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from Arrested Development - Zingalamaduni (1994)
Yes, indedy sho-nuff needy
I got the feeling to stretch on out my children are cryin' my elders are dying. & me I'm relying on a check for rent if I gotta be broke then ain't no joke I'm moving to the country and buying some land And I'll be alright if I can rest at night knowing my children got land to stand on. Ache'n 4 acres plenty of acres money spent in rent ain't earning me cent. Ain't gettin no caddy, no Benz, no jeep. until I got some $ for some land to keep no more children crying instead they'll be running running free and wild in the heat of the sun. 'cause once I'm gone I wanna feel strong that my children will go on, family land and all sayin' I got some land to stand on no more ache'n 4 acres no beggin for leftovers got some space of my own I got grounds to raise on no more ache'n 4 acres no more giving to takers got some land to leave on! No more elders passin' without my kids askin' papa who's tombstones are those in the yard Family gotta stay close all of us gotta stay close Ache'n 4 acres 4 buildin' a nation. Ain't about depending on government spendin' especially when the government's got a plan of their own separate from me-separate from U separate from most-in sync with a few. Ache'n 4 acres plenty of acres my grandpappa had em all but he lost em & he sold em the cities were a growin' and grandpa's getting older little did he know that his land was valuable Got land to stand on then U can stand up! stand up for your rights as a woman, as a man man O' man my choices expand Ain't got me no money but I got me some land |
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from Arrested Development - Unplugged (1993)
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 finnish 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 don'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] (2x) 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... *Repeat (2x) 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 |
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from Arrested Development - Unplugged (1993)
(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... |
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from Arrested Development - Unplugged (1993)
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 *Natural (2x) 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 you *Repeat I wanna be natural (2x) I wanna be sleeping in you I wanna be inside you I wanna be sleeping deep in you (2x) I wanna be in you (2x) Natural (2x) Love your lips Love the way you do the things you say Natural Your lips |
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from Arrested Development - Unplugged (1993)
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 (7x) 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 *Repeat 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 (repeats till end) haha yes oh yeah |
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from Arrested Development - Unplugged (1993)
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 (4x) 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 (4x) 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 Words of wisdom should be ways of wisdom That's exactly how you must walk Life's too short, your mission's too dire Nurture another mind before yours expires Pass it on, push it along Like the brother said it in that one song We respect you all the way Late, late nights cause your baby slept all day but mama's got to stay strong, carry it on Hey, mama's on stage Mama's always on stage |
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from Arrested Development - Unplugged (1993)
Here, have a dollar,
in fact no brotherman here, have two Two dollars means 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 wrote for the first time I saw a man with no clothes, no money, no plate Mr.Wendal, that's his name, no one ever knew his name cause he's a no-one Never thought twice about spending on a ol' bum, until I had the chance to really get to know one Now that I know him, to give him money isn't charity He gives me some knowledge, I buy him some shoes And to think blacks spend all that money on big colleges, still most of y'all come out confused Go ahead, Mr.Wendal (2x) Mr.Wendal has freedom, a free that you and I think is dumb Free to be without the worries of a quick to diss society for Mr.Wendal's a bum His only worries are sickness and an occasional harassment by the police and their chase Uncivilized we call him, but I just saw him eat off the food we waste Civilization, are we really civilized, yes or no ? Who are we to judge ? When thousands of innocent men could be brutally enslaved and killed over a racist grudge Mr.Wendal has tried to warn us about our ways but we don't hear him talk Is it his fault when we've gone too far, and we got too far, cause on him we walk Mr.Wendal, a man, a human in flesh, but not by law I feed you dignity to stand with pride, realize that all in all you stand tall Mr.Wendal, yeah yeah yeah, Lord, Mr.Wendal |
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from Arrested Development - Unplugged (1993)
(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... |
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from Dionne Farris - Wild Seed-Wild Flower (1994)
I know what you're doing yeah yeah
I know why you dialed my number I know what you're doing yeah I know why you care I know what you're doing yeah I know why you say you love me I know what you're doing yeah And I don't think it's fair I know why you dialed my number I know why you say you're mine I know what you're doing, And it's not, gonna work, this time gonna work, this time I know what you're doing yeah I can never sing in that key I know what you're doing yeah And you're the one to blame I know what you're doing yeah I know why you can't forgive me I know why you're singing lost love The lyrics haven't changed 1 can recognize the symptoms You should know I've changed my mind I know what you're doing And it's not, gonna work this time Hey hey hey, said it's not gonna work this time not gonna work this time I know what you're doing, baby I know why you call my name I know why you say you love me but I can't say the same i can recognize the symptoms You should know I've changed my mind I know what you're doing And it's not, gonna work this time |
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from Dionne Farris - Wild Seed-Wild Flower (1994)
The reality of it all is that reality is
What it is or what we think it is Why are things the way they are? Who said that the sky was in fact the sky And not the ground that we should walk upon? Makes you wonder, hmm? Why is green green? What if it's really blue? And is what we think we think really true? It is said that "I think, therefore I am" Are we really thinking? There's something going on And I don't know what it is There's a change taking place in my mind And I don't know how I lived Before the doors were opened To the house of wisdom What do you know about the chosen man? And where in fact is the promised land? It is said that "I think, therefore I am" Are we really thinking? If we are here, then where is there? And if in fact we're here, then why aren't we there? It is said "I think, therefore I am" Are we really thinking? The reality of it all is that reality is What it is or what we think it is Why are things the way they are? Who has taught us all that we know now? And is it for real? Makes you wonder Makes me wonder Makes us wonder Yeah... |
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from Dionne Farris - Wild Seed-Wild Flower (1994)
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Stop to think before you blow it 'Cause if you think you don't it will lead You down the path to the end of your life So - I finally got you hooked Now you've become a crook And your life belongs to me Yo - you'll do anything to get me How much you want to bet me 'Cause I'm pure ecstacy You started spending up your money Now you're cold and hungry 'Cause you have no place to live Yep - life is getting kinda harder Out there beggin' for a dollar But nobody will give Chorus See - I told you life would get much harder You thought you were smarter But I'm always in control Oh yes - so many out there love me They can't get enough of me Just one hit and then they're sold They told you not to try me Said you would never be free There'd be something missing Now you're hanging on the corner Beggin' for a dollar 'Cause you refused to listen |
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from Dionne Farris - Wild Seed-Wild Flower (1994)
Everything's so crystal clear now
All I needed was time Everything's so crystal clear now I've cleaned my mind Now the sky has opened There are no limits to this Let me feel the passion That I know exists when you're with me 'cause I can feel it when you look at me And baby, that's about the time Your lips touch mine Feels so good when we intertwine Like the motion of the ocean The feeling's like no other Passion is with me Touch my heart, touch my soul Lead me into the light of a new day Touch my heart, touch my soul Lift me up into the wonder of ecstasy I am here to explore Do as it pleases us And there will be no resistance So come on in and let nature take its course This is what we've been waiting for Yeah, yeah, yeah |
