40 oz. to freedom


  1. waiting for my ruca
  2. get out
  3. 40 oz to freedom
  4. smoke two joints
  5. we're only gonna die for our arrogance
  6. don't push
  7. 5446 that's my number/ball and chain
  8. badfish
  9. lets go get stoned
  10. new thrash
  11. scarlet begonias
  12. live at e's
  13. d.j.s.
  14. chico me tipo
  15. right back
  16. what happened
  17. new song
  18. ebin
  19. date rape
  20. hope
  21. krs-one
  22. babylon


If anyone has the lyrics for "new song" e-mail them to me and I'll mention your name on this page.

my ruca

On the eastside, that's where I met my ramona, I wanna go to a party that's what she said Lonely that's what I been, Here's my telephone number call me ..and to a party a "house party" Whole lotta people jus rally-roun-me and love, she send a message of love she said I love up the way you move, I love the way you rap, bopp bopp. Ramona please step back 'cause she's my ruca I'm barely waiting for my hina She moved from Long Beach down to LA Right now she selling oranges by the freeway I wanna know Ramona I'am I the only one tell me and she said " Your not the only one, but your the best Bradly And know now I waiting for my ruca and I barely pulled up with my hina I know tonite I be behind her, don't fuck around with my hina.


get out

My place is not a home, don't make no difference But I have found that I need a place to stay I never listen to what the landlord man say You should've seen the flops in my house We were jumping on walls and kicking ceilins Now a days people listen to me, when I say.."GET OUT" Hold me and don't let go Makes no difference that your a ho Cause I need a place to stay and thoughdisease was just the price I paid. In days of old that how it used to be, oh yes indeed. That girl is dead to me now and I say .."GET OUT" (RAP) All the time the people want to know the meaning of the word Sublime It ain't anarchist, it's the shit you missed We get the minute man loop and add a peni twist We know you mutha that this is the shit that you put in the box And say damn it's a hit And to all the radios and the tv shows Cause we don't kiss no ass or kick down free shows What you get is the kind no econo gang or cess with yellow lover on the d-r-u-m-s Let the lovin take a hold over me Let the lovin take a hold over me "Cause all I see is your fussin' and fightin' 1992 so lets all start uniting Put your hands together be the best you can be Let this jam take us to 1993 Stay positive and the love will come back to me


40 oz. to freedom

You've got your hair permed You've got your red dress on Screamin'that second gear was such a turn on And the fog forming on my window tells me that the morning's here And you'll be gone before too long Who taught you those new tricks? Damn I shouldn't start that talk, but life is onw big question when your starin at the clock And the answers always waiting at the liqour store, 40 oz to Freedom, so I'll take that walk. And I know that ohhhh...I'm not comin back Ohh not going back God knows not going back You look so fine when you lie it just don't show, That I know which way the wind blows 40 oz to freedom is the only chance I have to feel good, even though I feel bad And I know that ohhhh...I'm not comin back Ohh not going back God knows I'm not going back.(2x)


smoke two joints

I smoke two joints in the morning I smoke two joints at night I smoke two joints in the afternoon It makes me feel alright I smoke two joints in time of peace And two in time of war I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints And then I smoke two more Daddy he once told me, "Son, you be hard workin' man" And momma she once told me, "Son, you do the best you can" Then one day I met a man, He came to me and said yes. "Hard work good and hard work fine, but first take care of head" Whoa rock me to the night Ja say


we're only gonna die for our arrogance

Early man walked away As modernman took control Their mind's weren't all the same And to conquer was their goal So he built his great empire And he slaughtered his own kind He died a counfused man And killed himself in his own mind (repeat)


