Arrested Development - Unplugged (1993) by Arrested Development (보컬) on maniadb.com

Lately I've been in a life like limbo
Looking out of a smudged up window
We're not sure where our lives are going
Friends, it's summer outside but yet we're snowed in
Don't know where our next dollar's coming from
Living the life of a poor musician
Headliner's strong so he keeps his 9 to 5
Cutting brothers' hair as a means of staying alive
If it wasn't for the rhythm
I think we would have given up by now
This system has gotten the best of me
Now I pray for God to invest in me
My dignity, invest his glory
Give me the strength so I can finish the story
Keep on searching for the right way to go out
coz going out is what it's all about
huh! You can't be passive, gotta be active
Can't go with what looks attractive
Gotta learn all I can while I'm able
Headliner expresses his feeling on those turntables
When we get our chance
to make a good living of the music we program
We won't sell out just to be sold out
Brothers and sisters, do you know what I'm yapping about ?
Coz if they take away our contract
we still got talent and we still got contacts
Coz we're worked real hard to get this far
We're catching the bus before we bought the car
Ya see !
[Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day
Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever]
Got to get political
Political I gotta get
Grown but can't hold my own
So this government needs to be overthrown
Brothers with the AKs and the 9 MMs
need to learn how to correctly shoot'em
Save those rounds for a revolution
Poor whites and blacks bumrushing the system
But I tell you: Ain't no room for gangstaz
Coz ganstaz do dirty work and get pimped by mobsters
Some fat Italian eating pasta 'n lobster
Brothers getting jailed and mobsters own the coppers
so you you want out of the ghetto
First the political prisoners must be let go
And you must let go of your power master
You'll never get out without much discipline
Raise your fist but also raise your children
So when you die the movement moves on
Coz with revolution, ain't no future in front o' y'all
haha! Direct your anger, love
Nothing's ever built on hate, instead love
Love your life, tackle the government
The spooks that break down the door are heaven sent
and my phrase went...
Alright !
Rhythm makes you move your body, rhythm makes you move your mind
Rhythm makes your elbows groove, rhythm makes that behind move
Rhythm makes the people move, rhythm makes you want to move
Rhythm makes your mind soothe, next stop is Jerusalem

(Speech)
Aww yeah...
What I like the brothers and sisters
In the audience to do right about now
Including y'all in the back
I want you to snap your fingers like this...C'mon...C'mon...
Aww, c'mon, I know y'all got rhythm
Everybody snap your fingers like this, every single soul, c'mon...
Aww, what's going on right about here is center staggge
It's about a brotha...it's what a brotha does when he's gettin' ready for a date, ha ha, yeah
My mom likes to call it "The Gettin'"
She calls it "The Gettin'" because the brotha's gettin' SLICK
Gettin' ready, gettin' snazzy
Gettin' prepared for a dinner, and gettin' prepared for an even mo' betta dessert
You understand what I'm talking about?
I think this sista and brotha know what I'm talking about, check this out

(Singers sing in background)
Gettin' jazzy, Gettin' snazzy
But you probally ain't gettin' it on

(Speech overlaps while singers sing)
Aw yeah, Brotha Man, Brotha Man, Brotha Man thinks he's gonna knock boots tonight
You know what I'm talkin' about?
I think Brotha Man think he's gonna do "The Nasty" tonight, alright?
I think Brotha Man is gonna umm....hit the skins tonight, if you know what I'm talking about
"I said, yo baby, yo baby, yo baby, YO! UH!" Yeah..
Ah, but the sistas ain't down with that type of stuff no mo', you see?
They decided, "Yo! We ain't gotta have materialism type of stuff
We want somethin' mo' than that" AM I RIGHT SISTAS?
(*women cheers*)
Ahh yeah! So you know um...Brotha Man is wearing the most expensive clothes
and those expensive watch and the most expensive Calvin Klein jeans and all those type of thang
But the sistas don't give a dang because a sista's got her own thang goin' on
She wants a real man, know what I'm talkin' about, yeah!
Well, I tried to tell the brotha
I said, "Brotha Man, sistas don't want that type of thang in the Black community anymore
We lookin' for somethin' a little bit deeper..

