Winning

get a job
you fuckin slob
punk ass dirty kid street mob

no direction
no religion
no society in which we fit in
how come you keep forgettin
what it's like in the beginnin
before you started winning


still it's better than you imagine
Free
no falsified situation
we
could do without your trying
to be
an ideal of moral santity


what makes you think I could work
next to you
with you
for you
sign a w2
when all i can think of is the hatred you spew
when I sit and try to have a simple morsel to chew

so rationalize
sympathize
these are things that can happen in most of our lives

still it's better than you imagine
Free
no falsified situation
we
could do without your trying
to be
an ideal of moral santity


no direction
no religion
no society in which we fit in
how come you keep forgettin
what it's like in the beginnin
before you started winning

Starlight

Starlight in her eyes
a moon beam within her smile

hair like an ocean wave
my dear one met an early grave

no longer her rainbow voice
the sweet colors of her rejoice

ring loudly like bells through the air
no she sleeps soundly with flowrs in her hair

deep down in her earthly tomb
lies a stillnes within her womb

a dear child of her and I
destined to never see the sky

my heart breaks at the thought of the joy
I would have shared with my little boy

Lord take me from this awful place
where pain and sorrow bear their ugly face

lay down my head on the floor
my eyes, I beg, please, open no more

in one moment I'd give all of this
for a sweet embrace
my hearts heavenly bliss

Get 'em

 Gunna Get em
get em
Good
Gunna Get em
get em
Good

and he knows that I would
if only now I could

Get em
get em
good

and he won't see me coming
til it's his head I am thumpin

when I
get em
get em
good

Comin for him strong
Gunna right all these wrongs

when I
get em
get em
good

Gunna take him to the ground
smear his smile all over town
and it's written in the moon
that the time is coming soon

when I'll
get em
get em
good
when I'll
get em
get em
good

with no place to run
that's when I'll have my fun

cause til he's out the way
there'll be no time to play

cause til he's dead and gone
there ain't no going home

Til I've
Got em
got em good
til I've
got em like I should

Yea I'll get em
get em
good

Mr. Big

OH You're a bad man Mr Big
You're a bad man Mr Big
You've got something cookin
everywhere they're lookin
Cause you're a bad man Mr Big
Yes you're a bad man Mr Big

Wanna be a good boy Mr Big
Wanna be a good boy Mr Big
but it won't be the same
when you get out the game
but cha wanna be a good boy Mr Big
Wanna be a good boy Mr Big

so try to be a good boy Mr Big
try to be a good boy Mr Big
they need your everything
and your phone won't cease to ring
but try to be a good boy Mr Big
try to be a good boy Mr Big

Oh Be a good boy Mr big
oh be a good boy Mr Big
why don't you stay at home
and let em solve it on their own
and be a good boy Mr Big
yes be a good boy Mr Big

Oh try to be a good boy Mr Big
Please try to be a good Mr Big
it's still you that they fear
no matter what you hear
so try to stay a good boy Mr Big
stay a good boy Mr Big

Don't wanna be a bad boy Mr Big
don't wanna be a bad boy Mr Big
but they won't hear you mumblin
when the politics come tumblin
Cause you're a bad man Mr Big
Cause you're a bad man Mr Big

gunna break 'em like a twig
cause you're the big wig Mr Big

it's you they cannot burn
and it's time that they learned
that even when you're gone
you'll be watching all night long

cause you're a bad one Mr Big
cause you're a bad one Mr Big

and they'll all be jumpin
when your fist starts a pumpin
keepin business strong
on the right side of the wrong

Cause you're a bad man Mr Big

Lonely

I used to have a family
a single branch in a big ole tree
now it's just little ole me
and I'm lonely
yea oh so lonely

Used to be someone's dear wife
took a vow to build a lie
but things didn't turn out right
and I'm lonely
without a family

Used to have a little boy
running round and making in noise
all day long playing with toys
and I was happy
yea with him right beside me

but now he lives with his ole dad
a piece of the dream that we once had
and now I am so very sad
cuz I'm lonely
cuz he isn't with me

worked and toiled all day long
to have a place to call our own
a little space to be a home
where we could sing and dance alone
and be happy
yea oh so happy

but despite the schoolin I was taught
all these plans still came to naught
the groceries couldnt be bought
I was just so distraught
and I was lonely
yea and oh so hungry
and oh so hungry

and I hope one day he'll know
why his mommy had to go
and miss out on watchin him grow
lord blame it on my soul
I was lonely
my soul couldnt be free, no

but I'll make it by any means
I'll never stop chasin my dreams
cry though my smile still beams
I'm still lonely
yea, but don't you worry
cuz love will find me
and then I'll be happy
yea then I'll be happy
but probably still hungry
yea I'll always be hungry.

