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All
typed by James Lawrence
Thank
you for the impossible effort!
All songs are written by Green Gartside and published by Chrysalis Music Ltd, except 'Umm' and 'Prince Among Men'
(written by Green Gartside and Lee Majors, published by Chrysalis Music Ltd/Copyright control), '
Tinseltown To The
Boogiedown' and 'Dead Certainty' (written by Green Gartside, Lee Majors and
Mos' Def, published by Chrysalis Music Ltd/Copyright control/EMI Music Publishing Ltd),
and 'Smith 'n'
Slappy' (written by Green Gartside and Mos' Def, published by Chrysalis Music Ltd/EMI Music
Publishing Ltd).
Songs:
Umm
Tinseltown To The Boogiedown
First Goodbye
Die Alone
Mystic Handyman
Smith 'n' Slappy
Born To Be
The World You Understand (Is Over & Over & Over)
Here Come July
Prince Among Men
Brushed With Oil, Dusted With Powder
Dead Certainty
Umm
RAPPER: God damn, body slam, programme a jam (just push the button)
Now this is a warning, yeah
But you're not listening
Just watch where you walk
Or these footsteps will be your last (you hear?)
GREEN: I didn't know if the sun was shining
I didn't know if it's night or day
I didn't care 'bout the dark cloud, baby
I'm watching Salome
I took a blade to the Vale of Galen
I cut out, baby, I shut down
I took a vow to be true to someone
Who watched my sorrow drown
All of us start, the moon and stars above
Oh all of that hurt, girl, I got to stay in love
All of us heard that nothing else will do
All of the girls say it's gotta be:
I wrote you a letter and I told you "you were dead"
Ooh la la laa, ooh la la laa
RAPPER: Oh shit, it don't quit, so don't trip (just push the button)
Now all soundboy
When you set out on the journey
Make sure you step with surety
GREEN: I'm cuttin' down on the stuff I'm thinking
Too much 'umm' drives a man insane
Promised my world to a girl forever
Now she can't take the blame
I should have gone where the sun was shining
Green can't come to the 'phone right now (my baby)
I could have shone like a dark star, baby
Like baby won't allow
All of us start, the moon and stars above
Oh all of that hurt, girl, I got to stay in love
All of us heard that nothing else will do
All of the girls say it's gotta be:
I wrote you a letter and I told you "you were dead"
Ooh la la laa, ooh la la laa
I wrote you a letter and I told you "you were dead"
Ooh la la laa, ooh la la laa
RAPPER: How many times have I loved you?
How many times have I said I'm thinking of you?
When you was hurting, how many times did I rub you?
Hug you and I dug you, thought nobody's above you
Laugh if you want to or you can even
Walk past if you want to, want to (I warned you, haunt you)
And in ya dreams I'm a stalk you
I taught, look at everything you gone through
When you spoke of walk through, so sick
And I'm a sick man (man)
Inna sick land (land)
With no plan, same old shit, man
Same old quicksand taking me under
Same old nightclub, same old number
Same uncertainty making me wonder
Same old lightning (quiet) thunder
I'm enda my rope, girl, there's nowhere to run to
I can't stop (stop), don't stop (stop)
Don't stop (stop), can't drop
And I'm getting to my roadblock
I can't let it go to my head
So I wrote you a letter, it said:
You was dead
Yeah
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Tinseltown To The Boogiedown
FEMALE: Time keeps slipping, keeps slipping
RAPPER: Yeah, the only thing Major don't waste is time in bed
My time is rare, take time, time to prepare
No time for fear, how many times I said it this year?
At what time ya going to realise that time is near?
