We've had enough time to find out what we are
No reason we should be walking in the dark
By now we should know how cruel love can be
You take so long to say it
It only makes it harder
You're pushing me away
Farther and farther
You pretend as if you don't know
How it's bringing me down
Why don't you believe in me
What did I do
Now that you're leaving
Because you need something new
You'll wish I was with you
Tried to remain constant like a flowing stream
And I tried my best to be all that you need
Please don't close the door
Take a step back
I wake up alone
The nights keep getting harder
Wanna call you but I don't
I want to be smarter
Afraid to make my next move
And it's bringing me down
Why don't you believe in me
What did I do
Now that you're leaving
Cause you need something new
You'll wish I was with you.
I went and bought myself a ticket
And I sat down in the very first row
They pulled the curtain
But then when they turned the spotlight way down low
Little Egypt came out a-struttin'
Wearin' nothin' but a button and a bow
She had a ruby on her tummy
And a diamond big as Texas on her toe
She let her hair down
And she did the hoochie-coochie real slow
When she did her special number on the zebra skin
I thought she'd stop the show
She did her triple somersault and when she hit the ground
She winked at the audience and then she turned around
She had a picture of a cowboy tattooed on her spine
Said, Phoenix, Arizona 1949
Yeah, but let me tell you people
Little Egypt doesn't dance there anymore
She's too busy mopping
And a-takin' care of shopping at the store
'Cause we've got seven kids
And all day long they crawl around the floor
Lie or truth
I'm keeping all my love for you now, baby
Me and you
We're gonna change the world again now, maybe
We still have a lot of way to go
Try to remember that in this we're together
We still have a lot of time to do
Just remember, we're born free forever
Shame on you
You're hiding all your life from yourself, baby
We're the rule
We came from far away for you now, lady
We still have a lot of way to go
Try to remember that in this we're together
We still have a lot of time to do
Just remember that we're born free forever
Lie or truth
I'm keeping all my love for you now, baby
We're the rule
We came from far away for you now, lady
We still have a lot of way to go
Try to remember that in this we're together
We still have a lot of time to do
Just remember, we're born free forever
We're gonna live forever
Don't you know, we're all one together
We are the children of the sun.
[Intro: Kendrick Lamar & Lalah Hathaway] Everything black, I don't want black (They want us to bow) I want everything black, I ain't need black (Down to our knees) Some white, some black, I ain't mean black (And pray to a God) I want everything black (That we don't believe) Everything black, want all things black I don't need black, want everything black Don't need black, our eyes ain't black I own black, own everything black
[Bridge] Six in the morn', fire in the street Burn, baby, burn, that's all I wanna see And sometimes I get off watchin' you die in vain It's such a shame they may call me crazy They may say I suffer from schizophrenia or somethin' But homie, you made me Black don't crack, my nigga
[Verse 1] I'm the biggest hypocrite of 2015 Once I finish this, witnesses will convey just what I mean Been feeling this way since I was 16, came to my senses You never liked us anyway, fuck your friendship, I meant it I'm African-American, I'm African I'm black as the moon, heritage of a small village Pardon my residence Came from the bottom of mankind My hair is nappy, my dick is big, my nose is round and wide You hate me don't you? You hate my people, your plan is to terminate my culture You're fuckin' evil I want you to recognize that I'm a proud monkey You vandalize my perception but can't take style from me And this is more than confession I mean I might press the button just so you know my discretion I'm guardin' my feelings, I know that you feel it You sabotage my community, makin' a killin' You made me a killer, emancipation of a real nigga
[Pre-Hook] The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice The blacker the berry, the bigger I shoot
[Hook: Assassin] I said they treat me like a slave, cah' me black Woi, we feel a whole heap of pain, cah' we black And man a say they put me inna chains, cah' we black Imagine now, big gold chains full of rocks How you no see the whip, left scars pon' me back But now we have a big whip parked pon' the block All them say we doomed from the start, cah' we black Remember this, every race start from the block, jus 'member dat