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from Dionne Farris - Wild Seed-Wild Flower (1994)
<lyrics>Faced with a challenge of finding right and wrong
In a brand new world that recognizes none It's hard for me to believe in all my travels I'm the only one The only one Using food for thought and thought for food All I have is my attitude, the hour glass And my ever-changing mood Faced with a challenge of doing all the novel talk Wondering how to pay for the things my mouth has bought Wanting to say the right things whenever I talk I changed the way I stood and the way I walked Lord help me find my way So that I may go forward And lead the way Want to lose the negative but all I lose is time There's a constant battle going on A chained heart and mind who's winning Faced with a challenge of knowing right from wrong Having no preference or allegiance to either one |
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from Dionne Farris - Wild Seed-Wild Flower (1994)
Please tell me what is going on
What have I done to you To make you feel so blue? I know something has gone wrong I can see it in your eyes There is no need to lie If I am truly your friend Maybe sometimes we don't agree But you can come to me You know I'm here until the end And if I can ease the pain I'll make you see a brighter day Either now or later I don't want to pressure you I know you need some time To search and try to find Put all your thoughts into view And you will soon believe Anything you can achieve I hate to see you feel this way 'cause all your misery Is killing me, baby Things will change, if not today Look to the heavens up above And there is where you'll find your love |
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from Dionne Farris - Wild Seed-Wild Flower (1994)
She screams out every night in a billion tears
In desperate fear that you're somewhere near Faulting her action for all that's occurred Wanting to tell all, never saying a word Because she believes you're her hero She wants to believe you still love her But if you persist, she just might hurt you So I suggest you refrain and don't ever touch me (again) Don't ever touch me (again) trying to regain a sense of reality Only inches away from pure insanity Releasing the anger, the hurt, heartache and rage No more feeling like an animal stalked, trapped and caged Because she believes she's a survivor She knows that she's on the right track But just you remember she's a beginner So I suggest you refrain and don't ever touch me (again) don't ever touch me (again) haunted by the ghost of the thing left to past In fear of the presence, the power it has Realizing there's always a calm before the storm But there's no one left to keep her from harm Because she is unable to distinguish one from another All she knows is she's not going to let it happen again You should have left this one alone, but I bet you won't ever touch her (again) |
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from Dionne Farris - Wild Seed-Wild Flower (1994)
Walking away was the best thing I could ever do
Once you make your decision, your decision is made When we find ourselves up in arms more often than most By then we know it's time to go And walking away was the best thing that I could ever do Chorus: It's 11th hour (4x) La la la la la (3x) I'm so glad time and space was shared together Songs were sung and laughter filled the air But just as life is long, we must move on And chart our own course to the rising sun Chorus Repeat 2nd verse |
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from Dionne Farris - Wild Seed-Wild Flower (1994)
[Chorus:]
Don't go near the water if you don't like to swim 'Cause somebody just might try and push you in Well now, how many times have I told you Not to get your feet wet If you don't like the water on you My baby baby baby get back [Chorus:] See just because it may look good It don't mean you always have to indulge 'Cause that's when it happens And you never know you might fall overboard [Chorus:] I hope you're listening to what you hear 'Cause I would never tell you no wrong But you don't have to believe me 'Cause after all it's only a song |
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from Dionne Farris - Wild Seed-Wild Flower (1994)
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these sunken eyes and learn to see All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise Blackbird fly Blackbird fly Into the light of the dark black night All your life Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take thesebroken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise Blackbird fly Blackbird fly Into the light of the dark black night |
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from Dionne Farris - Wild Seed-Wild Flower (1994)
Before I am black
Before I am woman Before I am short Before I am young Before I am African I am Human Before I am black Before I am woman Before I am short Before I am young Before I am African I am Human |
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from Dionne Farris - Wild Seed-Wild Flower (1994)
Never knowing in the dark, in the light
When the world will change Eliminating all the fear, all the sadness In the falling rain Touch my heart, touch my soul Lead me into the light of the day Time slips ever fast, instantly becoming the past You've gotta find your way before it's too late Endless sky, yours and mine For to see all our dreams to come With all you see, focus your energies on what is to be done Live your life, love yourself Know that everything has just begun Time slips ever fast, instantly becoming past |
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from Dionne Farris - Wild Seed-Wild Flower (1994)
I know what you're doing yeah yeah
I know why you dialed my number I know what you're doing yeah I know why you care I know what you're doing yeah I know why you say you love me I know what you're doing yeah And I don't think it's fair I know why you dialed my number I know why you say you're mine I know what you're doing, And it's not, gonna work, this time gonna work, this time I know what you're doing yeah I can never sing in that key I know what you're doing yeah And you're the one to blame I know what you're doing yeah I know why you can't forgive me I know why you're singing lost love The lyrics haven't changed 1 can recognize the symptoms You should know I've changed my mind I know what you're doing And it's not, gonna work this time Hey hey hey, said it's not gonna work this time not gonna work this time I know what you're doing, baby I know why you call my name I know why you say you love me but I can't say the same i can recognize the symptoms You should know I've changed my mind I know what you're doing And it's not, gonna work this time |
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from The Truth About Cats & Dogs (고양이와 개에 관한 진실) by Howard Shore [ost] (1996)
For once in my life
I have someone who needs me. Someone I needed so long. For once unafraid I can go where life leads me. Some how I know I'll be strong. For once I can touch What my heart used to dream of. Long before I knew. Aww, someone like you Would make my dream come true. For once in my life I won't let sorrow hurt me. Not like it's hurt me before. For once I have something I know won't desert me. I'm not alone anymore. For once I can say This is mine, you can't take it. As long as I know I have love I can make it. For once in my life I have someone who needs me. For once I can say This is mine, you can't take it. Long as I know I have love I can make it. For once I can feel That somebody heard my plea. For once in my life I have someone who needs me. (For once in my life) (In my life) |
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from Malcom X (말콤 X) by Terence Blanchard [ost] (1992)
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 lifeThanks for my rain My Lord Thanks for lifeThanks for my rain It's raining revolution It's raining solutions It's raining revolution It's raining revolution It's raining revolution It's raining revolution It's raining revolution It's raining revolution 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 It's raining solutions It's raining revolution It's raining revolution It's raining revolution It's raining revolution It's raining revolution It's raining revolution 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 (repeats till end) Haha Yes Oh yeah |
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from Arrested Development - Since The Last Time (2006)
Since the last time, since the last time
It's been two years since we rock stages together We covered bases together and whether we all agreed or not 20/20 vision is hindsight and now we got that so we done got back Some of our soldiers have fallen, so many years of toiling Touring, tears falling, naw pouring jaded from the industries Jabs a lil' slower like Muhammad Ali but still we able to last So we go in the studio, it felt new but yet in a good way It felt old routines, we did came back so lucid, we was boosted We juiced it and came up with some tracks that's stupid And people responded to 'em, heads on the blocks With locks and baggie jeans, the whole scene was fond to 'em And how we got the labels kissing our hind parts We desired art and never sold out for the high chart positions I have been a thousand places Seen a million faces since the last time (Since the last time) I have been a thousand places Seen a million faces since the last time (Since the last time) Many rap groups attempt to latch to the popular cultures statutes And thus they detach their roots from the soil that kept them loose And made what they delivered so true There's a desert waste land of past artists that's so cruel Feeling thrown out like woody in toy story two And yo we felt that but let me tell you Satan, he dealt that I think it's time to give him his deck back, c'mon now I have been a thousand places Seen a million faces since the last time (Since the last time) I have been a thousand places Seen a million faces since the last time (Since the last time) Since the last time |
