Res

Why are you selling dreams of who you wish you could be
A prince in all of the magazines
They'd have no words for the man I've seen
Talk real fast 'fore they see your face

And would they love you if they knew all the things we know
We've got these images
We need them to be true
Not ready to believe we're no more insecure than you

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But then there're girls like me who sit appauled by what we've seen
We know the truth about you
Now you're the prince of all the magazines
That is a dangerous thing

But would they love you if they knew all the things that we know
Those Golden Boys
All a fraud don't believe their show
Would they love you if they knew all the things that we know

Golden Boy life ain't a video

Place you in these robes and tell you you're the greatest man
And you believe and play your cards
Got dealt a winning hand
Don't you get tired of the show
The kissin' ass of all the people that you wanna know

When I was young I thought you had it won
I saw you on T.V. you made life look fun
But then years go by and people grow
I realize it's all a freak show

[Chorus]

Girls like me don't need no bubblin' mindstate thrown in my face
The way you goin' ain't gonna be no stroll in the sunshine
Can't turn it back now baby you gone and past that line
So give it on up now
What you gonna do

[Chorus]

I wanna try that pill that people take
Make you believe all the things that people say
Sick of shuckin' 'round with a screwed up face
With my heels dug in trying to leave a trace
Now come on put me down somehow
How you lose your faith
(just take my hand and lead me where you wanna)

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Pay no more mind to what you think you've seen
It's as they do only
Say what they say
'Cause there's only one way
They-Say Vision
It takes you back to just where you want
Like when you ain't know no way

Industry's down think I've died and I've flown away
So so long to them thieves who came and took all the things to say
I play the joker sometimes but then those moments slide back my way
'Cause for real I'd give my soul away
Give it all away
(so take my hand and lead me where you wanna)

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I know where they all go find someplace
Where they don't mind loafing about the waste

They-Say Vision takes you back to where no conscience
Free from how you really see

And if you think that you know
Take the back road
They got you where they want
They got you

Now for all the times you must go
Notice all the things you leave
So what's behind that stare
Am I there with you

And as you turn to walk away
I can't help it
I can't help but feel those instincts
That want to dance with me

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Silhouette is painted on the wall
How many times can I say that I miss you
And everybody wants to know what's wrong
It's just the 700 mile situation

Why don't you tell me what you're scared of
You make me breathe so easy
And I'm a mess with reminders of you
I often wonder where you are sometimes
I close my eyes and picture it for a while
I rise, awake to find myself without you

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No one can tell me I don't know
About the ins and outs of how it goes
Impulse traveler
Why can't you stay with me tonight
What's your soul taste like baby

And all them tell me I should take it slow
Don't want to find myself too deep in so
I keep stumbling
Pulling back while my dreams propelling
Don't hold back
My constitution's crumbling

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Although you're an Ice King
Everything that you gave to me
Comes from the destitute and the torn
I can't live this life no more
Just another wasted on
Like a fallen star in Babylon
You said I was your princess baby
I told you certain things you can't possess
So let me go let me go
Cause I

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I've given until I break
The ground beneath us quakes
How can we grow when we've only begun
Forsaken beneath the sun
Although I've seen your wickedness
I still love your effervesence
And I know that loving you dont't make no sense
But I guess that's why I like it
Just another priceless pawn
All our dreams are now forgone
You said I was your princess baby
I told you certain things you can't possess
So let me go let me go

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I've given until I break
The ground beneath us quakes
How can we grow when we've only begun
Forsaken beneath the sun

Look, as far as I can see
Your head is blockin' my TV
What you want for me to say
I said, "Whatever, go away"

What is it that I adore
If you pay me then I'll tell you more
You're looking for some reason why
I'm arrogant
(That's right)
And I'll tell you what

Hey, sometimes that's how I do
(That's just how I do and that's just how I do)
And if you feel that bad
Maybe it's not for you

Hey, sometimes that's how I do
(That's just how I roll and that's just how I stroll)
And if you feel that bad
Maybe it's not for you

A dead-end street from what I can tell
Long as you're not there, it might be swell
Pakced a picture perfect apple pie
For a cherry-poppin' spring joyride

To get inside
This head of mine
Would take a monkey wrench
And a lot of wine

And if you're wondering
'Bout this life I choose
Grab a mirror
Take one look at you