[Verse 2] I'm the biggest hypocrite of 2015 Once I finish this, witnesses will convey just what I mean I mean, it's evident that I'm irrelevant to society That's what you're telling me, penitentiary would only hire me Curse me till I'm dead Church me with your fake prophesizing that I'mma be just another slave in my head Institutionalized manipulation and lies Reciprocation of freedom only live in your eyes You hate me don't you? I know you hate me just as much as you hate yourself Jealous of my wisdom and cards I dealt Watchin' me as I pull up, fill up my tank, then peel out Muscle cars like pull ups, show you what these big wheels 'bout, ah Black and successful, this black man meant to be special Katzkins on my radar, bitch, how can I help you? How can I tell you I'm making a killin'? You made me a killer, emancipation of a real nigga
[Pre-Hook]
[Hook]
[Verse 3] I'm the biggest hypocrite of 2015 When I finish this if you listenin' then sure you will agree This plot is bigger than me, it's generational hatred It's genocism, it's grimy, little justification I'm African-American, I'm African I'm black as the heart of a fuckin' Aryan I'm black as the name of Tyrone and Darius Excuse my French but fuck you — no, fuck y'all That's as blunt as it gets, I know you hate me, don't you? You hate my people, I can tell cause it's threats when I see you I can tell cause your ways deceitful Know I can tell because you're in love with that Desert Eagle Thinkin' maliciously, he get a chain then you gone bleed him It's funny how Zulu and Xhosa might go to war Two tribal armies that want to build and destroy Remind me of these Compton Crip gangs that live next door Beefin' with Pirus, only death settle the score So don't matter how much I say I like to preach with the Panthers Or tell Georgia State "Marcus Garvey got all the answers" Or try to celebrate February like it's my B-Day Or eat watermelon, chicken, and Kool-Aid on weekdays Or jump high enough to get Michael Jordan endorsements Or watch BET cause urban support is important So why did I weep when Trayvon Martin was in the street? When gang banging make me kill a nigga blacker than me? Hypocrite!
You always won, everytime you placed a bet
You're still damn good, no one's gotten to you yet
Everytime they were sure they had you caught
You were quicker than they thought
You'd just turn your back and walk
You always said, the cards would never do you wrong
The trick you said was never piay the game too long
A gambler's share, the only risk that you would take
The only loss you could forsake
The only bluff you couldn't fake
And you're still the same
I caught up with you yesterday
Moving game to game
No one standing in your way
Turning on the charm
Long enough to get you by
You're still the same
You still aim high
There you stood, everybody watched you play
I just turned and walked away
I had nothing left to say
'Cause you're still the same
You're still the same
Moving game to game
Some thlngs never change
You're still the same.
I can see the darkness in me and its quite amazing
Life and death is no mystery and I wanna taste it
Step inside of my mind and you'll find
Curiosity, animosity, high philosophy like the prophesied meditation
Reminisce on my wonder years and I wonder yah
Sentiments of my words ain't been so sincere
The sentiment of my nerves that I just persevere
The big thought of fallin' off disappeared to my fate
They say that Heaven's real
Analyze my demise, I say I'm super anxious
Recognize I deprive this fear and then embrace it
Vandalizing these walls only if they could talk
Conversations don't contemplate to my dark thoughts
Lookin' down on my soul now
Tell me I'm in control now
Tell me I can live long and I can live wrong and I can live right
And I can sing songs and I can unite with you that I love, you that I like
Look at my life and tell me I fight
This that final destination, this that find some information
This that find some inspiration, this that crack, the instillation
This that consciousness sharpening and fist pump and that bomb detonation
Please don't bomb my nation, embalming fluid waiting
I got mind control when I'm here, you gon' hate me when I'm gone
Ain't no blood pumpin' no fear, I got hope inside of my bones
This that life beyond your own life, this say this go for mankind
This that outer-body experience, no coincidence you been died
You are dead
Πού να σε κρύψω γιόκα μου
να μη σε φτάνουν οι κακοί
σε ποιο νησί του ωκεανού
σε πια κορφή ερημική.
Δε θα σε μάθω να μιλάς
και τ' άδικο φωνάξεις
ξέρω πως θα χεις την καρδιά
τόσο καλή τόσο γλυκή
που μες τα βρόχια της οργής
ταχειά, ταχειά θε να σπαράξεις.
