Well it's a rockin' world, make no mistake about It's a shockin' world, could be what's so great about It's a rockin' world, there ain't nothing fake about it
Whoa whoa, now welcome to this Earth bro Whoa whoa, we're tryin' to find an answer Whoa whoa, we got a surface module and a belly-dancer On a sidewalk surf A boy is tryin' to show a girl what he is worth - whoops! Both arms in plaster, but he's still gonna Go right up and ask her
Why is it barbaric is it, biological? Why is it frenetic is it also physiological? It's an epidemic, there's nothing logically Logical, logical, logical
It's a rockin' world, make no mistake about It's a shockin' world, could be what's so great about It's a rockin' world, there ain't nothing fake about it
Now why do babies cry? I asked the crow today but all he did was fly And he took the cynic way The laws of chaos, left us all in disarray Now take the bumblebee, a lousy rotten' bum Not a shred of money just a lazy buzzin' hum He takes all our honey and for God's sake people have got to pay, that's who...
Well we go, back to base Can't make no error in tale of this place But home we're returnin' back to base, ace.
Can we be notified when, love comes of age Does a cell divide in the, in the initial phase It's all codified in the DNA stage
Well it's a rockin' world, make no mistake about It's a shockin' world, that could be what's so great about A It's a rockin' world, there ain't nothing fake about it.
Living in the big city The American dream Is far roaming in the streets of greed Everywhere I turn Im on a mission for more But I aint selling my soul With the dope theres no girl Im on a one way box to the top Hitting the strip but got a sound that would rally the block Im in the fast lane and I wont stop You aint nothing but talk You Couldnt hang on the rope by ball This life that I live It aint for the weak Got my roddy gangster that came off the street Im trying to keep the peace but I gotta keep my pace Got these drunk police Want me all rappy And Im searching for the higher ground I want my head in the sky So high that I cant come down Leave your lies in every town across the nation Cause you can never stop to play Gotta Rise up(to the top,to the top) Cant stop(How high can you get?) Gotta Rise up(to the top,to the top) Cant stop(How high can you get?) Cause what goes up must come down So we gotta rise up to the Higher ground Rise Up(Rise Up) Rise Up(Rise Up) Rise Up(Rise Up) How high can you get? Cruising in the drop chevy Got my foot on the floor Im hitting switches and my brim is heavy You wanna look inside And see whos crossing the brine Curiosity is killing you With stick in the prime I get high from the brim in the set Never gripping the square But all you haters couldnt hold my. Dont need a clip for my ? straight You should leave it alone And check your toe cause my line will spit This right heres as high as it gets Somebody likes it..the hell Cause you stepped on the sex But guess who will show you,you gotta pass the check Got my clock on deck and my custom vest streets You came,for me Im the best And you can keep the dress Cause Im smoke at the less Turn a step back Im tired of getting pushed Gotta rise up to the top(to the top) Cant stop(How high can you get?) Gotta rise up to the top(to the top) Cant stop(How high can you get?) Cause what goes up must come down So we gotta rise up to the Higher ground Rise Up(Rise Up) Rise Up(Rise Up) Rise Up(Rise Up) How high can you get? I go psycho Crazy Michael Myers Except the stages on fire going higher Cause when I lean on a flyer Theres so much more to make the whole city rise This defines a man to get the whole world lifted Wall man trying to make a land with a mission Theres no way you can stand in this position You cant take the heat get the f*ck about the tension Go with the will to hustle,you see if we hit the floor youll never stop it you aint got the muscle Were going to world top,homeboy this is the show We gotta blow up the stage be out the doorSometimes we all nedd an escape So when we form our track Well get your mind while we get the stat I made a pack with a crew on the hill We continue to build with all the people who believe their bill Gotta Rise up(to the top,to the top) Cant stop(How high can you get?) Gotta Rise up(to the top,to the top) Cant stop(How high can you get?) Cause what goes up must come down So we gotta rise up to the Higher ground Rise Up(Rise Up) Rise Up(Rise Up) Rise Up(Rise Up) How high can you get?