Call a time out, Scritti Politti, Major climb down
The cracks of the streets waste no time on beats
Mos' Def most definitely the rap chief
The new release, time to make cream, time to take a piece
And at the same time, time to rebuild, time is rilla
I swear I bring the heat, the tracks to Val Kilmer
You know that time waits for no man, in time you'll see that
You're wasting all you time while you're watching TV
And yo' Scritti, I'm on it like walls to graffiti
From night sticks, to plungers, to NYPD
From Lucille BB King, you've seen me rhyme
You stay away from drama if it's wasting your time
RAPPER: The time tables keep turning
GREEN: From Tinseltown
RAPPER: You've got the both ends burning up
GREEN: To the Boogiedown (time, time keeps slipping)
They play for time and work for spaces
RAPPER: The time tables keep turning
GREEN: And clocks are wound
RAPPER: You've got the both ends burning up
GREEN: And worked around (time, time keeps slipping)
And in their prime they change their faces
RAPPER: Yeah, from Boogiedown to the Tinseltown I had em' all gettin' down
My baggage claim's got exotic names, I get around
How I'm livin' now, well that's a whole lot different now
From where I'm sitting now, got a whole clearer vision now
I played the tables hard, wild cards I was flipping now
My partners hittin' pounds, somewhere up in prison now
I'm flippin' high, things switch and change so suddenly
The way you act today is tomorrow's where you wanna be
You company shifts when you start livin' comfortably
Spotlights switch and then you dip right from under me
Don't front for me, I want to be perfectly clear
Time is here, I'm keepin' yesterday in the rear
A current affair, Mos' Def and Lee Majors appear
Bout to write this little ditty with the Scritti, you hear
And it's about that time, so if you could be then would you
Sit back and look at who time's bein' good to
RAPPER: The time tables keep turning
GREEN: From Tinseltown
RAPPER: You've got the both ends burning up
GREEN: To the Boogiedown (time, time keeps slipping)
They play for time and work for spaces
RAPPER: The time tables keep turning
GREEN: And clocks are wound
RAPPER: You've got the both ends burning up
GREEN: And worked around (time, time keeps slipping)
And in their prime they change their faces
RAPPER: At one time I thought I had it all, mass of broads
Flash awards, cash cards, time's a double-edged sword
One day you hear applause, next day when you leave
You catch a L in the C like Christopher Reeves
D'you all believe that these cats threw dirt on my name?
Give 'em time, they couldn't win if I gave 'em point game
At times I used to swerve, now I'm learning my lane
Trapped in time, what a shame, with nobody to blame
I waits for no-one, and fat 'n' slow ones, the rich no-funs
The Samurais 'n' Shoguns, the first stringer no-runs
A yo gun, you'd better hope to it or you blow son
This time keeps slipping, make no difference if you don't come
It's bein' well recorded how we advise we
Get on our game and spend these moments wisely
It's time to make chase, give pace, no time to waste
First you on, then you gone so long, you been replaced
RAPPER: The time tables keep turning
GREEN: From Cali High
RAPPER: You've got the both ends burning up
GREEN: To the do or die (time, time keeps slipping)
They set their hearts and fix their courses
RAPPER: The time tables keep turning
GREEN: An' dreams of dreams
RAPPER: You've got the both ends burning up
GREEN: Of how it seems (time, time keeps slipping)
They steel themselves, they are resources
RAPPER: The time tables keep turning
GREEN: From Tinseltown
RAPPER: You've got the both ends burning up
GREEN: To the Boogiedown (time, time keeps slipping)
They play for time and work for spaces
RAPPER: The time tables keep turning
GREEN: And clocks are wound
RAPPER: You've got the both ends burning up
GREEN: And worked around (time, time keeps slipping)
And in their prime they change their faces
RAPPER: The time tables keep turning
You've got the both ends burning up
And all the lies you've been learning
To keep the future on hold
The time tables keep turning
You've got the both ends burning up
And all the lies you've been learning
To keep the future on hold
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First Goodbye
Sung by Green only
Then I got my first goodbye
I didn't know what hit me 'til I felt the tears in my eyes
I was sure that you loved me
Only goes to show how wrong a heart can be
They played a song that took me back, girl
I closed my eyes and we were there in John Frost Square
It's only now that I realise, girl
I threw away my one true love
I watched us standing at the station
And you were cold and oh you cried, how I lied
I told you then I didn't need you, girl
'Cause I was cool and on my way
Then I got my first goodbye
I didn't know what hit me 'til I felt the tears in my eyes
I was sure that you loved me
Only goes to show how wrong a heart can be
And then I put my past behind me
And life was good and times were high, and I could fly
Even then a voice would find me
And say your name, and ask me why
And so in time I tried to find you
I sent a message care of Sarah, and you were there and said:
"I was time you put behind you"
And now you're happy and so in love
Then I got my first goodbye
I didn't know what hit me 'til I felt the tears in my eyes
I was sure that you loved me
Only goes to show how wrong a heart can be
It's only now I realise, girl
Ooh yeah
Then I got my first goodbye
I didn't know what hit me 'til I felt the tears in my eyes
In my eyes (in my eyes)
In my eyes (ooh baby)
In my eyes (you made me cry)
In my eyes
Then I got my first goodbye
I didn't know what hit me 'til I felt the tears in my eyes
I was sure that you loved me
Only goes to show how wrong a heart can be
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Die Alone
RAPPER: Disconnected inter-connected, I wrecked it
GREEN: Not what the letter of the law suspected
RAPPER: Candy and Sublime are friends of mine
Maybe I'll have met 'em in the mists of time
Whenever hold tight to what (what) to whatever I got
And how I'm going to get to the whether or not
GREEN: We oughta see through this
RAPPER: Oh we do this yeah
BOTH: Discencus is our word for today, now is that OK?
