It was regular stuff like Perry and Thrust Ain't out of the blue like we usually do So me and Angelo came around about seven With stars in our eyes from the press we were gettin' Suspect from headache you know a great deal Your apathy fake but your parts are real More than a little by the time it went down I had crossed your path but you didn't know how A record claimed star by the end of the week Set flames to the heat that's all out in the street The problems and pain runs hand in hand When the mother of commerce ends up workin' for the band
[Chorus] The streets is watchin' So keep on talkin' Your time is tickin' down, down, down The streets is watchin' So keep on talkin' Your time is tickin' down, down, down
Let's catch fishes Bombs make misses You get served like dishes Like the soft machine kisses your ass It's not one iota or a comma or a quota It was regular stuff like Perry and Thrust Ain't out of the blue like we usually do So me and Angelo came around about seven With stars in our eyes from the press we were gettin' Suspect from headache you know a great deal Your apathy fake but your parts are real More than a little by the time it went down I had crossed your path but you didn't know how A record claimed star by the end of the week Set flames to the heat that's all out in the street The problems and pain runs hand in hand When the mother of commerce ends up workin' for the band
[Chorus]
Let's catch fishes Bombs make misses You get served like dishes Like the soft machine kisses your ass It's not one iota or a comma or a quota When your time here is over One bum, two bum, three bums more If dispute you're using then you know what it's for A shot in the dark and after a thought A lark You hit the watermark but the thug didn't bark Oh yeah, that's the sound of the police They're makin' the wave because your hand is greased Can't put nobody on unless they're wearing a thong But the days are gone like Yvonne Elliman If I can't be true I don't want your money baby See I'm happy being stealth Can't define my wealth So, yo, go ask somebody else
Yeah The streets is watchin' Yeah The streets is watchin' I said the streets are watchin'
Time is driftin', this rock has got to roll, So I hit the road and made my getaway. Restless feeling, I really gotta hold, I started searching for a better way.
[Chorus] And I kept on looking for a sign in the middle of the night, But I couldn't see the light, no I couldn't see the light. I kept on lookin' for a way to take me through the night, But I couldn't get it right, no I couldn't get it right.
La fever, made me feel alright, But I must admit it got the best of me. Gettin' down, so deep I nearly drowned, I can't get back to where I used to be.
[Chorus]
New York city, took me with the tide, I nearly died from hospitality, Left me stranded, and took away my pride, Just another know it all fatality.
Me and Fast got the gats; we're out to rob a bank. We got Steve outside carrying a full pack. Now everything's cool and everything's smooth. (Hey that's smooth) I walked up to the teller, I gave her the letter She gave me the loot with puckered up lips and a wink that I found cute, and I said, "baby, baby, baby" (Is this some Kharmic-Chi love thing happening here baby or what.) By that time Fast tapped me with the 9 he said it was time to blow, ya know. So out the door we go. Back to the ride with Steve inside and alive; off we drive I hurt my lower lumbar, you know we'll never get far, riding around in a stolen police car, so we dropped it off and piled in a Caddy; Steve was driving because I had to talk to my man about something.
- Look, I don't know anything about any fucking set-up, you can torture me all you want. - Torture you, that's good, that's a good idea, I like that one.
Running around robbing banks all wacked off of Scooby Snacks! (2x)
I don't give a fuck about the hell's gate, ain't punkin' the crowd and I'm still standing up staight. So, we pull these jobs to make a little money; no one gets hurt if they don't act funny. On the way to the yacht, we almost got caught, fast is shooting mailboxes, not knowing where the cop is. They're at the Dunkin Donuts, adjacent from the Froman's whose mailbox fast had just exploded. They gave chase, but my man Steve is an ace; we lost those brothers with haste. We cast off and along we went off Bermuda to an island resort we rented.
- Sonny, I need you cool, are you cool? - I am cool.
