own rhymes, so sort of
I think 'em
That mean I forgot better shit than u ever thought up
Damn, is he really that caught up?
I ask if you talkin' bout classics, do my name get brought up?
I remember I couldn't afford a Ford Escort or even a four-track recorder
so its only right that I let the top drop on a drop-top Porsche
- its for yourself that's important
If a stripper named Porscha and u get tips from many men
Then your fat friend her nickname is Minivan
Excuse me,
That's just the Henny, man, I smoke, I drink, I'm supposed to stop I can't because

[Chorus]
Diamonds are forever (forever, forever)
Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe
Diamonds are forever (forever, forever, forever)
The Roc is still alive every time I rhyme.
Forever ever? Forever ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?......

I was sick about awards
Couldn't nobody cure me
Only playa that got robbed but kept all his jewelry
Alicia Keys tried to talk some sense to them
30 minutes later seems there's no convincing them
What more can you ask for?
The international assholes nah
Who complains about what he is owed?< ... Read more »

Nicki Minaj: 
You might think you’ve peeped the scene 
But you haven't 
The real ones far to mean 
The watered down one 
The one you know 
Was made up centuries ago 
They made it sound wack and corny 
Yes it’s awful, blasted boring 
Twisted fiction 
Sick addiction 
Well gather round children 
Zip it listen! 

Sample Mike Oldfield: 
Can we get much higher 
So high oh oh ohh 
Ohh can we get much higher 
So high oh oh ohh 
Can we get much higher 
So high oh oh ohh 
Ohh can we get much higher 
So high oh oh ohh 

Kanye West: 
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 
I fantasized about this back in Chicago 
Mercy, mercy me, that Murcielago 
That's me, the first year that I blow 
How you say broke in Spanish? Me no hablo 
Me drown sorrow in that Diablo 
Me found bravery in my bravado 
DJ's need to listen to the model's 
You ain't got no fuckin' Yeezy in your Serato? 
You ain't got no Yeezy, nigga? 
Stupid, but what the fuck do I know? 
I'm just a Chi-town nigga with a Nas flow 
And my bitch in that new Phoebe Philo 
So much head, I woke up to Sleepy Hollow 

Can we get much higher? 

Look like a fat booty Celine Dion 
Sex is on fire, I'm the King of Leon-a Lewis 
Beyond the truest 
Hey, teacher, teacher 
Tell me how do you respond to students? 
And refresh the page and restart the memory? 
Respark the soul and rebuild the energy? 
We stopped the ignorance, we killed the enemies 
Sorry for the night demons still visit me 
The pl ... Read more »

I love it though 
I love it though 

Put your hands to the constellations 
The way you look should be a sin, 
You my sensation 
I know I’m preaching to the congregation 
We love Jesus but you done learned a lot from Satan 

I mean a nigga did a lot of waiting 
We ain't married but tonight I need some consummation 

May the Lord forgive us, may the Gods be with us 
In that magic hour I seen good Christians 
Make rash decisions, oh she do it 
What happened to religion? Oh, she lose it 
She putting on her make up, she casually allure 
Text message break ups, the casualty of tour 
How she gon' wake up and not love me no more? 
I thought I was the asshole, I guess it’s rubbing off 
Hood phenomenon, the Lebron of rhyme 
Hard to be humble when you stunting on a jumbotron 
I’m looking at her like this what you really wanted, huh? 
Why we argue anyway? Oh, I forgot, it's summertime 

Put your hands to the constellations 
The way you look should be a sin, 
You my sensation 
I know I’m preaching to the congregation 
We love Jesus but you done learned a lot from Satan 

I mean a nigga did a lot of waiting 
We ain't married but tonight I need some consummation 

When the sun go down it's the magic hour 
And outta all the colors that'll fill up the skies 
You got green on your mind, 
I can see it in your eyes 
Why you standing there with your face screwed up? 
Don’t leave while you're hot that’s how Mase screwed up 
Throwing shit around, the whole place screwed up 
Maybe I should call Mase so he could pray for us 
I hit ... Read more »

Yeah, you know what this is
It's a celebration, bitches!
Grab a drink, grab a glass 
After that I grab yo ass

Why you actin' all
Shy and all
Why is y'all
Lyin' for?
"I never did this before..."
Stop that
What, you want some petron?
I got that.
I mean I promise y'all
You fine and all
And your girlfriend, she kinda raw 
But she not like you
No, she not like you
Right now I need you to mute all the monologue
All that talkin is gon' give me a tylenol
You put a nigga to sleep, I'm tired of ya'll
Right now the Louis Vuitton don is signing off
But, I just thought you should know
We hit the liquor store
Got some Cris and some Mo
And we about to let it floooooow
Had some problems before but see we let em go
Got an ounce of that dro
And we about to let it bloooooow

Yeah, you know what this is
It's a celebration, bitches!
Grab a drink, grab a glass
After that, I grab yo ass

See you know my style
I'm very wild
And I vow that my child will be well endowed
Like his daddy
And tell him that your mama had a fattie
He looked up at me said, "daddy that's the reason why you had me?"
Yep, we was praticing 
Til one day your ass bust through the packaging
You know what though? You my favorite accident 
So go head pop some Cristal 
For my newborn child cuz now y'all

Know what this is
It's a celebration, bitches!
grab a drink, grab a glass
after that I grab yo ass
But, I just thought you should know
We hit the liquor store
got some cris and some mo
and we about to let it floooooow
had some problems before but see we let em go
got an ounce of that dro
and we about to let it ... Read more »

They do really they say it do.
But they don`t yours see they see whats else.They don`t yours less they.
Don`t yours less they do as well.
They see whats else.
They see whats else.
They do as well.
They see whats else.
Don`t yours else.
They are yours less they.
Don`t yours less they see who?
Yours less they ways less they.
They are yours less theys forgets less forgets.Uhh,less that`s forgets thats me,
They ways they see.
Keys on me.
Don`t mamas they see whats less.
They are yours less.
They see whats see.
They are they see theys see they are yours less.
They are yours less they see.
They are they.
Don`t yours less they liars.
They are yours less.
They are yours less they are yours less they don`t yours less they don`t yours less.
They really they are yours less.
They really they are yours less.
Really they are yours less they see.
They are yours less and do.
They are so.
Like somewhere else.
Like somewhere else.
They useally they don`t yours less.
They useally they don`t yours less.
They yours less.

Kanye west they say its no.

[Kanye West]
Uhh, that's that crack music, crack music
That real black music, black music
{La la la la la la la lahhhh, la la la la la lahhhh}

[The Game]
That's that crack music nigga
That real black music nigga
{La la la la la la la lahhhh, la la la la la lahhhh}

{La la la la la la la lahhhh, la la la la la lahhhh}
{La la la la la la la lahhhh, la la la la la lahhhh}

[Kanye West]
Uhh, that's that crack music, crack music
That real black music, black music
{La la la la la la la lahhhh, la la la la la lahhhh}
Our father, give us this day, our daily bread
Before the feds give us these days and take our daily bread
See ... Read more »

Brandy (Chorus)
I always knew that one day
They try to bring me down,
way down, way down (way down)
oooooooooooooo
One day, they tryna bring me down 
oooooooo
Always knew that one day
They try to bring me down, way down
They tryna bring me down

Kanye
Why we goin to mass today
We have to pray
besides what the pastor say 
I have to say, since 'pac passed away
Most u rappers don't even deserve a track from me (You see)
If u ever wanted to ever be anything
It'll always be sombody that'll shoot down any dream
It'll always be haters, thats the way it is
Hater Niggaz marry hater bitches and have hater kidz
But thay gon have to take my life, for thay take my drive
Cause when i was barely livin thats what kept me alive
Just the thought that maybe it could be better than where we at at this time
Make it outta this grime fore im outta my mind
and get some leway on that he-say she-say
Your girl dont like me, how long has she been gay
Spanish girls say ya no habla inglis
and everybody wanna run to me for they singla
its funny how these wack niggaz need my help
[Bring Me Down lyrics on http://www.metrolyrics.com]

wasn't around when i couldnt feed myself
dawg if i was u i wouldnt feel myself
dawg if i was u i'd kill myself
Made a mill myself (ooooooo)
And im still myself (ooooooo)
And ima look in da mirror if i need some help (yeaaaah)
Y'all dont speak from da heart
Y'all all frontin (oooooo)
Everybody feel a way about K
but at least y'all feel sumthin

Brandy
What y'all called in
I met all em 
but give it with sum get will get ya
What kind of dream we found
See im often
what y'all cross with
so give it with the hand i met ya
An ... Read more »

I had a dream I can buy my way to heaven 
When I awoke, I spent that on a necklace. 
I told God I'd be back in a second, 
Man It's so hard not to act reckless. 
To whom much is given much is tested. 
Get arrested, got some chili, get the message. 
I feel the pressure, under more scrutiny, 
And What I do? Act more stupidly. 
Bought More Jewelry, More Louis V, My momma couldn't get through to me. 
The drama, people suing me, 
I'm on T.V. talking like it's just you and me. 
I'm just saying how I feel man, 
I ain't one of the Cosby’s I ain’t go to Hill man 
I guess the money should've changed him, 
I guess I should've forgot where I came From. 

[Chorus:] 
Excuse Me, is you saying something? 
Uh, uh, you can't tell me nothing. 

Let up the suicide doors. 
This is my life homey, you decide yours. 
I know Jesus died for us, 
But I couldn't tell you who decide wars. 
So I parallel double parked that motherf***er sideways 
Old folks talking bout back in my day 
But homey this is my day. 
Class started 2 hours ago, oh am I late? 
You know I already graduated 
And you can live through anything if Magic made it. 

They say I talk with so much emphasis, 
OOOO They so Sen-Sa-Tive. 
Don't ever fix your lips like collagen 
Say something you gone end up apologing. 
Let me know if it's a problem man, 
Alright man, holla then. 

[Chorus] 

Let the champagne splash, let that man get cash, 
Let that man get past. 
You don't needa stop to get gas, 
If he can move through the rumors, he can drive off th ... Read more »

[Hook]
Bound to fall in love
Bound to fall in love
(Uh-huh, honey)

[Bridge: Kanye West]
All them other niggas lame, and you know it now
When a real nigga hold you down, you supposed to drown
Bound...