Living in the big city The American dream Is far roaming in the streets of greed Everywhere I turn Im on a mission for more But I aint selling my soul With the dope theres no girl Im on a one way box to the top Hitting the strip but got a sound that would rally the block Im in the fast lane and I wont stop You aint nothing but talk You Couldnt hang on the rope by ball This life that I live It aint for the weak Got my roddy gangster that came off the street Im trying to keep the peace but I gotta keep my pace Got these drunk police Want me all rappy And Im searching for the higher ground I want my head in the sky So high that I cant come down Leave your lies in every town across the nation Cause you can never stop to play Gotta Rise up(to the top,to the top) Cant stop(How high can you get?) Gotta Rise up(to the top,to the top) Cant stop(How high can you get?) Cause what goes up must come down So we gotta rise up to the Higher ground Rise Up(Rise Up) Rise Up(Rise Up) Rise Up(Rise Up) How high can you get? Cruising in the drop chevy Got my foot on the floor Im hitting switches and my brim is heavy You wanna look inside And see whos crossing the brine Curiosity is killing you With stick in the prime I get high from the brim in the set Never gripping the square But all you haters couldnt hold my. Dont need a clip for my ? straight You should leave it alone And check your toe cause my line will spit This right heres as high as it gets Somebody likes it..the hell Cause you stepped on the sex But guess who will show you,you gotta pass the check Got my clock on deck and my custom vest streets You came,for me Im the best And you can keep the dress Cause Im smoke at the less Turn a step back Im tired of getting pushed Gotta rise up to the top(to the top) Cant stop(How high can you get?) Gotta rise up to the top(to the top) Cant stop(How high can you get?) Cause what goes up must come down So we gotta rise up to the Higher ground Rise Up(Rise Up) Rise Up(Rise Up) Rise Up(Rise Up) How high can you get? I go psycho Crazy Michael Myers Except the stages on fire going higher Cause when I lean on a flyer Theres so much more to make the whole city rise This defines a man to get the whole world lifted Wall man trying to make a land with a mission Theres no way you can stand in this position You cant take the heat get the f*ck about the tension Go with the will to hustle,you see if we hit the floor youll never stop it you aint got the muscle Were going to world top,homeboy this is the show We gotta blow up the stage be out the doorSometimes we all nedd an escape So when we form our track Well get your mind while we get the stat I made a pack with a crew on the hill We continue to build with all the people who believe their bill Gotta Rise up(to the top,to the top) Cant stop(How high can you get?) Gotta Rise up(to the top,to the top) Cant stop(How high can you get?) Cause what goes up must come down So we gotta rise up to the Higher ground Rise Up(Rise Up) Rise Up(Rise Up) Rise Up(Rise Up) How high can you get?
"Breaking news story, just bringing you up to date.. ..across the US, as the country's economy continues to plunge.. ..now some are so outraged they are doing something about it.. ..congress is proposing new taxes.. ..symbols remind you of the toll the ongoing wars are taking on our country.. CEOs..."
[Chorus] Shut 'em down Shut 'em down (Shut em down) Shut 'em down (Shut em down) Yes, we shut em down [x2]
[Sen Dog] Somethin' getting down from the motherfuckin' get go Hands around your neck and i'm refusing to let go I'm like a down south crooked ass police Gettin' me some of everything down to your show biz See they got me Straight goin' up G Going buck wild Swinging on the paparazzi We not done, this shit ain't over We're back with a nation of soldiers We ain't havin' it We takin' over kid Coming through with the cannabis potent shit I'm thinkin' oh no We rock the good show Hand over the mic like Billy Boddy in a fist show
[Chorus] (Bailouts, Wall Street, Cold Wars, Politicians, Quiet Tax) Shut 'em down Shut 'em down (Shut em down) Shut 'em down (Shut em down) Yes, we shut em down [x2]
[B-Real] Going down the cross roads Feeling kinda lost No way to make it forsaken and taken for a lost soul I don't want your sympathy I don't need your hand out Never had it planned out Just a cut your man out Wars on the newscast Caught it on a news flash Heard about a new tax What if i refuse that? I don't want your promises I don't need your bullshit I don't need you telling me the answers at the pulpit Setup for the meltdown Hunted by the hellhounds Spiders got you spellbound Get up if you fell down I don't hate your slick talk I don't seek your point of view I'm the fucking thorn your side that keeps annoying you
[Chorus] (A Common Enemy, hypocrites, Crooked Cops, Drug Lords, Higher Tax) Shut 'em down Shut 'em down (Shut em down) Shut 'em down (Shut em down) Yes, we shut em down [x2]
[Chorus] (War Criminals, Politicians, No Surrender, By any means) Shut 'em down Shut 'em down (Shut em down) Shut 'em down (Shut em down) Yes, we shut em down [x2]
[Chorus: RZA] My uzi weigh a ton, son, carry it My uzi weigh a ton, son, carry it My uzi weigh a ton, son, carry it Ton, son, carry it, ton, son, carry it
[RZA:] Check his vital signs, strike his vital nerve Threw a viral curve, the rhyme tempest Like lightning bolts being thrown down from Mt. Olympus Beat on your head like a Travis Barker cymbal, crash I splash beyond measurements I tour you back to a cast, arrest your development Overthrow your whole settlement, this is beat embellishment Burn the house, the one Hansel and Gretel went Unorthodox fly rhyming fox Wu Killa Bee appear on your body like the pox Keep rivalries like Yankees and the Red Sox I'd rather see it in the ballpark, then see it on the block, nigga My uzi weigh a ton, son, carry it Chocolate bunny on the run, catching Marriott Sword in my hand, watch me parry it The weight of the truth, can any man carry it?
