Good morning mister sunshine, you brighten up my day.Come sit beside me in your way.I see you every morning, outside the restaurants,The music plays so nonchalant. Lonely days, lonely nights. Where would I be without my woman?Lonely days, lonely nights. Where would I be without my woman? Good morning mister sunshine, you brighten up my […]
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I’m sorry I didn’t sound more excited on the phoneI’m sorry that after all these yearsI’ve left you feeling unrequited and alone, brought you to tearsI guess I never loved you quite as well as the way you loved meI guess I’ll never really be able to tell you how sorryI am And I don’t […]
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You know that it would be untrueYou know that I would be a liarIf I was to say to youGirl, we couldn’t get much higherCome on baby, light my fireCome on baby, light my fireTry to set the night on fire The time to hesitate is throughNo time to wallow in the mireTry now we […]
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transport.motorways & tramlines.starting and then stopping.taking off & landing.the emptiest of feelings.sentimental drivel.clinging onto bottles.when it comes it’s so so.disappointing let down and hanging around.crushed like a bug in the ground.let down and haNGING arouNd.shell smashed.juices following.wings twitch.legs are going.donT geT senTimental.it always ends up dRRiveLLLL.one day.i am goiingtogrow wings.a chemical reaCtion.hysterical & useless.hysterical & […]
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Oh these little rejections how they add up quicklyOne small sideways look and I feel so ungoodSomewhere along the way I think I gave you the power to makeMe feel the way I thought only my father could Oh these little rejections how they seem so real to meOne forgotten birthday I’m all but cooked […]
Continue ReadingL.A.W. (Lyrical Assault Weapon)
Intro: It’s like, it’s like thisWord up, knowhutI’msayin? One time for your mind, y’knowI’msayin?Yo, from upstate to Brooklyn, the whole borough’s thoroughYou know the time, y’knowI’msayin?Crown Heights, to all my niggas holdin it downIt’s hardcore, B-boy rhymes just for you, y’knowI’msayin?(L-A-W, this might trouble you) This is Sharief, y’knowI’msayin?Puttin it down for the Aftermath like […]
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Now you’s my boy and all, but we need to talkStop by the store bring ya ball, let’s hit the park,I wanna rap for a minute, but don’t take it hard,Cause, I’m hoping afterwards you’ll still be my partner,It’s hard for me to express how I’m feelin’ and when you hearThis news you might fly […]
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She should have stayed away from friendsShe should have had more time to spendShe should have died when she was bornShe should have worn the crown of thornsShe should have been a sonShe should have been a sonShe should have been a sonShe should have been a sonShe should have stood out in the crowdShe […]
Continue ReadingJust The Wine
Once in a lifeWe lived in a sanctuaryA song could get us freeSlept behind the altarOnly the singer saw Now it is gone, years onTimes we took aloneStealing an hour, buying a nightIt’s hard on the telephoneLove outside the lawJai tant reve du toi Is it gone, this yearIs the song still in your earWere […]
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I was her she was meWe were one we were freeAnd if there’s somebody calling me onShe’s the oneIf there’s somebody calling me onShe’s the one We were young we were wrongWe were fine all alongIf there’s somebody calling me onShe’s the oneWhen you get to where you wanna goAnd you know the things you […]
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