Rotten Mississippi (short)

oh come a little closer child

let me tell you a story

about the mighty mississippi river

and all of her glory

but the mighty mississippi river can't drown all my tears

been cryin for so long babe it seems like years and years

you see I've done a bad thing babe

my life won't be the same

but don't you worry child

I'll take all the blame

but the flowin mississippi river can't flush away my fears

the faces in the water look like shattered broken mirrors

you see I've been a bad man babe

and I've been doin things

oh, it's a concrete jungle

that I've started to sink

now the rotten mississippi river holds all my past

who knew that deep dark water would fill up so damn fast 

rippling with the memories of what I have done 

can't wash away my sins babe

no matter how deep it runs

but one day I'll put on my shoes and step of its wide banks

and I won't hold my breath no matter how much it stanks

and if you want to babe

I'll take you with me

just come a little closer child and we'll talk more privately

come and take my hand dear one

I'll  treat you like a daughter

and we won't show any fear of the deep dark water

cause the mighty mississippi river will always be inside us

constantly reflecting, shimmering in the iris. 

Little Bit Crazy

Streaming to you live

buzzing like bees in a hive

be how we fly

High

Touchin the sky

We can do it together synchronizing our molecular vibe

leading the tribe with the mic

you can say it was I

who flew the key kite

lightening struck twice my it felt nice

to prove no anomoly

now we fly thrice

I've seen with my eyes

I'll not lie

The difference is as clear as a rift in the sky

but According to you

we're all crazy from the womb long before we started to bloom and assume that the proper thing to do was to set down roots and hang up the steel boots

but ya gotta be a little bit crazy

have a tiny little touch of insanity

to try to test and compute the chemistry

of the composition of innocence in infancy

and figure out just what the cosmos mean

and how we came to be

freely rollin strollin on the greenery 

thankful to wake when we sleep

listenin to da choruses others weep

we'll resonate deep

the beat will help us calculate before we leap

and ya gotta be a little bit crazy

to continue to nay say and feel this way

despite what they say

to be this way this way you must be a little bit crazy

and ya gotta be a little bit crazy

to believe any kind of conspiracy

just medicate the microwave reality

the majority minority the poor I mean

and Live your life like you're on dremamine 

yes focus all your attention on the tv screen

while outside your door screen is a scene so 

 obscene it could sell out a motion picture movie screen

cause they're always willing to pay to see

the blood and bludgeoning

the theme of the Smash hit this week

is the red and green

and ya gotta be a little bit crazy

to continue to nay say and feel this way

despite what they say

to be this way this way you must be a little bit crazy

and ya gotta be a little bit crazy

to ponder the possibility of a reality

a fantasy where you weren't required to be anything but a resonance in harmony

flowing fluidly silverly beautifully

notes in an orchestrated masterpiece

instinctually

set knowledge free 

creation unleashed is how its supposed to be

living love we blessed be

and its ok with me if it seems to be leaning a little toward insanity

 cuz ya gotta be a little bit crazy

to continue to nay say and feel this way

despite what they say

to be this way this way you must be a little bit crazy

and ya gotta be a little bit crazy to listen to anything that I say

American Phoenix

And you've committed the worst kind of theft,
you've stolen my heart and left me close to death
crushed by the pains of the memories you left,
I'm a hollow husk, hold my hand, pretend to be friends,
Lord I know I need to weave together my unraveling strands
but it's hard to do when I'm adrift without you
unmoored, unachored, sinking, need cerebral glue
to keep my thoughts together instead of tumbling through

like waters through the drain of the sewer of my brain
the images of you have made a plain stain,
a color representative, kaleidoscope of pain
please rationalize, explain my madness, insane
contact my constantly evolving membrane,
illuminate, illustrate the illusion again.