[Hook]
Bound to fall in love
Bound to fall in love
(Uh-huh, honey)

[Verse 1: Kanye West]
What you doing in the club on a Thursday?
She say she only here for her girl birthday
They ordered champagne but still look thirsty
Rock Forever 21 but just turned thirty
I know I got a bad reputation
Walking 'round, always mad reputation
Leave a pretty girl sad reputationAnnotate
Start a Fight Club, Brad reputation
I turnt the nightclub out of the basement
I'll turn the plane 'round, your ass keep complaining
How you gon' be mad on vacation?
Dutty wining 'round all these Jamaicans
Uh, this that prom shit
This that what we do, don't tell your mom shit
This that red cup, all on the lawn shit
Got a fresh cut, straight out the salon, bitch

[Bridge: Charlie Wilson]
I know you're tired of loving, of loving
With nobody to love, nobody, nobody (Uh-huh, honey)

[Bridge: Kanye West]
Close your eyes and let the word paint a thousand pictures
One good girl is worth a thousand bitches

[Hook]
Bound to fall in love
Bound to fall in love
(Uh-huh, honey)

[Verse 2: Kanye West]
I wanna fuck you hard on the sink
After that, give you something to drink
Step back, can't get spunk on the mink
I mean damn, what would Jeromey Romey Romey Rome think?
Hey, you remember where we first met?
Okay, I don't remember where we first met
But hey, admitting is the first step
And hey, you know ain't nobody perfect
And I know, with the hoes I got the worst rep
But hey, their ... Read more »

[Hook: Ludacris] 
Yeah, breathe in, breathe out 
If ya iced up, pull ya sleeves out 
Push a big truck, pull ya keys out 
Girls go wild and pull ya deez out 
Breathe in, breathe out 
Let them hoes fight, pull her weave out 
If a nigga act up, pull a Desert E's out 
When I pull the piece out niggas like "Peace out!" 

[Verse 1: Kanye West] 
Golly, more of that bullshit ice rap 
I got to 'pologize to Mos and Kweli (probably) 
But is it cool to rap about gold 
If I told the world I copped it from Ghana and Mali? (Mali!) 
First nigga with a Benz and a backpack 
Ice chain, Cardi lens, and a knapsack 
Always said if I rapped I'd say somethin' significant 
But now I'm rappin' 'bout money, hoes, and rims again 
And it's still about the Benjamins 
Big faced hundreds and whatever other synonyms 
Strippers named Cinnamon 
More chips than Pentium 
What'cha gon' buy next? Whatever new trend it is 
I'm tryin' to spend my stacks 
And I'm so broke I look back like "Damn, was I on crack?" 
I mean twelve platinum chains, was I on that? 
What the hell was wrong with me dog? 
Sing along with my y'all 

[Hook: Ludacris] 
Yeah, breathe in, breathe out 
If ya iced up, pull ya sleeves out 
Push a big truck, pull ya keys out 
Girls go wild and pull ya deez out 
Breathe in, breathe out 
Let them hoes fight, pull her weave out 
If a nigga act up, pull a Desert E's out 
When I pull the piece out niggas like "Peace out!" 

[Verse 2: Kanye West] 
Now even though I went to college and dropped ... Read more »

Ladies and gentlemen let's put our hands together for the astonishing 
H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A 

[Jay-Z] 
Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the 8th wonder of the world 
The flow of the century, oh it's timeless, HOV'! 
Thanks for comin' out tonight 
You could've been anywhere in the world, but you're here with me 
I appreciate that, uhh 

*The song changes to: The Jackson Five - I Want You back* 

*The song changes to: The Doors - Five to One* 

[Kanye West talking] 
Yo this song right here, I remember I used to play 
This sample for people before I hooked up 
And I used to tell people "you know, this, this gon' be like The Truth 
But it's gon' better than The Truth", and to all my niggaz, my nigga ??? said: 
"I mean ask these but it ain't no Truth, that ain't no Truth right there!" 
And he was all like, the Takeover 

[Jim Morrison] 
Five to one, baby, one in five 
No one here, gets, out alive, now 
You'll get yours, baby, I'll get mine 
Gonna make it, baby, if we try 

The old get old, and the young get stronger 
May take a week, and it may take longer 
They got the guns, but we got the numbers 
Gonna win, yeah we're, takin' over 
Come on! 

*The song changes to: Jay-Z - Takeover* 

[Jay-Z] 
R.O.C., we runnin' this rap shit 
Memphis Bleek, we runnin' this rap shit 
B. Mac, we runnin' this rap shit 
Freeway, we runnin' this rap shit 
O and Sparks, we runnin' this rap shit 
Chris and Neef, we runnin' this rap shit 

The takeover, the break's over nigga 
G ... Read more »

Yo Hip-Hop Is niggaz still talkin bout I can't rap Come On Now 

Look for me Young K 
Took Tupac beat and got paid 
My favorite rapper is Makaveli, Nas and Jay-Z 
Eminem, Mase, Biggie Smalls and me 
Now if you was my girlfriend you don't need no guyfriend 
He could get his head bust nigga ain't my friend 
Why the hell you lying who the hell you trying 
Who the hell you know that threw away his throwbacks 
When they suggested they was made by Majestic 
My answers cost three-hundred-fifty ya naw mean 
Doesn't even have got her number we ain't on the same team 
You got the hat the jacket shoelaces to match 
I got the gat ratching new cases to catch 
I got my business manager erasing my debt 
I mean my credit was so pathetic I couldn't get a debit 
I fill out for a car but shit they always debt it 
My girl come over try to help me shine 
How you gonna help me get a car your credit worser than mine 
But everytime I get a check you be first up in line 
Told you bout gold-diggin bitch it's worser than lying 
You better grow up before I blow up 
Have weed rolled up when I show up 
Matter fact we broke as fuck 
Ain't nothing left to do except get tore up from the floor up 
Shit that's how I knew you was my girlfriend 
So I promise to never pick up smutts 
In my Cadillac pick-up truck 
They need to get they sit-ups up 
They always be colder than you 
A little richer a little thicker a litter older than you 
Probably a little smarter so they can drop me some jewels 
That I could drop back to you to get your ass back in college 
So you can be where they at two years from now  ... Read more »

[Intro:]
Look, I feel blessed
Way up I feel blessed, way up I feel blessed
Straight up

[Verse 1 - Big Sean:]
I live the life I deserve, bless
Fuck a vacay I feel better at work
I mean whatever it's worth
I give whatever I'm worth
For my niggas who gonna go to Hell and back for me
I'm a give em Heaven on Earth for a hell of a check
Yeah whichever come first
Blessings on blessings on blessings
Look at my life man that's lessons on lessons on lessons
I treat the beat like it's a reverend
I tell the truth like father forgive me these are all my confessions
Man this wasn't luck it was destined
I done lost homies who been with me since Ed, Edd, and Eddy
Who flip like confetti and then when you back they back to call you dog
That shit get get petty, bitch don't give no dap to me nigga
Funny thing about talkin' behind my back
Is that it just keep comin' back to me nigga
Was all for a sec now it's back to me nigga
You mad at me, this ain't what I want man this what it had to be
This is that late night workin' after three
Man this why my old girl was mad at me
This why I'm your majesty
Man, the clique is the tightest, the pussy's the tightest
The drinks are the coldest, the future the brightest
The feat not divided, the love is divided
And I just gotta, thank God that we got it, blessed
I don't know what I would do without it
Crew look like we robbed a bank, but all we make is deposits
Your profit we profit, oh God

[Hook - Drake:]
I'm here for a good time not a long time, you know I
I haven't had a good time in a long time, you know I
I'm way up I feel blessed, way up I feel blessed (straight up)
I'm way up I feel blessed (straight up, straight up), way up I feel blessed ... Read more »

[Intro: Billie Holiday]
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
Blood on the leaves

[Verse 1]
I just wanna clear my mind now
It's been racin' since the summertime
And I'm holdin' down the summer now
And all I want is what I can't buy now
Cause I ain't got the money on me right now
And I told you to wait
Yeah I told you to wait
So I'mma need a little more time now
Cause I ain't got the money on me right now
And I thought you could wait
Yeah and I thought you could wait
These bitches surroundin' me
All want somethin' out me
Then they talk about me
Would be lost without me
We could've been somebody
Thought you'd be different 'bout it
Now I know you naughty
So let's get on with it

[Hook 1]
You could've been somebody
'Stead you had to tell somebody
Let's take it back to the first party
When you tried your first molly
It came out of your body
It came out of your body
Running naked down the lobby
And you was screamin' that you love me
Before the limelight tore yah
Before the love life stole yah
Remember we were so young
Well now we're older
Before [?]
I know there ain't wrong with me

[Bridge]
Something strange is happening

[Hook 2]
We could've been somethin'
We could've ugh, We could've been somebody
Or was it all our first party
When we tried our first molly
It came out of our body
It came out of our body
[?]
Before they call lawyers
Before they tried to destroy us
How you gon' lie to reporters?
[?]
I gotta bring it back to the 'Nolia

Fuck them other niggas cause I'm down for my niggas
Fuck them other niggas cause I'm down for ... Read more »

Whose fault? 

