1. |
Look in Me
03:46
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Eating out of empty books
Believing everything you're told
If you want to see inside my soul
Check the donut not the hole
I told you once, I told you twice
People give some cold advice
If everything was good and nice
We wouldn't need the sacrifice
See you if I don't see you
Don't look at me
You've got to look in me!
The Truth I seek, the Truth I found
People never make a sound
Truth is piling by the pound
Judging when you're not around
See you if I don't see you
Don't look at me
You've got to look in me!
Eating out of empty bowls
Believing everything you're told
If you want to see inside my soul
Check the donut not the hole
See you if I don't see you
Don't look at me
You've got to look in me!
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2. |
Old Man Song
02:40
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Old man standin' by the side of the road
Starin' with a lonely face
He's just lookin for something to hold
Then he finds a young boy tuggin' at the
Seat of his pants offers him a smile
Then the old man's heart begins to dance
The thought is simple and it's true
We need the love of one another to make it through
It all depends on you!
Bobby tries to make it on his own though
His worries are showin' ego is flowin'
Keeping him from growin'
It's time he steps out of himself and towards
Those who care with their arms open wide
They're just waiting to share their love with him
The thought is simple and it's true
We need the love of one another to make it through
It all depends on you!
Mr. Wright fought a battle that he thought
He had won until he looked at his son
And said, what the hell have I done
He tried to push him too hard to the edge
of control crushing the mold a loveless
Man will fold
The thought is simple and it's true
We need the love of one another to make it through
It all depends on you!
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3. |
I Don't Wanna Lose You
03:37
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In my dream
I'm in the field
The grass is green and growing tall
And you just sat there
Tied up and crying
As I loved you I couldn't touch you
I don't want to lose you
In my dream
I'm in a store
I'm buying mulk
And stealing candy
You're coming at me
Your eyes on fire
You slipped on milk
And started crying
I couldn't touch you
I don't want to lose you
In my dream
I'm in the house
The roof's on fire
And I can't get any water
I'm running fast
But moving slow
You're outside
I couldn't touch you
I don't want to lose you
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4. |
Ruby Goes to Heaven
03:50
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Ruby gonna keep on livin'
While the rest is forgiven
Ruby gonna keep on diggin'
While the world is a wiggin'
Ruby well she came in last
We took a look at her past
Ruby well she lost the game
We erased her name
All is forgiven
All is forgotten
Ruby goes to heaven
All is forgiven
All is forgotten
Ruby goes to heaven
Ruby she didn't make a sound
So she didn't count
Ruby she's been set free
Despite a lack of history
Ruby she made love of nothin'
Cause there was always something
Ruby well she laid it down
Cause she was FOUND
All is forgiven
All is forgotten
Ruby goes to heaven
All is forgiven
All is forgotten
Ruby Goes to heaven
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5. |
Real
03:11
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I don't want no religious pageantry
I just want to be with Thee
Don't want no chili dog with no chili
Chili, Chili, Chili
Give me something real
Give me something I can feel
I don't want no girly made of silicone
I want something home grown
Don't want your ever changing facade
Facade, facade, facade
Give me something real
Give me something I can feel
I don't want to see what you haven't got
I want to see what you've got
Even if it's not a lot
Don't want no chili dog with no chili
Chili, Chili, Chili
Give me something real
Give me something I can feel
I don't want your sloppy tongue spiel
I just want a touch of something real
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6. |
Bring Back the Beautiful
03:36
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Telephone wires upon my head
Trees and bushes soon to be dead
Manatee struck against my bow
Once a mermaid now a cow
Now a cow
Bring back the beautiful
See the truth behind the face
Fire the rat who lost the race
Find the man who sells the earth
Try to find out what it's worth
What it's worth—The earth—What is it worth
Bring back the beautiful
So many things we want to change
So many things to rearrange
We live, we grow, we shrink, we die
But what has struck us in the eye
Remember the things that gave us hope
As scared we were we somehow coped
We somehow coped
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The room was dark
And you were invisible
Daylight came
And you were missing
Will you come ground again
Where to go tomorrow
Can you feel your heart
It's broken and blue
Best of intentions
Lost to Ambition
Will I ever get through to you
Where to go tomorrow
Time and time again
We lose ourselves
We lose ourselves
But now I've lost you
I love you my friend
And I felt the tension
As you walked away
I saw the road divide
And you weren't there
You weren't there by my side
Where to go tomorrow
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8. |
Black Times
02:54
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I prayed to you in patience
I've been humbled to my knees
Begging you for mercy
In these times of need
But it seems an eternity
For you to answer my call
As I continue to fall
Into these
Black Times
I worshipped the ground you walked on