Now you see I no longer wonder why
cuz I recognize the patterns in life's tie dye
and if this pain is something I had to go through
to adjust, attune, align my spectral, spiritual hue
then in the end I should be thanking you for crushing me down so I could rise, Phoenix anew

a fireflight, streak of light, blaze on through
a force to be reckoned, a geiser  mid spew
spitting fire, regurgitating nothing but truth,
contemplate dark roast mental brew,
I'm only doing what god asked me to
every single time that I've forgiven you.

And the stars in the skies remind me of your eyes
and how they sparkled in the night when it was just you and I
before I realized I was institutionalized,
the world was a lie,
its people soldiers waiting to die

so what was I to do?
I had to choose something new
in a society where we teach nothing in school
about our intrinsic ability to choose
and the only sign of valor is the price of the new hottest shoe

but wait a minute that was back in the eighties,
now its all about the gadgets that you give to your babies
and in your busy day with no time to play,
you just sit 'em down and let 'em tivo their lives away

but what's it matter when you don't know any better
and all that's on the news is the commercials and weather
and all the politician's seem to agree
that a big screen tv is the American dream

cuz it's all synchronized programming
made to keep you in a waking dream
a colgate minted reality
mind numbing drones for the colony
cuz we're just one big american family

Cold Wind

So let it begin,
I got a warriors grin
from leaning into the cold wind
memories of back then when I said I would be back when I made it happen
ghost remnants of a stone grin

And I dont imagine that any contraption can retify the reactions
results of my own actions.
But all Im really askin is for you to take action
do you remember when, back then, you said you make it happen?

Rewind and retrack
no shirt off your back
just do what your supposed to do when your supposed to do it and act

the situation's ugly
no candy
coating
no brandy
in reality you failed a family

still you say to others
like a childs scolding mother
get along with your brother
take care of one another

but what its matter when
preaching a pious limb
your own lifes sin
broken homes when like jagged bones mend always hurt like aching in a cold wind

keep pushing turn a grimace into a stone grin
keep going never showin how much your struggling
no one wants to know the rock they love is crumbling
everyone running grumbling when I'm under them rumblin

And I can't remember when
I had a reliable friend
no shoulder, found myself falling stumbling
when I leaned in to where you had been
I was caught by nothing but the cold wind

Keep pushin turn a grimace into a stone grin
keep going never showin how much your struggling.

ITHINKI

 I think I
I think I
I think I'm falling down

When why
I blink I
I must be trippin

your drugs
got me
spinnin round and round

I think I
on brink I
might be stumblin

There were
times, I
thought thoughts of you might fade away
they just
seem to
linger, stay, not wash away

You stole
from me
my stability

I drink I
I drink I
I feel wobbily

your drugs
equate
catatonic state

I tink I
I clink I
I'm shortcircuiting
(1:22)

tantric
I've gone manic
I've got panic while I'm frantic

I just cant
I just cant
I just cant seem to stand it

I think I
I feel fine
ya know I might be dyin

its real when
it drills in
I can't stop this feelin

can someone please explain
what's goin on in my brain
logic down the drain
Am I chemically insane

seratonin spray
my thoughts in disarray
rewind image replay
i just cant get away

I think I
I think I
I know I'm falling down

distinct I
I slink I
I must be trippin

I think I
I drink why
I'm falling down

I think my
I think while
I'm dying

I know why
I'm dying


There were
times, I
thought thoughts of you might fade away
they just
seem to
linger, stay, not ever wash away

I learn why
I yearn my
my heart is burning

I can't hear
your reason
my head is buzzing

I think why

let's dye

it could be fun

it could be fun
i think your the one

There were
 times, I
thought thoughts of you might fade away
they just
seem to
linger, stay, not ever wash away

Triste

Now I don't want to make my love sad
but baby I've already packed my bags
nothing you can say will bring me back,
I'll love life and I won't feel bad

No quero hacer mi amore triste
but you spent more time talkin that listenin
y cuando tu miras in mis ojos
you know I'm not playin this time oh no

Y no quero hacer mi amore triste
pero un vida feliz es mas importante
y todos los dias yo mira por este
y ahora yo se no esta contigo

No quero hacer mi amore triste
but I wonder how long it'll take you to miss me
y cuando yo voy con todos mis cosas
you know Imma leave ya with nothing but costas
porque sabes todos estan malo
and frankly I'm sick and tired of the battle
y cuando su madre hable on da telephono
you better know better and tell her I'm not at home Romeo, no.