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from Arrested Development - Since The Last Time (2006)
I’ve been lost in my own ways and I’m getting weary (How far is heaven)
And I know that I need to change my ways of living (How far is heaven) From church to Liquor store we search for healing Big crowded world filled with lonely humans I’m a M.C. battling with melody envy Cuz melodies the only thing that seems to sooth me So we rock organs adjust the B-3’s Have the folks clap to the rap taking it Back to the color - purple - church Where ladies shouting’ joy in the midst of hurt! Revolutionaries have a curled fist at first Then years pass and it turns to a clasp They ask in the midst of all God show me ways to resist the fall! Yes yes yawl Pressure pressure the whole under Can't stop the crime can't stop the killing Watch dem life dem ah keep going under Somebody lend ah hand we hafta save dem Roots and culture We have to teach dem Cause it ah the root of dem life Bigger bigger blessings they hope they receive them Pray for them every night I gotta change my ways I need you every day Don't wanna make no excuses My life is so confusing Way down deep inside I wanna tell ya what's on my mind so sick of tryin I'm dyin My heart hurts so I can't keep from cryin |
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from Arrested Development - Since The Last Time (2006)
Yo
What can happen on an average beautiful day? You never know. Summer brings seasonal changes; it gets hot for a brother. On a beautiful sun- shiny day, I felt real free check out what happened to me. A nice breeze going through my hair, I’m loving how it feels right now! Beautiful people around: man, women, child. Kids with the Hula hoops hips going round. Mothers breast-feeding, kids lips pressing down. Beautiful-ist women: white, yellow, red, black, brown and dreads. Melting pot going down! Definitely an aphrodisiac crowd. And it’s time for me to go on stage right now! I take command of the mic like POW! Six o’clock white woman in the 6th aisle. She and her friend be smiling at me so wild, and I must admit she has a beautiful smile! I’m loving the sunshine, can’t help the way I feel, in the sunshine Folks to the right won’t ya raise ya hands and the folks to ya left won’t ya raise ya hands. From the front to the back won’t ya raise ya hands everybody in the joint won’t ya raise ya hands. After the show there was an autograph signing and she squeezed back stage and got in line and…I was wrapped up with the fans Sharpie in my hand, there she goes again, beautiful smile long hair, brushed across my hand like silk I swear, no lie. This is not me trying to deny who I am nor my race, I know my black sisters are constantly debased, and the truth is black berries are my taste but I’m high off possibilities of this thing blossoming so I just give it a try. As she handed her num… I felt a little numb inside of my mind feeling like I just betrayed all of my kind. But without no delay, without more to say, without no consideration for my race she said,”yo why don’t you come to my place”. I said, “right away” I’m loving the sunshine, can’t help the way I feel, in the sunshine. Many would have me say that this girl was evil. We both human beings and I know we equal, but we hung out and talked and we walked and things. And some brothers gave me stares I said that ain’t fair we two humans beings here. And I ain’t confused, I know my history’s clear, the sunshine’s beaming on both kinds of hair. Wisdom speaking loud, some folks don’t want to hear.There’s nothing new under the sun, many things that was had to succumb to the rhythm of the drum cuz we’re children of the son. And only he’s seen what has been seen since the beginning of day one. And the truth is this story is more of a lesson. I’m actually married to a sister that’s a black one. But under the sun what ever color your attracting, just remember loves and action word and character is more so what we should prefer. I’m loving the sunshine, can’t help the way I feel, in the sunshine |
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from Arrested Development - Since The Last Time (2006)
I stand for children innocence in they eyes playing under blue skies trying out fake cries to see dey mamma sympathize wanting dey new toys thinking it a bring em joy thinking mom and dad are wack but later on they realize
Children playing in the dirt getting wet in the rain, falling till they learn that part of life is pain crawling till they learn that walking is another thing and running can come only when walking is no type of strain I stand for beauty earth sky woman man or other worldly things like birth strife and death again and things that we cant touch like love faith and sacrifice things that we like much like good food and moon light cloud formations clear blue skies four season leaves and the colors that stop by great songs great art great books and stories unrecognized underdogs that later gain glory The things that I stand for tell who I am The things that I stand for tell who I am The things that I stand for tell who I am The things that I stand for tell who I am I stand for truth political or spiritual and I know the truth can hurt but I’d rather hear it though whether truth about the past present future or all I know the man who hates truth is the man who will fall, I know that every single issue boils down to sin and the only way to kill sin is from within and the man who points his finger at everyone else has got 4 other finger pointed back to himself and that people don’t change cuz of words alone yet a nation can moved by one person whose strong and truth can be buried for moments of time but like the last day buried things are bound to rise… The things that I stand for tell who I am The things that I stand for tell who I am The things that I stand for tell who I am The things that I stand for tell who I am As I stand, so I rise Lift my tears up to the sky I stand for something or everything I fall for even when I’m wrong yo you know my views we choose most of our paths and that’s just the truth even if most of our ways lead to further blues and sometimes I stand for nothing I just sit and listen cuz no matter how much I got there’s things I’m missing so when its all done and said I stand for this, when its all done and said I stand for this, when its all done and said I stand for this Children beauty truth and something that stirs my insides inspires my very life cuz bottom line for everyone is you stand or sit, you stand or sit, you stand or sit, you stand or sit As I stand, so I rise Lift my tears up to the sky The things that I stand for tell who I am The things that I stand for tell who I am The things that I stand for tell who I am The things that I stand for tell who I am |
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from Arrested Development - Since The Last Time (2006)
Arrested Development coming
Alright Pulling might from the inner cities Always gritty The people requesting us We had enough of resting up The best amongst us is refreshing us Stand up my inner cities Down trodden, brethren, we kin, we lend our love to ya Mathematics, musical path, a musical wrath 19-member staff family Ramming the inner city down the throats of the bourgeoisie Did anyone tell you whose I be? I be the cat that way back in 92 Reminded you that there’s more to do in the inner cities! A.D. in this thang, man we go against the grain It's a shame how the lame, done infiltrated the game I'm for real, we got our own slang in the field To identify the Jake from the fake and the real For ever I love Atlanta, it's hotter than country grammar Got old folks wearing white T's and bandannas So if our style jumps off the track Pick it up, Pick it up, Pick it up Back on the scene, the projects apartment 74 First door on the left, man second floor See, I never had a crib just a dresser drawer Never stressing Big O she let her little professor grow Hear the sounds from the corner like a serenade Where the girls ball hogging like Dewayne Wade So I moved to Westwood, man the best hood Learned the game how not to be lame and how to dress good You can find nines, dimes and stallions Club full of freaks in Jesus piece medallions I got the key to the city like I'm P. Diddy Inner City, my city we keep it real gritty Like throw backs, fitted hats, gold chain, gold teeth Drug dealers and killers, they all about the rap beef No curfew, these young boys will hurt you It's very obvious that there's more to do in the Inner City |
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from Arrested Development - Since The Last Time (2006)
Da da da da