don't push

Stolen from an african land Chased out with a knife With a face like Bob Marley and a mouth like a motor bike Oh well the bars are always open and the time is always right And if God's good word goes unspoken well the music goes all night And it goes.. If i was Bob Marley I said could you be loved If I was half pint I'd ball lord up above If I was Mike Tyson I'd look for a fight If I was a BoomtownRats I would be stayin up all night If I was the king Ad-Roc i would get stupid dumb If rythmes were valiums I'd be comfortably numb If I had a shotgun, know what I'd do, I'd point that shit straight up at the sky and shot heaven down to you Oh well the bars are always open and the time is always right And if God's good word goes unspoken well the music goes all night I want a lover, I can't find the time I want a reason, I can't find the rythme I want to start some static, but I can't afford Just hit the ground as I fell off my skateboard Now a days as clear as you please, strap with protection or strap with disease. Laughter, it's free any time just call me 439-0116 when your down with Sublime You get funky fresh lyrics, you get nothin Stolen from an african land Got chased out of the bar I saw my best friend tonite so don't push me too far I gonna run come down with the new lyrics, get hit get hip you knuckle heads Racism is scism on a serious tip You don't believe me I go and bust your lip. I hear the moutain, It hard to climb I hear the rythme and it must be sublime Listen yellow lover you got it right on time We got criket with the quickness and the bassline Go and raid the sound and tell people the news oh hey tell them regaee music is on the loose Here i am from the place where the sun shine down in a unique fashion Good good vibes that keep on playin playin People gonna come and try tell me smokin crack cocaine better than sensi You're pumpin' that shit and I'm sick of it Teakin every weekend we just can't take it Whoaa, we don't want plastic.


5446 that's my number/ball and chain

Do you believe I would such a thing with me And give it to a police man, I wouldn't do that If I did that would you say. "Sir come down and put the charge on me", I wouldn't do that. I'm not a fool to hurt myself but I listened what they done to me, they were wrong Give it to me one time Give it to me two times Give it to me three times Give it to me four times Oh 5446 what's my number,what's my number now, Right now somebody else has that number One more time 5447 what's my number,what's my number now, Right now somebody else has that number. (Incomprehendable) 'Cause we're jittery and we're jittery and we're up all night 'Cause we're jittery and we're jittery and we're up all night (Incomprehendable) 'Cause something is wrong People listen up don't stand to near I got something that you all should realize All the lies all the lies that you told to me form a little part of history I was always taught boy meets girl, fall in love get married and forget the world Nine months later the sweet babys on the way, Kiss 'em on the check and lifes ok. I don't feel no pain I don't have no time to listen to conflicting points of view It's a crazy world to live alone, With a ball and chain I call my home People listen up don't stand to close I got something that you all should know Holy matrimony is not for me rather die alone in misery I was always taught boy meets girl, fall in love get married and forget the world Nine months later the sweet babys on the way, Isn't that what they used to say. With a girl that you knew And the bonds that we grew Turned into a ball and chain I step into the great unknown With a ball and chain I call my home Crazy world to live alone With a girl that you knew And the bonds that we grew Turned into a ball and chain I step into the great unknown With a ball and chain I call my home Because marriage doesn't work in the world today It's an instiution that is in decay And if I have love I wish to portray I will surely find another way I was always taught boy meets girl, fall in love get married and forget the world Nine months later the sweet babys on the way, Kiss 'em on the check and lifes ok. I don't feel no pain I don't have no time to listen to conflicting points of view I step into the great unknown With a ball and chain I call my home


badfish

When you grab a hold of me Tell me that I'll never be set free I'm a parasite, creep and crawl I step into the night Two pints of booze Tell me are you a badfish too? Are you a badfish too? Ain't got no money to spend I know the night will never end Lord knows I'm weak Won't somebody get me off of this reef Baby your a big blue whale Grab the reef when all duck diving fails I swim but wish I never learned The water's too polluted with germs I dive deep when it's ten feet overhead Grab the reef underneath my bed Ain't got no quarrels with god Ain't got no time to grow old Lord knows I'm weak Won't somebody get me off of this reef Ain't got no quarrels with god Ain't got no time to grow old Lord knows I'm weak Won't somebody get me off of this reef


let's go get stoned

I swear sometimes your taking me for granted I swear sometime your a whore I swear but I know there ain't no reason 'Cause everything is such a bore I had a dream, though made me sick Saw you in your bedroom sucking someone elses dick My friends all laughed, said it was my fault Said this time that it happened to me But I know that the show was much more than a low So I'm waiting for the tide to get low If I was an ant liven upon the wall, Tell me baby would it make any difference at all If I was a RUNT ON A tree, TELL ME Would you smoke me. Bright lights put me in a trance But it ain't house music, makes me want to dance. (WORD) I don't gamble but I bet, I'm gonna die If I don't get no cigarette hold me close, I always play the mack Put the monkey on my back


