I like to think about all the fun we had Up on a cloud Never thought we would fall back to the world Gravity pulled us down Then it tore us apart Why cant things turn out like you wanted? I never want to take away from you I feel like you?re flying and I?m weighing you down You should be free to be Go for now Maybe the second time around would be sweeter
Oh Think it over Oh think it over Oh think it over
So we was gonna be forever? Like King and Coretta I thought we could change the world But I needed air I stepped out on the balcony and the world took me out But u know I always have a thing for you And if I deny it I would be lying to myself I pick up the phone and put it down But I?ve been asking around
And I hear you?re doing better now
Oh Think it over Oh think it over Oh think it over
There will always be a hole Always be a hole in my heart Always be a hole Always be a hole in my heart Always be a hole in my heart Always be a hole in my heart Always be a hole
They?ll be a special place. I?ll keep a special place for you And I?ll keep it safe I?ll keep it safe for you If you can wait for me Oh just wait and see I will always have a place
[Bilal - Chorus] Ohhh... Everything's gone be alright If you play your cards right Everything's gone be alright...
[Common - Verse 1] It's do or die, your looking through the eye of a revolver I revolve around the world, a problem solver Alter your ego, and the way your walkin' Talk to people, still I stay regal Read through the bullshit Sometime to make peace, you need a full clip Roll dice with niggas who got bricks at a good price Talk shit, give good advice, rollin' through the 'hood right It's the good life, like T.I. said Gettin' it, how could I not be fed Get bread, get dough, get fed, get mo' In the old school Lincoln, thinking I sit low Let problems burn slow away I yearn for the day that it won't go gray Remember we were kings, back in the day Still can be, depending on the cards you play
[Bilal - Chorus 1 (repeat 2x)] If you play (if you play), your cards right (cards right) Everything... gone be alright (well... alright (3x))
[Common - Verse 2] I ain't playin' with a full deck The government won't let me get a full check I'm taxin' marks, I got more heart than clubs The black spade, givin' 'em darker love Make 'em strip, like poker poker mag in his face You tried to smoke my ace, you know the stakes It's high like the ace is Get your squad face down like cards, before they get a facelift You get robbed, better yet jacked for diamonds Leave you victimless, like Jack in "Shining" Blocked your bluff, now your respect is stolen Took your chips, led my guys in Texas Hold 'Em Rolled the strips of Vegas, with money boss players Stacey Adams of different flavors, we major Gangstas and hustles, living moviestar life Dealt a bad hand, but I played my cards right
[Bilal - Chorus 1 (repeat 2x)] If you play (if you play), your cards right (cards right) Everything... gone be alright (well... alright (3x))
[Bilal - Chorus 2 (repeat 2x)] Ohh... If you play (if you play), your cards right (cards right) Everything's... gone be alright (well... alright (3x))
[Bilal - Accapella] Yeah... Ohhh...
Everything's gone be alright, if you play your cards right Everything's gone be alright...
Tuesday a man by the fireplace A couple glasses of champagne and it was written on your face Said you were bored, you wanted something new So I went to the kitchen 'cause I got something for you
Well, here in am, drawers in the hand Housewife gone, think she won't be back till 2 a.m. The fire on your back to my ??? Got a slick back hand 'cause I wear a size perfect for you
I can't wait to put my hands on you Show you what you wanna see, I'll give it all to you, yeah, yeah I can't wait to (Oh) get my hands on you (Get my hands on you) If this is what you wanna do, I hope you're ready, Boo, yeah
Well, here it is, what you want You look a little nervous, baby, now ain't the time to front So it back, keep your cool I want you to trip, I wanna show you the rules
{Are you ready} I found my blindfold, baby, and my leather whip {Are you ready} If you're feelin' the music, then grab my hips {Are you ready} To be treated like a piece of steak {Are you ready} If you're a good boy I might just let you penetrate
I can't wait to put my hands on you (Ooh) Show you what you wanna see, I'll give it all to you, yeah I can't wait to get my hands on you (Get my hands on you) If this is what you wanna do, I hope you're ready, Boo, come on, come on
I can't wait to (Uh) get my hands on you (Get my hands on you) Show you what you wanna see, give it all, give it all to you I can't wait to (Uh-uh) get my hands on you (Get my hands on you) If this is what you wanna do, I hope you're ready, Boo, yeah
Wanna get my hands on you Do something to you Get my hands on Yeah...
Ever told you bout the boy Who said he was a Virgo? He walked around doin every little thing He thought a Virgo does. Until he read in the paper That he might be a Leo So he started actin out on every little thing He thought a leo should.
Til somebody hit 'em upside his head with a bottle Now he's out there brawling in the street like a warrior. Fighting for his life Yes he was fighting for his life. (Who are you)
Ever told you bout the girl Who thought she was a Christian? So she walked around tryin to save everyone Just like the Christ had done Until she heard from the Sun That she was really an Egyptian And the Pope just stole all of his concepts Straight from the pyramid walls.
Now she's searchin through her heart tryin to find the answers To this life This heaven, this hell This heaven, this hell
(who are you......who are you......who are you) (who are you......who are you......who are you)
When the band stops playin and the lights go down and The pusher man's gone and your friends ain't around Time to go home but it's early in the morning And your thoughts won't stop but it's too late to get away Do you think about the good times? Or do you think about the bad?
