Woke up early On the tenth anniversary GOOD MORNING Fit in clips of it Between food prep shorts Weather reports Check the day's commute And a look at sports I remember how the wind Was knocked from me Before it became footage A footnote in history Recently I think I heard it could have been avoided It shouldn't have occurred A fundamental obligation To my parents and my kids LIFE Gave me a glimpse of it Don't know who shot him They never caught him Let's get to the bottom And blow off the lid I'm trying to keep a balance Like the plates on top of sticks Chip away 'til it goes down When it goes down apply the kicks Recently I think I heard It could have been avoided It shouldn't have occurred Sadly we're desensitized To all the scandals and the cover ups The conspiracies and lies
Hello? Checked the clock when I got home And realized I was alone Sat for hours by the window Wonderin' where did you go? Couldn't eat or sleep at all Took the pictures off the wall Paced the place as time moves slow And I'm wondering where did you go? Where'd you go? Where'd you go? I want to know Lit a cigarette I couldn't smoke Wound the clock until it broke Went to bed then took a shower Stared at TV for an hour Did the dishes, made the bed Read a book I've never read Any minute you will show And I'm wondering where did you go? Where'd you go? Where'd you go? I want to know
Where did you go? [Repeat x4] I opened the fridge, I opened a beer And played a tape I couldn't hear Emptiness began to grow And I'm wondering where did you go? Watched the sun come up from the back stairs Thought about the last few years I lost control, I screamed, I cried I punched a pole and went inside Packed my things called a friend Wished this emptiness would end Wrote a note then tore it up Poured the beer into a cup Sat on the couch, drank it slow Wondering where did you go? I realized I couldn't stay Grabbed my things and I went away Where'd you go? Where'd you go? I want to know!
Without any training It's pouring, It's raining Training or a trade Hey, you bet I'm afraid Unequipped with a skill But I'm thrilled with the thrill Underskilled, unprepared Hey, who wouldn't be scared Bring on the obstacles And burn me a bridge I'm not sure, should I call This my range or a ridge? There ain't none too high If i'm up for the climb I'll go zero to sixty And stop on a dime A dime for a dozen If that's what you're after A moment of silence A lifetime of laughter On the brighter side And on a happier note The noise, well it's just love That gets caught in my throat The end of the line's Not the end of a rope just a salesman Selling a bucket of hope When the bucket gets kicked And my chips are all cashed My intentions, conventions Are finally smashed
Well he was fueled by a lack Drew inspiration from a need So many problems to crack And mouths to feed Crooked was the path And brazen was the walk A cocky swagger, up the ladder And could he ever talk The last hurrah? Nah! I'd do it again The Rascal King behind the bars Or the one in front of them The love of God And constant contradictions With just a smile, wink or nod What's stranger fact or fiction? And never ceasing to amaze On a regular basis First hand into his pocket Or first fist into the faces The last hurrah? Nah! I'd do it again The Rascal King behind the bars Or the one in front of them A legendary character When? Only then Where? Only there A hero or a hooligan? Well, that part's never clear Pride or shame, it's all the same Who's innocent or who's to blame? Politics or just a game? Well in the end they knew his name The last hurrah? Nah! I'd do it again The Rascal King behind the bars Or the one in front of them
Royal Oil, come on bubble and boil Stabs like dagger, make you stagger On the hot tin foil Mind your mind or it will surely spoil then you sleep down in the soil Nothing comes from nothing, come on Royal Oil When you smoke or poke the poison You lose the chance to be tomorrow Look out on the horizon And see the sadness, the pain and the sorrow I can't say enough about the stuff Or what it has in store When you smoke or poke the poison You won't be anymore Royal Oil, come on bubble and boil Stabs like dagger, make you stagger On the hot tin foil Mind your mind or it will surely spoil Then you sleep down in the soil Nothing comes from nothing, come on Royal Oil Royal Oil has cut many down to size Spikes gonna strike the weak and strong alike And then forever, and ever close those eyes Make up your mind to keep your mind up And to your life be loyal Nothing comes from nothing, come on Royal Oil Royal Oil, big trouble brewing Long, lonely road, long road to ruin Wrong path to take, great big mistake And then you sleep down in the soil Nothing comes from nothing, come on Royal Oil
Have you ever bee close to tragedy Or been close to folks who have? Have you ever felt a pain so powerful So heavy you collapse?
I've never had to knock on wood But I know someone who has Which makes me wonder if I could It makes me wonder if I've never had to knock on wood And I'm glad I haven't yet Because I'm sure it isn't good That's the impression that I get
Have you ever had the odds stacked up so high You need a strength most don't possess? Or has it ever come down to do or die You've got to rise above the rest?