new thrash

I got so much trouble on my mind, That I feel like I'm always sleeping with the enemy But I know the real world always gets the last word In that's why you gotta kick reality. So don't tease me and try to say I should care. Might as well go out for mine Cause everybody's going out for thiers. So don't tell me about a fake drug war Go cut education some more The people will one day learn and rise Cause not everyone is out to score. People always ask me why people are all fuckup At every corner liquor store.


scarlet begonias

As I was walkin down rubadub square Not a chill to the window a litte to the air From another direction she was calling my eye It could be an illusion, But I might as well try ..might as well try She had rings on her fingers And bells on her shoes And I could tell without asking she was into the blues She wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls I knew right away she was not like other girls Well I ain't never been right as I ain't never been wrong As everthing works out the way it does in this song Cause once in a while you get shown in the light In the strangest of places if you look at it right (rap) She was the summer of love and I thank the lord above Because the women took the lovin over me And just to gain her trust I bought a microbus Because I sold off my personal property A tight tye dyed dress, she was a psychadelic mess We toured to the north, south, east and west We sold some mushroom tea, We Sold some ectascy, We Sold nitrous, opium, acid, herion, and PCP Now I hear the police coming after me Now I hear the police coming after me The one scarlet with the flowers in her hair, She's got the police coming after me Well there ain't nothing wrong with the way she moves All scarlet begonias and a touch of the blues And there ain't nothin wrong with the love that's in her eyes I had to learn the hard way just to let her pass by.


live at e's

Yesterday I saw a whore looking out my door As she bends my body aches if she'd walk in I would say: I'm on the mic doin things you like The name is ras M.G. and I'm a treat you right Cause all the ladies and me we both agree that I'm going down in world history Oh she makes my body ache and you know I paid for more I won't flake or perpetrate, I won't front no funky whore Don't get me wrong I'm just singing my song I'm just like you I like to ball my freaks all night long Not only do I rythme I also cut so nice they call me delight My name is eric I have nothing to say because I am not a fucking d.j. And if you want to talk to him you gotta go through toby


d.j.s

All of the d.j.s surely have taken a lesson Start talkin trash and we'll come with a smith & wesson A little competition comes my way but it always winds up the same, "the stone that the builder refuse shall be the head cornerstone" Ain't nothin wrong, ain't nothing right But still I set and lie awake all night All of the d.j.s surely have taken a lesson Try talkin trash and we'll come with a smith & wesson Enough d.j.s come with enough style but when I bus my lyrics we all Know it's wicked wily. Ain't nothin wrong, ain't nothing right But still I set and lie awake all night You better strap with the gap If you wanna walk with me, bound to come down With the new stylee ,rockin rubadub know as reagee music Gotta come down with some new lyrics It just ain't nothing, it's been a real long time Ain't nothin wrong, ain't nothing right But still I set and lie awake all night Rubadub blender a new mixer I am the one with d.j. with enough flavor Hear the dub and say lord have his grilled cheese. I ain't jamican, but I ain't no freak Caught the man eno with the one pound bag o' tweak And called him ghost rider everytime you see him he fulfill the danger Ain't nothin wrong, ain't nothing right But still I set and lie awake all night Dred gotta a job to do and he might fulfill his mission To see his pain would be his greatest ambition We will survive in this world of competition To make sure that till the ..is done I won't wait so long For you Stop your messin around Better think of your future Time to straighten right out or you'll wind up in jail


chico me tipo - My type of girl

She wears a tight skirt but it won't rip or tear when I went out with her she had extensions in her hair, she got style and she got the cat moves you better keep the beat marshall cause she's coming after you. I ain't high (yet). I won't lose, I might be looken for attention but I'm not gonna lose it's Friday night and there's gonna be my type of girl but it won't be baby.
-Thanks to Lauren for the translation.