Συ θα'χεις μάτια γαλανά
θα 'χεις κορμάκι τρυφερό
θα σε φυλάω από ματιά κακή
και από κακό καιρό
Από το πρώτο ξάφνιασμα
της ξυπνημένης νιότης
δεν είσαι συ για μάχητες
δεν είσαι συ για το σταυρό
εσύ νοικοκερόπουλο
όχι σκλάβος, όχι σκλάβος ή προδότης
Κι αν κάποτε τα φρένα σου
το δίκιο φως της αστραπής
κι αν η αλήθεια σου ζητήσουνε
παιδάκι μου να μην τα πεις
Θεριά οι ανθρώποι δεν μπορούν
το φως να το σηκώσουν
δεν είναι η αλήθεια πιο χρυσή
σαν την αλήθεια της σιωπής
χίλιες φορές να γεννηθείς
τόσες, τόσες θα σε σταυρώσουν.
We had a lot of luck on Venus
We always had a ball on Mars
Meeting all the groovey people
We've rocked the Milky Way so far
We danced around with Borealice
We're space truckin' round the the stars
Come on let's go Space Truckin'
Remember when we did the moonshot
And Pony Trekker led the way
We'd move to the Canaveral moonstop
And everynaut would dance and sway
We got music in our solar system
We're space truckin' round the stars
Come on let's go Space Truckin'
The fireball that we rode was moving
But now we've got a new machine
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah the freaks said
Man those cats can really swing
They got music in their solar system
They've rocked around the Milky Way
They dance around the Borealice
They're Space Truckin' everyday Come on.
I swear that you've seen me Yes you've seen me here before Before And so don't tell it Don't tell it otherwise This voice This particular voice Yes you've heard it before Before And so don't you dare tell it Don't you dare tell it otherwise No one know why the road seem so long Cause I had done it all before And I want You felt This feeling Tell me, don't be ashamed You felt it before Before And so don't tell me Don't tell me otherwise I almost forgot Foolish me I almost forgot Forgot Where I'm from You see the rain Before the rain even starts to rain
The firstborn There was a storm Before that storm There was fire Burning everywhere Everywhere And everything became nothing again Then out of nothing Out of absolutely nothing I Benjamin I was born So that when I become someone one day I always remember I came from nothing No one know why you keep buggering me Cause this walk It's a previous journey And no one know why the road seem so long Cause I had done it all before And I want I'm sending my condolence I'm sending my condolence to feel I'm sending my condolence I'm sending my condolence to inaugurate ease You should know by now You should know by now that I just don't care For what you might say Might bring some one down here I'll send in my condolence I'll send in my condolence to fear.
When my friends told me you had someone new I didn't believe a single word was true I told them all I had-a faith in you I-I-I just kept on sayin'
Oh no, not my baby Oh no, not my sweet baby You're not like those other guys Who lead you on and tell you lies
My mama told me when rumors spread There's truth somewhere and I should use my head But I didn't listen to a-what she said I-I-I kept right on sayin'
Oh no, not my baby Oh no, not my sweet baby You're not like those other boys Who play with hearts like they were toys
Well, you might have had a last-minute fling But I am sure it didn't mean a thing 'Cause yesterday you gave-a me your ring And now I'm glad that I kept on sayin'
Oh no, not my baby Oh no, not my sweet baby You're not like those other guys Who lead you on and tell you lies
Oh no, not my baby Oh no, not my sweet baby Oh no, not my baby, no, no No, no, not my sweet baby Oh no.
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom For trying to change the system from within I'm coming now I'm coming to reward them First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I'm guided by a signal in the heavens Guided by this birthmark on my skin I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I'd really like to live beside you, baby I love your body and your spirit and your clothes But you see that line they're moving through the station I told you, I told you, I told you I was one of those
You loved me as a loser but now your worried that I just might win You know the way to stop me but you don't have the discipline How many nights I prayed for this to let my work begin First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I don't like your fashion business, mister I don't like these drugs that keep you thin I don't like what happened to your sister First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I'd really like to live beside you, baby I love your body and your spirit and your clothes But you see that line they're moving through the station I told you, I told you, I told you I was one of those
Did I thank you for those items that you sent me The monkey and the plywood violin I practiced every night now I'm ready First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
Now remember me, I used to live for music Remember me, I brought your groceries in It's Father's Day and everybody's wounded First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.