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[Raekwon:] Feel the wrath of a soldier when his wings is up We like the air force, generals with guns when rainy up Take it from leers, the stadium, the fans, the beers Titty shots from the bitches in the stands, we clear But we pop guns, live so wild, it's like banging a guitar On your face, all jacked in your mouth See the medals that I wear is honor, from the hood to Bahamas Back to Ghana, New York and Compton All my peoples get wilder than a mosh pit Roll even bigger, this is getting me riled Tattoos, I'm a destiny child, I'm a floss I'm a real muthafucka, stop stressing me out Cause I play hard, go hard, smoke bongs, this is the most strong Collaboration, me, Trav and Ra Old engines, we gon' respect 'em, drop joints and perfect 'em Chef is the Jon Bon and Led Zeppelin
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[RZA:] This is deadly dark dangerous, Wu-Tang slanderous Mosh pit bashing, watch 'em all bang to this Energy, energy, energy, energy Buzz Lightyear, boy, from here to infinity Two guns on my side like Yosemite You sick of that weak bullshit, here's the remedy Jack Daniel Tennessee, mixed with the Hennessy Turn into a Chuck D, boy, Public Enemy Or Flavor Flav, Johnny Depp, Wild Tennessee Poetical Emily Dickerson with the similes Metaphor whore, I puzzle like the jigsaw You strip like the weak more, I be the sycamore My uzi weigh a ton, son, carry it Chocolate bunny on the run, catching Marriott Sword in my hand, watch me bust and parry it The weight of the truth, can any man carry it?
The movie ran through me The glamour subdue me The tabloid untie me I'm empty please fill me Mister anchor assure me That Baghdad is burning Your voice it is so soothing That cunning mantra of killing I need you my witness To dress this up so bloodless To numb me and purge me now Of thoughts of blaming you Yes the car is our wheelchair My witness your coughing Oily silence mocks the legless Ones who travel now in coffins On the corner The jury's sleepless We found your weakness And it's right outside our door Now testify
Now testify It's right outside our door Now testify Yes testify It's right outside our door
With precision you feed me My witness I'm hungry Your temple it calms me So I can carry on My slaving sweating the skin right off my bones On a bed of fire I'm choking on the smoke that fills my home The wrecking ball rushing Witness your blushing The pipeline is gushing While here we lie in tombs While on the corner The jury's sleepless We found your weakness And it's right outside your door Now testify Yeah testify It's right outside our door Now testify Now testify It's right outside our door
Mass graves for the pump and the price is set Mass graves for the pump and the price is set Mass graves for the pump and the price is set Mass graves for the pump and the price is set
Who controls the past now controls the future Who controls the present now controls the past Who controls the past now controls the future Who controls the present now?