Yo my pride is heavy as two tons of scrap metal inside of a black kettle hanging on the back of a bike while a cat pedals. I mean I would normally never say that today I’m in a bad mood got eyes black like a raccoon. But that’s not the man you looking for I know it you need a black man with the confidence of a poet and today I’m a blow it Cuz truth is I’m not there in fact I’m sorta scared of the direction my life is going hey it was good knowing you but… Chorus Baby ? you caught me at a bad time In my life ? my head is off the hook like a busy line Would it be alright ? if I decline your flirts You should refine your search I can tell you, you deserve better than this but… The truth is you sorta the most beautiful-ist girl I’ve seen in a while Your pearly white teeth spread like an eagle You’re so regal when you smile I see you on the beach with a long sarong with a wild print like Uh huh but uh uh Cuz still I’m just a nappy headed artist and you’ll regret it the hardest once you see my moods and attitudes Move as far as you can from this man I’m warning you flesh is weak don’t let me put no thorn in you At another time and date it a be great to just hook up I’ll be filled with sooka sooka sookie sookie now My mojo would over flow a good looker now Show yo friends the type a fish that you hooking’ now But as of now I’m just a fat cow and I’m feelin low Weak and uneventful stomach like a pillow Not hard like a brillo pad I’m feeling bad and it’s sad If only you would have come at a different time I wish you had but… Baby ? you caught me at a bad time In my life ? my head is off the hook like a busy line Would it be alright ? if I decline your flirts You should refine your search I can tell you, you deserve better than this but… (Female) I'm feelin you, I want you, I know you want me too. I'll just give you time to unwind, relax your mind. I'm here, don't fear, I want to be near It’s so amazing that you’re still given me play even after everything that I say what are you? Some type of cultural daffodil the princess of some distant land where your face is on they dollar bill And like you coming to America to hook up with the real thang I guess I’m Eddie Murphy on Boomerang Feeling like I lost my groove but that’s alright with you you picking me up licking my cut fitting’ my rut you hitting’ me up Baby ? you caught me at a bad time In my life ? my head is off the hook like a busy line Would it be alright ? if I decline your flirts You should refine your search I can tell you, you deserve better than this but… You giving me love Wow You making me feel better uh |
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from Arrested Development - Since The Last Time (2006)
(I wouldn’t trade what I get from my kids, the feeling of security that they get from me. Knowing that my life is making a difference in their life, knowing that they need me, I wouldn’t trade that for nothing)
Living Life-Life is love (Nobody believes me anyway) Love of woman or man The love of taking a stand of trust. You bust your butt on single scenes for what? If not to find love. You know it’s love or lack of love that causes gangs or causes thugs. Mothers & sons, fathers and daughters all are in need of someone. And at the time that we don’t find it, we design a plan…we search the land for woman or man to give what we need in order to live! We get hurt and break our spirits & our hearts. We start to fear it… we get further and further growing harder and harder… some even say why bother! Living Life-Life is love (Nobody believes me anyway) Every single person ought to have a daughter or a son Someone to love above themselves to help you grasp the depths of love It’s radical! It’s tragic though how people underestimate the greatness and relentless, miraculous stakes of love. I’m serious we see terrorist hardened to the core willing to kill mame or hurt just so they can be heard! They’ll kill women or children, we’re quick to say that they’re villains but every bodies got feelings, the things that they’ve been just dealing with! Living Life-Life is love (Nobody believes me anyway) The heart of a man is complex, who can understand it Next, we taking love for granted, never the way the Father planned it A seed was planted in the children, love your daddies and you mothers Brothers love your sisters, all of my sisters love your brothers Because we are getting older, we got the weight of the world on our shoulders But hold your head up soldier, although I know your heart is growing colder Similar to polar, love your family tipsy or sober Magnolia resist the coke, and I'm not referring to cola Because we fall in and out of love, shout love, doubt love Husband or wife and now your whole life is about love Too much or not enough love leads to rough love Tough love, some overstand but handcuff love A different race, dogs on the chase like who's next love A different game, no one's ashamed of same sex love Those loving respect, ought to try to respect love It's One Love, I'm living to protect love But.... (Nobody believes me anyway) |
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from Arrested Development - Since The Last Time (2006)
Da da da da
Yo my pride is heavy as two tons of scrap metal inside of a black kettle hanging on the back of a bike while a cat pedals. I mean I would normally never say that today I’m in a bad mood got eyes black like a raccoon. But that’s not the man you looking for I know it you need a black man with the confidence of a poet and today I’m a blow it Cuz truth is I’m not there in fact I’m sorta scared of the direction my life is going hey it was good knowing you but… Chorus Baby ? you caught me at a bad time In my life ? my head is off the hook like a busy line Would it be alright ? if I decline your flirts You should refine your search I can tell you, you deserve better than this but… The truth is you sorta the most beautiful-ist girl I’ve seen in a while Your pearly white teeth spread like an eagle You’re so regal when you smile I see you on the beach with a long sarong with a wild print like Uh huh but uh uh Cuz still I’m just a nappy headed artist and you’ll regret it the hardest once you see my moods and attitudes Move as far as you can from this man I’m warning you flesh is weak don’t let me put no thorn in you At another time and date it a be great to just hook up I’ll be filled with sooka sooka sookie sookie now My mojo would over flow a good looker now Show yo friends the type a fish that you hooking’ now But as of now I’m just a fat cow and I’m feelin low Weak and uneventful stomach like a pillow Not hard like a brillo pad I’m feeling bad and it’s sad If only you would have come at a different time I wish you had but… Baby ? you caught me at a bad time In my life ? my head is off the hook like a busy line Would it be alright ? if I decline your flirts You should refine your search I can tell you, you deserve better than this but… (Female) I'm feelin you, I want you, I know you want me too. I'll just give you time to unwind, relax your mind. I'm here, don't fear, I want to be near It’s so amazing that you’re still given me play even after everything that I say what are you? Some type of cultural daffodil the princess of some distant land where your face is on they dollar bill And like you coming to America to hook up with the real thang I guess I’m Eddie Murphy on Boomerang Feeling like I lost my groove but that’s alright with you you picking me up licking my cut fitting’ my rut you hitting’ me up Baby ? you caught me at a bad time In my life ? my head is off the hook like a busy line Would it be alright ? if I decline your flirts You should refine your search I can tell you, you deserve better than this but… You giving me love Wow You making me feel better uh |
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from Arrested Development - Since The Last Time (2006)
Arrested Development coming
Alright Pulling might from the inner cities Always gritty The people requesting us We had enough of resting up The best amongst us is refreshing us Stand up my inner cities Down trodden, brethren, we kin, we lend our love to ya Mathematics, musical path, a musical wrath 19-member staff family Ramming the inner city down the throats of the bourgeoisie Did anyone tell you whose I be? I be the cat that way back in 92 Reminded you that there’s more to do in the inner cities! A.D. in this thang, man we go against the grain It's a shame how the lame, done infiltrated the game I'm for real, we got our own slang in the field To identify the Jake from the fake and the real For ever I love Atlanta, it's hotter than country grammar Got old folks wearing white T's and bandannas So if our style jumps off the track Pick it up, Pick it up, Pick it up Back on the scene, the projects apartment 74 First door on the left, man second floor See, I never had a crib just a dresser drawer Never stressing Big O she let her little professor grow Hear the sounds from the corner like a serenade Where the girls ball hogging like Dewayne Wade So I moved to Westwood, man the best hood Learned the game how not to be lame and how to dress good You can find nines, dimes and stallions Club full of freaks in Jesus piece medallions I got the key to the city like I'm P. Diddy Inner City, my city we keep it real gritty Like throw backs, fitted hats, gold chain, gold teeth Drug dealers and killers, they all about the rap beef No curfew, these young boys will hurt you It's very obvious that there's more to do in the Inner City |
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from Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days In The Life Of ... (1992)
