No One's Leaving
I'm a white dread, I'm a white dread, so?
I'm a got a ring and I hang it from my nose
Got a little game and I take it to the park
I don't care who plays as long as the game is on
My sister and her boyfriend slept in the park
She had to leave home 'cause he was dark
Now they parade around in New York with a baby boy
He's gorgeous!
Ain't nobody leaving!
No one's leaving
Blacks call each other brother and sis
Count me in 'cause I been missed
I've seen color changed by a kiss
Ask my brother and my sister
My sister and her boyfriend slept in the park
She had to leave home 'cause he was dark
Now they parade around in New York with a baby boy
He's gorgeous!
Ain't nobody leaving!
No one's leaving!
Yeah, that's right...
Yeah, that's so...
Wish I knew everyone's nickname
All their slang and all their sayings
Every way to show affection, how to dress to fit the occasion
Wish we all waved...
All waved... All waved...
I wish we all!
Wish we all!
Wish we all, waved...
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Ain't No Right
I am skin and bones, I am pointy nose
But it motherfuckin' makes me try
Makes me try, and that ain't no wrong
I'll tell you why...
There ain't no right!
Ain't no wrong now, ain't no right
Ain't no wrong now, ain't no right
Only pleasure and pain
Motherfuckin' bad wind came, blew down my home
Now the green grass grows
Bad wind came, blew down my home
Goddamn goodness knows!
Where green grass grows there can't be wrong
And goodness knows, there ain't no right!
Ain't no wrong now, ain't no right
Ain't no wrong now, ain't no right
Only pleasure and pain
Bumped my head, I'm a battering ram
Goddamn took the pain
Cut myself, said so what?
Motherfuckin' took the pain
Said so what
I can't be wrong
I thought so but there ain't no right!
Ain't no wrong now, ain't no right
Ain't no wrong now, ain't no right
Only pleasure and pain
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Obvious
Hey, you don't know me!
You don't know me but you just keep on looking at me down low
Oh no!
Digging something up...
Digging something up...
Always digging something up...
Oh no!
Hey you!
I don't know you
I don't even want to, but you just keep looking at me down low
Oh no!
Digging something up...
Digging something up...
Always digging something up...
Oh no!
And you make it so...
Make it so obvious...
Hey you! Fools don't fit in the boots that I tread in
But you just keep on looking at me down low
Oh no!
Digging something up...
Digging something up...
Always digging something up...
Oh no!
And you make it so... but do you get it?
Make it so... oh yeah right
You got to owe me something
before you know what is joke and what is up
I worked my fingers to the bone and I won't let you stop me going up
Why do you have to make it so!-so!-so!-so!-so!
OBVIOUS!? Oh no! Oh no... Oh no... Oh no...
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Been Caught Steeling
I've been caught stealing once when I was 5
I enjoy stealing
It's just as simple as that
Well, it's just a simple fact
When I want something, I don't want to pay for it
I walk right through the door
Walk right through the door
Hey all right! If I get by, it's mine
Mine all mine!
My girl, she's one too
She'll go and get her a shirt
Stick it under her skirt
She grabbed a razor for me
And she did it just like that.
When she wants something and she don't want to pay for it
She walk right through the door
Walk right through the door
Hey alright! If I get by, it's mine.
Mine all mine!
We sat around the pile
We sat and laughed
We sat and laughed and waved it into the air!
And we did it just like that
When we want something, we don't want to pay for it
We walk right through the door
Walk right through the door
Hey, all right!
If I get by, it's mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine...
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Three Days
Three days was the morning
My focus three days old
My head, it landed to the sounds of cricket bows
I am proud man anyway
Covered now by three days
Three ways was the morning
Three lovers, in three ways
We knew when she landed, three days she'd stay
I am a proud man anyway
Covered now by three days
We saw shadows of the morning light
The shadows of the evening sun
Till the shadows and the light were one.
Shadows of the morning light
The shadows of the evening sun
Till the shadows and the light were one
True hunting is over
No herd to follow
Without game, men prey on each other
The family weakens by the bites we swallow
True leaders gone, of land and people
We choose no kin but adopted strangers
The family weakens by the lengths we travel
All of us with wings...
All of us with wings...
All of us with wings!
All of us with wings!
All of us with wings!
All of us with wings!
Erotic Jesus lays with his Marys
Loves his Marys
Bits of puzzle, fitting each other
All now with wings!
Oh my Marys! Never wonder... Night is shelter for nudity's shiver...
All now with wings...
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Then She Did
Now her paints are dry...
And I looked outside...
At the corner boys...
Ayh, oh, where did you go?
I don't know
I went to see your pictures...
I spread them across the floor...
So this is where they are shown...
Now they're probably saying to you
If you keep it up you'll be born
But you won't ever listen
I'll bet...
Burnt out, grass scorched by the sun
The buildings remain
We will beat them all to dust
I'll bet...
Pulled from a headless shell that blinked on and off, Hotel
Now the nameless dwell
They hold your key and turn your knob
I'll bet...
Will you say hello to my ma?
Will you pay a visit to her?
She was an artist, just as you were
I'd have introduced you to her
She would take me out on Sundays
We'd go laughing through the garbage
She repaired legs like a doctor on the kitchen chairs we sat on
She was unhappy, just as you were
Unhappy, just as you were
Unhappy, just as you were
Unhappy, just as you were...
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Of Course
Of course this land is dangerous!
All of the animals are capably murderous
When I was a boy, my big brother held on to my hands
Then he made me slap my own face
I looked up to him then, and still do
He was trying to teach me something
Now I know what it was!
Now I know what he meant!
Now I know how it is!
One must eat the other who runs free before him
Put them right into his mouth
While fantasizing the beauty of his movements
A sensation not unlike slapping yourself in the face...
Slapping yourself in the face...
Slapping yourself in the face...
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Classic Girl
4:05; in my neighborhood, when shots go off, no one bothers
A POP, and a reply POP, and no reply...
Dinosaurs on the quilt I wore with a girl
Such a classic girl...
Such a classic girl...
Such a classic girl, gives her man great ideas
Hears you tell your friends
Hey man, listen to my great idea!
It's true I am a villain when you fall ill
That's probably because men never can be
Not like a girl
A classic girl...
Such a classic girl...
They may say, Those were the days...
But in a way, you know for us these are the day
Yes, for us these are the days, and you know you're my girl!
Such a classic girl...
Such a classic girl...
Yeah for us these are the days...
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