Hey, sometimes that's how I do
(That's just how I do and that's just how I stroll)
And if you feel that bad
Maybe it's not for you

Hey, sometimes that's how I do
(That's just how I roll, and that's just how I do)
And if you feel that bad
Maybe it's not for you

And I can't tell you why
The people act so crazy
And if I say I won't go
They tell me I'm damn lazy

Don't understand
No conviction for nothin'
Just keep their heads noddin'
Keep that head noddin'

Hey, sometimes that's how I do
(That's just how I do and that's just how I roll my stroll)
And if you feel that bad
Maybe it's not for you

Hey, sometimes that's how I do
(That's just how I do and that's just how I stroll)
And if you feel that bad
Maybe it's not for you
(For you)

I've got something with me
My soul's kinda gritty
Now do I lie or run away

Engine engine #9
You get your way
Or I'll get mine
Sure as the sun will shine each day

Just like the apple
Temptress sets in
I win you're tackled
Shackles on my feet won't let me move

Not soft but supple
Come with all you got
My wings won't ruffle
Victory is sweet but I ain't scared to lose

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In my house the moon still shines in the day
But there's a lot 'a old bills I gotta pay
In my house feel free to dance like it's May
But there's a lot 'a old bills I gotta pay

Tell me can you here me
No more sittin pretty
Ain't gone to shun my heart this time
I know when it really matters
It'll be me
Alone and regrets will be none

Just like the apple
Temptress sets in
I win you're tackled
Shackles on my feet won't let me move
Not soft but supple
Come with all you got
My wings won't ruffle
Victory is sweet but I ain't scared to lose

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I'll be on my own
It don't matter I'm grown
I won't be singin' no sad song in the lay
And if I rub you wrong
Baby I come on strong
I got no mind to cushion what I say

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One of these days the gig is up
Shouldn't we take the time now
To show our love

Yeah, I got the blues again
My mistake
Tell me did you see the end coming
Now I'm searching for a sign
But looking back there're only good times
Now I'm on the road again
My soul aches
It's clear that match won't work for me
And now though things don't seem so hot
I know I gave him all the love I got

Bye-bye roses
I got me a hand that's bitter sweet
But I don't care
I've known the garden

Bye-bye roses
I got me a hand that's bitter sweet
But no regrets
I've known the garden

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She was always my best friend
Never late and coffee ice cream made her smile
Now she's left and gone away
And I'm here by myself another day
And though I'll miss her to no end
My heart breaks
Tell me did she see the end coming
At least I know it was sunny
All the time that she spent with me

Bye-bye roses
I got me a hand that's bitter sweet
But I don't care
I've known the Garden

Bye-bye roses
I got me a hand that's bitter sweet
But no regrets
I've known the garden

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And when the sun runs out
No doubts left standing
We'll see if Jah wills that we're alone again
Let love slip through our fingers I say

Live up, live up, live up
I wanna get up
Instead I give up
Sometimes life dictates what we hate

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And when the sun runs out
No doubts left standing
(who knows if it'll go our way)
And when the sun runs out
No doubts left standing
(Isha Allah it'll be okay)

And when the sun runs out
No doubts left standing
Would it be different if we knew we would win
Let love slip through our fingers I say
Live up, live up, live up
Sometimes
Even the season's change
All patterns rearrange

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You must be an angel
'Cause things made sense
Before you came
Now I'm left without my shell
And still life goes on
Though it's rough now

Maybe I'm an angel too
Let you know your heart is true
You know the line I am your cue

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I feel so nice just when you're here
The reason why is not so clear
I knew the first time when you told me
I'd fall in love just as you'd hold me

And now I want to stay at your side tonight
I want to watch you as the sun lights up your eyes
I want to know when you wake first thing you see is me
You're all the things I prayed that I'd meet

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Ride, ride this wave of mine
There're brighter things out on the other side
Ride, ride this wave of mine
I know that things are going to be alright

Moments they come and then they go
You'll feel so high and then before you know
I could of sworn our future was set in stone
But I guess some things it's just as well for God to know

So now I concentrate on turning wrong to right
I'm going to let go things I held inside so tight
I'm going to live and let forgive things said in spite
Clear out the smoke and usher in the light