Ladies and gentlemen, there are seven acknowledged wonders of the world You are about to witness the eighth Space ain't man's final frontier. Man's final frontier is the soul, guided by someone more powerful than any human being Someone felt but never seen. You will be surprised of what resides in your insides... (beats and scratching) Do it again C'mon y'all Do it One two three four Three...four With a rhythm as complex as life itself and a soul that's in boom like the speakers in your ride, you never thought it would happen It's Arrested Development y'all ! Yo Stop...hold it...free...now Yeah C'mon y'all This is the country...deep in the country...deep south, man |
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from Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days In The Life Of ... (1992)
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 [Chorus:] Mama's always on stage (4x) 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 [Chorus:] Mama's always on stage (4x) 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- |
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from Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days In The Life Of ... (1992)
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 [CHORUS:] 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 [CHORUS] |
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from Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days In The Life Of ... (1992)
Hey, yes indeed, this is Speech from Arrested Development
I'm the leader, ha ha My nose is stuffed up, though Check it out, I'm the leader Homeboy, right over there, Headliner, is the turntable instrumentalist We got Arnae 3 over there with her crazy set, over there, chillin' Razadan is chillin', he's in the house That's the man, he designs all our logos And then we got Bubba OJ in the house He's just, he's like the pappa, the father figure As what, what's her name, ini? Of course, I can't forget Kwesi Lady smiley, over here, always smilin' And, of course, Larry's on the guitar This song is for you, brother |
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from Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days In The Life Of ... (1992)
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. |
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from Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days In The Life Of ... (1992)
Okay, the way kids are living is 100% European
African boys and girls: Set down your Nintendo joysticks right now Unplug the television and make way for an old vision Which will now be a new vision Yes, Headliner, lay the foundation Dig your hands in the dirt (that's right) Children play with earth (that's right) Dig your hands in the dirt (that's right) Children play with earth (that's right) Dig your hands in the dirt (that's right) Children play with earth (that's right) Dig your hands in the dirt (that's right) Children play with earth (that's right) Dig your hands in the dirt (that's right) Children play with earth (that's right) Dig your hands in the dirt (that's right) Children play with earth (that's right) Dig your hands in the dirt (that's right) Children play with earth (that's right) Dig your hands in the dirt (that's right) Children play with earth (that's right) Dig your hands in the dirt (that's right) Children play with earth (that's right) Dig your hands in the dirt (that's right) Children play with earth (that's right) Gain knowledge of the big but small earth around you Dig your hands into the dirt, the dirt that made you Get acquainted with the earth, the earth that eventually will take you And the world that hopefully will appear to wake you Children, Play in the fields Play in the grass Climb Mr. Tree Get to know each branch Give it a name For the branches resemble the many decisions you will have to make in life Eat of the earth children Grow an apple tree Taste the apple Communicate Watch and listen to the neglected mother of all Short tall children play with earth Eat rhubarb wet from the rain Beautiful fruits all the same Pears, oranges, and grapes from the vine Children it is the earth's time |
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from Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days In The Life Of ... (1992)
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] [CHORUS:] It's raining revolution It's raining solutions It's raining revolution (7x) 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 [CHORUS] 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 (repeats till end) haha yes oh yeah |
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from Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days In The Life Of ... (1992)
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' !] |
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from Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days In The Life Of ... (1992)
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 finnish 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 don'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 ! [CHORUS:] [Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever] (2x) 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... [CHORUS] (2x) 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 |
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from Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days In The Life Of ... (1992)
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 |
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from Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days In The Life Of ... (1992)
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 [CHORUS:] Natural (2x) 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 you [CHORUS] I wanna be natural (2x) I wanna be sleeping in you I wanna be inside you I wanna be sleeping deep in you (2x) I wanna be in you (2x) Natural (2x) Love your lips Love the way you do the things you say Natural Your lips |
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from Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days In The Life Of ... (1992)
Yo man, hit me with one of those funky bass lines
The sun take a bow for a day well lit Next act is night with an audience of brothers and sisters Havin' a celebration of sorts Meeting one another hoping soon to be lovers Sisters have always facsinated me The many shades, the many sizes and features Such a wide variety of African women Sometimes leaves me frustrated and speechless I try not to admire what I can't obtain or have Things beyond my reach don't exist to Speech Seeing how I'm a bit shorter than the average man I patiently wait for someone I can reach Many sisters don't understand my style I live my life in an outcast tribe A tribe that strives to see a brighter day I foresee that I'll walk with closed eyes until dawn Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Rejection is a fear of mine For one reason or another But I still asked for a date with this woman She said no I said oh I forgot there's a gap between the richer and the poorer folks Slowly all the shades sizes and features became less different And more the same Except a certain female with all new features But I knew not her name By this time the sun was preparing For another appearance the sky was pure red The night grabbed the moon and soon The darkness was almost dead The sky now is orange and the night has left the stage The curtains open wide and the bright sun yawns To signify a glorious bright new day The glorious day that I would meet Dawn, the natural dread also of the outcast tribe Knowledgeable enough to understand my style and we kiss In the name of rejection The sky looks at us and warmly smiles Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads The dreads symbolize the natural growth of not just the hair But also of the mind And also the bond that keeps us in love The struggle enhances that bond throughout time When I see her, I see life The vast scope of life in her eyes of no wrong Faith plays a big ass part I'm still kinda young but I feel I could really run with dawn Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads Dawn of the dreads |
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from Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days In The Life Of ... (1992)
Verse One: Speech
Lord I've really been real stressed Down and out, losin ground Although I am black and proud Problems got me pessimistic Brothers and sisters keep messin up Why does it have to be so dman tuff? I don't know where I can go To let these ghosts out of my skull My grandmas past, my brothers gone I never at once felt so alone I know you're supposed to be my steering wheel Not just my spare tire (home) But lord I ask you (home) To be my guiding force and truth (home) For some strange reason it had to be (home) He guided me to Tennessee (home) Chorus Take me to another place Take me to another land Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan (2x) Verse Two Lord it's obvious we got a relationship Talkin to each other every night and day Although you're superior over me We talk to each other in a friendship way Then outta nowhere you tell me to break Outta the country and into more country Past Dyesburg into Ripley Where the ghost of childhood haunts me Wlak the roads my forefathers walked Climbed the trees my forefathers hung from Ask those trees for all their wisdom They tell me my ears are so young (home) Go back to from whence you came (home) My family tree my family name (home) For some strange reason it ahd to be (home) He guided me to Tennessee (home) Chorus Verse Three Now I see the importance of history Why people be in the mess that they be Many journeys to freedom made in vain By brothers on the corner playin ghetto games I ask you lord why you enlightened me Without the enlightment of all my folks He said cuz I set myself on a quest for truth And he was there to quench my thirst But I am still thirsty... The lord allowed me to drink some more He said what I am searchin for are The answers to all which are in front of me The ultimate truth started to get blurry For some strange reason it had to be It was all a dream about Tennessee Chorus |