(Speech joins singers)
Gettin' jazzy, Gettin' snazzy
But you probally ain't gettin' it on

(cheers)
And all the brotha had to really do was to be upset...

Choice...You know I'm saying...Can this last with 2 beautiful women
...but at the same time, you know, every man has this ideal image
of loving just 1
I'm checking you out, you're all alone
No one is clocking you, but I'm scoping you
Staring right thru you, staring into you
Your beauty is endless and I'm hoping to explore
Brothers may say you're ugly but I disagree
But in a way that's fine with me
'cause I want to travel with you
Travel in your mind 'cause you seem like a virgin
Free as the wind blows, tall as a tree grows
Wild like nature, yet calm as a field
Hair is natural, lips are natural
Face wins first place, you appeal to me, girl
Let me ask you for some time
for you to unwind together et cetera
I have nothing but pure intentions
Everything we'll be will be natural
I'd like to hold your waist as we chase
The wind down the shores of a southern ocean
Rub my fingers thru your hair
Slowly rub and caress your forehead and bare
our problems, as we lay on the bed called Earth
Holding hands 'till we touch each and every finger
as the ocean water wets us both
in the center of the crossroads
Spiritual bonds are connected...what...an erection
Well...Let's drive to the city
and walk among the lights of the city streets
You're making me weak and it's scary
'cause you've played no games
All you've been is very natural
That's why I'm scared to fall in love with youI wanna be natural
I wanna be sleeping in you
I wanna be inside you
I wanna be sleeping deep in you
I wanna be in you
Natural
Love your lips
Love the way you do the things you say
Natural
Your lips

This is Headliner from Arrested Development,
and I come here tonight
to give thanks to ithe rain,
so brothers and sisters please put down your
umbrellas, you won't be needing those today...
Look to the clouds with the most rain
coming from it, for without the
rain there's no me and there's no you...
I said a drip-drop, a drip-drop, drip-drop
viva bum bum bum drip-drop ...
Let it rain, let it rain, let God's water feed me
The water of life, mentally rinsing me,
physically drenching me
Most are frowning upon your arrival
but I need you for survival
And when you fall on my community
I run outside to properly
greet you
Let it rain, take my pain, I'm glad to meet you
Fill my eyes with a colorful rainbow
Every drop hits me, fills me
with an unmeasurable amount of security
knowing my God acknowledges me
as if each drop of rain is aimed toward me
my Lord: Thanks for life
Thanks for my rain
my Lord: Thanks for life
Thanks for my rain
It's raining revolution
It's raining solutions
It's raining revolution
I struttle strut thru the ghetto
The rain this time I feel is mental
The goal of this rain I feel is spiritual
Saw thru the eyes of the inflicted people
Their eyes are hard as a million thombstones
marked with the names
of the millions of kin thrown
to the dust that gave them their colored skin
Fade to black is the scene
they're embalmed in
The rain many nights have witnessed her
Receiving the sperm of a brother into a sister
and blessed that life to guaranteed existence
A conscious baby for a black resistance
I feel the rain enhances the revolution
and reminds us of a spiritual solution
and reminds us of an unnatural
supernatural solu-lu-lu-lution
It's raining revolution
Lost between reality and psychology.
1990's mentality is described
by the honorable thruth message
which is 'True Knowledge Is So Priceless'
which is so true...
Rain, rain, stay here ! Wow !
Love that power !
Brothers and sisters -haha-
Raise your hands up high and let me see
the colors of your beautiful skin
Now the ceremony begins
Lord, let thet heavenly rains cleanse
Run into your nearest rainbow
to grab, hold, to ride on
Each color, learn it !
The importance of each color...oh yeah
Let it rain