Running around robbing banks all wacked off of Scooby Snacks! (4x
Chorus: Honey you, are my shining star, and don't you go away, I wanna be, right here where you are, until my dying day
So many have tried, tried to find, a love like yours an mine, yeah baby, girl don't you relaise that your hypnotised, It makes me love you more and more each time, yeah baby.
Bridge Honey I'm never gonna leave you lonely, I'm giving my love to you one and only, one and only.
Chorus
It feels so good, lying here next to you, lost in love, yeah baby, Cos baby when we touch, I love you so much, You're everything I've ever dreamed of, yeah baby.
I usta more ya yo than Phizer Pharmaceuticals paid my way through college, and still had residuals Moved more wait than arnold on steriods shot more punks than rocks in asteroids caught more heat than Aruba in August Never spilled the beans when the cops finally caught us All my liquid assets are flowing like a stream and my fingers are faster than Yngwie Malmstein
Everybody round me making money I see everybody round me making money Why can't I?
Lord, I can't change (4x)
I get my macaroni salad from Dean and Deluca and I top my red death with the white Zambuca stick up kid yeah, without no errors I'm smashing twelve hundreds on sucker rhyme sayers Like Hendrix I freak you, like Tito I treat you Bombin' Tha "L" i see you You freak, you coochie frito ! There's something about a train!
Lord, I can't change (8x) Bombin' the L (14x) Lord, I can't change (11x)
I'm not in love, so don't forget it. It's just a silly phase I'm going through. And just because I call you up, Don't get me wrong, don't think you've got it made. I'm not in love, no no, it's because... I like to see you, but then again, That doesn't mean you mean that much to me. So if I call you, don't make a fuss - Don't tell your friends about the two of us. I'm not in love, no no, it's because... I keep your picture upon the wall. It hides a nasty stain that's lying there. So don't you ask me to give it back. I know you know it doesn't mean that much to me. I'm not in love, no no, it's because... Ooh, you'll wait a long time for me. Ooh, you'll wait a long time. I'm not in love, I'm not in love...
The summerwind, came blowing in, from across the sea It lingered there, to touch your hair, and walk with me All summer long, you sing a song, and we stole that golden sand, Two sweethearts, and the summerwind.
Like painted kites, those days and nights, they went flying by, The world was new, beneath the blue, umbrella sky, ?One soft event?, a pappa man, one day it called to you, I lost you, I lost you to the summerwind.
Young wind, and the well aware, they have come and gone, and still the days, those lonely days, they go on and on and on, And guess who sized, his lullabies, through nights that never end, My fickle friend,
The summerwind, on the summerwind (repeat to fade)
Crazy, but that's how it goes, millions of people, living as hoes, But maybe, it's not too late, to learn how to love and forget how to hate,
But mental wounds, they still heal, but drivin' me, insane, I'm going off the rails of my crazy train,
I've listened to preachers, I've even listened to fools, y'all. I've watched all the dropouts, who make their own rules, See that person's condition, to whom they control, You know the media sells it y'all, and you live the woe,
But mental wounds, they still heal, but drivin' me, insane, I'm going off the rails of my crazy train,
I know that things ain't going well for my ass, But you got to listen to my words,
As of a cold war, that's what we've become, Inheriting troubles, yo i'm mentally numb, Crazy, I just cannot bear, I'm livin' with something, that just isn't fair,
With mental wounds, not healin', drivin' me, insane, See I'm going off the rails of that crazy train,
They try to move us; to use us like Judas did Jesus; to please us Diverting the issues to misuse the peoples How are we gonna get 'em? How are we gonna vote them out? When the wingtips got it locked up With one thing you don't know. Ya dig it? The freaking wingtips did it. But some of us are wise and some of us are suckers. . . And we all bleed red even racist motherfuckers.
And I can't get with that. No I can't get with that (2x)
I said: No, I can't get with that No I can't get with that (2x) (3x)
I see the hoes and the hustlers be piled up in clusters since they upped the anti, and hooked up Giuliani and the black kill the black and Latino kill Latino; man it's evil. . . The same damn story and a sequel I thought I fought for what was right, but in the end, my friend, 20-20 is hindsight. I think I caught you out there chillin in the Bahamas. I take you to Miami to meet the Dalai Lama.