FEMALE: Round and round
Round and round
GREEN: Round and round and round
RAPPER: I'll make an incision, sleep like volcano (oh yeah, it's not
better)
I'll make the confession, good 'cause I say so (oh yeah, it's not better)
I'll make an admission, big like neutrino (oh yeah, it's not better)
I'll make a decision, I'm all ones and zeros
GREEN: Throw me up 'n' come over
Throw me down 'n' come under
Roll around in the clover and wonder
So you were the alone
Since I was a boy
Hold 'em down and we know you'll die alone
RAPPER: Yeah, let a thousand thoughts contend
I can hear myself thinking but it all depends
GREEN: It's like a Tower of Babel
RAPPER: Unable to get your fix on it
GREEN: Get your kicks on it
RAPPER: I bet you're sick with it, tell you how it is
White grey for your livelong day
GREEN: Refrigerator humming
RAPPER: You're going or
BOTH: You're coming
RAPPER: You're numb enough to tolerate the pain
The penalty for gaining an insight, damn right
FEMALE: Round and round
GREEN: Round and round and round
FEMALE: Round and round
GREEN: Round and round and round
RAPPER: I'll make an incision, sleep like volcano (oh yeah, it's not
better)
I'll make the confession, good 'cause I say so (oh yeah, it's not better)
I'll make an admission, big like neutrino (oh yeah, it's not better)
I'll make a decision, I'm all ones and zeros
GREEN: Throw me up 'n' come over
Throw me down 'n' come under
Roll around in the clover and wonder
So you were the alone
Since I was a boy
Hold 'em down and we know you'll die alone
We know you by now
We know you by now
Throw me up 'n' come over
Throw me down 'n' come under
Throw me up 'n' come over
Throw me down 'n' come under
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Mystic Handyman
Sung by Green only
Mystic Handyman (oh oh ooh), my little girl
Can you bring a little sweetness into my bitter life?
'Cause the woman I love has got to let me go
I will remember her
She's the one that made me happy
She's the girl that drove me crazy
Mr Gregory (oh oh ooh), coo-ooh
Can you sing a weeping willow and oh my tumbling tears
'Cause the woman I love has set herself above
The things I bring to her
She's the one that made me happy
She's the girl that drove me crazy
I'll never forget her
How she could turn my heart around
She'll leave me a letter
It's telling me how it hurts to go
How she loves me so
Mr Number one (oh oh ooh), b-b-b-bah
Ba ba ba bah, b-b-bah, b-b-bah, b-b-bah, b-b-bah
Oh you know I'll miss her so
I-I-I ba bah
She's the one that made me happy
She's the girl that drove me crazy
I'll never forget her
How she could turn my heart around
She'll leave me a letter
It's telling me how it hurts to go
How she loves me so
I never have loved her
Not if she leaves me and
That's not the way
It should be like now
Show me how
Mystic Handyman (oh oh ooh), that little girl
Can you bring a little sweetness into my bitter life?