John Legend: 
Let's play the blame game, 
I love you more 
Let's play the blame game for sure 
Let's call out names, names, 
I hate you more 
Let's call out names, names, for sure 
I'll call you bitch for short 
As a last resort, and a first result 
You call me motherfucker for long 
At the end of it, you know we both were wrong 

But I love to play the blame game, 
I love you more 
Let's play the blame game for sure 
Let's call out names, names, 
I hate you more 
Let's call out names, names, for sure 

Kanye West: 
On a bathroom wall I wrote 
I'd rather argue with you 
than to be with someone else 
I took a piss and dismiss it, like fuck it 
And I went and found somebody else 
Fuck arguing or harvesting the feelings 
Yo, I'd rather be by my fucking self 
'Till about two am and I call back 
and I hang up 
And I start to blame myself, somebody help 

John Legend: 
Let's play the blame game, 
I love you more 
Let's play the blame game for sure 
Let's call out names, names, 
I hate you more 
Let's call out names, names, for sure 

Kanye West: 
You weren't perfect 
But you made life worth it 
Stick around, some real feelings might surface 
Been a long time since 
I spoke to you in a bathroom 
Gripping you up, fucking, and choking you 
What the hell was I supposed to do? 
I know you ain't getting 
This type of dick from that local dude 
And if you are, I hope you have a good time  ... Read more »

For my theme song, my leather black jeans on
My by any means on, pardon I'm getting my scream on
Enter the kingdom but watch who you bring home
They see a black man with a white woman at the top floor they gone come to kill King Kong
Middle America packed in, came to see me in my black skin
My homey was number one draft pick, they still burned his jersey in Akron
If I don't get ran out by Catholics, here come some conservative Baptists
Saying he overreacting like them black kids in Chiraq bitch

[Hook 1]
Four in the morning, and I'm zonin'
They say I'm possessed, it's an omen
I keep it 300, like the Romans
300 bitches, where's the Trojans?
Picture me livin' in the moment
And I've been a menace for the longest
Picture me livin' in the moment
Picture me livin' in the moment

[Bridge]
So follow me up cause this shit's about to go down
I'm doin' 500, I'm outta control now
But there's nowhere to go, now
And there's no way to slow down
Runnin' out of time - moving fast
So just close your eyes and then enjoy this crash

[Hook 2]
Four in the mornin', and I'm zonin'
Think I'm possessed, it's an omen
I keep it 300, like the Romans
300 bitches, where's the Trojans?
Baby we livin' in the moment
I've been a menace for the longest
But I ain't finished, I'm devoted
And you know it, and you know it

[Verse 2]
Stop all that goon shit, early morning cartoon shit
This is goon shit, fuck up your whole afternoon shit
I'm aware I'm a wolf, soon as the moon hit
I'm aware I'm a king, back out the tomb bitch
Black out the room bitch, stop all that goon shit
These niggas ain't doin' shit, these niggas ain't doin' ... Read more »

I hear the girls scream soon as we arrivin'
You can ask Ibn, we be straight mackin'
Y'all work at IBM, hotels they be in
Ooh la la, tres bien magnifique, any street

If you talkin' 'bout marriage, you mean multi-million heiress

Father is the black Bruce Wayne, only shorty in preschool rockin' two chains

Tryna hand feed us tell the niggas to anty up
We not off no more, pearlies in a show, fur
So pick your auntie up, I gotta run to that pole

Bittersweet, You're Gonna Be The Death Of Me 
I Dont Want You, But I Need You, 
I Love You And I Hate You At The Very Same Time 

See What I Want So Much, Should Never Hurt This Bad 
Never Did This Before, Thats What The Virgin Said 
We've Been Generally Warned, Thats What The Surgeon Says 
God Talk To Me Now This Is An Emergency 

And She Claim She Only With Me For The Currency, 
You Cut Me Deep Bitch Cut Me Like Surgery 

And I Was To Proud To Admit That It Was Hurtin Me 
I'd Never Do That To You At Least Purposely 

We Breakin Up Again We Makin Up Again 
But We Dont Love No More 
I Guess We Fuckin Then 

Have You Ever Felt Like You Wanted To Kill Her 
And You Mixed Them Emotions With Tequilla 

And You Mixed That With A Little Bad Advice 
On One Of Them Bad Nights 
You Have A Bad Fight 

And You Talkin Bout Her Family Her Aunts And Shit 
And She Sayin Muhfucka Yo Mama's A Bitch 
You Know Domestic Drama And Shit 

All The Attitude 
Ill Never Hit A Girl But Ill Shake The Shit Out Of You 

But Im A Be The Bigger Man 
Big Pimpin Like Jigga Man 
Oh I Figure Its 

Bittersweet, You're Gonna Be The Death Of Me 
I Dont Want You, But I Need You, 
I Love You And I Hate You At The Very Same Time 

See What I Want So Much, Should Never Hurt This Bad 
Never Did This Before, Thats What The Virgin Said 
We've Been Generally Warned, Thats What The Surgeon Says 
God Talk To Me Now This Is An Emergency 

And My Nigga Says I Shouldn't Let Her Worry Me 
I Need To Focus On The Girls We Gettin Currently 
But I've Been Thinking And It Got Me Back To Si ... Read more »

[Verse 1] 
There must be more good women than men percentage wise 
So her chance of having a husband just minimize 
That's why a lot of girls claim they ain't into guys 
And mess with other girls part time to improvise 
I knew she wouldn't vibe 
No I seen her inner eyes 
But I'm like any other guy trying to get in her thighs 
She telling me about how black people should enterprise 
And I'm like, if you don't get your ass in this ride from enterprise 
That I rented yesterday and gotta have in by 5 
With the gas fully filled up like I didn't drive 
Told her I had a girl, nah fuck it I didn't lie 
Told her this rap game is alright. I'm just getting by 
She had a lil weed and we get a lil high 
And I'm looking in her eyes and I'm loving her vibe 
Told me back in 95' she fell in love with the tribe 
Boo back in 92' I was just like you 
Please don't be confused by the ice and jewels 
I'm like any other nigga buy ice to stay cool 
Like any other nigga that claim they hate school 
And think yeah Free's banging but she's no Rachel 

[Chorus x2] 
We ball 'til we fall 
Hit the mall 
After we 
Hit don't call 
We fill your lives 
With nothing but lies 
And I would like to 
Apologize 

But you can't stand right here 
And tell me everything is going to be alright 
'Cause until the day a real man stands up 
I'm going to have to improvise 

[Verse 2] 
Was it something I did wrong? 
Yeah I know I'm wrong 
She's at home alone and I'm always gone 
Hate it when ... Read more »

Kanye West: 

Just another one champion sound 
me and Estelle about to get down 
who the hottest in the world right now. 
Just touched down in London town. 
Bet they give me a pound. 
Tell them put the money in my hand right now. 
Tell the promoter we need more seats, 
we just sold out all the floor seats 

Estelle: 
Chorus 
Take me on a trip, I'd like to go some day. 
Take me to New York, I'd love to see LA. 
I really want to come kick it with you. 
You'll be my American Boy. 

He said Hey Sister. 
It's really really nice to meet ya. 
I just met this 5 foot 7 guys who's just my type. 
I like the way he's speaking his confidence is peaking. 
Don't like his baggy jeans but Ima like what's underneath it. 
And no I aint been to MIA 
I heard that Cali never rains and New York heart awaits. First let's see the west end. 
I'll show you to my bedroom. 
I'm liking this American Boy. American Boy 

Chorus 
Take me on a trip, I'd like to go some day 
Take me to New York, I'd love to see LA. 
I really want to come kick it with you. 
You'll be my American Boy, American Boy. 

Can we get away this weekend. 
Take me to Broadway. 
Let's go shopping baby then we'll go to a Cafe. 
Let's go on the subway. 
Take me to your hood. 
I neva been to Brooklyn and I'd like to see what's good. 
Yes get all your fancy clothes. 
Sneaker's looking Fresh to Def I'm lovin those Shell Toes. 
Walkin that walk. 
Talk that slick talk. 
I'm likin this American Boy. American Boy. 

It's amazing, I'm the reason 
Everybody fired up this evening 
I'm exhausted, barely breathing 
Holding on to what I believe in 
No matter what you'll never take that from me 
My reign is as far as your eyes can see 

It's amazing, (huh) 
So amazing, (huh) [x3] 
It's amazing (huh) 
So amazing [x3] (yeah) 
It's amazing (let's go) 

I'm a monster, I'm a killer, I know I'm wrong (yeah) 
I'm a problem, that'll never ever be solved 
And no matter what you'll never take that from me 
My reign is as far as you're eyes can see 

It's amazing, (huh) 
So amazing, (huh) [x3] 
It's amazing (huh) 
So amazing (yeah) [x3] 
It's amazing (let's go) 

I'm a monster, I'm a mavin 
I know this world is changing 
Never gave in, never gave up 
I'm the only thing I'm afraid of 
No matter what you'll never take that from me 
My reign is as far as you're eyes can see 

It's amazing, 
[background:] (Kanye, soooooo amazing) 
So amazing, [x3] 
It's amazing 
So amazing [x3] 
It's amazing 
So amazing [x3] 
It's amazing 
So amazing [x3] 
It's amazing 

[Young Jeezy:] 
I'm amazing, yeah I'm all that 
If I ain't on my grind, then what you call that 
Victorious, yeah we warriors 
We make history, and strive off victory 
Standing in my podium 
I'm tryin'a watch my sodium 
Die high blood pressure 
Either let the feds catch ya 
I'm amazing, born on a full moon  ... Read more »

[Kanye West:]
Yeah, you know we good
You talkin' about this shit but whatever
We can go back and forth all day

[Hook - Kanye West and Travi$ Scott:]
(How much I feel, I live for your love)
Lit for your love baby, lit for your love
(Live for your love)
Lit for your love baby, lit for your love
(Live for your love)
Lit for your love baby, lit for your love
(Live for your love)
Lit for your love baby (Straight up!)

[Kanye West:]
That's that don't play, whoo, that's that new Ye
People sayin' I'm the closest thing to Mike since Janet, whoo
Tom Cruise, homie, we jumpin' up on them couches
That's a fresh house, is that a guest house
Your house got another house
Your bitch got a bitch, your spouse got another spouse
Young Walt Disney, I'ma tell you truthfully
If you leave Mickey you gon' end up with a Goofy
I imagine thats what Chris told Karrueche
Girls be actin' like it's diamonds in they coochie
I don't give a fuck, I don't give a fuck
But cops chokin' niggas out in the media
We finna have to protest and tear the city up
We bout to tear this whole place up pretty much
(How much I live)

[Bridge - Kanye West:]
And you know it's all your fault
Nobody, nobody, nobody, babe
You know it's all your fault
Nobody, nobody, nobody, but me

[Hook]

Ho we done made it through hell and disaster
My crib done got bigger, my women got badder
You wonderin' how do you get in the game
I'm wonderin' how do I get to the rafters
Oh boy, I'm mad until these records gettin' shattered
Til I'm MJ or Magic, oh she just want the status, so
You the man she got, but I'm the man she been after
She done sent so many naked pics my phone ain't got n ... Read more »

[Chorus - 4x] 
Oh when it all, it all falls down 
I'm telling you ohh, it all falls down 