right back

Sleepin by yourself at night can make you feel alone Your girl friend said so but I don't really know That don't mean we fucked around that night last week when you left town I was tweakin by myself one night that's when I wrote this tune Didn't have no need for that bed in my hotel room Sometimes right now since I've left the pen I feel like I'm right back in it again Sometimes I play, waiting waiting for some bright holiday So I got myself a gun and I'm right back right back where I'm from Sleepin by yourself at night can make you feel alone My girlfriend said so, she's a little ho That don't mean I fuck around, I like to keep that higher ground Sometimes I play, waiting waiting for some bright holiday So I got myself a gun and I'm right back right back where I'm from Don't tease me, don't tease me, don't tease Sometimes I play, waiting waiting for some bright holiday So I got myself a gun and I'm right back right back where I'm from Sometimes I play, waiting waiting for some bright holiday So I got myself a gun and I'm right back right back where I'm from Don't tease me, don't tease me, don't tease Sometimes I play, waiting waiting for some bright holiday So I got myself a gun and I'm right back right back where I'm from


what happened

What Happened Wake up in the morning, clock says half past one I have no sunglasses As I step into the sun There's no recollection of the evil things I've done My head feels like I musta' had some fun What happened Last thing I remember I was chillin at a party Pinching girly's asses I was drinking recklessly I know I did something Lord what could it be Woke up in the morning And all my friends say me What happened What I'm I doing here Who is this girl in my bed What is this shit on my face My God, what is that awful smell (Chorus) She may be an angel She may be a queen She might be black, white, Amercian, Indian or Japanese Thru a bottle at a bouncer Didn't think that he was cool Pissed in someones drink And thru a bike into a pool Driven down the side walk Like a crazy possed fool I broke every single traffic rule. What Happened(2x) Let's go (chorus again)


new song

I heard that Pay back's a mother fucking bitch But I won't stress and I won't switch And I would not take my life Glory please I god The only thing on my mind It takes up all of my time, and I said Running from a gun Or something that weighs a ton My god it hurts to get so far Searching through the car Close to searching through the night I think that I search You knew that I refused To listen to by And god find the reason Well I'm sure you'll find the rhyme Because it seems that I'm really on my own T, it stands for freedom Gods know's I've got the number Maybe I just use too much I was sitting in the bar Now I'm sitting in my stolen car Close to rolling down the boulevard Thought you were so clean I'm the microful scene Think I will run to you but I'll be will I won't give to me Cause I know god's got no reason And your out and please take me While it takes up all my time I've been drinking just like you And maybe you've got something I can do Pay backs a mother fucking blast I won't stress and I won't blast And I would not take my life Glory please I god Only from heaven above Takes up all my time, and I said Running from the gun Or something that weighs a ton You know I did that line for Flavor Flav But all the D.J's do it And all the D.J's use it I would run, I would switch But I want to be the same And I know I'll find the reason Cause I always bust the rhymes Because it takes up nearly all my time T, it stands for Treason The E, it stands for don't And maybe I just use too Maybe I just use too Maybe I'm just used too much Transcribed by Matt Palmer


ebin

Out my window cool and bright fades so slowly into night Funny how things look the same Now that my friend Ebin's changed Ebin was a cooly that I used to know Now he's down with the PLO He's cold kickin it live with the KKK No JVC, No JFA Cooly was sportin' black denium shoes Dealing he was looking for something to use With a pistol in his pocket and a bottle of boose Well, it could be me or it could be you Oh feels like my whole life is rearragned Oh Ebin you changed Ebin Ebin Ebin Ebin you Oh how you changed Oh you changed Oh how you changed I give you a hard time, didn't want to stay Got outta jail just the very next day It's plain to see my friend Ebin is a Nazi He was a Nazi yeah yeah yeah Hooked on crack just the other day Now he's down with the CIA We got covert operation in Vietnam Making hits and assaination he's long gone He went down to protect his country Eat Mexican food and makes lots o' money Come back a God and drive a big white car And take himself a plane down to Nicaragua Well it feels like I'm the only one to blame Oh Ebin you changed Ebin Ebin Ebin Ebin you Oh you changed Oh you changed Oh how you changed I give you a hard time, didn't want to stay Got outta jail just the very next day It's plain to see my friend Ebin is a Nazi He was a Nazi yeah yeah yeah Out my window cool and bright fades so slowly into night Funny how things look the same Now that my friend Ebin's changed