Grab the hook, grab the line
Grab the bait, grab the box and wait
Tackle and shackle the topic the faculty has chosen
Chosen by many, chosen by plenty, chosen by any
man or woman who understand
the topic that's known and
[Go by the dock] flock and clock the topic
as I drop my hook and get a bite
The reason I'm fishin' 4 a new religion
is my church makes me fall asleep
They're praising a God that watches you weep
and doesn't want you to do a damn thing about it
When they want change the preacher says "shout it"
Does shouting bring about change ? I doubt it
All shouting does is make you lose your voice
So on the dock I sit in silence
staring at a sea that's full of violence
Scared to put my line in that water
coz it seems like there's no religion in there
Naively so I give it another go
Sitting in church hearing legitimate woes
Pastor tells the lady it'll be alright
Just pray so you can see the pearly gates so white
The lady prays and prays and prays and prays
and prays and prays and prays and prays...it's everlasting
"There's nothing wrong with praying ?" It's what she's asking
She's asking the Lord to let her cope
so one day she can see the golden ropes
What you pray for God will give
to be able to cope in this world we live
The word "cope" and the word "change"
is directly opposite, not the same
She should have been praying to change her woes
but pastor said "Pray to cope with those"
The government is happy with most baptist churches
coz they don't do a damn thing to try to nurture
brothers and sisters on a revolution
Baptist teaches dying is the only solution
Passiveness causes others to pass us by
I throw my line till I've made my decision
until then, I'm still fishin' 4 religion

Fishin' 4 religion (11x)
Fish
[Believe !]
[Everybody in the house tonight...C'mon let me hear you say]
[Fishin' !]

Brand new mama, I understand
It's hard as hell being a young mother and
you need support your conscious told you not to abort
so to your child you're a hero of some sort
But, hey, the worst is over
You're ready to do this
I got faith and your baby renewed this
faith that everything will be fine
Now an adult, no more youth time
[Anytime you need help sister]
We'll be there just give us a ring
We will help you raise that king
Word to the mother cause it's a black thing
I respect you in a strong way
Super late nights cause your baby slept all day
but mama don't sleep, your life's a turning page
Mama's always on stage
Hey, let me guess, you're bored
Wanna get loose, attack the dance floor
Cool, I'll hold her, you have a good time
I'll keep your baby awake so baby sleeps after nine
This is reality, we need to turn our minds
Brothers talking revolution but leave their babies behind
Well sister, he's a sucker, just leave'em be
The revolution is now up to brothers like me
to step in cause your man stepped out
[The goal:] To raise the children, no doubt
so let's go to it and possibly
bring a generation of nat's in the future, see
I respect you in a strong way
Super late nights cause your baby slept all day
But mama don't sleep, your life's a turning page
Mama's always on stage
Keep up your strength now cause we must grow somehow
Mama's always on stage
Can't be a revolution without women
Can't be a revolution without children
I improved throughout my life
all of this just to soothe a wife
brothers wear your black clothes
talk your 5% talk-

Lonely, Lonely, Oh Woe Is Me
Oh Owe is me I say
The complex cycle i go through almost everyday
To my dismay, I imagine being in this set
Me holdin' the 21st letter in the alphabet

All my life I've been searchin' as if it's my obligation
To find who?
You but my patience grows thin
Cuz U is just a letter surrounded by a better image
Of a sister who's new but overdue for marriage

Marriage takes disipline
A problem that exist within'
The American culture I resist against
But I must recall and I trust that all
I've learned thru life is givin' way to a wife y'all

cuz I want, not need a companion to feed
the knowledge I read and the lovin' I've received
Through moms and my palms read a long life
So hey I pray for the day I have a strong wife

Or a strong son or daughter or strong both
Give them a foundation of values
I think I'll make a great coach for them
And warn 'em of sin and maybe by then they can nip it in the bud
Before it begins

So hey, if you're listening and yo wishin
For a U like me that you have in store
Maybe I could be the U for U
And U could be the U for me too

(Baby) I could be the U for U
(Baby) And U could be the U for me too
(Baby) I could be the U for U
(Baby) And U could be the U for me too
(Baby) I could be the U for U
(Baby) And U could be the U for me too
(Baby) I could be the U for U
(Baby) And U could be the U for me too

I know you're there I just haven't found U yet
Gonna getcha five cent I'll bet
If I lose it's five cents, if I win it's five decades or more
Of a life with a new wife an 2 or 3 kids

My parents want grandkids wit big heads like mine
Runnin' and jumpin' on the bed with my brownish eyes
There's sort of a pressure to be married and chilled
With terry gone emotional gaps need to be filled