Porque No quero hacer mi amore triste
pero un vida feliz is mas importante
y todos los dias yo mira por este
y ahora yo se no esta contigo.

Y yo mira los otros cuando triste
and I can see their need and desire to be free
Ir conmigo, with me go, vamanos,
we go mismo el camino, rapidos

No quero hacer mi amore triste
pero un vida feliz es mas importante
y todos los dias yo mira por este
y ahora yo say no esta contigo

And I don't want to make my love sad,
but baby I've already packed my bags
Nothing you can say will bring me back,
I'll love life and I won't feel bad.

No quero hacer mi amore triste
pero un vida feliz es mas importante
y todos los dias yo mira por este
y ahora yo say no esta contigo

Beat of the Groove (working)

I could be slinging or bringing it
but what's it matter if your not gunna cheer with it
oh can't you hear what I'm saying to you?
Come on and stand up we got somethin ta do.

I could be talkin or rockin it
but what matters is the message you got in it.
and if you're not sure what ta do,
take my hand and I'll lead you through
cuz you gotta right to choose
to stop sittin and playin tha fool.
and they'll move as you're rockin through,
steady boppin to the beat of the groove

and I could be sayin or sprayin it
but what matters is how you gunna be playin it
and if you don't know all the rules,
come on let me show you something new

cuz it's about the paths you choose
that determines if you win or lose
and they'll move as we're rockin through
steady boppin to the beat of the groove
steady boppin to the beat of the groove

and I could be screamin or shoutin it
but what matters is you're out and about with it

cuz the more people we tell it to
the faster that we'll spread the news
that they'll move as we're rockin through
steady boppin to the beat of the groove
the beat of the groove
the beat of the groove

steady boppin to the beat of the groove
the beat of the groove

and I can tell that you're into it
so I'ma tell you the truth of it

it don't matter what you come home to
it don't matter if you win or lose
it's about your right to choose
to do what you want to do
find the beat that rocks your groove
stick to the path you choose
don't fade into the night
without raising your fist to fight

cause it's the paths you choose
and how you live your life
it don't matter if you win or lose
don't follow cause they tell you to

it's all about your right to choose
and they'll move as you're rockin through
steady boppin to the beat of your groove
yea yea the beat of your groove
oh, the beat of your groove

Smoke Happy (compilation)

I smoke two joints in da morning,
I smoke to blunts at night,
I smoke two dabs in da afternoon, it makes me feel alright.
Yes, I smoke two  joints then I smoke two blunts, then I smoke some more..
Gotta smoke two puffs and take some rips cuz fuck your stupid war.

Yes I bake up in da morning and strap shoes on my feet
step outside, light me up that cigarette, take a deep breath and get real high
and scream at the top of my lungs

Don't worry, smoke happy!

Cuz lovin is all we got
so let's remember that when trying to get over that great big wall of destitution
and we try
we try almost everyday to find some restitution

and my momma always told be you do the best you can
and you'll live life long enough to find a happy end.

So take a small example, take a tip from me.
Take all of your money, give it all to charity
and don't worry nah nah nah
you'll die happy.

yeah, just let the lovin, let the lovin come back to you
it'll come back you'll get what you deserve
try and test that,
your bound to get lovin like what I got

so be happy cuz we getta have dat ganja now,
we get ta have that ganja now
and every little thing is gunna be alright

but I still cry when my dog runs away
ignore the bills I can't afford to pay
let's just feel it when the dance gets hot
spark da ganja, let the bass beat drop

light it, smoke it, fire up da green
cuz we getta have dat ganja now,
we getta have dat ganja now
and with no worries, we'll live happy.

and we'll smoke two joints in da morning,
we'll smoke two blunts at night
spark two dabs in da afternoon
itll make us feel alright
cuz we got no worries with lovin like what we got

we'll spark da ganja, love each other, make the music hot
so don't worry, nah nah nah, smoke happy