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from Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days In The Life Of ... (1992)
Pebble by pebble, sand grain by sand grain
Shore turns to sea, shore turns to ocean Serpent creates the high tides to assure all good is floating Good and righteousness is not intellectual and the fabric that's good cannot be proven and so that fabric is washed away far from the shore from which it was woven The shore is a place where persons live Sowing fabrics that's a tangent of the real one not wearable to most of the persons on shore In fact, it's only wearable to the person of one one person under an oath An oath to a serpent, an evil snake in search for being as powerful as God and all God's good he'll try to take [CHORUS:] [He'll try to take] (2x) [Good being washed away] [Love being washed away] Most of the persons follow the serpent coz the serpent preaches "all for self" But why follow someone in search of something when you'll get nothing. Serpent's all for self Some are dumb, some know no better Some believe there is no Lord The serpent uses this knowledge to help him and wash away more of the shore Serpent knows once shores are gone there's nothing left but ocean and sea A few persons trying to save the shore Some of those persons are A.D. Saving the shores means saving the faith The faith that there is a mighty someone Someone much more mighty that created everyone Up the ocean without a paddle is the fabric of God, the righteous clothing And you wear non-righteous clothes of the serpent Naively we keep on serving [CHORUS:] [The ocean's owned by the serpent] (4x) [We can stop being washed away] (6x) Why we let them wash it away ? Why are we allowing them to take what's good ? why don't we teach our children what's good ? Why don't we collect and save what is real ? Look very hard and swim the ocean We must find what needs to be found Look all around and find a wise man to feed us the truth and keep us sound All of us must swim the seas coz our path's been washed away All of us must swim the seas coz our path's been washed away My only purpose is to swim the seas Find the truth and spread it around Give it to the children that know how to listen so they can pass it after I drown [We can stop being washed away] (6x) [Sand grain by sand grain, pebble by pebble] [we can stop this, we can stop] [Can you help us ?] [Will you help us ?] [Please] [Help us stop being washed away] [All of us must swim the sea] [All of us] [Hey !] [Can you help us ? Will you help us ?] [Oooh please help us] |
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from Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days In The Life Of ... (1992)
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 [CHORUS:] 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 [CHORUS] |
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from Arrested Development - Unplugged (1993)
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 |
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from Arrested Development - Unplugged (1993)
(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... |
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from Arrested Development - Unplugged (1993)
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 |
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from Arrested Development - Unplugged (1993)
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 |
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from Arrested Development - Unplugged (1993)
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' !] |
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from Arrested Development - Unplugged (1993)
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- |
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from Arrested Development - Unplugged (1993)
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 |
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from Arrested Development - Unplugged (1993)
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. |
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from Arrested Development - Unplugged (1993)
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 |
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from Arrested Development - Zingalamaduni (1994)
United minds of America
make your vocal chords reach the clouds and touch the crowd of folks that overstand there's no jokes we must network together as one & tell the oppressor we'll take no less than total justice a social setting yo I'm bettin' we can stop new world order start servin liberty may I take your order free political prisoners without no question let's give props where due If it was you wouldn't you want to know that someone cares for what you do so let's show political prisoners, homeless humans, organizations various movements that the people in America have some discipline to act on their belief therefore stress activism although you are only one person if for truth you still thirst well thirst then make the difference by joining some organization or some movement let me explain the powers that be are families of power with old money Unfortunately on their souls hangs a sold sign and in righteous sight they are so blind! Infatuated with their power and their greed they don't see that GOD is the answer Greed has planted a seed within the souls of the 13 families drug dealers and hustlers All my brothers and sisters that are hustlers selling crack cocaine to your followers to me you're a sell out an uncle Tom in the tom tom club droppin bombs Causing confusion shootin and killin' you're playin the role putting fear in populations making us allow the system to "protect" us allowing the chicken snake to protect the chickens police brutality claiming victims the powers that be may come with their solutions but trust me their trees bear No fruits no I guess that's why I get spiritual spirituality supports reality no not catholic no not Baptist no not passive very active! United minds of the Americas minds of Africa and the Caribbean and the Europeans and the Asians and Australians it's not just race we're all in this together! Lets play a game of jeopardy what's the question? Social Medicines the answer I try to eat healthy to avoid the cancer one ounce of prevention beats 100 pounds of cure pure ways of living is not hippish it's not white not black it's just conscious conscious of your health, conscious of your self instead of being so damn conscious of your wealth (or lack of so...) DO you know about the Panthers, the MOVE organization, Kwame Nkrumah, the Zulu nation or just Nikes and Pumas or your fascination with the so-called B-Boy fashion nation. If you can please recycle even the people in the hood please recycle I know it wasn't our fault that they went psycho they meaning industry exec's who flex for profit! Traditional societies and islanders please retain your culture and don't give up! Don't you understand we must understand this if we want to live in bliss |
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from Arrested Development - Zingalamaduni (1994)
The great depression everyone is in depression
No one knows exactly what's their role totally confused, depressed cuz of the news Watch TV, more bad is what U see Everyone's lost & were looking for a savior Everyone's blind & were looking for a leader We've lost our faith so we need someone to guide us Right now it's so easy to be deceived I'm climbing my soul to reach to newer levels Reach the mountain top so I can better see step back and see the whole mighty picture Gain control of my destiny I'm climbing my soul so I can picture a solution cuz once I picture this it can be I cannot leave my life within this uncertainty I call on the red, & the black and green, & the black and the green! United we stand United we fall United we plan as a United front. I walk the streets and try to pass energy Put the gun down black man give me apound Save those rounds for a real confrontation undersstand who U R as a man Everyone's lost & were looking for a savior Everyone's blind & were looking for a leader We've lost our faith so we need someone to guide us Right now it's so easy to be deceived I'm climbing my soul to reach to newer levels Reach the mountain top so I can better see step back and see the whole mighty picture Gain control of my destiny I'm climbing my soul so I can picture a solution cuz once I picture this it can be I cannot leave my life within this uncertainty I call on the red, & the black and green, & the black and the green! |
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from Arrested Development - Zingalamaduni (1994)
Universal as I stroll