I've never had to knock on wood But I know someone who has Which makes me wonder if I could It makes me wonder if I've never had to knock on wood And I'm glad I haven't yet Because I'm sure it isn't good That's the impression that I get
I'm not a coward, I've just never been tested I'd like to think that if I was I would pass Look at the tested and think there but for the grace go I Might be a coward, I'm afraid of what I might find out
I've never had to knock on wood But I know someone who has Which makes me wonder if I could It makes me wonder if I've never had to knock on wood And I'm glad I haven't yet Because I'm sure it isn't good That's the impression that I get
It's so hard to face That in this day and age Somebody's race Could trigger somebody's rage And somebody's preference Can drive some total stranger to make somebody, somehow feel the wrath of their anger Why were we put here? What for? we're unsure We sure weren't put here to hate Be racist, be sexist Be bigots, be sure We won't stand for your hate Why so cut and dry A simple concept missed Give tolerance a try This confusion still exists ignorant mongers No area's gray Couldn't be any wronger in this age and day Why were we put here? What for? we're unsure We sure weren't put here to hate Be racist, be sexist Be bigots, be sure We won't stand for your hate Now how far have we come? How come there still are come Who won't let come March to the beat of a different drum To face it, it's so hard you must be on your guard It's not okay And you're not free to be a different way Let's try to erase it, it's time that we face it If we don't, then who will? shame on us Let's try to erase it, it's time that we face it Let's face it, the time is upon us
That bug bit me, I'll admit Stunned - it took a while to hit But when it hit me, I was bit Shit, I came clean with it No match, who am I No match, who am I, so why try to deny it Just a regular guy, who won't even try it The bug's been around Since time began It's bitten bigger Badder bastards than the one I am It can cripple And it can paralyze When I felt it's tooth I told the truth to my surprise I saw the bug and I gotta say Ahh I tried to get away I tried to run, I tried to fight But the bug was there to bite No match, who am I? Must respect the insect, it injects and infects If i may interject, I love the effects The bug's been around since time began It's bitten bigger Badder bastards than the one I am It can cripple And it can paralyze When I felt its tooth I told the truth to my surprise
Gonna dive into a dive I've dove into before Gonna haunt a haunt I've haunted Like a million times or more A familiar joint Where getting drunk's the only point To frequent this place With any frequency at all Countin' on a remedy I've counted on before Goin' with a cure that's never failed me What you call the disease, I call the remedy What you're callin' the cause, I call the cure Gonna sing a song, a song to you A song I've sung before Belt out a ballad that I've belted out A million times or more The words I'm gonna scream And getting drunk's the central theme to the lyrics, if you can make the lyrics out at all Countin' on a remedy I've counted on before Goin' with a cure that's never failed me What you call the disease, I call the remedy What you're callin' the cause, I call the cure Just a devotion to a potion Please no applause A dedication to a medication A crutch a cure a cause What I've counted on to pick me up Has knocked me to my knees Before I hit the floor once more I'll call it the disease
Familiar with his kind He'll beat someone down for fun He's got an ax to grind And he'll target anyone Brass knuckled in his pocket Steel-toed shoes Live of the party When you factor in booze Familiar with his kind He'll target anyone He's got a group of friends And they're all like minded guys The fun never ends And he didn't live through it He's got a group of friends They'll target anyone Violence, when will they learn? Time's running out And the tables will turn The days have been numbered And your number's coming up Senseless, when will they learn? Time's running out And the tables will turn The days have been numbered And your number's coming up The charge what? homicide? Alone he took the fall His friends all testified They weren't there at all He cried like a baby When his sentence was passed For himself and not the victim But this victim was his last Still familiar with his kind Too many of them left behind Up to all that he once was No other reason, just because Too many incidents None are isolated each coincidence Is closely related Familiar with his kind He'll target anyone
you would break so easily So fragile that it frightens me A harsh sudden reality A painful possibility To see it's like the strangest dream to be it needs to still be seen As loud as any noise you've heard As quiet as a whispered word Try to answer questions forced Forced inside of me You were forced across the line You're not providing me You would break so easily I watched you break so easily What's it like to be right up against Not stay on this side of the fence A line so fine it can't be traced A life so suddenly erased Two came through just like a train A flash and nothing's been the same try to answer questions forced Forced inside of me You took the answers when you broke So easily you're gone Once the same until You broke so easily Tell me now
He didn't hit me for a home Or hit me up 'cause he was cold He was addicted to drugs And I could see that in his eyes What about me? Well I was only rolled He didn't rob me for food It wasn't hunger, but a jonze He needed a fix, Someone will fix my broken bones And I'll feel better in the morning The pain will fade as time goes by What was taken, I won't miss, or I'll replace Nevermind me, well I'm all right He seemed to hate what he was doing He sure knew how to get it done Possessed by an addiction I don't have to comprehend What about me? Well he whipped me with a gun He didn't rob me for food It wasn't hunger, but a jonze He needed a fix, Someone will fix my broken bones And I'll feel better in the morning The pain will fade as time goes by What was taken, I won't miss, or I'll replace Nevermind me, well I'm all right
Woke up early On the tenth anniversary GOOD MORNING Fit in clips of it Between food prep shorts Weather reports Check the day's commute And a look at sports I remember how the wind Was knocked from me Before it became footage A footnote in history Recently I think I heard it could have been avoided It shouldn't have occurred A fundamental obligation To my parents and my kids LIFE Gave me a glimpse of it Don't know who shot him They never caught him Let's get to the bottom And blow off the lid I'm trying to keep a balance Like the plates on top of sticks Chip away 'til it goes down When it goes down apply the kicks Recently I think I heard It could have been avoided It shouldn't have occurred Sadly we're desensitized To all the scandals and the cover ups The conspiracies and lies