And I can't get with that. No I can't get with that (2x)
I said: No, I can't get with that No I can't get with that (2x) (5x
We have all the time in the world. Time enough for life to unfold all the precious things life has in store. And we got all the love in the world. And as time goes by you will find we need nothing more.
And every step of the way we'll find us with the kiss of the world behind us. And we got all the time in the world for love. Nothing more, nothing less, only love. (2x)
Coney Island girl. I know this ain't no time to be talking. Yo baby, I'll understand it if you keep on walking. It's not like I liked you anyway, it's the way that you swag it and sway. Reminds me of a girl I used to know back in the Bay.
Coney island girl. Now come here and don't get mad. I gave her all I thought I had. I must live my life alone and never kiss anyone else on the Cyclone. As crazy as it seems. I'm having recurring dreams. You are not there, but she is. So now split. Coney Island girl. (4x)
And I'll be seeing you, in all the old, familiar places, that this heart of mine embraces, all day through, And in that small cafe, the park along the way, The children's carousel, The chestnut trees and the wishing well,
And I'll be seeing you, in every love me summer's day, In everything that's light and gay, I'll always think of you that way, and I'll find you, in the morning sun, and when the night is young, I'll be looking at the moon, but I'll be seeing you.
It's just a hill of beans to some Bums talking 6-figure shit, while they taking their lump See I grew up on the hill But still I keep ready Had a mind of my own like Wes gave to Freddy As Freddy got clipped, man, so did my youth Spending nights with my rights, knocked to my tooth Yeah, it scarred my soul It fucked me up like vodka Had me walking around mumbling shit like I was Latka The Hill don't discriminate, they know who you are If you make it over the edge then baby, you the star The Big Top knows all the choices you chose Both respected and feared by your friends and your foes
* Now up on the Hill is where you find us Yeah, up on the Hill that shit is timeless Yeah, up on the Hill that burns the brightest Yeah, up on the Hill, up on the Hill
** And up on the Hill is where you find us And up on the Hill that shit is timeless Yeah, up on the Hill there ain't no contest Yeah, up on the Hill, up on the Hill
Now go make your mound in an anthill, sonny You be dead by 40, but you make a lotta money A shot clock is dropped, choose when you choose And if you ain't up on the Hill, you lose Now damn the jokes and damn the torpedos Live a life of your dreams,like boz did Lido I said Lido, who-a-oh I said one more time, ought to get it Now look up, look up higher and see It's not as hard as you figured it would be Now 2 tons, 2 tons lighter agreed, Now - if it's all right with you it's all right with me
* Barry White, saved my life And if Barry White, saved your life Or got you back with your ex-wife Sing Barry White, Barry White, it's alright.