down the street Africas's a bolling over flowing inside of me I used to sport a curl made by Jerry A Jerry curl but as time passed it didn't last after my curl I never combed my doo I used to sport a cap but the naps kept shining through Shining My sista got a brand new perm my boys says she looks pretty fine body real firm folds at her job loves her new touch up I can tell her white boss gets a kick when she's all done up My sista loves her blackness but the US says that her perm is her attractiveness But Africa keeps coming stronger we found out it ain't a perm it's a temporary Don't heve sash to go to the music school no money for the guitar or the violin or the tuba my moms had a record player and the 45's I put the needle on the record and I kicked it crazy live scratching it up catching the breaks spirits within me had me do what it takes Grammy's I win & one again like my Egyptian kin it's Africa within makin' something outta nothing Africa's inside me taking back her child she's giving me my pride and setting me free Africa's inside me taking back her child she's giving me my pride and setting me free What's that land across those waters what's that spirit makin' love to my daughter telling her not to eat he mama's ham hocks allowing her the choice to twist her hair & make it lock yo I don't like it I just don't like it Papa may say buy my soul is a boilin' and sooner or later Africa's glory and toil will teach an old dog new tricks Why and the world can't everybody recognize that Africa's in everybody we all ask why can't we be sista's and brothers but first we gotta accept who is our mother Rather embracer of the jungle or ghetto melanin dwells but could stop growth and developments Arrested for nothing Gumbo's within' soulful H20 men be droppin' Happenin's like Homosapians Hustlins within' to exist as afro USA men residing in Fulani was once Christian Start fishin' like FOS and found origin Africa's inside me taking back her child she's giving me my pride and setting me free Africa's inside me taking back her child she's giving me my pride and setting me free |
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from Arrested Development - Zingalamaduni (1994)
My skin could never no curse, no it can't
I wear it like a prom tuxedo I wear my hair as if its the sun and... each and every dread is a powerful light ray never wanted things to be in reverse cuz GOD makes waves wise travellers so my views of this world are ever growing thus ever growing is the way one must view me A soul of conviction unjustly convicted happy tv commercials and bi-racial shows the smell of reality still burns my nose not content until it smells like a rose whether it's in syle to keep the fight I tread these waters and make my waves yes I do And I will fight until my dying day And even after that my ghost resides with pride Forward ever backward never day by day these trials I trod Always triumphant never fail We've come too far to turn back now I won't turn back I move My blood is thicker than the waters of any flood Here I am facing the almighty herself If she approves then I am saved Clear of trouble is the path I pave for generations to walk and run Whether it's in style to keep the fight I tread these waters and make waves GOD knows and I will fight until my dying day and even after that my ghost resides with pride |
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from Arrested Development - Zingalamaduni (1994)
Just a shell until U decide to rebel (4x)
Just a shell, just a shell, just a shell until u decide to rebel whether you're white or black your soul does not dwell inside your shell until you decide to rebel worldly worldy people people allow your innersides to intervene and circulate open your eyes and open your ears wouldn't it be great. So what am I doin? Am I really rebellin? or am I just dwelling in the sin in the sin in the sin? I've made up my mind I've seen the design of individualism and I don't want to be in it The me generations a dis-ease! |
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from Arrested Development - Zingalamaduni (1994)
Mr. Landlord step off my yard
Mr. Landlord I understand. You have a right to check out yo land cuz it's "yo land". My family told me you've been peekin in windos Forcing themto be a little scared keeping curtains closed. I protect my house but on tour I try to find a home where my people are secure, Your racist views are the views of your own But please don't let it enter my family zone. Just lettin' you know, I'm not a lil ole' colored boy That steps off the curb when you walk your walk So please don't mistake my kindness for blindness I've known yo game since Columbus came And if I woulda known how your neck was burnin' red. In your complex I wouldn't of been caught dead, So here's my message from me to you My space is off limits until we move! You understand that! Mr. Landlord step of my yard Mr. Landlord I have to question Do you expect me to chill while ou're bumrushin You thought we were the passive kind well yo're mistakin' You outta give nuff respect like I'm Jamaican The point is I feel you endanger my pride Your racist comments, yhour racist approach I aint with... It's bad enough there's kids in there that are strugglin Finding themselves with out you bringin' racism! Just to bring peace do I have to get a piece? And in the break of dawn I guess I'll pray 2 the east Cuz I'm not the one to get slapped on the cheek Without my fist curling up to hit you back in yo teeth! Yo (free yourself-free yourself-freedom) Is what we want not a fight Waving Confederate flags & gun toting' is your type You ever heard of Ogune, well soon his spell Will clear my brain while he clears where I dwell. I call on the natural forces that be.. To help to free me, to free me! Al-ya bolia bol-I YA Al-ya bolia bol-I YA A yaah ea yaah ea |
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from Arrested Development - Zingalamaduni (1994)
Another morning kneelin' at my altar
the day is faced with a bunch of grace on my case in this worldly rat race to keep the pace I depend on ancestors and God and by the way my real name is Todd. That's how my dead ancestors address me that is those that knew me as that. My African name hasn't been revealed yet. My knees don't mind the bendin' as long as the bending keeps me from bending or compromising my views and pride the inside world gets me prepared for the outside I can't wake up on the wrong side of the bed as long as my soul has been fine tuned and lubed and altars are cool for my inner urge to resume to the universe SMPTE tone or metronome. Kneelin at my altar (x3) in the morning time I got to kneel at my altar K N E E L I N at my altar Simply put one is naive if they believe that this system does not deceive its populous dropping us lies in a sack like a stork & there's stops that drop from Cali to NY. Images are burnt into our brain cells to the extent there's still fumes in a no smoking section of a room forces are tugging at you from both sides to be centered I pray and pour libation Oh from there it's diggity diggity done I've rinsed my senses & armor alled my armor instead of being grouchy I'm a natural charmer chilin' with our friends to relatively no end & oh my Lord I'm feelin' exuberated cool vibes & disciplined enough to go outside and don't you know it's gotta be like that, feeling dope |
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from Arrested Development - Zingalamaduni (1994)
Taking a bath within the sun rays
Letting the aura of life soak me living in the country chickens, cows, all around me I'me bored I'll take a drive into the city limits yo life is just a secret recipe & I'm all up in it. Being the grand papa that I am one can forget it today I figure I deserve to swerve from my normal nerdy status that engulfs my time & that is just what I need so here it goes I suppose that it's on shake out my dreads with Aloe Vera it's rare a brother like me will agree with Taree, Kwesi, and go party with Baba But Yo I gotta be hip & dip within the Fountain of youth! the fountain of youth Once I learned to dip and got drenched I got drenched without the fear of drowning my ears can hear the sound and... my eyes are wide open O P E N and consciously aware of my surroundings. Wally I'm getting energy -golly gee as if I'm solar powered it seems like every now & then I skim on the edge of nuttiness letting the wind push and shove in my dreads as if it's an argument But really they're just snuggling for affection hair needs loving too, speaking of love the western civilization is on another tip to tell you the truth they need to dip into the fountain of youth! the fontain of youth Bopping my head is more that bopping it's a spiritual thing rhythms and lines space and time relative? yes I pump my sound loud so my people can hear it I hope the music soothes our spirits cuz it soothes me my foundation is strong but I allow some things to move me and that is energy from the fountain of youth. |
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from Arrested Development - Zingalamaduni (1994)
I need some time