[Verse - Kanye West] 
Man I promise, she's so self conscious 
She has no idea what she's doing in college 
That major that she majored in don't make no money 
But she won't drop out, her parents will look at her funny 
Now, tell me that ain't insecurrre 
The concept of school seems so securrre 
Sophmore three yearrrs aint picked a careerrr 
She like fuck it, I'll just stay down herre and do hair 
Cause that's enough money to buy her a few pairs of new Airs 
Cause her baby daddy don't really care 
She's so precious with the peer pressure 
Couldn't afford a car so she named her daughter Alexus (a Lexus) 
She had hair so long that it looked like weave 
Then she cut it all off now she look like Eve 
And she be dealing with some issues that you can't believe 
Single black female addicted to retail and well 

[Chorus - repeat 2x ] 

[Verse - Kanye West] 
Man I promise, I'm so self conscious 
That's why you always see me with at least one of my watches 
Rollies and Pasha's done drove me crazy 
I can't even pronounce nothing, pass that versace! 
Then I spent 400 bucks on this 
Just to be like nigga you ain't up on this! 
And I can't even go to the grocery store 
Without some ones thats clean and a shirt with a team 
It seems we living the american dream 
But the people highest up got the lowest self esteem 
The prettiest people do the ugliest things 
For the road to riches and diamond rings 
We shine because they hate us, floss cause they de ... Read more »

[Tony Williams & Kanye West]
All of the lights
All of the lights
All of the lights
All of the lights

[Rihanna]
Turn up the lights in here, baby
Extra bright, I want y'all to see this
Turn up the lights in here, baby
You know what I need
Want you to see everything
Want you to see all of the lights

(all of the lights)

[Alicia Keys]
Fast cars, shooting stars

[Rihanna & Alicia Keys]
(all of the lights, all of the lights)
Until it's Vegas everywhere we are
(all of the lights, all of the lights)
If you want it you can get it for the rest of your life [x2]

[Kanye West]
Something wrong
I hold my head
MJ gone, our nigga dead!
I slapped my girl, she called the feds
I did that time and spent that bread
I’m heading home, I’m almost there
I’m on my way heading up the stairs
To my surprise a nigga replacing me
I had to take 'em to that ghetto university

[Chorus]
All of the lights
Cop lights, flash lights, spot lights
Strobe lights, street lights
All of the lights
All of the lights
Fast life, drug life
Thug life, rock life
Every night
(all of the lights)

[Rihanna]
Turn up the lights in here, baby
Extra bright, I want y'all to see this
Turn up the lights in here, baby
You know what I need
Want you to see everything
Want you to see all of the lights

[Kanye West]
Restraining order
Can’t see my daughter
Her mother, brother, grandmother hate me in that order
Public visitation
We met at Borders
Told her she take me back
I’ll be more supportive
I made mistakes
I bump my head
Courts suck me dry
I spent that bread
She need a daddy
Baby please, can’t let her g ... Read more »

[Kanye West]
We in the streets playa, getcha mail
It's only two places you'll end up - either dead or in jail
Still nowhere to go...still nowhere to go
Now throw ya hands up bustless, bustas, boostas, hoes
Everybody, fuck that
Still nowhere to go...still nowhere to go..

[Mos Def]
Two words, United States, no love, no brakes
Low brow, high stakes, crack smoke, black folks
Big Macs, fat folks, ecstasy capsules
Presidential scandals, everybody MOVE
Two words, Mos Def, K West, hot shit
Calm down, get back, ghetto people, got this
Game ball, lock shit, dump off, cock shit
We won't stop shit, everybody MOVE
Two words, BK , NY, bedstuy
Two hawks, too hungry, too many, that's why
These streets know game, can't ball, don't play
Every traffic, one lane, everybody MOVE
Two words, Mos Def, black check, hot shit
Calm down, get back, ghetto people, got this
Game point lock, long pump cocked
We won't stop, everybody MOVE

Chorus: Kanye West (Harlem Boys Choir)

1 - Now throw ya hands up bustless, bustas (Throw your hands up high)
Boostas, hoes, everybody, fuck that (ohhhhhh)
Still nowhere to go...still nowhere to go... (ohhhhhh)

2 - and keep ya hands up bustless, bustas (Till they reach the sky)
Boostas, hoes, everybody, fuck that (ohhhhhh)
Still nowhere to go...still nowhere to go... (ohhhhhh)

[Kanye West] (Harlem Boys Choir)
Aiyyo, two words, Chi town, South side, world wide
Cuz I, rep that, till I, fuckin die
One neck, two chains, one waist, two gats
One wall, twenty plaques, dudes say, "Gimme that"
I am limelight, Blueprint, 5 Mics
Go get his rhyme like, shoulda been signed twice
Most imitated, Grammy nominated
Hotel accommodated, cheerleader, prom dated
Barbershop, playa hated, mom and ... Read more »

(Chorus)
KanYe (Female Voice)

Why everything that’s supposed to bad make me feel so good?
Everything they told me not to is exactly what I would
Man I tried to stop man I tried the best I could 
But(You make me smile)

What’s your addiction? Is it money? Is it girls? Is it weed?
I’ve been afflicted by not one, not two, but all three
She’s got the same thing, about me, but more, about us
She’s coming over, so I guess, that means, I’m on drugs
Just let me peek now, I mean damn, I’m so curious
She’s got a lover, so the lies, and the lust, is a rush
Time’s of the essence, I need, you to be, spontaneous
Roll up the doja, henny and c-c-c cola, then I’m co coming over
Cuz its ne-never over 

(Chorus)
KanYe (Female Voice)

Why everything that’s supposed to bad make me feel so good
Everything they told me not to is exactly what I would
Man I tried to stop man I tried the best I could 
But (You make me smile)

I see the emotion in your eyes, that you, try not to show
We get the closest when you high, or you drunk, or you blow
So I pour the potion, so we could both get high, as we could go
Then I’ll get the lotion, and do something to me, when your thighs is exposed
There’s no turning back now, I mean I don’t mean to impose
Not now but right now, I need you to undress, and then pose
I’m into that now, catch a vibe, when the doors, get closed
Roll up the doja, henny and c-c-c cola, and I keep co coming over
Cuz its ne-never over 

(Chorus)
Female Voice (Female Voice)

Why everything that’s supposed to bad make me feel so good
Everything they told me not to is exactly what I would
Man I tried to stop man I tried the best I could 
But… ( ... Read more »

You got to 

[Chorus] 
Relax yourself or we'll whack ya down 
Relax yourself or we'll whack ya down 
Relax yourself or we'll whack ya down 
Relax yourself or we'll whack ya down 
Relax yourself or we'll whack ya down 
All day long man, we back in town 

[Consequence] 
Homie check it out I got her mesmerized 
So won't you hook a chew scorns, she tellin you buy 
Street poetry is how ya boy get paid 
And I wear no Escalade, metallic, black or beige 
Yo when I walk up in the club you know I do not pay 
Aiiyo my man Kanyeezy he got something to say 

[Kanye West] 
Aiiyo my name is Kanyeezy from the Roc-A fam 
And where the glocks don't jam, so where we pop them scrams 
See I showed you on the champions how we get down 
So don't twist ya lips, I'm like Bobby Brown 
You got B2K on all your bedroom wall 
But if you be with Kan, gonna work ya walls 
Straight from the South side of dem Chi-town streets 
The top three in the game, with these here beats 

[Consequence] 
And if you talk about him, aiiyo I take you out 
Either with the nine or the tech's in his mouth 
And let that dime gettin friendly than the orgie's at eight 
But y'all niggaz don't shine so you couldn't relate 

[Chorus] 
Relax yourself or we'll whack ya down (You couldn't relate) 
Relax yourself or we'll whack ya down (Yo Quence, you couldn't relate) 
Relax yourself or we'll whack ya down 
Relax yourself or we'll whack ya down 
Relax yourself or we'll whack ya down 
Relax yourself or we'll whack ya down 

[Consequence]  ... Read more »

Windows, to the world are what we're looking through
Who knows, if what we find is true
Seeing, is believing as some people say
Knowing, is to get a better view

(Chorus)
For the windows of the world
Are never open all the way
And the voices of the past
Are not forgotten
Till you leave it all behind you
You will never see the day
'Cause your life is on the line

Tasting, of the wine of some forbidden fruit
Reaping, the sorrows that we sow
Reaching, to the stars will never bring us home
Teaching, what we really could not know

(Chorus)

Touching, we are moving to the things we feel
Trying, to be what we could never be

got down on myself it looked like I was falling off the shelf
It was the wrong direction
I got way behind searching inside everybody trying to find
My own reflection

But I got something to say so get out of my way
'Cause I'm not all alone anymore
Better sound the alarm Stand your ground Raise your arm
'Cause you're not all alone anymore

I got out of control I figured there was a lock on rock and roll
And I lost the combination
But you better beware I'm used and abused I got nothing to lose
And I'm back from my vacation

But I got something to say so get out of my way
'Cause I'm not all alone anymore
Better sound the alarm Stand your ground Raise your arm
'Cause you're not all alone anymore

Stand up We're not alone anymore
Stand up
Look up We're not alone anymore

Well you told me that I was just not the one,
And you left me standing out in the cold
It's been a long tiime and I'm so much better now,
That I'm looking back and seeing it all
and for the first time there's no pain in my life
Though it's a long hardroad that I've gone
We had a good thing and it made me a man cause I know

CHORUS
You got me goin', pardon me my feelings are showing
I'm only saying what's on my mind

Well I found you or maybe I found myself
And I think we knew it all of the time
We fit together just like a lock and a key
And we opned up each other's minds
Yeah, I was laughing 'cause there was no room to cry
There waas too much growing to do
We had a good time and it ain't over yet 'cause I know

CHORUS

You came from nowhere and you just jumped in my life
and I know it never will be the same
You made me love you and now I'm home once again

Well I been drinkin' again
And I know it's a sin
But I just can't refuse an old friend
Cause life is gettin' me down
And I been two times around
And there ain't nothing but pain around the bend
I'm not made for the time
I'm born in the wrong century
There's too much craziness here
In twenty-five years I have used all the tears in my eyes

Now this old world is a fright
You know my future ain't bright
And I'd just crawl in a hole if I could
Or maybe live out in space
Or some other far away place
And not come back to this earth till it's good
Oh but I'm dreaming again
I know that I'm here till the end
There's too much craziness here
In twenty-five years I have used all the tears in my eyes

Well you might think that I'm all wrong
The things I say in this song
I really wish I could see it your way
Cause there's a storm rollin' in
And it just might be the end
So I'm praying we'll all get away