'Cause the woman I know has got to let me go
I will remember her
She's the one that made me happy
She's the girl that drove me crazy
She's the one that made me happy
The girl that drove me crazy
She's the one that made me happy
She's the girl that drove me crazy
She's the one that made me happy
She's the one that drove me crazy
She's the one that made me happy
She's the girl that drove me crazy
She's the one that made me happy
The girl that drove me crazy
She's the one that made me happy
She's the girl that drove me crazy
The one that made me happy
She's the girl that drove me crazy
She's the one that made me happy
She's the girl that drove me crazy
She's the one that made me happy
She's the girl that drove me crazy
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Smith 'n' Slappy
RAPPER: Hey, what you want, baby?
Ha-ha, it's what you need, baby
Ha, what you feel baby?
Ha-ha, I got all of that
True indeed indeed indeed
I got it, ha-ha
I got it, yeah yeah
I got it, I got it, I got it
GREEN: I got a Smith 'n' Slappy grind for you (what you got now?)
I got your payment here in kind for you (what you got now?)
I've got a piece of never mind for you (how'd you get that?)
I've gotten over underlinin' you in red
RAPPER: Recall Marley dealin' it, big willin' it
How you feelin' it? Watch the snow bird gonna fly the whole world
Speak with forked tongue, and the beating down the war drum
In your schemes and dreams of fortune walk one
Caution! keep the chin up, blink the eye out
Keep the infidel with the wishing well to dry out
Find out they only lie about what they cry out
Architect-designed but psyche psyche their mind out
Time out, expect that, correct that, check that
They put you on a setback, bounce like a jet pack
Promises and guaranties by modern day pharisees
They use familiarity to push peculiarity
Bubblin' hot, trouble 'n' spot, bomba claat
Kids framin' the biz, claimin' they is what they're not
Most definitely Scritti Politti on the dot
Me and Green on the stage, get you need, so we got
GREEN: Come 'n' rock-a me now
Come and teach your teacher how
Come 'n' shock-a me now
Gonna show the people how (c'mon bring me party)
Come 'n' rock-a me now
Come and teach your teacher how
Come 'n' shock-a me now
Gonna show the people how (c'mon bring me party)
I've got a dark and canine day for you (what you got now?)
I've got tomorrow put away for you (what you got now?)
I've got the tokens here to pay for you (how'd you got that?)
I've got a not a lot to say for you, surprise
RAPPER: Most definition, got more lines than a petition
Lay you flat, break the track in half, like intermission
With the raw rap, got your back like raw strap
International like them pancakes, toss that
World travellin' unravellin' the mystery cats who're dissin' me
Get the boot like Italy, when I land like Sicily
It'll be considerably warmer in the spot for those who got bad karma
I'm gonna put it on you but for now
I'm just chillin' 'cause I got that feeling
If it don't move you then you're numb like penicillin
Full committee with Politti, main objective gettin' busy
From the shores of Green Medina to the home of Sarafina
To the stairs of Catalina, everywhere inbetween that
I'll make your whole denomination react, believe dat
Ooh we at, top of the dial, rocking your file
Sound clash number one to wear, this is how we're runnin' it
GREEN: Come 'n' rock-a me now
Come and teach your teacher how
Come 'n' shock-a me now
Gonna show the people how (c'mon bring me party)
Come 'n' rock-a me now
Come and teach your teacher how
Come 'n' shock-a me now
Gonna show the people how (c'mon bring me party)
I got a Smith 'n' Slappy grind for you (what you got now?)
I got your payment here in kind for you (what you got now?)
I've got a piece of never mind for you (how'd you get that?)
I've gotten over underlinin' you in red
RAPPER: Movin' out like, what it sound like?