to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind Thrusted in a world that I don't know from my mamas lips between my mamas hips I'm cuddled by her hands because she understands it's that bond that keeps the movement movin on Life is surrounded with so many insecurities back stabbin is like breathing when in poverty I try to make my sanity with the insane God is secondary to most when they scrap for money But, then again money can cause even more death when a African becomes a nigger step n fetch n all I dare say when price is right U can buy us all well not me cuz I don't truly give a care about you I'll move in poverty in wealth but I'll surely move Ain't syncopated with your beats or your wack grooves my break beat is to break away from yo thang All these things you put on me makes this brother sing I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind Mind & soul is even more important then body money can put my body in all exotic spaces meanwhile my mind & soul remotely dwells within that fine spot between all messed up & hell And so I move on with confidence of harmony And do my thang to resist this wack society Cuz if you don't resist & I mean consciously you'll fool your sub conscious into accepting it I ain't acceptin it I keep my focus I keep my focus I ain't acceptin'it Give me a face pencil to draw a smile on me Answer my prayer to give my Earthly body inner peace Answer my prayer to give my Earthly body inner inner peace Until that day upon which my souls released I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind need some time need some time when the sista's say it then you know it's gotta be real Thrusted in a world that I don't know from my mommas lips between my mamas hips I'm cuddled by her hands because she understands It's that bond that will keep the movement movin on It's that bond that will keep the movement movin on And so I GOTTA BE READY TO RELINQUISH gotta be ready to relinquish my breath of life for struggle That is why I tell you I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind I need some time to ease my mind |
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from Arrested Development - Zingalamaduni (1994)
Living
I've got to do what I got to do I know that time passes by But I keep on livin' for the love of something better Praisin' I've got to feel the pleasure, yeah 'Cause I know why I'm in this world right now I got to praise Him all in the open I know that time passes through But ain't one day I ain't gone be praisin I, I keep on praisin' and standing I know that God has my life within his palms And his arms wide open I, I see that thangs ain't gonna be easy ya'll So I need that fundamental base now I see the sand is running out Cause I know U are pure truth I want to give my all for U Got me praisin' U Got me buggin' off of U Got me moving mountains Movin' negative vibes from around me Got me praisin U Got me lovin' U Got me climbing mountains Movin' mountains, pouring libation |
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from Arrested Development - Extended Revolution (2003)
Here, have a dollar,
In fact, no brother-man here, have two Two dollars means 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 wrote for the first time I saw a man with no clothes, no money, no plate Mr. Wendal, that's his name No one ever knew his name cause he's a no one Never thought twice about spending on a ol' bum, until I had the chance to really get to know one Now that I know him, to give him money isn't charity He gives me some knowledge, I buy him some shoes And to think blacks spend all that money on big colleges Still most of y'all come out confused Go ahead, Mr. Wendal Go ahead, Mr. Wendal Mr. Wendal has freedom A free that you and I think is dumb Free to be without the worries of a quick to diss society For Mr. Wendal's a bum His only worries are sickness And an occasional harassment by the police and their chase Uncivilized we call him, but I just saw him Eat off the food we waste Civilization, are we really civilized, yes or no? Who are we to judge? When thousands of innocent men could be brutally enslaved Or killed over a racist grudge Mr. Wendal has tried to warn us about our ways But we don't hear him talk Is it his fault when we've gone too far And we got too far, 'cause on him we walk Mr.Wendal, a man, a human in flesh, But not by law I feed you dignity to stand with pride Realize that all in all you stand tall Go ahead, Mr. Wendal Mr. Wendal, yeah Mr. Wendal, yeah Mr. Wendal, go ahead Mr.Wendal Lord, Mr.Wendal |
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from Arrested Development - Extended Revolution (2003)
Lord I've really been real stressed
Down and out, losing ground Although I am Black and proud Problems got me pessimistic Brothers and sisters keep messing up Why does it have to be so damn tough? I don't know where I can go To let these ghosts out of my skull My grandma's passed, my brother's gone I never at once felt so alone I know you're supposed to be my steering wheel Not just my spare tire (home) But Lord I ask you (home) To be my guiding force and truth (home) For some strange reason it had to be (home) He guided me to Tennessee (home) Take me to another place Take me to another land Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan Take me to another place Take me to another land Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan Lord it's obvious we got a relationship Talkin' to each other every night and day Although you're superior over me We talk to each other in a friendship way Then outta nowhere you tell me to break Outta the country and into more country Past Dyesburg into Ripley Where the ghost of childhood haunts me Walk the roads my forefathers walked Climbed the trees my forefathers hung from Ask those trees for all their wisdom They tell me my ears are so young (home) Go back to from whence you came (home) My family tree, my family name (home) For some strange reason it had to be (home) He guided me to Tennessee (home) Take me to another place Take me to another land Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan Take me to another place Take me to another land Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan Eshe? She went down to Holly Springs. Rasha Don and Baba? They went down to Peachtree. Headliner, I challenge you to a game of horseshoes. A game of horseshoes! Now I see the importance of history Why my people be in the mess that they be Many journeys to freedom made in vain My brothers on the corner playing ghetto games I ask you Lord why you enlightened me Without the enlightenment of all my folks He said 'cause I set myself on a quest for truth And you was there to quench my thirst But I am still thirsty... The Lord allowed me to drink some more He said what I am searching for Are the answers to all which are in front of me The ultimate truth started to get blurry For some strange reason it had to be It was all a dream about Tennessee Take me to another place (Home) Take me to another land (Home) Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan Take me to another place (Home) Take me to another land (Home) Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan Oh won't you let me Won't you help me Won't you help me understand you plan? Take me home Take me home Home Take me to another place Take me home Oh you know I need to go home, yeah Headliner? I won the game of horseshoes. Now you owe me a watermelon. Let's go climb trees and skip over rocks, do like they do below the border. Hmm? Speech's hair? No it look like the roots of the tree my ancestors were hung from. But that's okay, get it, 'cuz he's down to earth. Tennessee. Tennessee, Whoo! Yeah Tennessee. Te-Tenness... |
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from Arrested Development - Extended Revolution (2003)
I need some time to ease my mind
Thrusted in a world that I don't know from my mamas lips between my mamas hips I'm cuddled by her hands because she understands it's that bond that keeps the movement movin' on. Life is surrounded with so many insecurities back stabbin' is like breathing when in poverty. I try to make my sanity, with the insane God is secondary to most, when they scrap for money. But, then again money can cause even more death. when a African becomes a nigger step n fetch n all. I dare say when price is right U can buy us all. well not me, cuz I don't truly give a care about you. I'll move in poverty, in wealth but I'll surely move! Ain't syncopated with your beats or your wack grooves my break beat is to break away from yo thang All these things you put on me makes this brother sing... Chorus: I need some time to ease my mind. Mind & soul is even more important then body money can put my body in all exotic spaces meanwhile my mind & soul remotely dwells within that fine spot between all messed up & hell. And so I move on with confidence of harmony And do my thang to resist this wack society Cuz if you don't resist, & I mean consciously you'll fool your sub-conscious into accepting it. I ain't acceptin' it - I keep my focus I keep my focus - I ain't acceptin'it. Give me a face pencil to draw a smile on me. Answer my prayer to give my Earthly body inner peace Answer my prayer to give my Earthly body inner inner peace. Until that day upon which my souls released! Chorus need some time need some time when the sista's say it then you know it's gotta be real! Thrusted in a world that I don't know from my mommas lips between my mamas hips I'm cuddled by her hands because she understands It's that bond that will keep the movement movin' on It's that bond that will keep the movement movin' on. And so I GOTTA BE READY TO RELINQUISH gotta be ready to relinquish, my breath of life for struggle. That is why I tell you... I need some time to ease my mind. |
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