My Favourite Thing

Got my fever down, then weighed it up, and I know theSounds remaining won’t strain all the silt from my eyesBleach the green from the pastures, feast on the greyOf the night, straight from the vines refusal to shine You’re my favourite thing – the one that I loveYou’re the one so I’d die for […]


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Bones

I don’t want to be crippled and crackedShoulders, wrists, knees and backGround to dust and ashCrawling on all fours When you’ve got to feel it in your bonesWhen you’ve got to feel it in your bones Now I can’t climb the stairsPieces missing everywhereProzac painkillers When you’ve got to feel it in your bonesWhen you’ve […]


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Fundamentally Loathsome

And I wanna wake upIn your white, white sunAnd I wanna wake up in your world with no painBut I’ll just suffer in a hope to die somedayWhile you are numb all of the wayWhen I hate itI know I can feelBut when you love you know it’s not real, noWhen I hate itI know […]


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Mony Mony

Here she comes now sayin’ Mony MonyShoot ’em down turn around come on MonyHey she give me love and I feel all right nowCome on you gotta toss and turnAnd feel all right, yeah I feel all rightI said yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ‘Cause you make me feelSo good, so good, so goodSo fine, […]


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Tension Head

Every day I wake up feelin’ this way I take it downtown, with all the action goin’ down I strike a match, strike a match, cook it up! (High life) I’m feelin’ so sick (Low life) I feel so fucken sick On the bathroom floor Gotta get out and get right Hustlin’ little girls Machine […]


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For Women

[Talib Kweli] (Spoken)Yea, so we got this tune called "For Women" rightOriginally, it was by Nina SimoneShe said it was inspired by, you knowDown south. In the south, they used to call her Mother AntieShe said No Mrs.Just AntieShe said if anybody ever called her Antie she’d burn the whole goddamn place downI’m over past […]


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Sunday Morning Call

Here’s another sunday morning callYer hear yer head-a-banging on the doorSlip your shoes on and then out you crawlInto a day that couldn’t give you moreBut what for? And in your head do you feelWhat you’re not supposed to feelAnd You take what you wantBut you won’t get it for freeAnd You need more timeCos […]


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black tangle heart

Maybe your luck has changedSettle downMaybe I’m just derangedAnd on the reboundMaybe love was the thingHolding me back from allMaybe I’m just the thingTo break my own fallTake the rope to my heart and fallYou may just be the last before youSee the black tangled heart fall Maybe departure’s goodMakes room for moreStart to mass […]


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