Buried deep under blood and skin
A whisper a tempest is raging from within
I hold my breath bitter proud
Afraid to scream fire in the middle of a crowd
I ponder incision envision the brain
I beckon the surgeon to a slice against the grain
now that I've waisted you
the white room is pure the doctors are brave
If there's a cure I want to be saved
Sanctuary

Under the knife sharp and shiny key
Repair redeem resurrection
Under the knife they'll cut you out of me
Maybe love's imitation is life under the knife

I have come to determine a reasonable doubt
Where heaven and hell draw their boundary lines about
Now that I've waisted you now that I've tasted you
The white room had frost on the cold window pane
Your love had been lost my love was in vain
Sanctuary

Cynical splices stitch and install

I'm woven in a fantasy, I can't believe the things I see
The path that I have chosen now has led me to a wall
And with each passing day I feel a little more like something dear was
lost
It rises now before me, a dark and silent barrier between,
Aall I am, and all that I would ever want to be
It's just a travesty, towering, marking off the boundaries my spirit
would erase

To pass beyond is what I seek, I fear that I may be too weak
And those are few who've seen it through to glimpse the other side,
The promised land is waiting like a maiden that is soon to be a bride
The moment is a masterpiece, the weight of indecision's in the air
It's standing there, the symbol and the sum of all that's me
It's just a travesty, towering, blocking out the light and blinding me
I want to see

Gold and diamonds cast a spell, it's not for me I know it well
The treasures that I seek are waiting on the other side
There's more than I can measure in the treasure of the love that I can
find

Three pretenders forced their entry
There wasn't time to defend or attack
Somewhere inside I held their fury
But one by one my defenses began to crack

The first became a voice from my childhood
Without a world to call his own
Asking questions but doubting the answers
And too confused to stand up and face it alone

I can feel my body tremble
Like an animal under the gun
Can you feel your body tremble
Look in and see the eyes of Three Pretenders

The second came a shadowy hustler
Selling anything not nailed to the groud
He put a price on my resistance
And if it's high, I know he'll be marking it down

The third became a mysterious traveller
Stormy words like sea-weathered sails
His life was scarred with peaks and valleys

Gather round the preacherman gather round here
If you're waiting for the word that'll make it all clear
When you look in the sky you can see what he sees
There's a fire in the Belt of Hercules

Well the man in the collar says come to the fold
Bible in his hand tassle of gold
Says heaven could be locked but he's got a set of keys
They fit the buckle in the belt of Hercules

We all gotta come to the light together
Put your dreams in your pocket boy
We all gotta come to the light together
Follow me
The preacherman's climbing up above a timberline
Bible in his hand praying for a sign
Says "I'm tired of the devil - I'm down on my knees!"
"I'll fight the battle for the belt of Hercules"

We all gotta come to the light together

I've got books that say the good man's golden
And more that say the bad will fall,
So many men have drowned in evil, and left Lucifer standing tall
Don't take the devil's dare, don't gamble when the game ain't fair,
Lock and bolt the doors, can't let the devil use you anymore

You got to listen all you mugs and reivers, if you do any wrong
You make it right
You can't be a make-believer, 'cause soon you're gonna pay the price,
Lying, hat and pain, all part of the devil game,
Got his foot inside the door, but you can't let him use you anymore

Take, he will take, he will take, give him nothing he'll take, he will take
He will take, he will give nothing but he'll take

Pray, for devils have no reason, Satan waits to curse your ways,
Have you seen it in his eyes in the sunset,
Have you wondered if he's laughing when you play,
Has he asked if you're alone if what he sees is all you own,
Has he offered you happiness, money, or much better lays
Satan leave me, leave me lonely, leave us alone

I've got books that say the good man's golden
And more that say the bad will fall,

Dark and silent brooding, stillness falls
Sounds caress the waiting empty halls
Pilgrims flock from miles around
Seekers in the night abound
All have come to feel the sound of joy

Patient eyes are watching from below
Mirror image flashing in the glow
Hands are joinned in energy
All approaching ecstacy
Harnessing the power in the air

Awesome in their patient majesty
Pouring forth the fruits of harmony
Hands are joined in energy

Step outside and feel the tingle
Trouble finds you every night
You wonder where nobody knows you
Your civil tone is not polite
You got no friends, you don't like people
You tried it once and they let you down
And after seven years you're still hurt and angry
And inside your head is an awful sound

(Chorus)
Some say that trouble is my middle name
I find it very easy and I sin out just the same
So stay out of trouble, don't cry
Stay out of trouble, you'll die

You're on the street the clock strikes 11
And it takes that seven years away
Now you're walking with that lovely lady
And just like that you can hear her say
"Well I know for sure you ain't got the money
for an ounce of coke or a Cadillac!"
I said, "It ain't no use in trying to fool me
A big woman like you has got to fight back"

(Chorus)

Inside your head it sounds like thunder
And your room becomes an ugly shell
You get in your car and you start the engine

The world began to change the children moved and they had children
It was all arranged you couldn't live there anymore
All you had was that old place in the middle of the path of progress
So they took the space and put the ceiling on the floor
In one of the rooms all the walls were blue
It was hidden so well that no one knew
Just the place for taking in the view

The View of the sea crisp and clear and neverending
There your soul ran free there you spirit soared
The View took you away to the boundaries of imagination
Back to yesterday back to once before
In one of the rooms all the walls were blue
A mysterious space without a clue
Just the place for taking in the View

Long lives need no fortune
Hard lives need no fame
Young lives seek their freedom
And old lives seek the same

The world began to change and without a word of explanation

Virgin land of forest green, dark and stormy plains, here all life abounds
Sunlit valley, mountain fields, unseen in the rain, here all life abounds
No man rules this land, no human hand has soiled this paradise
Waiting patiently, so much to see, so rich in Earth's delights

Painted desert, sequined sky, stars that fill the night, here all life abounds
Rivers flowing to the sea, sunshine pure and bright, here all life abounds
No man rules this land, no human hand has soiled this paradise
Waiting patiently, so much to see, so rich in Earth's delights

So the maiden lies in waiting, for the sails to reach the shore
Land of beauty and abundance, innocent, you opened wide your door
Wanderers found the waiting treasure, full of gifts beyond their measure
Milk and honey for our pleasure.....

Across the sea there came a multitude, sailing ships upon the wave
Filled with visions of Utopia, and the freedom that they crave
Ravage, plunder, see no wonder, rape and kill and tear asunder
Chop the forest, plow it under.....

Highways scar the mountainsides, buildings to the sky, people all around

I can feel someone here
In the air tonight
Waiting alone inside for survival
Cruising this place
Like flesh on a neon sign
Brighten up my life tonight
Before the candle flickers

Stand beside me
I will never let you fall
Stand beside me
I'll come whenever you call
I will take it to the wall
I had a life out here
Like a rumble fish
Waiting to drown like all of my rivals
Hiding in rooms so hot
To the human touch

Choose your poison if you can
Take this heart of mine and...

You don't mind giving in to temptation as long as no one knows
Your midnight invitation where your madness flows
Fires of passion rage all night Angels falling out of the light

Control undercover you can paralyze
Every love is one more victim they never realize
All their desires burn like a fever
They want to run but they just can't leave her

Secret Service Secret Service
Do they know how you scream
Secret Service passion - hunger
Do they know how you scream

I should have seen through her diguise She was a masquerade
Cold kiss hungry eyes then she began to fade
Feeling lost I want to be found
Heaven's in hell DON'T LOOK DOWN

Secret Service Secret Service
Do they know how you scream

Silhouettes debate then they test their fate
Pride is on the line the signs are dangerous
Hands too number to feel wrapped around the wheel
Tonight they face the fact some are never coming back

Silhouettes in Disguise leather hearts lawless eyes
Dancing shadows over rock and under fire
Some will cry "table's turned."
Some will die but none will learn
Silhouettes in Disguise crash and burn.

They pick the time and place then they fall from grace
They're riding on a rail trying to chase the dragon
Engines never cool trade their sins for fuel
That's what they're running on
When they're blown to kingdom come

Silhouettes in Disguise leather hearts lawless eyes
Dancing shadows over rock and under fire
Some will cry "table's turned."
Some will die but none will learn
Silhouettes in Disguise crash and burn.

Silhouettes in danger on the wrong side of the tracks
Eye to eye. Eye to eye.
Rising up in anger. Disguising their attacks

In the time we spent together
Many words have passed between
And the feelings that we shared are all behind us now
'Cause a change has come upon me
And I'm surly not the same
There is so much more than what we feel and live every day

(Chorus)
Relentless, unchanging
Though the world is still before me now
I'm seeing forever
I will keep my heart and mind with you
So joyously I'm waiting for the day

In a single timeless moment
When the old was cast away
The new was born into a world of simple joy
And my life is still for living
Though it's seen through different eyes
And the knowledge of the truth's
A burden easy to bear

(Bridge)

It's drawing so near
It's shrouded in mystery
Histories fall, the end of an age
The feeling we're waiting for, hoping for
Now, the time to come alive
The end to which we strive
Will soon arrive

(Chorus)Right away, love me right away
Won't you come on girl, there's no other way
If I were you, I would see it through
I'd be loving me, I'd know what to do right away

How do you feel about me now
The time has come, you must decide
Where you will run, where you will hide
How will I know if you're alright
I can feel the warmth of you next to me
Hearing your voice inside my head
Don't ever leave me, tell me you'll stay
Don't let me go on living this way

(Chorus)

All of this days and nights we shared
Remember the good, forget the bad
All of the things that we've been through
Don't they mean anything to you
Oh, when the night comes I feel all alone
Knowing that you won't be there
It was a good thing, what we once had
Can't live without it, I've gotta get it back

Have you ever seen a miracle - you couldn't doubt or imitate
What's it really worth to you to shake the holy hand of fate
Well I did what I could to make ends meet
Been a gunrunner and a medicine man
In a Kansas town I was a rainmaker - there the hand of fate got out of hand

Rainmaker Rainmaker save this one horse town
Rainmaker pray to heaven

From the Flint Hills the land was cracked and dried
Thirsty streets in misery
I took the sign down that said medicine man
Put one up that said rainmaker - that was me
So the townspeople gave me money up front
To light a fire - pray, and dance around
Tell them it'd rain so they'd all go to bed
And I'd make my break clean out of town