Now I was watching Banachek My mind's eye right back when i was a seed and learning 'bout life At night they came together and gave me sight He said it's better doing this, than sucking on a pipe Now when she came over, she brought the discus On and on, she promised to kick this EWF, stole my breath When he finished, there was nothing left
*Repeat
Over and over, 'til it's ready Sing about it low and fat like J. P. Ghetti We make it happen, ass slappin' Sitting on the point to where you never catch us nappin' CO efino, he got the money grips No parking for Saturday night and the pips The pips know the hymns, they singing along Like knowing the verbs is gonna keep you from the twilight Ummmmm Do a little like that
Paulie ran like hell, car-jacked my moma's Pontiac Dropped it off at the house, and he was sorry and he'd bring it back Got on the Major Deagan, fighting a heart attack But that was that, an hour out to Hackensack Runnin', Kosciusko to the L.I.E Traffic out the ass as far as the eye could see Flip on the radio: WNBC, 3 men shot tryin' to free Gotti'
The View Belongs To Everyone (4x)
He heard they moved the Don out west somewhere like Oregon Long live the king runnin' the marathon He drifted back to 'Days' at the ‘Octagon’ Where the Goombas held the guards and did the pissing on And now they ain't no mob just some criminal collective Since Rudy and the right got his ass re-elected We esteem too easy, obtain too cheap And we talk a lotta shit from the back fuckin' seat
Long live the King, but who will wear his crown They're flowing like a stream, deep from Underground Long live the king, but who will wear his crown Can you get down, can you get down? (repeat to fade out)
He got the pizza and brew, sensational 20,000 out on the street and accidental Here's to the one, the one around my way Giving love to the peoples, many hours, many days See he is both the hero and the pragmatist Doing push-ups in the back, and waving his fists The kids from the school, call it subterfuge Scars on his limbs is about to use
* Korean Bodega, it's in my favor (2x)
See him hangin' on the street with the ill shopkeeper Breakin' down a broken parking meter Sprite on ice, fruit loops And Jesse James gotta lot of customers but don't know their names Downtown like Pittstreet they run outta hope They far from ligit sellin' heroin and coke He says you catch me doin' that you hangin' out on a rope I gotta Korean Bodega, my shit is dope
I think about the block keep it close like treasure Keep it packed away where no one come in to Got pulled out of the mix like forever and ever I thought you told me how you felt about it in your letter But that is all behind me like Georgio Armani I'm sipping campari feed my dog salami Never gave nobody up, I did my time I didn't bitch Since I been back I heard you switched : But I'm back on the block and the air tastes sweeter Yeah I'm back on the block and I barely believe ya Yeah I'm back on the block and the air tastes sweeter Yeah I'm back on the blockI remember the block and how it all began You was a ramblin' man with a shake in your hand Now, when they ran up fisty cuts in the plan One who does it, who you was So you dropped it on the cousin and you blamed it on me He said nothing to the man but he said something to me One, two, three but still I gave him the fifth But since I've been back I heard you switchedAnd she keeps goin' on and on about it, hmm hmm And he keeps goin' on and on and on about it And Drunk Eddie from the store, he keeps goin' on and on about it He keeps goin' on and on about it.
When 8 o'clock rolls around and the same old shit is gettin' down go to 10th street, yeah 10th street If you don't want D and you don't want that crap but you gotta get the monkey off ya back go to 10th street, 10th street We got what ya need A pillow bag with much to many seeds Up on 10th street Baby, baby keep it down I believe I see the man Look around as much as you like smell the bags and hold on tight on 10th street yeah, 10th street They'll gladly snatch your cash, give 'em ... shit and call it hash on 10th street That's right on 10th street We got what ya need A pillow bag with much to many seeds Up on 10th street Baby, baby keep it down I believe I see the man Baby, baby keep it down I believe I see the man
Back in '78, I was a kid, I didn't know shit and I never did When the summer got hot, we praid for rain But since the lights went out I've never been the same But when we got older I caught the gust Livin' in the park with the rest of the nuts But now I waver, I feel it heavy on my mind A life-saver that's been there all the time And she don't lie, she don't lie but I do She don't know, she don't know but I do And I play heavy on my mind The booker got blessed on her date of birth from green point ave across to Benson Hurst She keeps my family together, keeps my foes at bay When she's chillin' off the leash you better stay away I remember you and I, we used to chill on a stoop maxing and ... without any loot Now you got it going strong but i feel long in the tooth girl Now you got it going strong but i feel long in the tooth And I don't know what to feel anymore But I'm trying, I'm trying to tell her And I don't know what to think anymore But I think, I think I ought to build myself ... And she don't lie, she don't lie but I do She don't know, she don't know but I do And I play heavy on my mind
And I don't know what to feel anymore But I'm trying, I'm trying to tell her And I don't know what to think anymore But I think, I think I ought to build myself ... And she don't lie, she don't lie but I do She don't know, she don't know but I do And I play heavy on my mind And she don't lie, she don't lie but I do