So I'm sort of searchin' but only in my spare time
Most of the time I'm busy workin' on a beat or rhyme
I don't want a sex partner, a female friend or buddy
To be played with like silly puddy

I want to be played with like clay on a spindle
Wet it, mold it, bend it, hard it, never dwindle
That's called longevity, different than what U read and see On TV
So hey if yo listenin' and your wishin' for a U like me
That U have in store

maybe I could be the U for U
And U could be the U for me too

(Baby) I could be the U for U
(Baby) And U could be the U for me too
(Baby) I could be the U for U
(Baby) And U could be the U for me too
(Baby) I could be the U for U
(Baby) And U could be the U for me too
(Baby) I could be the U for U
(Baby) And U could be the U for me too

???

(Baby) I could be the U for U
(Baby) And U could be the U for me too
(Baby) I could be the U for U
(Baby) And U could be the U for me too
(Baby) I could be the U for U
(Baby) And U could be the U for me too
(Baby) I could be the U for U
(Baby) And U could be the U for me too

Here have dollar, in fact
Now brotherman here have two

Two dollars is a snack for me
But it means a big deal to you
Be strong serve god only know that
If you do beautiful, heaven awaits
That's the poem I worte for the first time
I saw a man with no cloths, no money, no plate
Mr. Wendal, that's his name cause He's a know one
Never thought twice about spending on a old bum
until I had the chance to really get tp know one
Now that I know them to give him money isn't charity

He gives me some knowledge, I buy him some food
And to think blacks spend all that money on big colleges
Still most of yaw'll come out
Confused... go head Mr. Wendal
Mr. Wendal has freedom a free that you and I think is dumb

여기에 1달러가 있지
사실은, 자 형제여 여기에 2달러가 있네
2달러는 내게 군것질 거리 밖에 되질 않지
그러나 당신에겐 거액이라네
힘내서 봉사해요 신만이 그걸 알지
당신이 아름답게 해낸다면 하느님이 기다리네
이건 내가 난생 처음으로 써본 시라네
난 옷도 없고 돈도 없고 접시도 없는 한 남자를 보았네
미스터 웬달, 그게 그의 이름이었지
왜냐하면 그는 뭘 아는 남자였기에 늙은 부랑자에게
돈을 낭비하는 것에 대해 두번도 생각하지 않았어.
내가 진정으로 한 사람을 알게되는 기회를 맞을 때까지는
그들이 그에게 돈을 주는 것은 자선이 아니라는 걸 난 이제 알았어
그는 내게 어떤 지식을 주지, 난 그에게 약간의 음식을 사주고
그리고 흑인들이 모든 돈을 유명 대학에 가는데 쓰는 것에 대해
당신들 대부분은 혼란스럽게 생각하지
계속해요 미스터 웬달
미스터 웬달은 자유를 갖고 있네
당신과 내가 얼간이짓으로 생각하는 자유를.

See I was resting at the park minding my own
business as I kick up the treble tone
on my radio tape player box, right
just loud enough so folks could hear it's hype, see ?
Outta nowhere comes the woman I'm dating
investigation maybe she was demonstrating
But nevertheless I was pleased
My day was going great and my soul was at ease
until a group of brothers started bugging out
drinking the 40 oz, going the nigga route
Disrespecting my black queen
holding their crotches and being obscene
At first I ignored them cause see I know their type
They got drunk and got guns and they wanna fight
and they see a young couple having a time that's good
and their egos wanna test a brother's manhood
So they came to test Speech cause of my hair-do
and the loud bright colors that I wear
Boo !

I was a target cause I'm a fashion misfit
and the outfit that I'm wearing brothers dissing it
Well I stay calm and pray the niggaz leave me be
but they're squeezing parts of my date's anatomy
Why, Lord, do brothers have to drill me ?
Cause if I start to hit this man they'll have to kill me

I am everyday people (2x)

I told the niggaz please let us pass, friend
I said please cause I don't like killing Africans
but he wouldn't stop and I ain't Ice Cube
but I had to take the brother out for being rude
and like I said before I was mad by then
It took three or four cops to pull me off of him
But that's the story y'all of a black man
acting like a nigga and get stomped by an African