But I started this dance and a storm kicked up
The sky went black from coast to coast
It was too late to stop - it was to late to pray
I had summoned down the Holy Ghost

So long, someone is waiting
I got places to go, I got things to see
No more procrastinating
For this is the moment that was meant for me
And I'm moving like a wave on the ocean
Drifting to the opposite ride
Traveling with no destination
Just riding the tide

People they say that I'm foolish
They say that I'm living in a fantasy
I say, everything's easy
It's better than living in futility
So, I'm standing here in back of the curtain
Waiting for the start of the show
Acting like an actor is easy
If you can let go

Someday something will find you
A magical feeling you could not foresee
A feeling so devastating
From that moment on your life's a comedy
And suddenly you're light as a feather
You're falling like a leaf from a tree

Sometimes a smile can deceive the one who has made you promise
Suddenly you can't believe, the truth only leaves you cold
Sometimes the answers you fear are there on the face in the mirror
Something the world needs to hear but no one is even listening

Power It takes Power Power It takes Power
To back up the things you say
Power It takes Power Power It takes Power
To cut through the chains Breakaway

Fortune can werar a disguise Pride is a grand illusion
And when it's your name up in lights fate proves this one conclusion
Sometimes the answers you fear are there on the face in the mirror
Something the world needs to hear the truth only leaves you cold

Power It takes Power Power It takes Power
To back up the things you say
Power It takes Power Power It takes Power
To cut through the chains Breakaway
Power It takes Power Power It takes Power
To fight back and not be afraid
Power It takes Power Power It takes Power
To cut through the chains Breakaway

All that you see someday will be
Lost in the shadows of time
Mountains must fall Someday this all
Will be darkness where light used to shine
All I Wanted

You say it's time to stay behind
All I wanted was to hold you
All I wanted was to touch you

No need for blame cause we're not the same
All I wanted was to love you
That's all I wanted

How many times will it take
Hurting me the way you do
How many times till I break

When the sun is in the mid sky, he wears a golden crown
And he soaks the world with sunshine as he makes another round
It's been a faster yeard than yesterday, all things that I had planned
And when I think I might be gaining I'm in the sunshine once again

Well I walk the road of life among the strong, among the weak
And I ask them for the shortcut to the answers that I seek
But it seems nobody understands what is and what will be
Oh, the questions of my childhood weave a web of mystery

Can you get me through these changes?
Well I sure don't know about life, but one thng for sure
All I need is you babe, we got to get the golden key to unlock the door

I don't need to face a world of disillusion
I've come to one conclusion that I know you know is true
In the game of silent searching the cost of love is rising
And I'm just now realizing I'd be better off with you

It's a game that I've been living, now I Need to know what's real
Can you help me find the answers, can you tell the way I feel?

I heard the men saying something
The captains tell they pay you well
And they say they need sailing men to
Show the way, and leave today
Was it you that said, "How long, how long?"

They say the sea turns so dark that
You know it's time, you see the sign
They say the point demons guard is
An ocean grave, for all the brave,
Was it you that said, "How long, how long,
How long to the point of know return?"

Your father, he said he needs you
Your mother, she says she loves you
Your brothers, they echo your words:
"How far to the point of know return?"
"Well, how long?"

Today I found a message floating
In the sea from you to me

He had a thousand ideas, you might have heard his name
He lived alone with his vision
Not looking for fortune or fame
Never said too much to speak of
He was off on another plane
The words that he said were a mystery
Nobody's sure he was sane

But he knew, he knew more than me or you
No one could see his view, Oh where was he going to

He was in search of an answer
The nature of what we are
He was trying to do it a new way
He was bright as a star
But nobody understood him
"His numbers are not the way"
He's lost in the deepest enigma
Which no one's unraveled today

But he knew, he knew more than me or you
No one could see his view, Oh where was he going to
And he tried, but before he could tell us he died
When he left us the people cried,
Oh where was he going to?

He had a different idea
A glimpse of the master plan
He could see into the future
A true visionary man
But there's something he never told us
It died when he went away
If only he could have been with us

All of my life, the wheels were turning
Drawing me near, to something that's burning bright
The music begins, a song that is new
Joining as one, it leads me to you

(Chorus)
Play on, play on, lifting our voices to reach the sky
Play on, play on, singing a song and my heart's on fire

My morning star, has always been with me
Lifting me up, when I couldn't carry on
Turning the page, to each song I write
Leading me on, on through the night

(Chorus)

Living the song
Holding on to a dream that never dies
I open my eyes
Learning the word that never fade
Now it begins
Never to end
It's the prize I long for

You think that something's happening
And it's bigger than your life
But it's only what you're hearing
Will you still remember
When the morning light has come
Will the songs be playing over and over
Till you do it all over again

(Chorus)
Play, play the game tonight
Can you tell me if it's wrong or right
It is worth the time, is it worth the price
Do you see yourself in a white spotlight
Then play the game tonight

And when the curtains open
To the roaring of the crowd
You will feel it all around you
Then it finally happens

I went driving through my old hometown
It was Thursday the bright sun on the horizon
I was surprised to see no one had burned it down
It seemed so peaceful and warm

Floods of memories came back to me
All the things we got away with when we were younger
And I felt kind of like a refugee
Like a scattered pile of leaves in a storm

Peaceful memory like lights on a Christmas tree
Every hometown should be peaceful and warm
Every father mother sister brother friend of the family
Peaceful and warm

Somehow now and then didn't seem to blend
'Till a farmer plowing his field waved hello
Another working man doing the best he can
I hope he is peaceful and warm

Peaceful memory plows in the green field sea
Every hometown should be peaceful and warm
Every father mother sister brother friend of the family
Peaceful and warm

On the Kansas banks of the Muddy Mo'
I threw rocks in the river and dreamed of running away
In a wind of change only a father knows
In a world so hectic so cold
I guess my old hometown's kinda dead and gone
Miss the sign on I-29 and you blow right by
But it's a place I can go remember where I come from
It will help me keep me peaceful and warm

Peaceful memory the only thing that's free
Take them and try to be peaceful and warm

There are some who can still remember
All the things that we used to do
But the days of our youth were numbered
And the ones who survive it are few
Oh, I can still see the smiling faces
When the times were so good
All in the old familiar places
I'd go back if I could (to the)

People of the south wind, people of the southern wind
It's the people of the wind, I got to be there again

Well, it's a hard thing to face the music:
But it's something everybody has got to do
So I hope that I can always remember
All the crazy times we had to go through
Now it's a dream that is slowly fading
And I don't want it to go
All of the memories are evading
And I want you to know (it's the)

People of the south wind, people of the southern wind
It's the people of the wind, I got to be there again

Now we've traveled all across the oceans
And we've seen what there is to see
But I guess it's not the proper solution
Cause it's all about the same to me
Now I look back and it makes me wonder
Why we just couldn't see
All of the battles we fought and won there

There's a reason for all that rhymes, it's the fact and the way of the
times
It's moving emotion, it's high and it's low, no matter where you go
There is something for all who look, there's a story in every book
All of the pages, between all the lines, so much that you can find

But there's too many empty lives my friend
And we just can't let them waste away
For this life is a precious thing my friend
And we just can't wait another day

There's a message in every word, and it's more than the word you heard
It's moving emotion, it comes like the sea, washing all over me

For there's nothing that we can't do my friend, cause the spirit is with
us all
And it's here and it's now, it's up and it's down
You can feel it surrounding us all.

After all we're the same, only difference is a name and where we are
In this crazy mixed up deal, there's su much that you can feel
Near and far it's where you are

I'm on fire
Burning with the question in my mind
Strange desire
Seems there's nothing else for me to find

'Cause I've been here, and I've been there,
Seems like I've been everywhere before
I've seen it all a hundred times
Still I think there surely must be more

I've been livin', I had to take my time and change my style
Now I wonder is something gonna make it all worthwhile

I know there's more than meets the eye
Like to see it 'fore I die for sure.
Something tells me it's all right
Only one step farther to the door

There ain't no feelin', feels the same as findin' out the key
Now I'm reelin', thinking of the things that I might see

I'm not afraid to face the light
I'm not afraid to think that I might fall

Colored banners - color kills
What color is the blood that spills
If we don't see it no one will
Under one big sky
Guns and plowshares - promise land
Ghosts of war stretch out their hand
If we don't hear them no one can
Under one big sky

Under one big sky a voice is crying to be heard
But in a world where love has died
That voice seems so absurd
We are children of the future
- maybe we're just passing through here
All depends on what you do here
Under one big sky

Quest for power; pay the cost
Liberty in tempest tossed
If we don't stop them, we'll be lost
Under one big sky

This is my beginning
Tomorrow holds my hand
Yesterday is dead and gone
Buried in the sand
The vision stands before me
And now there's nothing else
So close your eyes and realize
The way I see myself

One man, one heart
Standing in the flame
Can you hear my voice tonight
I'm calling out - I'm calling out your name

You've broken my defenses
And opened up my soul
The love I tried to keep inside
I cannot control
So let the wind be silent
The ocean turn to sand
And let your body dream of me
And see me as I am

One man, one heart

The empty page before me now, the pen is in my hand
The words don't come so easy but I'm trying
I'm searching for a melody or some forgotten line
They can slip away from us so quickly
Don't be unkind I'm not complaining
I only feel it needs explaining

(Chorus)
Though I've said it all before I'll say it once again (one more time)
Everyone needs something to believe in

So turn around, turn around it's on the other side
Feel the sound, feel the sound, it's coming from deep inside
It will fill you with emotion, if you let it be your guide so
Turn around; turn around, it's on the other side

I'm waiting for the day to end another to begin
Somehow I've forgotten what it stood for
I look into your face and see the searching in your eyes
I will he your servant till the end
The music plays, and for a moment I feel
That all there days an so fulfilling

(Chorus)

Desperation shows its ugly face in many ways
No one can escape the times we live in
The answers are so simple and we all know where to look

If only it was raining out tonight
Reflections on the sidewalks would take me back in time
You told me when I left you standing there
Someday I'd be sorry
Well that day is here

I was wrong, oh so wrong
I should have known
That you were the one
Now I know a love like yours only comes along

Once in a lifetime
Once in your life you'll find
The kind of love that never ends
The kind I want back again

You were trying
I could see it in your eyes
As I held a one way fare
To some false paradise
I was dying to spread my restless wings
Now just to see your face again
I'd do anything