Now testify Testify It's right outside our door Now testify Testify It's right outside our door
Well I been watchin' while you been coughin i've been drinking life while you been nausous and so i drink to health while you kill yourself and i got just one thing that i can offer
go and save yourself take it out on me go and and save yourself take it out on me yea
well i'm not a martyr i'm not a prophet and i won't preach to you but heres a caution you better understand that i won't hold your hand but if it helps you mend then i won't stop it
*go and save yourself take it out on me go and save yourself take it out on me go and save yourself take it out on me go and save yourself take it out on me yea
go if you want and i'll see you in the bottom where you crawl on my skin and put the blame on me so you don't feel a thing
In with the early dawn moving right along i couldn't buy an eye of sleep and in the aching night under satellite i was not recieved with the stolen parts a telephone in my heart someone get me a priest to put my mind to bed this ringing in my head is this a cure is or is this a disease
*hey hey i said near as i can figure you gave me life now show me how to live hey hey i said near as i can figure you gave me life now show me how to live
in the afterbirth on the quiet earth let this things remind me you thought you made amend you better think again before my row defines you
*Repeat
and in your waiting hands i will land and roll out of my skin and in your final hours i will stand ready to begin ready to begin ready to begin ready to begin
hey hey i said near as i can figure you gave me life now show me how to live hey hey i said near as i can figure you gave me life now show me how to live show me how to live show me how to live show me how to live show me how to live
Houses haunted i just want to go for a ride out an on thought i'd set this room a light left alone forever and for crimes unclear with my patience gone someone take me far from here
burn that gasoline yea burn that gasoline
new day only another day in solitude houses honest clearly more than i can bare drain me all before i set my world on fire i am gone the sun will never set tonight
burn that gasoline yea burn that gasoline
no more forests only a can on red says danger on it i have found another way
burn that gasoline yea burn that gasoline burn it all the way burn it all the way
when you wanted me i came to you when you wanted someone else i lived through when you asked for that i set myself on fire and if i go far away i know you'll find another slave
cause now i'm freed from what you want now i'm free from what you need now i'm free from what you are
when you wanted love i cut my veins and when you wanted love i bled myself again now all i've had i still love you i'd give you up forever and here i go far away i know you you'll find another slave
cause now i'm free from what you are now i'm free from what you need now i'm free from what you are
than a vision came to me when you came along i gave you everything but then you wanted more
cause now i'm free from what you want now i'm free from what you need now i'm free from what you are hey now i'm free from what you want now i'm freed from what you need now im free
On a cold wet afternoon no room for love and emptiness by a freeway i confess i was lost in the pages of a book full of death reading how we'll die alone and if a god will lay to rest
anywhere we want to go in your house i long to be room by room patiently i'll wait for you there like a stone i'll wait for you there alone
and on my death bed i will prey to the gods and the angels like a pagan to anyone who will take me to heaven to a place i would recall i was there so long ago the sky was bruised the world was black and there you led me on
in your house i long to be room by room patiently i'll wait for you there liek a stone i'll wait for you there alone
in all i read till the day was gone and i sat in regret in all the things i've done for all that i've blessed and all that i've wronged in dreams till my death i will wonder on
in your house i long to be room by room patiently i'll wait for you there like a stone i'll wait for you there alone alone
he was standing at the rock gathering the fog getting there with no directions and underneath the arch turned into a march and there he found a spot to set this fucker on
set if off set it on my children set it right set it off set it off my children allright set it off set it on my children set it fire set it off set it on my children
suddenly a shot ripped into his heart he needed some attention and there he played his card going into shock the last thing that he said was set this fucker on
set if off set it on my children set it right set it off set it off my children allright set it off set it on my children set it fire set it off set it on my children
alright (6x)
jesus at the back door everything is alright all we need is some direction everytime the wind blows everything you don't know turns into a revelation it all ends up inside your head time is wasted
set if off set it on my children set it right set it off set it off my children allright set it off set it on my children set it fire set it off set it on my children
Once upon a time I was on a mind to lay your burden down and leave you where you stood you believed i could you'd seen it done before i could read your thoughts and tell you what you saw and never say a word but now that is gone over with and done and never to return
i can tell you why people die alone i can tell you why the shadow on the sun
staring at the loss looking for the cause and never really sure nothing but a hole to live without a soul and nothing to be learned
i can tell you why people go insane i can show you how you could do the same i can tell you why the end will never come i can tell you on the shadow on the sun
shapes of every size move behind my eyes doors inside my head bolted from within every drop of flame lights a candle in memory of the one who lived inside my skin
i can tell you why people go insane i can show you how you could do the same i can tell you why the end will never come i can tell you on the shadow on the sun
shadow on the sun shadow on the sun shadow on the sun shadow on the sun shadow on the sun shadow on the sun shadow on the sun sun sun
