Well I was raised on corn bread and gravy. I slept in a cardboard box till I was nearly three. I bathed myself in muddy river runnin' by our shack. By the time that I had reached thirteen I'd been through hell and back.
While walking one day in the country I saw a gathering crowd. And as my footsteps threw me closer I smell a sweet fragrance of flowers. That looked like a family reunion and my eyes not counted the tears.
Hey baby, let me see your brand new saddle. Let's that pretty thing up on my horse. Let's get it on real tight now. 'Cause we don't want you falling off.
Everybody says you let me down. I should be ashamed to take you 'round. Makes no difference what you used to do, darling. I could never be ashamed of you.
Well I ain't never, I ain't never. Seen nobody like you no, no, no. Never have I ever seen nobody like you. . Lord you call me up and say, "Meet me at nine".
Tripping on the memories.. Time is oh-so-fleeting. It got away from me.. . And lately,. Life seems upside down.. Theres heartbreak all around. And the pain is hard to bare..
Alone is the man. who you see standing here by me.. He's just a man who will feel. so empty without me.. And though I know he is now alone. I won't feel any misery..
Lost in a daydream of blue. And I feel so free. And then It's like I fall from the sky. Everything that I see is you. And you should know that I'm. Thinking about what you said.
A mother cries in a worn out two room house. Her only Son is leaving, but shes glad Hes getting out. He sits her down, says "You deserve a better life".
You told me. There's no need. To talk it out. Cause its too late. To proceed. And slowly. I took your words. And walked away. . No looking back. I wont regret, no.
I feel you everywhere. Anywhere I go I see you there. Every time I turn around. I hear that old familiar sound. But youre not really there. . Another lonely night.
In the morning. When I wake up now. You know how feel right now. I'm sick of you I won't talk to you. I'm sick of you I won't talk to you. When I leave home.
I just sent you a letter--put it in the box today,. Its time for us to break it offthats all Ive got to say;. You begged me and you cried and said you want to be my friend,.
VERSE ONE. . Tell me whats it gonna be this time,. Say that I was just fool to believe. You were mine. Cannot imagine life without you by my side,. And its killin my heart,.
I stand here a black man I have no history. I was brought up in East Chicago And I grew up on the streets. The chains around the playground were the chains around my heart.
Holly told me, "You better give me a child". I said, "Holly, there's no way. We don't even like each other all that much. We couldn't make it one more day".
I've been walking the streets in the evening. Racing through the human jungle at night. I'm so confused, my mind is indifferent. Hey, I'm so weak, won't somebody turn off the light.
I love the things that scare most folks to death. But I ain't ever satisfied. I'll stay till the end or till I'm gasping my last breath. But I ain't ever satisfied.
Yo this is the Rock kicking it with the Refugee camp. And you're bout to smell what the Rock is cookin'. . Yo this is strictly a club record. Dedicated to everybody who used to stand outside in the cold.
I am much, closer to your heart. Closer then you think. I want you to know. . That I believe, you can change the world with your hands. You are my healer, you are my hero.