I was wrong, oh so wrong
A dreamer in a small town can survive
Now I know it's love like yours
That keep these dreams alive

Once in a lifetime
Once in your life you'll find
The kind of love that never ends
The kind I want back again
So let the rain fall down
Take me back oh take me back
Don't let me down

Centuries of backward ways, have many left behind us
Who can count the good men gone away
The fruits of all our labors have left us as we started
We've come too far to end it in a day
It seems that everything we do is wrong
A one way trip to nowhere all along
Just look around and tell me what you see
Another stupid page of history

(Chorus)
No one together, No one is touching ground
Look to each other, Chaos is all around
Same situation, Nothing is really new
No one together, No one is me and you

Lo the horn of plenty is bursting at the seam
The harvest of the world will be our prize
We claim to know the secrets, the answers have been found
But how can one fool make another wise
'Cause nothing's better than it used to be
To live and die is still a mystery
We take away and we give nothing back
We just consume it all and still we lack

(Chorus)

Each day passed by so quickly now
You can feel it drawing much closer now
The signs are in the faces of the people in the street
The signs are in the sound I hear
The voices filled with hate and fear
You can feel it drawing near you now

The multitudes are searching, and wandering in vain
For what they seek cannot be found in men
The truth that lies before us now is plain for all to see
To grow without is not to grow within

Have you ever felt like jumping out of a window
on account of your pride
Have you ever felt like you were losing your marbles
Caus someone hurt you deep inside

Well I had a girl so young and so healthy
I lived for her night and day
But all of her friends said since I wasn't wealthy
There'd be no room for a stranger today

I played the game and I spent all my money
I went out and tore up this town
If I had any guts and a little more whiskey
I would burn that woman down

Have you ever felt like scum in the gutter
well that's how I felt that day

Ona crystal morning I can see the dewdrops falling
Down from a gleaming heaven, I can hear the voices call
When you comin' home now, son, the world is not for you
Tell me what's your point of view

Hey there Mister Madman, what'cha know that I don't know
Tell me some crazy stories, let me know who runs this show
Glassy-eyed and laughing, he turns and walks away
Tell me what made you that way

CHORUS
Here I am just waiting for a sign
Asking questions, learning all the time
It's always here, it's always there
It's just love, and miralces out of nowhere

Tell me now dear mother, what's it like to be so old
Children grown and leavin', seems the world is growin' cold
And though your body's ailin' you,
Your mind is just like new
Tell me where you're goin' to

CHORUS

It's so simple right before your eyes
If you'll look throough this disguise
It's always here, it's always there
It's just love and miracles out of nowhere

I sang this song a hundred, maybe a thousand years ago
No one ever listens, I just play and then I go
Off into the sunset like the western heroes do
Tell me what you're gonna do

I lost you a long time ago I tossed our love as far as I could throw
I can't help feelin tentative and blind
I only wish that you could read my mind
I need to pitch it all into the wind
I need to face a wall that's cavin' in
I need to fall fall again I do need you

Can friends be lovers can lovers still be friends
What about the story when there ain't no happy end
Look around look around and tell me
what am I s'posed to do
To say goodby'd be a big mistake after
all that we've been through

Some familiar face some familiar song
But those times have come and gone
Sometimes I feel like my memories are
only there to let me know
That bein' lonely is so damn slow
It's like a deep dark fever dream

I remember when I saw your face I said out loud she's out of place
She's summer's child and still she feels no freedom
Your hair was long and so was mine when we were young I felt a kind of magic
Did you feel that for me

(Chorus)
I thought that you would understand you thought that I was in your hand
Now's the time when I can't stay not even you can change the way
I'm a loner

I remember when I saw your eyes I said out loud I realize
That beauty often hides a heart that's hardened
You tell me now you use them all they love it best before they fall
Collected like a flower in your garden

Overkill, have you had your fill
Come to expect it
Off the wall, too short or too tall
System rejects it
Lost the handle, what's it all been for?
Tired of trying, seeing so much more

(Chorus)
It's so predictable and everybody judges by the numbers that you're selling
Just crank 'em out on the assembly line and chart 'em higher (higher, higher)
Just keep it simple boys it's gonna be alright as long as you're inside the
Mainstream, are we moving too far away
Is it worth it if it doesn't pay
The centerline is status quo, it's
Mainstream

If you stay within the tried and true
You'll remain among the chosen few
Survive another year

The market is dead, accounts in the red
Media saturation
We're deep in a rut, the arteries cut
Sensory deprivation
Really loved it, didn't earn a cent
No one's buying your experiment

(Chorus)

For the masses in Consumerland
Give 'em everything that they demand
Survive another year

Corporate mold, packaged and sold, 16 to 30
Jobbers and racks, they're movin' in stacks
Tactics are dirty
We're in business, what else is it for?

Sometimes when I'm walking down this lonely street,
Well, it sure don't seem like twenty years,
Since I went walking down this lonely street
And the smell of perfumed ladies filled the air

This street ain't got no name, dead end is in the river,
And I lived where I hated life day by day,
There wasn't nothing I could do to shake a cold night shiver,
'Cause to move up Lonely Street you had to have some say

Gambling is bad luck down on Lonely Street
And it sure ain't no place to be when a man gets sore
You know I killed a man and I paid all I can,
With twenty years on a chain gang,
For the flesh and the blood on that jailhouse floor

Sometimes when I'm walking down this lonely street
I get caught up in a dream that won't let me go
And as the bright lights flash up and down this lonely street
My mind rolls back the years long time ago

I see my baby stumblin' around with tears in her eyes
And as I reach out for her she falls on the floor
She mumbles through bloody lips about a bad man, robber, raper,
And in my gut I know I got one to score

The word was comin' down, down on Lonely Street
That the bad man was a dead man if he crossed my trail
Every night I'd walk up and down this Lonely Street
I get stinkin' drunk, and always in jail,

When I'm needin' a friend I can talk to the wind
God I sure am glad that I found him
Sometimes he seems to be the only one beside me
Who can feel the Lord's breath all around him
Winter's cold frozen ice or a bright autumn day
On a warm summer night you can hear him say

CHORUS
Cry for me, sigh for me, sad breezes flow
Stay for me, play for me, the song my friends will know
My lonely wind must blow

Mighty friend that is mine, can you give me a sign?
He'll leave nothing but only to hear him
I've seen the tall trees bend low when his mighty winds blow
And that's all the more reason I fear him
Hear him call for the earth lonely I can feel his great pain
But on the eve of this day
I'll join in his refrain

CHORUS

When I'm needing a friend I'll remember the wind
And my life here with the breezes of sorrow
I'll be leaving himoon 'cause I've got to make room

On a winter's night, stars are cold and bright in the sky,
The slumber of the earth is pure and deep
From a distant wood, drifts the echo of a beast
The old man stirs and wakens in the night
He stands before his window gazing at the grave
Forgotten dreams are flashing through his weary mind
And though his life is empty, he pretends that she's still there

With hunger in his soul, he yearns for life and love gone by,
With memories his one and only joy
All he has to give, he would give to bring back the life,
And raise the one who lies beneath the snow
He lights a lamp and looks at pictures of the past
The faces of their youth still glow with new-found love,
But the picture's faded, and time has stolen youth away

With a spoken word that he thought he heard from her lips,
He felt another presence in the room,
He was filled with fear but filled with joy he arose
And turned to face the image that he knew
She stood before him and her hand reached out for his
A peaceful light shone in her eyes
She said she'd come to soothe him, and someday they'd be as one

She began to fade and her image disappeared,

Can you see me, do you know my position how quick is your eye?
I have no home, no reason to roam yet I travel the length of the sky
I stretch my fingers jagged icy white 'till my energy's all around
My clutch is swift, my force is fearful I convey it without a sound
I live to free the skies from everyone, watch me run - watch me

The north wind rises, old man's eyes wondering deeply as he locks his door
He knows the fear when I'm too near him, he's seen me angry before
The black intruding clouds approach as I release a destructive blow
All the crashing, all the flashing light brings terror upon my foe
I fight with force and power for my land
I command the lightning's hand!

Run for cover - Oh your life is in vain if you try to escape me
Don't look back - Oh your wealthy world cannot save you
'Cause I'm gonna break you
I hear them moan, I hear them weep because they feel I belong to the devil

Two began together, lived as one
Each one to the other had become
More than a friend, living to meet a common end
They were true, each one knew all is well

Still the elder knew it could not last
Hidden memories from the young one's past
Drew them apart
Both knew that deep within his heart they must part
Each their own seperate way

It puzzles me how we can be so close and yet worlds apart
Can it be, my memory has torn my life in two
>From the very start
I screamed for the devil to let me be
I called to the heavens to set me free
Today I prayed for the answer and not one
Of the gods in the sky would rescue me

Dreams of fortune fill the young one's mind
Learn the worldy ways of hope to find
Love on the way, searching to find the light of day

Walsh)
Late every nite when I am all alone
I call my baby on the telephone
If she was here she'd treat me right
And love me love me through this lonely nite
Oh I can remember how her love can be
And I can't forget the way she looks at me
If you got a girl I'm sure she understands
It takes a woman's love to make a man

We're on the road tryin' to sell a song
Been on this road for much too long
All day all night it's drivin' me insane
Cause I don't know when I'll see her face again
But it ain't no easy thing we've got to do
And I love her cause she knows it too
She surely made me understand
It takes a woman's love to make a man
It takes a woman's love to make a man

I give her love cause what else can it be?
I give to her just what she wants from me
She loves me hard, she loves me right

The fire's inside me - the bridges burn
Love is the lesson but love never learns
And if it's all up to me, in a matter of time
All theses memories will return

Try to run a little faster - try to reach for the sky
Try to come a little closer; even if I lose, I gotta try

Inside of me, is a man that I knew
Who could rattle these chains - who could shake these cages
Inside of you, is a dream that I see
And the echoes of voices are calling
Inside of me - Inside of me

I've captured the nightmares that burst in your bed
I've run with the horses inside your head
But as I turned to walk away, I never heard you say
"We are hanging by a thread!"