Obeyed your every plea
Wearing blinders of naiveté
In fear I could not see
That the man I once had modeled
And looked to as pristine
Has now deceived me with this lie
And darkened the place where we've been
In these
Black Times
It's the downside of love
That will drag you through the dung
Tying the knot in your gut
That has only just begun
Everything will remind you
You can't seem to get away
As your emotions are on overdrive
And your innocence decays
In these
Black Times
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9. |
The Push
03:32
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They'll try to stop you and ban you from your struggle
And they'll put you away after you've made your rebuttal
Yet the words they have been spoken
And sometimes silence is much louder
When the seeds been planted in their head
And the spirit growin' prouder
Continue to push
Liberation is tempting and it's so hard to refuse
When you're thinking overrides the risk of abuse
And the fever that's been growin and
Dwellin' from within
Has got your palate wet for freedom
I think it's time to begin
Continue to push
It's the arrival of our survival
It's the arrival of the push
We need to sacrifice
We need to pay the price
We need to sacrifice
With the push
It's our destination
For our Liberation
It's the destination of the push
Continue the push
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10. |
I Think I'm Losin'
02:25
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I wake and roll
With a tug of my hand
My sheets unfold
I step and grunt
For the latrine I hunt
I look and see
In a mirror that does not
Agree with the face
I wear, oh I swear
I think I'm losin
I think I'm losin
I toss and turn
These worries are making
My belly burn
My mind, my mind
It slips on slime
It bumps it grinds
I try to cope
But I keep sliding down
This slope
Someone throw me a rope
It ain't no joke
I think I'm losin
I think I'm losin
Bust in the economy
It's a financial lobotomy
God you gotta help me please-
because
I think I'm losin
I think I'm losin
I've seen better days
Never seen such a thick, thick haze
I hope it's just a phase
I think I'm losin'
A life in limbo
I swear I'm better than this bimbo
Jack tries to be quick but he keeps
Trippin' on the candle stick
We look back and reminisce-about
The days of ease that we often miss
But you can't dwell on the past-
because
The past won't last
Or you'll be losin
Gotta keep on movin!!!!!!
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11. |
Left of the World
03:22
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Streets talk
People stop
Turn around
Take a walk
Look outside
There's a place to hide
Gotta run in place
Then go back inside
Cloudy sky
Rain inside
Bombs explode
Begin to cry
Look outside
There's a place to hide
Gotta run in place
And go back inside
She's left in the world/what's
left of the world
Eyes grin
Children spin
In this place
Where we begin
Lives crossed
Time is lost
She thinks back
At what it cost
She hides
Deep inside
Forgot about the
The way he died
You gotta push and shove
You gotta stay above
You gotta sacrifice
You gotta live for LOVE
She's left in the world/what's
left of the world
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13. |
Too Young To Be Sad
02:41
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Flow your waters
Show me flowers
Rain upon me
Make me smile
World explodes around me
Too young to be sad
Put your arms around me
Fill my mind up with your mountains
and your rivers
overwhelm me
World explodes around me
Too young to be sad
I am living
I am breathing
I am seeing
Life is living
Make a highway
With a sunset over water
Take my hand
we'll go there together
World explodes around me
Too young to be sad
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14. |
Solutions
04:40
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Hey you slumped up in your chair
I really can't believe that you don't care
Do you really want to buy in
To a planet that's dyin'
And to all the desperate ones holdin' back the tears
It's time that we confront our fears
Time we heal the nightmares of the past
Let's fine the truth and make it last
Come On
Shout your truth
Dance the truth
Let's love the truth
Let's work towards a solution
Hey rocker let go of your addiction
But hold strong to your conviction
This is the 11th hour
God knows we need your bold and wild power
And angry man put that gun in a box
There's got to be a better way to catch that fox
Yea go ahead and shoot off your moth till you're blue
Yea we're all a little pissed off too
So Come On
Squeal your truth
Anoint the truth
Let's find the truth
Let's work towards a solution
Rapper tell us what life's like downtown
Tell us what it's like to be black and to be down
Yea we can hear your anger and rage
We want to help you get you outta that cage
Come On
Rap your truth
Anoint the truth
Let's fine the truth
let's work Towards a solution
Let's Work Towards A Solution
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15. |
Goodbye
02:47
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She said
I know what you want and
I think that I know how to get it
I know
It takes more than greed for us
To get through the dead-end
She wrote me a letter
To try to make it better
But it's no good
He said
I made up my mind
I'm not going to lose it
My friend
I've been down that road
And I know just what you're choosin'
It's time to say goodbye
All right
I can't get in my heart
That I know that I love you
Sometimes
You gotta look through the trees
At the sky up above you
She wrote me a letter
To try to make it better
But it's no good
It's time to say goodbye
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