Competition gets speechless in my thesis
Resonatin' like the atco from the macho
Getting busy from the get-go from you pet show, rough or gentle
You recognise it's something special
Acapella instrumental, all essential
Use my pad and my pencil to draw the mental
Got a number one again, yo, tell ya can't fall, bring it in bro'
GREEN: Come 'n' rock-a me now
Come and teach your teacher how
Come 'n' shock-a me now
Gonna show the people how (c'mon bring me party)
Come 'n' rock-a me now
Come and teach your teacher how
Come 'n' shock-a me now
Gonna show the people how (c'mon bring me party)
Come 'n' rock-a me now
Come and teach your teacher how
Come 'n' shock-a me now
Gonna show the people how (c'mon bring me party)
Come 'n' rock-a me now
Come and teach your teacher how
Come 'n' shock-a me now
Gonna show the people how (c'mon bring me party)
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Born To Be
Sung by Green only
I was born to be with you
I was born by the way
Born to betray
I was born to be with you
I was born to be with you
I was born disinclined
Out of kindness or mind
I was born to be with you
I believe that everyone can find their perfect match
Millions are lonely, uninvolved and unattached
You can count me among them if you can find me at all
The man in the moon used to say I was born to be with you
I was born to be with you
I was born prepossessed
Of your worst and your best
I was born to be with you
I was born to be with you
Such a dumb thing to say
Such a high price to pay
To be born to be with you
Destiny upside your head, and stars are in your hands
I make no decisions, declarations or demands
You can count all your blessings on the one hand of time
The man in the moon used to say I was born to be with you
Oh woah woah woah
Woah woah woah woah
I was born to be with you
I decided today
Who's to know, who's to say
I was born to be with you
Born to be with you
Born to be with you (I decided)
Born to be with you
And no one can stop...
Born to be with you(I was born)
Born to be with you (now)
Born to be with you (with you little girl)
Born to be with you (you're in my hands)
Born to be with you
And no one can stop...
Born to be with you (I've decided)
Born to be with you (you're in my hands)
Born to be with you
Born to be with you
Born to be with you (the stars are crossed)
Born to be with you (over our town)
Born to be with you
Born to be with you
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The World You Understand (Is Over & Over & Over)
RAPPER: And when you want that hip hop, beat bop, body rocking
Give me something I can ride and ride
GREEN: Something I heard
RAPPER: And when you want that hip hop, back beat, [42nd]
Give me something that the world can't hide
GREEN: Something you said
GREEN: I tell you who we are
Eloise and Ebelard
We turnin' Pere Lachaise
Over and over and over
RAPPER: And when you want that hip hop, beat bop, body rocking
Give me something that the gods decide
GREEN: Something I heard
RAPPER: And when you want that hip hop, back beat, 42nd
Give me something I can hold inside
GREEN: Something you said
GREEN: I tell you who we are
Eloise and Ebelard
We turnin' Pere Lachaise
Over and over and over
I came to conquer you
Nothing else will ever do for me
I wonder what you are
The 4th of July, girl?
It will get better now (you know what I mean)
It will get better now
RAPPER: And when you want that hip hop, beat bop, body rocking
Give me something that the world can't hide
GREEN: For nothing
RAPPER: Tomorrow
GREEN: Something I heard
RAPPER: And when you want that hip hop, back beat, 42nd
Give me something I can ride and ride
GREEN: Far away
RAPPER: For ever
GREEN: Something I said (better now)
Something you say (better now)
GREEN: We got a warning here
Coming at you loud and clear
The world you understand
Is over and over and over
(And over and over and over)
It doesn't bother you
Nothing else will ever do for me
I wish you were what you are
The first day of fall, girl
(You know what I mean)
It will get better now (you know what I mean)
It will get better now (you know what I mean)
Better and better and better and better
It will get better now
Time after time after history (history)
Better and better and better and better
It'll get better now
Time after time after you hear me (oh it'll get better now)
Time after time after history (it'll get better now)
Time after time after you hear me
It'll get better now
It'll get better now
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Here Come July
Sung by Green only
Here come July
The world is there for me to share
Here come July
It sort of feels so hyper-real
Here come July
To test you all before the fall
Here come July
The end of school, the death of cool
Here come July now
And everybody's burning up
My summer's high now
The world has never been so happy in its heart of hearts
Here come July
To sort the men from boys again
Here come July
To melt away the need to say
Here come July now
It heat'll hurt your feelings
It's feeling fine now
The sun will scorch the pavements of all piety and sin
It doesn't mean nothing, it doesn't mean shit
How can I be a part of it?