Do you let them tee you off? Can you just let it go? Tell me can you let it go? (who are you.....who are you.....who are you)
I'm a lover, I'm a fighter, I'm a saint, I'm a sinner I'm a loser, I'm a winner, but I'm just a beginner I'm a Chief and Indian Buddhist Egyptian I'm a builder, I'm a part, I'm a help I'm the problem, I'm a father, I'm a husband, I'm a son I'm a Lover I'm a I'm just a lover I'm a I'm a lover I'm a I'm a I'm a Muslim, Christian Hindu Magician Jewish Heathen child of the funk I'm a freak, I'm a mind-number Anything you want I'm a I'm your lover I'm a fighter, I'm a saint, I'm a sinner, I'm a Whoaa, basically I'm just a human being, yeah Be what I wanna be That's who I am Whoo-oo-oo-oo-oo Spiritually, yeah Spiritually, yeah
I walk the streets to see a homeless man With his outstretched hands You know he want somethin' to eat Or maybe another bag of meth for his head But he want the dollar, the dollar, the dollar
On my way home, I like to go past All the nice neighborhoods See all the big houses Costs money everywhere And I want the dollar, the dollar, the dollar
Ooh, it's my lucky day Now that I can chase that man away I feel like I can do anything Oh
Ooh, it's my lucky day Now that I can chase that man away I feel like I can do anything Darlin', I can buy everything
Gave back my soul, so fresh, so clean Smiling those pearly whites Then waited till I was fast asleep To rob me in the middle of the night For the dollar, a dollar, that dollar
With a little bit of money in one hand Contract in the other He wanted it so bad He'd enslave his own brother For the dollar, a dollar, the dollar, yeah
Ooh, it's my lucky day Now that I can chase that man away I feel like I can do anything Darling, I can buy everything
Ooh, it's my lucky day Now that I can chase that man away I feel like I can do anything
Yeah, your life has no meaning at all And it's all set up for you to fall That'll make you believe Oh, don't you believe it, no, no
Yeah, your life has no meaning at all And it's all set up for you to fall Why don't you believe it Man, don't you believe it, no, no, yeah
Wake up to bow down To the almighty dollar, pay your homage again Boxed in, so get down Buried, now you're livin' underground
Do you wish you could be amongst the aristocrats Who sip wine and look down On the gangsta's, hustla's and things Who make it rain and shit on the fortuneless All in the same game struggling to get up, yeah
(Know when, know what) Say, yeah, yeah, yeah (Are you a robot?)
So you a baby born with teeth Ready to speak, the sign the end is near His first words, uh, uh are, "Where's daddy?" Can you hear the world stand still?
When she looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh She looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh She looked in his eyes, oh, oh, oh Baby, I don't know, know where's the president
(Know when, know what) Say, yeah, yeah, yeah (Are you a robot?)
Say, yeah, yeah, yeah (Know when, know what) Uh, yeah (Are you a robot?)
The information age is here Then you better read the omen There's something 'bout a natural disaster War will never act here
A growin' thirst for power As we approach the final hour Monkey see, monkey do What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do? What are you gonna do? What are you gonna do?
They say it's gonna take a miracle to bring you back again They say there's nothing they can do But I'm not the only one who sees the possibility in you You know you're mama sees it too
No matter what it takes I'll make sure that you find, you find your way I'll know how hard you've been tryin' Little one
I never wanna be a mystery to you I'm not a god and I ain't no saint I'm just a man workin' every day to be a better man One day you'll learn to be one too
No matter what it takes I won't let you make the same mistakes But I won't hold nothin' against you I will always be there to hold your hand And I can help you walk but can't make you stand
So whenever you feel like you can't go on Just believe you can, you can And you will, you always will Oh, you always will
No matter what it takes I'll make sure that you find, you find your way I'll know how hard you've been tryin', yeah I won't let you make the same mistake
Can't say no shit that she ain't heard before Can't buy no gifts that she ain't got (Before) She's been 'round playin' this all her life, you know She say her daddy raised her right
He caught a serious bit when she was 6 years old The biggest old dealer like to sell your soul He kept his daughter in a paradise He liked to dress her up like a China doll
Now when the Feds bust in shootin' rounds He said, "Everybody in the house, hit the ground" And it all went up in a cloud of coke And mamma lay dyin' there on the ground
When the smoke disappeared She flew away That's what they say The poor little girl is a foster child Led to the streets to run a-wild
Yeah, so it goes Of the agony, all the pain The worst thing she didn't choose the road Though it's safe to stay on the railroad But it's never ever wrong to take her home
There was some love she loved long ago She gave that man her heart (And soul) He was the one that made her blood run cold Another bad time in her life
He had her walkin' the town sellin' her ass They was makin' money till she broke her back One day, how you do that? Upside down on a bow when you're smokin' crack
Somebody yelled from the back Somebody get this hoe up off the floor And [Incomprehensible] called the fuckin' ambulance Now here we go
With the black top Could've been a star But you know how it is You can't do shit when you're injured Plus these hoes out here is younger every day
Plus when he left, that was that Never even noticed that he never came back So fucked up from prescription pills She'll never trust the man again
No, now she's crying She's flying She's flying, yeah