Marvin, he was a friend of mine And he could sing a song His heart in every line Marvin sang of the joy and pain He opened up our minds And I still can hear him say Aw talk to me so you can see What's going on Say you will sing your songs Forevermore (evermore)
Gonna be some sweet sounds Coming down on the nightshift I bet you're singing proud Oh I bet you'll pull a crowd Gonna be a long night It's gonna be all right On the nightshift Oh you found another home I know you're not alone On the nightshift
Jackie (Jackie), hey what'you doing now It seems like yesterday When we were working out Jackie (Jackie, oh) you set The world on fire You came and gifted us Your love it lifted us Higher and higher Keep it up and We'll be there At your side Oh say you will sing Your songs forevermore (evermore)
Gonna be some sweet sounds Coming down on the nightshift I bet you're singing proud Oh I bet you'll pull a crowd Gonna be a long night It's gonna be all right On the nightshift Oh you found another home I know you're not alone On the nightshift
Gonna miss your sweet voice That soulful voice On the nightshift We all remember you Ooh the songs are coming through At the end of a long day It's gonna be okay On the nightshift You found another home I know you're not alone On the nightshift.
Anthony works in the grocery store Savin' his pennies for someday Mama Leone left a note on the door, She said, "Sonny, move out to the country." Workin' too hard can give you A heart attackackackackackack You oughta know by now Who needs a house out in Hackensack? Is that all you get for your money?
And it seems such a waste of time If that's what it's all about Mama, If that's movin' up then I'm movin' out. Mmm, I'm movin' out. Ooh-hoo, uh-huh, mmmm
Sergeant O'Leary is walkin' the beat At night he becomes a bartender He works at Mister Cacciatore's down On Sullivan Street Across from the medical center Yeah and he's tradin' in his Chevy for a Cadillacacacacacacacac You oughta know by now And if he can't drive With a broken back At least he can polish the fenders
And It seems such a waste of time If that's what it's all about Mama, If that's movin' up then I'm movin' out. Mmm, I'm movin' out. Ooh-hoo, uh-huh, mmmm
You should never argue with a crazy mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mind You oughta know by now You can pay Uncle Sam with the overtime Is that all you get for your money?
And if that's what you have in mind yeah if that's what you're all about Good luck movin' up 'cause I'm movin' out. Mmm, I'm movin' out. Ooh-hoo, uh-huh, mmmm
No man ever seen the face of his foe no He ain't made of flesh and bone He's the one who sits up close beside you girl, and When he's there you are alone
Every man is evil yes and every man's a liar Unashamed with the wicked tongues singin' In the black soul choir
Every man is evil yes and every man's a liar Unashamed with the wicked tongue The black soul choir
Oh, he rises in my way Oh, he rises in my way
No man ever seen the face of my Lord no Not since he left his skin He's the one you keep cold on the outside girl, he's At your door let him in
Every man is evil yes and every man's a liar Unashamed with the wicked tongues singin' In the black soul choir
Every man is evil yes and every man's a liar Unashamed with the wicked tongue The black soul choir
Oh, he rises in my way Oh, he rises in my way
I will forgive your wrongs, I am Abel For my own I feel great shame I will offer up a brick to the back of your head boy If I was Cain
Every man is evil yes and every man's a liar Unashamed with the wicked tongues singin' In the black soul choir
Every man is evil yes and every man's a liar Unashamed with the wicked tongue The black soul choir
I was on my way back home My heart was like a stone With the stars up in the sky As they watched us say goodbye It won't hide or disguise My love, you cry As we say goodbye The time, was slow I didn't want to see you go Oh no, oh no
The hour tell you no lies The hour tell you no lies Tell you no lies for the sky The hour tell you no lies
There were times he raised his hand And I could not understand But you know my memory We never could agree It won't hide or disguise Time, sweet time Keeping me and mine You, stay true Spite of all of you Oh woe, oh woe
The hour tell you no lies The hour tell you no lies Tell you no lies for the sky The hour tell you no lies.