It doesn't mean nothing, it doesn't mean spit
How can I be a part of it?
It doesn't mean nothing
Some things never do to me
I'll mean the world to you
Maybe I could double all the negatives we know
Here come July
I love it makes it hard to take
So why d'you lie?
To me about the truth will out
Here come July now
And I can't hear your lipgloss
No case to try now
The sun will be on subterfuge, iniquity and you
It doesn't mean nothing, it doesn't mean shit
How can I be a part of it?
It doesn't mean nothing, it doesn't mean spit
How can I be a part of it?
Here come July now
Here it comes (woah)
Here it comes
I'm gonna crash, gonna burn, gonna watch as the worlds collide
I'm gonna crash, gonna burn, gonna watch as the worlds collide
(It doesn't mean nothing)
Here come July now (it doesn't mean nothing)
Here come July now
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Prince Among Men
RAPPER: Yo, yo watch out, here we come, I never trust no-one
Make my own laws up ever since day one
Make my own rules, I'm a choose my own life
And who are you to say how I spend my nights?
Whether bustin' off steel or I'm bustin' on mikes
Well I'm turning out lights or I'm ready to fight
Trust no-one (no-one), same man who brought me here
Was the same man who left me broke and disappeared
Shed a tear for the future, don't know what it holds
You can have no clothes, look up and strike gold
And the world's so cold I ask my own questions
Find my own answers, learn my own lessons
Count my own blessings, book my own sessions
Worst comes to worst, got my own Smith & Wessons
Don't bother me, I'm screaming, fuck authority
I hate those cats with a suit and a tie
GREEN: Starts to come apart
Our high regard for making marks (and being organised)
It's hard to just discard
Our being smart for losing heart (you've got the Gorgan's eyes)
Run for cover superstars and
Show me that it's over
I'm telling you
Because the man to believe in now
Is just leavin'
You'll never find his likes again
RAPPER: Yes I try to believe in myself and walk surely
You know your boring speaches can't do nothing for me
The world saw me and gave me no other thing
With the prince amongst men, who will soon be king
Sit on a gold throne, yeah rule everything
Or maybe just a page in a young man's dream
Can't really conversate if you're ain't down with my team
Can't really set it straight if you don't the team
So live your own life, how you feel about that?
Well I'm a keep making money and watch my funds stack
They watched the craft stack, I watch the format
Technique is what they lack, I write my own rap
As a matter of fact, when you turn up the track
Make sure it sounds phat, how d'you feel about that?
Yo it's time to rule the world, man your positions
I'm out to the world, peace, I hope you listen
GREEN: Sure, it all depends on circumstances
(But the chance is that you never know)
More than means and ends but only glimpses
(Of an answer then it's time to go)
Run for cover Ubermensch
Show me that it's over
I'm telling you
'Cause we're the men to believe in now
But we're leaving
You'll never find our like again
'Cause we're so crazy
We got that dark in our hearts
So watch your apple carts
'Cause here we go
In duplicate
Indifferent to rain
Indifferent to pain
Indifferent to pain
Never to me, never to me, never to me now
Give it to me, give it to me, give it to me now
Never to me, never to me, never to me now
Give it to me, give it to me, give it to me now
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Brushed With Oil, Dusted With Powder
Sung by Green only
Brushed with oil, dusted with powder
The day began to decline
A broken door, hotel bedroom
The sun cut through the blind (oh but I tell you)
The officer asked "how did it start?"
Oh shit, "you know I wish I knew" I said
"On Highbury Fields, the Westside Highway
Or here in the Hollywood hills"
In a black and white, to Orange County
The sky was a beautiful blue
A pack of lights 'n' some keys they found there
They wondered how much I knew (oh but I tell you)
The officer asked "how did it start?"
Oh shit, "you I wish I knew" I said
"On Highbury Fields, the Westside Highway
Or here in the Hollywood hills"
And yes, it's over
And yes, oh the powerful have found me
It was beautiful to see
It was how I'm meant to be
It was love, no matter what they say
It's wonderful to be here
Abraham, my father, had a girl he called his angel
I made my excuses and I like the way it feels
The officer asked "how did it start?"