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(Chorus: Res - repeat 2X)
Where do we go? What do we say? What do we do?
Nowhere to turn, nowhere to run and there's nothin new
Where do we go for inspiration?
It's like pain is our only inspiration

(Talib Kweli)
Yea, I see a place where little boys and girls
Are shells in the oceans not knowin they a pearl
No one to hold 'em while they growin
They livin' moment to moment without a care in the whole world
Now, if I could help it I tell it just like it is
And I may say some things that you don't like to hear
I know this: that people lie, people kneel
People die, people heal, people steal, and people shed tears
What's real, blood spills, gun kill, the sun still - rise
Above me, trust me, it must be, morning - time
Wake up, the stakes up
Everybody want the cake up, to break up with the crew
But when the karma come back for what you do
It's too late to make up - some excuse

(Chorus)

(Talib Kweli)
I come from people who stronger than time and space
Wherever there's competition you gonna find the race
I find a place in my heart for this hip-hop
And pump blood through my vein my skin get hot
I take you very serious and make you write more
If I don't celebrate I got nothing to fight for
I'm tight raw, excite y'all like nightfall
I'm tight y'all, I walk the street like y'all
About action, talk is cheap, right y'all?
You start yappin' think about the beef you might cause
The trouble you could get into
You don't study, you not prepared and cats is testin you
What you gonna do when you gotta face
The manifestation of the words that you put in space
They already there you cant take 'em out
The studio gangsta inside you tryin' to break out

(Chorus)

(Talib Kweli)
Yea, I see a place where little boys and girls
Are shells in the oceans not knowin they a pearl
No one to hold 'em while they growin
They livin' moment to moment without a care in the whole world
Now, if I could help it I tell it just like it is
And I may say some things that you don't like to hear
I know this: that people lie, people kneel
People die, people heal, people steal, and people shed tears
What's real, blood spills, gun kill, the sun still - rise
Above me, trust me, it must be, morning - time
Wake up, the stakes up
Everybody want the cake up, to break up with the crew
But when the karma come back for what you do
It's too late to make up - some excuse

(Talib Kweli)
Yeah! Come on! What it is
It's the P-l-a-n-e-t R-o-c-k
Kweli, BK, se-la-vis
You could tell I be hell-a-free like college radio
WQHT gonna play me though
this hot shit is to fly like the cockpit
got spit like a french kiss chicks lock lips
coming from the deep black like the Loch Ness
now bring apocalypse like the heart of darkness
it's like the heart of the artist become a target
pop music is the black market
recently we witness bizarre shit
the war hit the same time as SARS hit
terrorists send bombs at the concert
the show must go on yo regardless
I'm just some hip-hop kid to pop shit
and get on some rock shit and start a mosh pit

(Hook)
Yeah
We got the beat to make the planet roooccccckkk
(Come on, Come on)
Yeah, Come on
We got the beat to make the planet rooocccckkkk
(Come on, Come on)

(Talib KWeli)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
We got the planet to rock, Kweli's standing on top
I'm like a panther when I answer to cops
and bust back before the man get a shot
and the blood on their veins run cold like the cannibal lox
and bring heat like the blood of the mammal that's hot
and keep fighting like the boy with the mechanical heart
and watch time count down on the hands of the clock
till the hour when the pinnacle start
wow, and go fast like the bullet that ran through the dark
the hollow tip ripped a man apart, blaow
yo these soldiers die in petroleum wars
think they fighting for the holiest cause
it don't matter if you muslim, hebrew, or you a christian
information is the newest religion, is a true way of living
ain't no rule to a superstition stop me with going through with my mission
come on man

(Hook with minor variations x2)

(Talib Kweli)
Come on get down, get down, get down, get down
go ladies, go, go, go ladies, go, go
Come on all my ghetto people stand strong
we rocking on and on
one for me, now rocking with the best and is Kweli
you ain't no MC like me, you just a clone like KFC
Come on, B-Boys, B-Girls, we rocking the world

(Hook)

(Talib rhyming over hook)
Can't believe niggaz running the place
man everything is dangerous nothing is safe, nigga
think you a man with a gun in your waist
let the cops disrespect you right in front of your face
take it out on your girl, punch her in the face
you ain't a thug you a waste of space
nigga get out the way, B-boys gonna rock till the break!
how much can the planet take

(Repeat until end)
We got the beat...