date rape

Let me tell you about a girl I know, had a drink about a hour ago. Sitting in a corner by herself, in a bar in downtown L. She heard a noise and she looked through the door. And saw a man she'd never seen before. Light skin, light blue eyes, a double-chin and a plastic smile. Well, her heart raced as he walked through the door And took an empty seat next to her at the bar. "My brand new car is parked right outside. How'd ya like to go for a ride?" And she said."Wait a minute I have to think." He said."That's fine. May I please buy you a drink" One drink turned into 3 or 4 and they left and got into his car and drove someplace real far. Now babe the time has come. How'd ya like to have a little fun? And she said." If we could only please be on our way, I will not run." That's when things got out of control. She didn't want to, he had his way. She said."Let's Go" He said."No Way!" Come on babe it's your lucky day. Shut your mouth, were gonna do it my way. Come on baby don't be afraid, if it wasn't for date rape I'd never get laid. He finished up and he started the car He turned around and drove back to the bar. He said."Now baby don't be sad, in my opinion you weren't half-bad." She picked up a rock.,threw it at the car, hit him in the head ,now he's got a big scar. Come on party people won't you listen to me. Date Rape Stylee. The next day she went to her drawer, look up her local attorney at law, went to the phone and filed the police report and then she took the guy's ass to court. Well, the day he stood in front of the judge he screamed. " She lies that little slut!" The judge knew that he was full of shit and he gave him 25 yrs And now his hearted is filled with tears. That night in jail it was getting late. He was butt-raped by a large inmate and he screamed. But the guards paid no attention to his cries. That's when things got out of control. The moral of the date rape story, it does not pay drunk and horny. But that's the way it had to be. They locked him up and threw away the key. Well, I can't take pity on men of his kind, even though he now takes it in the behind. DATE RAPE She didn't want to TAKE IT!


hope

How can you say. "You torture me", when you're already thinking about someone else. When he comes home you'll be in his arms and I'll be gone. But I know my day will come, I know someday I'll be the only one. So now you wait for a spark, you now it will turn you on. He's gonna make you feel the way you want to feel. When he starts to lie, when he makes you cry you'll now I'll be there. My day will come , I know someday I'll be the only one. Call me selfish, call it what you like I think it's right. To want someone for all your own and not to share their love. But I'll have my way. You don't stand a chance anyway. Cause I got to you, you don't stand a chance. So now you wait for his cock, you know it will turn you on. He's gonna make you feel the way you want to feel. When he starts to lie, when he makes you cry you'll now I'll be there. My day will come , I know someday I'll be the only one. My day will come , I know someday I'll be the only one. You say you want perfection, that's your self-destruction. You don't know what you want, it's gonna take you a year to find out. I am not givin up. And when you've had enough, you take your bruised little head and you'll come running back to me I know that I will be the only one.


KRS-ONE

In school they never taught bout hamburgers or steak, Elijah Muhammed or the welfare state. But I know. And I know because of KRS-ONE. Yeah and I know And I know because of KRS-ONE. Because he's droppin science, droppin history With a whole leap of style and intelligency Yes, I know. I know because of KRS-ONE Yeah, and I know I know because of KRS-ONE. Because we don't want to pay money to hear the same old sounds. Watch him he'll take hip-hop to a higher ground. And I know (How do I know?) And I know because of KRS-ONE. Yeah, and I know And I know because of KRS-ONE. And I know And I know because of KRS-ONE. And I know And I know


rivers of babylon

By the rivers of Babylon Where he sat down And there he wept when he remebered Zion. Oh from wicked, carry us away from captivity Required from us a song How can we singing out for song in a strange land. So let the words of our mouth And the meditations of our hearts Be acceptable in thy sight Override By the rivers of Babylon Where he sat down And there he wept when he remebered Zion. Oh from wicked, carry us away from captivity Required from us a song How can we singing out for song in a strange land. How can we singing out for song in a strange land.


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