So I skated in circles over cracks in the ice
And I stand in the shadows; now my heart must pay the price

Inside of me, is a man that I knew
Who could rattle these chains - who could shake these cages

Early in the morning sunlight
Soaring on the wings of dawn
Here I'll live and die with my wings in the sky
And I won't come down no more

Higher than a bird I'm flying
Crimson skies of ice and fire
Borne on wings of steel I have so much to feel
And I won't come down no more

Sail on, sail on, I will rise each day to meet the dawn
So high, so high
I've climbed the mountains of the sky
Without my wings you know I'd surely die
I found my freedom flyin' high
I've climbed the mountains of the sky

Floating on a cloud of amber
Searching for the rainbow's end

I'm hangin' on - cause I hate letting go (I hate letting go)
I'm not that strong - but you already know; how I hate letting go
We believed that dreams came true, now that picture's torn in two

I counted on love but love will never cry for me
I counted on love but love will never lie for me
I counted on love but lover say goodbye for me
I counted on love

Some great defender - is that what you need? To heal not to bleed
Some great pretender - shouting
"Set yourself free - Set yourself free"
Why do memories have to be like a lock without a key

I counted on love but love will never cry for me
I counted on love but love will never lie for me
I counted on love but lover say goodbye for me

I was flying oh so high
Now I'm trying not to cry
I was trying - but I'm dying, 'caus I hate letting go

I counted on love but love will never cry for me
I counted on love but love will never lie for me

I can fly I really can wave good-bye familiar land
Catch the wind make my climb breathin in born again feelin fine
I can fly above distress I can fly to heaven no less
Leave the earth forget the time light as air I don't care feelin fine
Don't say I'm crazy don't say I'm out of my head
I might be crazy but one thing's for certain one thing's for sure
I can fly above the sea I can fly hey look at me
Without a net leave it behind
Feelin good feelin free feelin so fine

My lofty purchase high above I'm losing sight of you
I'm climbing up just like a kite the calm before the storm
When all at once it dawned on me where I'm not supposed to be
Clouds are black the sky is red I'm where the angles fear to tread
I feel like I've lost my way

Down and down and down I go I've lost all sense of my direction
This flaming spitfire flight has come undone
Grounding stages of rejection I am not worthy to have even tried
Help me annihilate this foolish pride where Icarus died

I say the act of my contrition be sure to bless all before I die
Save my seat in the smoking section cut me loose and say good-bye
I wake up on the doctors table where life and death are up for grabs
I'm comin I'm comin you better shoot me

The night was cold, was deja-vu
I went on thinking we were too
How my soul cries out for you

To many places we once knew
To many faces, still no clue
How my soul cries out for you

I didn't think I needed you when I got out on my own
Dead set on having my way I was convinced that
I was right and you were wrong
Then I started thinkin' to myself
Well maybe what they say is true
How could we get so turned around when you needed me
As much as I needed you...

I tried to get you on the phone
No one answered, no one answered at home
I heard that you thought we were through
Somethin' I had, somethin' I had to do and
How my soul cries for you

She strides down 7th street
Smokey night - summer heat
Commotion - concrete fires
Where neon souls are burning

His whole life - a hung jury
She was the crime - Wheel's gonna pay
She's got blue steel; cocked and locked
She is Justice - Justice is burning

She's turning the tables upside down
She's like a flame; she's burning higher
She's like a house on fire - House on fire

Wheel feels lucky - drinkin' blind
One track mind - sheer distraction
Steps on cracks, breakin' backs
Nothin's sacred on the other side

He turns left - she turns right
They both step through the veil of night
Cold blue steel reflection
And Wheel's got nowhere to hide

She's turning the tables upside down
She's like a flame; she's burning higher
She's like a house on fire - House on fire

The flower dies the camera never lies fire baptizes
The truth is light right or wrong is never black or white
We all wear disguises

If a picture could talk we would all look away
There'd be too many voices
Rain come on and wash away this hot city skin
Pictures and memories and hope once again

So many times I see you in my mind when I'm not trying to
I see a trellis gate and I run like a child who's late
Whose friends are waiting for him
Well I never stopped to realize what was passing me by
But love has a texture
Catch a glimpse a reflection
Of what would should or could have been
Pictures and memories and hope once again

Look in the mirror and tell me
Just what you see
What have the years of your life
Taught you to be
Innocence dyin' in so many ways
Things that you dream of are lost
Lost in the haze

(Chorus)
Hold on, Baby Hold on
'Cause it's closer than you think
And you're standing on the brink
Hold on, Baby Hold on
'Cause there's something on the way
Your tomorrow's not the same as today

Don't you recall what you felt
When you weren't alone
Someone who stood by your side
A face you have known
Where do you run when it's too much to bear
Who do you turn to in need
When nobody's there

(Chorus)

Outside your door He is waiting
Waiting for you
Sooner or later you know

It's no funny hanging around winter seems so numbing
Getting fat where I sit down do you suppose it's old age coming
I get this feeling I'm no good for nothing life has led me wrong
Once in a while it makes it all worthwhile if I can sing this song

Got to rock on I can't be this way
I'm hanging around but wait till music's in season
That's when I'm high that is how I play
and I do it the best that's all I need for a reason

Can't think straight can't think at all staring out the window
Hear the band I hear them call everything will disappear and

I get the feeling I can conquer anything gets in my way
Don't need no doctor 'caus I know exactly what I need today I

Got to rock on I can't be this way
I'm hanging around but wait till music's in season
That's when I'm high that is how I play
and I do it the best that's all I need for a reason

The sun beats down upon me and it looks as tough that spring
Has waited long enough to get here she knows that I must
Sing about her future oh sing about her past I love to play my music

Standing in line
At the usual time
With a dollar and a dime
Are you going through the motions?

Do you wear the latest style?
Can you guarantee a smile?
Won't you stop and talk awhile?
Are you going through the motions

(Chorus)
And is your day just a reflection of the day before?
Don't you ever stop and wonder if there's something more?
Do you really mean to tell me that you're satisfied?
Are you for real or are you going through the motions?

Heresay, theresay
Everything is fine
Are you running out of time?
Going through the motions

Some things never change
Easy chair, nine to five
Get ahead, stay alive
Are you going through the motions

(Chorus)

Stop and take a look around you
Don't say it isn't there
People going through the motions
Everywhere

I know it isn't easy

There's tombstone in a snowy field
Close by an old ghost town
The epitaph's been weather-blown away
There's a belltower where petitions peeled
It's been half torn down
But it must have softened every soul that came to pray

There's a schoolhouse full of broken glass
And wounded walls
The rusty swings like derelicts sleeping in the weeds
There's a picture-graduation class
Staring down deserted halls
"THE HOPE OF 44" is what it reads

It's just as if some restless wind blew their dreams away far away

Columbus sailed the ocean blue
To see what he would fine
With visions of another world
They said he'd lost his mind

But when he told them of the land he'd found
A land so rich with gold
To get the treasures on the other side
They left the lad of old to

(Chorus)
Get rich now
Get rich now
Get rich now
Get rich now

Napoleon thought that he could be
The ruler of it all
The things he wanted were so very big
But he was very small

They spread the word throughout the land
That he would soon be king
But his greed and pride got in the way
And he lost everything to

(Chorus)

Oh the president and the generals
Are getting ready for a war
The only thing that they don't know
Is what they're fighting for

They shine their suits of armor

Freak of nature fact or fright
Puts up with pain puts up with spite

Scarred up shoes have lost their sheen
It looks like better days they've seen

Chameleon man naive tycoon
Will eat the poor with silver spoon

He'll jest and jeer through looking glass
But nest right near the upper class

Who'll be the first one pointing at the simple man
Now I know I'm only lucky every freak of nature should know
How to run the whole freakin' show

Freak of nature'd rather be no less a man than you or me
He'd rather look the other way choose to fight another day

I take things for granted turn the tables 'round
What if I was down

To much goin' on runnin' out of time
And I don't understand it

There's a hole in the wall
With a light shining in
And it's letting me know to get up
It's time to begin

Oh there is nothing to lose
'Cause it's already lost
In a runaway world
Of confusion
I'm gonna take it

(Chorus)
That's why I fight fire with fire
Oh I'm burning inside and my heart is a-cryin'
Fire with fire
I don't want to lose this flamin' desire
Standing alone
In a crowded room
I can feel a chill in the air
I'm shakin'

I'm miles away
I want to cry out loud
I want to fight till the end
I won't let 'em take me alive

Your credit is good if you're a member
Just a token to help the people remember
All we've done for you
Nobody buys and nobody sells
And nobody speaks 'til the chairman tells you
We're gonna be your religion, throw those others away

(Chorus)
Fair exchange for your freedom
Fair exchange for your life
Hail the new perfect order
Ending trouble and strife
No one can refuse our offer, it's a fair exchange

You're on file, our computer
Knows what's best for you
We will provide the solution, for the rest of you
Safety and peace, the terror will cease
Forget everything the fanatics tell you
Now you can worship the leader
All he wants is your soul

(Chorus)

We're under control, never worry
Always watching you
Now you're a part of the program
We'll be using you

How many times do I have to tell you
That things just can't go on this way
We've tried so many times but things go on the same
We've spent one too many years in all this pain
And the light is shining in your eyes
And still it makes you wonder

(Chorus)
It's time we face it (are you blind can't you see)
It's time we face it

How long will we go on playin' this fool's game
How long will a candle burn its flame
We've tried, we've tried so man times, so many ways
When will we ever learn from our mistakes

And the point is either right or wrong
'Cause when I'm weak then I am strong
And the truth will find us all someday
And the price is more than you can pay

It's time we face it (are you blind can't you see)
It's time we face it (can't go on in misery)

Someone calls out my name
They ask me how I've been
So what's it like in the big time?
Will you be my friend

Have you met Mick Jagger?
Ringo, George or Paul?
Do you have my number?
Will you give me a call?

4 o'clock in the morning
I hear the telephone ring
It's the voice of a stranger saying
I like the way you sing

(Chorus)
They all want to know
Do you make a lot of money?
They all want to know
Will you change your name?
They all want to know
What's it like to be a rock star?
Everybody wants to know if they can hang around

Everybody's my friend, hello, hello
Everybody's my friend, hello, hello

Everybody wants to have a little piece of the action
Everybody wants to get into the show
Everybody falls in love with the main attraction
Everybody wants to know if they can hang around

Everybody's my friend, hello, hello
Everybody's my friend, hello, hello

Some people they that I'm changing

I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone
All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see

Dust in the wind, All we are is dust in the wind

Don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away, all your money won't another minute buy

Dust in the wind, All we are is dust in the wind