What the hell do you know, you sayAs you turn your face right back to meWhat the hell do you know, you sayLike some righteous man better than meWell, I’m down, and you’re killing meAnd I’m down, but still you mean nothing to meWhat the hell do you know, you sayAs you try to shrink […]
“O God of Earth and Altar,Bow down and hear our cry,Our earthly rulers falter,Our people drift and die,The walls of gold entomb us,The swords of scorn divide,Take not thy thunder from us,But take away our pride.” Just a babe in a black abyss,No reason for a place like this.The walls are cold and souls cry […]
You cut me Slimm, and I’ll cut youYou cut me Slimm, and I’ll cut you [Slimm]New game, true flame, spit, spark and sizzleStepped up approached clam, spoke start to chiselHit her with the punch line guess she caught the riddleCause I’m off to the Lake House to tickle her middleI gotta fun pack, a hundred […]
For you I’m a good for nothing woman:Red lips, red leaves.Fall on my knees like autumn.I miss cigarettes every single day of my life.When you make love to me,I close my eyes and pray you’ll say "goodbye". Damn! She’s dawning on me!Finally dawning on me.She’s dawning on me, she’s beautiful!It’s not that you don’t know […]
[Jay-Z]Come on…life…death…here…gone…Yo If I should die don’t cry my niggasjust ride my niggas bust bullets in the sky my niggasAnd when I’m gone don’t mourn my niggasget on my niggas when it’s realsay word to Shawn my niggasIf I should die [*echoes*] Don’t cry my niggas it’s been one hell of a ride my niggasin […]
<Here it comes…> <Documentary sample:Since the far-off days when man first heard a scratchy noiseOn a cylindrical drum accompanied by staccato human tones, It has been his aim to add breadth and depth, to give realism,And spaciousness, and, even where it applies, to convey actual movement> Intro: I start to go, my rhymes’ll flowSo, get […]
Here’s a scale, weigh it out and you’ll find, easilyMore than sufficient doubt that these colors you seewere picked in advance by some careful handWith an absolute concept of beautyThey are smeared and these blurs come in random orderAnd they color the eyes of your former loversHers were green like July,Except when she cried they […]
our father who art in a penthousesits in his 37th floor suiteand swivels to gaze downat the city he made me inhe allows me to stand andsollicit graffiti untilhe needs the land I stand onI in my darkened thresholdam pawing through my pocketsthe receipts, the bus schedulesthe matchbook phone numbersthe urgent napkin poemsall of which […]
I am your nightmares, true scaresThat dream when you can’t stop from fallingCan’t fight, can’t runCan’t stop the person you’ve become I am your heartbreaks, mistakesThat place inside your hateI am that shadow following every move, reminding youThat it’s never good enough, never good enoughEven though you’ll try and tryI’m gonna call your bluffBecause I […]
Lovin’ you, lovin’ you *(I think about) Lovin’ youThink about lovin’ youThink about lovin’ youThink about lovin’ you, only youI think aboutThe things that we must doHoping that love will give usThe strength to see it throughI think about the burdensThat you and I must bearKnowning there’s someone with a helping handTo always care and […]