Oh shit, "you I wish I knew" I said
"On Highbury Fields, the Westside Highway
Or here in the Hollywood hills"
And yes, it's over
And yes, oh the powerful have found me
It was beautiful to see
It was how I'm meant to be
It was love, no matter what they say
It's wonderful to be here
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Dead Certainty
RAPPER: Ha ha, Scritti Politti gettin' busy
Most definitely Lee Majors with the flava
Notify all your neighbours on ya pager
We bustin' it down just this way
From UK to the USA
Whether you be at your work or play
We bustin' it down for you y'all
It's like this, like this y'all
Come on, this one right here, it's for them knuckleheads who keep frontin'
Thinking they know everything but they know nothing
Step to the function, with the bass ackwards assumption
That Mos Def and Lee Majors ain't sumpin' bumpin' (yeah come on)
I know that look in your face, it's uncertainty
You wanna dance and act hard, it's not working B
Well who you herbin' be? You ain't serving me
Well my crew got it hot like Mercury
GREEN: I've got my suspicions
They made your mind up
(Your certainties are dead now)
Too smart to be sure
They made your mind up
(Your certainties are dead uh)
Too sure to be certain
They made your mind up
(Your certainties are dead)
Too smart to be sure
They made your mind up
(Your certainties are dead now)
I've got my suspicions
RAPPER: You can't say you know rap if you don't know me
An' don't say you know rhymes if you can't MC
The only thing I know B, is that I'm living to die
Slice the pie eighty ways and find ways to get by
While the know it alls roam the street, knowing they lie
I'm with the Scritti P O L I T T I
Tryin' to fly like R Kelly in the belly of the beast
Watch the know it alls blow it, all stuck in the streets
Stay in your seats, I'm dead, certain this sounds sweet
In a world where life's cheap, got to know where to sleep
Knowing the creep and know who's really under your sheets
And what you don't know just might hurt you, now that's deep
Change position, some listen, some be slippin'
Some trippin' and some of ya'll need ass whippin'
For talking what you don't know, here's some advice
The price for dead certainty, sometimes could be you life, like that
GREEN: I've got my suspicions
They made your mind up
(Your certainties are dead now)
Too smart to be sure
They made your mind up
(Your certainties are dead uh)
Too sure to be certain
They made your mind up
(Your certainties are dead)
Too smart to be sure
They made your mind up
(Your certainties are dead now)
I've got my suspicions
RAPPER: Some jokers can't take advice to save their life
Try to shine some light makin' it tight like that alright
In the trade of life they play the teacher, never students on the low-low
The jokers don't know what they be doin'
You confuse them with your ways an' acts and your disposition
But be the first to talk about how other cats don't listen
But that's you black, I'm speaking true fact, I seen you do that
Somebody drop a gem and you be like "For real, I knew that"
Save it, the entire approach is gettin' aged
It's part the reason why your crew will not return your pages
You're getting famous for being straight out shameless
You enter nameless and exit like some entertainer
You see that be that what there why I keep us talkin'
Whatever, just long as you tell the story walking
You want to be cerebral then use your cerebellum
'Cause for real they don't know that you slow until you tell 'em
GREEN: I've got my suspicions
They made your mind up
(Your certainties are dead now)
Too smart to be sure
They made your mind up
(Your certainties are dead uh)
Too sure to be certain
They made your mind up
(Your certainties are dead)
Too smart to be sure
They made your mind up
(Your certainties are dead now)
I've got my suspicions
Make your mind up
I've got my suspicions
Make your mind up
I've got my suspicions
Make your mind up
I've got my suspicions
Make your mind up
Sure I'm certain, I'm certain I'm sure
I won't find what I'm searching for
What you see from the grave to the cradle
Sure I'm certain, I'm certain I'm sure
I won't find what I'm searching for
What you see from the grave to the cradle
I've got my suspicions
Make your mind up
Make your mind up
Make your mind up
RAPPER: I've got my suspicions, yeah
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